Hey guys, I'm stuck, project MK1 is on full steam ahead, but I need help. What engine should I go for, It needs to be quick economical reliable different cool, sound amazing be good on fuel cheap to buy easy to fit and maintain, oh and look shiney under the bonnet! Not asking much am I. Anyway, i'm clueless and going round in circles, please offer ideas, otherwise i might do something stoopid....

VR6

a jap wankel engine

what motor you got in it at the mo

1100 gg

2.0 16v DOHC V-Tec should do it!

This would do nicely

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2sy6qbPc4c

or this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMqnGkqyfa8

im selling my vr6 sharan for £750...... probably cheaper than buying the engine, box, loom, driveshafts etc seperate......its a good strong engine with a load of history.......does 25mpg in a 2 ton sharan so would be sensible to run in std tune in a nice light golf.....would go well too!!! lol

PS....& when youv'e pinched all the mechanical bits off it.....you sell all the trim bits on ebay (some of the switches fetch £20 each on there) & weigh in whats left for scrap..............simples

Question answered. Nice one Pops.

this one thanks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnTRUlnen5c

1.8 20v turbo engine!

absolutely insane in a Mk1

when he throttles it in 2nd is a bit like what i had a taste of on friday.

wheelspun in 4th on a dry day when flooring it around a long corner!

whs ^^^^^ vr6 is too heavy for a mk1, 1.8 t is the way forward!!

I'm loving the suggestions and have already thought of the VR6, so good call Mr Mac, would love to take sharon off your hands but no time to be breaking people carriers or space to store the bits, will have a word with gary up at whitehouse vw see if he wants to go halves with me! Umm, loving the vtec idea, just drove my mates metro home from work and that has a 1.8 vvt lotus elise engine in it. Sorry to sound like a wanker, but i did get slightly hard when it was spinning the front wheels in 4th , in a straight line! Thinking that a k series in a mk1 would be effing sacrilege though, which kinda goes for the honda too.

Would love the big VR, but opinion is divided, and the 1.8T is to much of an animal, the bosses son has one in a Skoda Octavia VRS which produces 380 brake!

So that leaves, 2.0 16v gen 3 golf lump, get your eyes peeled fro a donor car people, pref one with black leather so i can pinch in interior too!