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Old 11-02-2008, 08:57 PM
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whats involved in swapping a normal 1.8 diesel engine over with a turbo varient into my mk4 fiesta

because my god its slow
Old 11-02-2008, 10:23 PM
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if you have a full TD car around a day
Old 11-02-2008, 10:31 PM
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whats involved in swapping a normal 1.8 diesel engine over with a turbo varient into my mk4 fiesta

because my god its slow
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Old 12-02-2008, 05:15 AM
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complete pain in the arse in a mk4 !

so many bits stuck to the engine are different, IE the cambelt has to come off just to put the engine mount on , unless you can get a TD from a mk4 fiesta that is

and yes they are damn slow, try a courier with its brick like aerodynamics and weight
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what would i need off the td
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