westcoast to vtr

[jordanh3]

basically ive been given a saxo westcoast silver but the gearbox has gone soo i just wna swap it to a vtr engine just as a project but i want to tune the vtr engine up abit dno what though deff goung to get a 421 mani but not sure what else can be done to push up the power/throttle response etc a little bit but also are the brakes on the westcoast/vtr/vts all the same? except vtr and vts have rear disc setup obviously and how easier is it to convert rear to dics and am i right in thinking all i need is engine, gearbox, ecu and loom for the engine a running side of things? sorry guys i know this has probably been convered over 1000times i must just be putting in the wrong thing in the search thanks

[RustyM]

As far as i know you will need a whole new axle to swap to disks on the rear and it will have to be a either abs or non abs depending on what your cars got (guesing non abs as its a westcoast?). Also why not go for the vts conversion if your swapping the engine? Its no more involved?

[jordanh3]

simply for the price really i want to pick up a cheap vtr engine loom box etc as im on abit of a budget, dont want to spend loads and loads on it etc sooo hmmm i dont really know

[vtr_matt1983]

your right all you need is ecu engine gearbox loom but you will have to unlock the ecu to change the rear brakes i reckon the cheapest solution would be to rip the brakes etc of a scrapped vtr and do a swap shouldnt be a massive job the vts have abs the vtr's dont

[jordanh3]

cheers mate! very helpful and one last thing whats the difference from the 3plug and 1 plug ecu, couldnt i get the whole loom engine ecu and that for 3 plug? or does it have to be 1? is there anyway in converting it?