saxo westcoast engine upgrade VTR

  1. Established Member Joined: May 2009 milton keynes Posts: 1084 saxo Mk1 westie VTS saxo mk2 VTR S1 106 16v
    #1
    hi ppl ive got a V reg westcoast and im wanting to put a VTR lump in it, as i fancy something a little different, how hard is it to upgrade? what will i need along with the new engine? will i need to change the loom over? if you could let me know that would be much appreciated. cheers Lee
  2. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Mar 2003 United Kingdom (England) Posts: 7064
    #2
    May work out cheaper & easier to do & insure to just to buy a vtr!
  3. Infrequent Poster Joined: Dec 2008 luton Posts: 179 stripped out silver mk2 saxo vtr :)
    #3
    or you could drop a vts lump in. it isnt worth putting a vtr lump in mate. might aswell go all the way
  4. Established Member Joined: May 2009 milton keynes Posts: 1084 saxo Mk1 westie VTS saxo mk2 VTR S1 106 16v
    #4
    yeah but seen as im only 18, i think if i declared it the insurance would be just a little to high, hence why i want to do the VTR conversion, i would love the vts conversion but i want to be running legally lol. so is the VTR swap basically just a straight swap? along with the ecu? cheers
  5. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Mar 2003 United Kingdom (England) Posts: 7064
    #5
    You want to be running legally, but do a vtr engine swop undisclosed......

    Muppet, save your money for when you can afford to do it properly!
  6. Regular Poster Joined: Mar 2009 St. Helens Posts: 417 1.1i Saxo Eastcoast
    #6
    If im correct it would be cheaper to insure a vtr than to insure a westcoast with a vtr engine conversion. Just a thought
  7. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Mar 2009 Uppingham, Rutland Posts: 9569 mk1 JP4'd VTR, '16 Fabia Monte Carlo
    #7
    insurance companies hate engine swaps my mate bought a 106gti and put a quicksilver engine in it because it was his first car and the the gti engine was knackered and the dvla classed it as a kit car and its near on immpossible to get anyone to insure it its more to insure than a a standard gti just cus he messed around with it