engine swap??

[Struggler]

Ive got a mk2 ph1, in pretty good nick, 1.2 8v

however the engines holding on by a thread at 80k+ miles,

ive been offered a mk1 (ph2 i think) 1.8 8v, (not a valver)
body work in pretty poor way, but 50k on the engine,
for £100,

can anyone tell me how hard it would be to change the engines around??
and how good the 1.8 8v engines are performance and reliability??

 

[theduck]

Reid engines verynice. Should drop in ok,not sure on loom tho.

 

[ben_r1]

How'd u manage to kill a 1.2 in just 80k?

 

[Struggler]

its got to that age when everythings begining to go wrong , cv boots, shocks, wheel bearings, aux belts,

is just an idea really atm.

 

[Struggler]

Reid engines verynice. Should drop in ok,not sure on loom tho.

reid engine??

sorry neither i nor the owner of the car know much about mk1s

 

[cliosportcraig]

its got to that age when everythings begining to go wrong , cv boots, shocks, wheel bearings, aux belts,

is just an idea really atm.

Non of those things are engine related and will need sorting regardless of you swapping engines

 

[iimushroomzii]

^^^ Thats exactly what I thought LOL!

 

[Struggler]

would i not have to change the entire front end?? including suspension, brakes??

or would i be using the engine/gearbox??

the questions still stand as im rather bored of <59 bhp lol

 

[theduck]

reid engine??

sorry neither i nor the owner of the car know much about mk1s

Sorry typing on phone. Was meant to say rsi engine.

 

[cat171]

Non of those things are engine related and will need sorting regardless of you swapping engines

Very true.

Is the engine even dead ?

 

[sideways danny]

as already said, the only thing you've listed that you wont need to do anyway is the aux belt (which is pretty easy on a 1.2 8v), and you'll want to do that on the new engine anyway, along with the cambelt

The 1.8 8v is a cracking engine, i'd happily own most renaults that came with it. I want another laguna TBH

 

[cliosportcraig]

Nice simple engines used in lots of cars with lots of spares about. Can even chuck a 2.0 bottom end on it or a 1.7 turbo head with the turbo and all bits.

If you're doing it for speed then go for it, would be a fairly simple engine swap, wiring would be your biggest pain but it wouldn't be any harder than sticking a 172 engine into a mk1 lol

 

[Struggler]

id do all the work myself, plus i dont need the car for anything so i can take my time about doing it.

what would i be changing?? just the engine, ecu and gearbox??
would i have to uprate the brakes??

 

[cliosportcraig]

Engine, box, loom, hoses, radiator

I don't know what brake setup the mk2 runs, from memory it's the same setup as the mk1 valver with 259mm vented fronts? If so just uprate the pads

 

[Struggler]

which mk2s run that setup??

the brakes on the car atm, are tiny! but if i upgraded the discs and pad would i not have to do a brake conversion?

 

[Struggler]

also need to know if the mounts are in the same place??

and when you say change the gearbox, would that include all the selector bars to the gearstick?? or just the box itself??

and would the driveshafts stay the same??

rad,hoses,engine/box sounds simple enough,

and so long as the wiring CAN be done, i may well be embarking on this project over the winter,

basically i need to know in abit more depth what accually needs to be changed.