I have recently bought another Fabia VRS for the engine and I will be swapping it into mine.

 

Is there anything that i should be careful of or any pitfalls??

 

The part I am worried about is the locks and immobiliser. I will obviously have to swap the ECU as it has been remapped, the clocks, the ignition barrell, and the locks in the doors.

 

Is there anything else that i am missing?? or any suggestions that people have with prior experience.

 

Thanks

 

Won't have to swap the locks or the ignition barrel. You can swap in the ecu and clocks, then just swap the immobiliser chip from old cars key into yours

Won't have to swap the locks or the ignition barrel. You can swap in the ecu and clocks, then just swap the immobiliser chip from old cars key into yours

That sounds like a better idea, do you know for a fact that this will work??

Same engine?  Surely if you just change the engine, everything else will just work as it has before?

Same engine?  Surely if you just change the engine, everything else will just work as it has before?

 

I have just bought Xaviers car. So same engine but very different, and I will be ripping the engine out of mine and putting it back into the donor for sale....

Check timing belt etc for a new replacement whilst it's out of car ??

Check timing belt etc for a new replacement whilst it's out of car ??

It was replaced recently, I know the engine is in good condition I have done my research into it by delving through the build thread.

 

Whilts the engine is on the stand, eevrything will be coming off, new gaskets, full serviced, everything painted or cleaned, new braided hoses all round, AC Delete, and hopefully a few more things

Just get the donor ECU immobiser removed and the ECU will just plug and play on yours.

That sounds like a better idea, do you know for a fact that this will work??

Yes, so long as you have the clocks ecu and chip from the donor it'll all function exactly as before. The hardest part is removing the chip from the key, and even that is easy

Just get the donor ECU immobiser removed and the ECU will just plug and play on yours.

This will also work and keep the chassis mileage record the same, but it is possibly making the car more vulnerable to being stolen? Definitely wouldn't advertise that you have removed the immob on a forum, as someone may come and steal your car

What's the big deal with this engine, why are you going to all this trouble?

 

Gutting two cars and swapping identical engines seems daft to me.

Big turbo, modified head etc etc.

Just get the donor ECU immobiser removed and the ECU will just plug and play on yours.

 

But he also wants to put the donor car back together to sell presumably with an immobiliser.

 

Personally unless it was a show car that is never left in a public place I'd want immobiliser, my insurance company probably do too

Thanks for all the comments and hopefully a solution, thanks tech1 for clearing up 1 question haha both cars will end up with immobilisers and work as they should, that's the intentions anyway haha and as for people stealing it, it's in a locked garage up a long drive with 4 cameras and is always aired out, so without a key which is never anywhere near, I doubt it haha

Big turbo, modified head etc etc.

 

Ok, but the bottom ends will be standard, easier to just swap heads than the whole engine.

 

Also simpler to get the maps swapped over without physically switching ECU's.

Ok, but the bottom ends will be standard, easier to just swap heads than the whole engine.

 

Also simpler to get the maps swapped over without physically switching ECU's.

I'd disagree there. Far easier to pull and engine out than take apart a car that's working just fine. Cheaper too.

Ok, but the bottom ends will be standard, easier to just swap heads than the whole engine.

 

Also simpler to get the maps swapped over without physically switching ECU's.

I'd disagree there. Far easier to pull and engine out than take apart a car that's working just fine. Cheaper too.

Miles easier to just swap the engine and change the ecu.