Originally Posted by Synergist

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.