fuzzwaldo 1 Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 hii have a 97 golf vr6 and i have resently aquired an engine from a corrado.my plan was to simple swap the engine and ecu and therefore give myself and extra 15-20bhp.is this possible? Link to post Share on other sites
cabrioman 6 Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 why not just use the block and head from the rado engine .... as you are already OBD2 so you will have an OBD2 2.9 .... best of both worlds Link to post Share on other sites
raddo_tom 0 Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 What Tony said, I've done it to my VR, HUGE difference!! Link to post Share on other sites
FishWick 21 Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 I didn't notice any power difference when I put OBD2 on my 2.9, but it did drive a lot nicer than OBD1!The ~100cc difference barely does anything. The main mechanical reason the 2.9 is 'faster' is because of the higher flowing intake (bigger plenum) and it also had a higher rev limit than the 2.8, so could hang onto the gears for longer. And the Corrado's bodyshell is waaaaaaaay more aerodynamic. If anyone's owned a MK2 Golf and then gone to a Corrado, they will know what I'm talking about :-) get MK2s to 100mph and you hit an aerodynamic brick wall. Corrados don't stop pulling until way into 3 figures..... Link to post Share on other sites
fuzzwaldo 1 Posted April 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 hithanks for the answers, which bit should i be using from the golf engine? should i use everything but the actual block and head. cheers Link to post Share on other sites
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