Although this I'll most likely never do this (through laziness more than anything else), I've been thinking about Fezzy engine swaps for aaaaages. I'm pootling around in a 1.25 facelift Mk4 and I'm fed up with having to apply for planning permission to accelerate. Also, it's dismally underpowered on the motorway and the power/weight ratio is all wrong for any travel above 40mph.


However, I'm imagining if one was to swap out with a 1.7 from a Puma, you'd need to uprate a few things - brakes, possibly clutch, suspension as well? I've no idea as to the potential costs and I'm very interested to hear more from people who've already done an engine swap.