is it significative!?or just a small add on!? i have the KR right now,but i didnt want to get the engine apart.about the distribution belt and tensioner.are the same for both!?
Surely the whole idea about asking for info is not to be told that you're doing it wrong, but how to do it. Maybe I'm asking about putting a 16V head onto a 2.0 8V block because thats all I have and I don't have enough money to go out and buy a complete engine... If I didn't have an engine and had 500 to go out an buy a motor... I'd do it. Please understand that everyone has their own way of doing things and while your idea may seem the only, most sensible, right, correct etc way of doing things... other people will always do things their way. MG
You don't need 500 to buy a 16v 2l short block - 150 would do it if you shop around for a 6A. And you will spend way more than that making your 8v block/head fit together. Sell the 8v block to someone else, and buy a 16v one.
Surely the whold idea about you asking for imformation is because you don't know something... so beeing told what your doing isn't the easiest way to do it and there are cheaper and easier ways shouldn't be met with such ignorance....?
The difference between ABF and KR cams is very slight.. one has more lift, the other more duration. You would notice no power change and AFAIK the ABF cams suit a standard ABF head better than any other cams.
nice i would like to keep my KR in my garage intact.you can't ever tell whats going to happen to a engine i really whant to do this.i really do!i just have to get some money!about the dist belt and tensioner!?
ok how about all wiring,ecu,etc... how mutch will cost to somebody do it? i can change the engine but not all the wiring. You don't need 500 to buy a 16v 2l short block - 150 would do it if you shop around for a 6A. And you will spend way more than that making your 8v block/head fit together. Sell the 8v block to someone else, and buy a 16v one.[/QUOTE]
If you are only swapping the bottom end then there is very little wiring to be done! It's an easy swap, honestly - if you have an engine crane hired, have the tools etc. you'll be able to do it in a morning easily. If it's your first, then allow the weekend.....
i can do it it`s not a problem.only i want to change all engine toogether with the head(i want to have 16v in my car)so whot about the wiring now?whitch enginefrom 16v(from 150bhp)is the best,easiest to swap to my mk3gti 8v.
as far as i can see(but my engine-whizzdom is not that great...that and my english.damn!)i doesn't have to much wiring to do, if you keep your K-JET.but doing the FULL swap,changing the injection system and all.will it be hard as hell!?!? the tensioner and dist belt,the alternator belt,or even the alternator itself,question was,is it swappable from the KR to the ABF!? oh and is that a 50mm intake mani??? Edited by: HidRo
the alternators are interchangable and you should use the belt that goes with the alternator. not sure what the pulley wheels (i.e. the engine side of the alternator belt) on the abf are like, but from the fact that nobody has mentioned them i'd guess they are the same as the kr. on my 6A conversion we had to swap all the pulley wheels over, as they were different. here's a pic of mine. both mine and tubs have 50mm inlets.
