Anyone here done this?

I believe that is a LHD one - done in Czech republic most likely. There were pics a while back of a black one done the same way.

IIRC Seat did one

Anyone here done this?

I've been thinking of doing that as a project. Maybe starting in the summer, if not then next year. I wanna build the car skoda were never allowed to.....

There's a few places specialising in 1.8T engine conversions. I've seen a 225bhp S3 one in a lupo before now!!!!! And heard of one in a Lotus Elise!!

I've been thinking of doing that as a project. Maybe starting in the summer, if not then next year. I wanna build the car skoda were never allowed to.....

There's a few places specialising in 1.8T engine conversions. I've seen a 225bhp S3 one in a lupo before now!!!!! And heard of one in a Lotus Elise!!

It would be easy to do. but also expensive, and not really worth it considering the Ibiza...

2.0l fabia + 1.8t engine setup + brakes + suspension + full wiring loom

i thought of this last year. got a quote of £5 - £7k and about 8 weeks to complete

The only to minimise costs is find a complete ibiza cupra write off, buy that, and then get a high mileage 2.0 as cheap as possible, and move everything over - dashboard, all wiring, engine, box & shafts, engine bay "extras", ignition, ECU. Also gutting the 2.0 first of all saves time - get it right back to a complete stripped out shell. Replace worn out oem bits with uprated parts, i.e brakes, bearings, suspension - either off the wrecked cupra or by buying new (and better)

The only to minimise costs is find a complete ibiza cupra write off, buy that, and then get a high mileage 2.0 as cheap as possible, and move everything over - dashboard, all wiring, engine, box & shafts, engine bay "extras", ignition, ECU. Also gutting the 2.0 first of all saves time - get it right back to a complete stripped out shell. Replace worn out oem bits with uprated parts, i.e brakes, bearings, suspension - either off the wrecked cupra or by buying new (and better)

I'd be halfway through doing that now if i had the money. I really really wanna build one (to try and keep up with or **** over the 335i E30 touring my mate built!!!)

i thought of this last year. got a quote of

Just buy a Polo GTI, it's exactly what you're describing.

Why anyone would consider this is madness.

Cost of buying a Fabia 2.0ltr say £5k then add in the cost of £5-7k as said above and then say maybe £1-2k for suspension & breaks = £14k.

Um for £14k what can I buy? An M5 (last model) a high milage current M3, a very low milage 330i a year old Astra VXR, A Lotus Carlton.

And before anyone bangs on about the running costs & ins costs if you think an ins company would not make the Fabia 1.8T be a very high group 20 rating then you are mistaken.

Also all you are trying to do is replicate a car that exists already in a slightly different body shape. Save your cash and if you want a 1.8T why not buy a W/X/Y Reg Seat Leon 1.8T 20v for £2.8-3.5k...

If you had said Im starting with say an M5 and supercharging it etc thats a totally different case as to buy that level of performace from a std factory car (2nd hand) would be significantly more than the upgrade costs.

Just buy a Polo GTI, it's exactly what you're describing.

Yes and save yourself probably

becuase people like doing it

on auto trader right now you can get a 2.0 fabia for £4250 before bartering and that 5-7K cost of conversion is paying someone to do it, but if your handy and have a decent size garage or lock up and a donor car you could do most of it yourself

if you buy a crashed car then you could probably do it yourself for under 10k and have a unique and very fast car

Would a 2.3 V5 lump fit? or the 3.2 V6 from the TT?

Simple view on this - freedom of choice. I've toyed with the self same idea. M5's, Seat Cupra R's, Polo GTi's all look fast. A Fabia doesn't look fast. Apart from that, he wants to do it. Who can fault it?

Too many sensible poeple on here today.

becuase people like doing it

on auto trader right now you can get a 2.0 fabia for £4250 before bartering and that 5-7K cost of conversion is paying someone to do it, but if your handy and have a decent size garage or lock up and a donor car you could do most of it yourself

if you buy a crashed car then you could probably do it yourself for under 10k and have a unique and very fast car

Exactly!!! I fix jet engines for a living so the spannering wouldn't be a problem. I have qualifications in Mechanical Engineering and Fabrication & Welding.

I love the challenge, the process of problem solving, making or modifying any components that are needed etc etc.

Some people build kit cars...... I wanna build a Fabia 1.8t.

I made this as a leaving present for a mate last year

It started off as a scrap stage1 compressor blade.....

Hobby or not, if someone wants to "waste" £10k on building something different/interesting, then let them do it. It's not your money they're "wasting"!!!!

nice work there!!

you should build stuff for us on here

"Wanting" to do it, was one primary reason behind my conversion. I'd learnt a lot breaking the first fabia to pieces, so felt I had the "skill" [cough] and some know how to make the pd130 swap work.

I would say around 75% of my desire was purely from inquisitiveness / pushing the boundaries (personal ones) - 25% of it was from a performance increasing perspective.

Ditto. I wanna learn what makes these cars work (cos it's mostly 'wiggly volts and electric string' which i'm not as experienced with, and not good old mechanical gubbins!!) Once finished I'd probably use it for getting up rally stages ready for marshalling (the vRS did rally GB in dec).

Plus i don't need a really fast car (M5 etc etc), I have a Kawasaki ninja for 3 figure silliness!!

Was that plane a Tristar in that bit of metal sculpting? Only one I can think of with engines like that.

Oh, and back on topic, there is now the technology to take the pd130 to silly silly BHP.

"Wanting" to do it, was one primary reason behind my conversion. I'd learnt a lot breaking the first fabia to pieces, so felt I had the "skill" [cough] and some know how to make the pd130 swap work.

Lol.. " i need a big-roof conversion"

1.8t IHI Scirocco... now theres an idea

Lol.. " i need a big-roof conversion"

1.8t IHI Scirocco... now theres an idea

Thanks :P Is that thing still in your garage awaiting "plans" ?! :eek:

Lol.. " i need a big-roof conversion"

1.8t IHI Scirocco... now theres an idea

I remember seeing a Scirocco in Retro Cars magazine that had an S3 1.8t lump in it. There's a good site that talks through the conversion for a mk2 golf and then has info in faq's for the scirocco differences. Think it's quantum perfomance engineering, (QPE) or something......

Was that plane a Tristar in that bit of metal sculpting? Only one I can think of with engines like that.

Oh, and back on topic, there is now the technology to take the pd130 to silly silly BHP.

Blade came from a mk201 rolls royce conway engine (from a VC10!! thats also what the aircraft shape is that's filed into it)

Can you elaborate on "silly silly BHP".......

Just stumbled accross this site

backdraft motorsport

Looks interesting, if a tad expensive......

"silly silly bhp" = approaching and marginally surpassing 300.