2.0 gti transplant

[carllivesey]

hi all
i know it said please refrain from galant /legnum threads but hey i hope someone can help/ i own a 1989 galant gti 16v which failed its mot drastically so i looked for a donor car i found a 1988 1.8 auto not what i was after but these cars are getting hard to find this car is imacculate with only 45 000 miles on the clock its too good to use on my gti but does anyone know if its pssible to transplant my gti engine into the other i no i would have to change the fuel tank seeing as the gti is injection and the 1.8 auto is carb the clocks would also have to be changed but can any 1 help is it possible? please help fellow mitsy lovers
regards
carl
forever mitsy

[Nutter_John]

Hello and welcome

Anything is possible , it will require quite a lot of re-wiring as the ecu from the GTI will need to be put in the car as will most of the engine loom , you may not need to replace the tank as they may be the same , just have a blank over the retrun port

good luck with your quest

[carllivesey]

thx john yeah anything is possible with the right amount of money n time if it was too much hassle i prb wont bother but i do miss the power n the driving experience

[Nutter_John]

it all depends on how good you are at doing this sort of thing , none of it is that difficult and could probably be done over a 3 or 4 weekends

but remember that other things maybe be different like the suspension , etc etc so it could turn out to be a major job

[MarkSanne]

Can be done, but it's too much work (IMO), better try to find out what is causing the MOT fail and see what needs to be done/costs. I own 2 GTi's (+a VR2 + Legnum VR4 but that's just braggin') but... maybe you're interested in buying one? It'll be LHD though