Dan's phase 2 1.8xs toy build

[Niall]

Yeah so ive heard. I'm not sure about New liners perharps? Or just have some made through my engineering friends using Mahl. sure there's bound to be a way of doing something silly to it lol. Do you know what the most you can out of the standard internals on the 1.8 is?

Oh dear sorry to hear that :'( rust is nasty business..lighter than Carbon Fibre though

Engine work sounds promising though mate. Who was building it for you? And I bet it wasn't as cheap as my lump lol! Bargain of the year!
I've heard that from people about the 1.8 before yeah...suppose to be better for handling too as its lighter?

Ill find you a pic of the liners.
Im not sure how much the standard internals will take. Its hardly a used engine. Most people think that the gti is the one to go for because its the most powerful when in fact, its already highly tuned out of the factory and the 1.8 is extremely restricted from the factory. Also, they must of chosen the 1.8 bottom end for the WRC engines for a reason!

My engine is free so beat that
Yeah when i went over to the gti, i was shocked at how heavy the front end was. My 1.8 was a XS like yours so had gti spec suspension and the 1,8 handled so much better it was un real! I rebuilt my engine with the help of my old man. He used to work for jag restoring their older engines so im quite lucky in that respect!

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And this is why i had to rebuild it