I noticed that this was a topic beginning to be discussed in the 200hp from a 1.9 thread, so I thought I'd make a new thread for it. How difficult/costly would it be? The Sis are great value, and the interior is a little more practical, as well as the later model, lower kms, p/s, etc. Would it be a silly concept, to rather than buy an early model highish km GTi, to buy an Si for around $5-6k, and stick a GTi engine in (would have to be cheaper and easier than sourcing the crank/conrods/etc. required to convert it), put a little work into the suspension, stick some GTi wheels on it, and change whatever else was necessary? Has anyone done such a thing, or read anything about it? Any help would be appreciated greatly.
All the best,
Nick
All the best,
Nick