why would you put a volkswagon engine in a 3year old clio,yes i know matt black did it but it was only a cheap 1.2 not a 172/182 and its just not meant to go in there he even said it was pulling all over the place cause of how the engine sat,and if you broke down who'd have a clue how to fix it,why not just buy an ibiza cupra if you want a hothatch with that engine in and put some coilovers on it
The engine and gearbox are
Stronger
Lowered compression as standard and can take 280 brake stock (assuming your using the 210/225hp engine) They have been tested to 750hp onb stock capactiby off the shelf stuff in Europe will take you to 400hp. Stock internals are fine for 350hp.
Why spend 6k on an engine and box which arn't designed to take (in the gearboxes case 200NM) when the VAG 6 speed box is warentied upto 300NM by VAG other companies warently hem to 350NM Its proven its strenght to way more. Plus its got 6 speeds and much nicer to use.
Matts was a lot of the problems if you did the comversion and spend some money soritng out the torque stear due to the long driveshafts using strengthing points then it would be fine.
Its designed for turbo as stock so oil lines are all there. All problems are known in high boost applications.
Matts was a 1.4 from memory. Anyway there the same shells.
Who's going to know how to fix a turbo 172 engine theres not many in existance any VAG place knows what a 1.8 T engine looks like any tunner knows what a stand alone setup looks like. The engine one of the most common transplant engines at the moment and think how mnay cars use it and ven the new VAG cars use the same sort of engine in 2.0 spec.
Seat handles terribaly IMO I'd much prefere a Clio shell for handling.
thats more than the cost of my car!
