Cup engine transplant

[pbufton]

hi all

quick question for you guys clued up on engines ect.. a friend of mine has blown up the engine in his 51 plate clio 172 (non cup) and claims its going to cost £2k to buy another engine for it. I've seen a clio cup engine selling on here for £400 with ancilliaries, and asked why didnt he buy this and drop it in?

he claims the engines wiring is different :s As far as I was aware the engines in all ph2 172's were the same F4R, only ph1 that were different? My basis being if you dropped all the bits off the cup engine and bolted the non cup bits all on, the engine would be a direct fit.

any input appreciated

 

[crombie1]

cup has nothing to do with the engine

 

[Fred@BTM]

any phs1 or phs2 172 engine will fit and work fine (using the phs2 upper inlet obviously) your mate is wrong

 

[Russ_16v]

As said, just unbolt everything off the donor engine, re-use all his current stuff and it will work fine

 

[pbufton]

just a matter of swapping the engine loom over, and the air con bits and pieces? Texted him now, could save a fortune knowing this

 

[Knuckles]

The engines are the same... Just the cup doesn't have ac... He may be able to retro fit the ac if it comes with the new engine

 

[Fred@BTM]

^take the ac off his old engine and bolt it to the new one - done

 

[pbufton]

Ideal thanks

 

[Knuckles]

^take the ac off his old engine and bolt it to the new one - done

Damn, misread op