8v>>ABF

[dreamer 0]

woop first post!!!

 

hi i got a chance of a cheep 8v rado the outside is mint but the engine is gone.

 

does anyone know how much work is evolved in swapping it to an ABF lump

 

iv changed engines before but mainly on polos so not bad with the spanners its just the electrical side i'm not to sure on.

 

thanks in advance..

[horney 0]

Doing this on an 8v Rado should be easy peasey. You just need to swap the engine loom from the donor car to the Rado as the ABF car's loom should plug right into the fuse box. This all assumes that the fuse box in the Rado is the same as 90 spec MKII golfs and MKIII Golfs.

 

Nick

[horney 0]

Oh yeah and replace the Digifant 8v ECU for the ABF 16v ECU.

 

Nick

[dreamer 0]

thanks mate thats what i wanted to hear!! :D anyone know of any abf engines n looms for sale??

[waynos 0]

try the good old e bizzle ( ebay lol) im not sure if it applies to you but isnt there clearance problems with the early style bonnets and the abf lump?

[dirtytorque 0]

thanks mate thats what i wanted to hear!! :D anyone know of any abf engines n looms for sale??

 

 

where are you dreaming from?

There was an abf sat in my local scrap yard a couple week ago.

[dreamer 0]

Sheffield mate

 

and its a late speck car so clearance should be fine

[Brombey 0]

Have done this conversion myself, it was quite simple.

 

There are no clearance problems with the late style bonnet, which all 8v's have.

[dreamer 0]

thanks mate hope it all comes off now 8)