4 vtr engines made???? - Saxperience

Hothatch89 · 13th May 2014, 23:29

So there's the mk1 black top vtr engine and the mk2 silver top.
I have a mk1 engine which is silver top with the single plug ecu and metal oil filter.
I've recently bought an engine which I thought was the same as mine but, the dipstick is on the left side and mine is on the right side of the block but still has a metal oil filter...
The mk2's have a paper insert oil filter and mk1's have metal. .
What engine have I bought? ?? Will it drop straight into my car? ??
In lighten me please. ..!!!

jbrady72 · 14th May 2014, 00:26

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Originally Posted by Hothatch89

So there's the mk1 black top vtr engine and the mk2 silver top.
I have a mk1 engine which is silver top with the single plug ecu and metal oil filter.
I've recently bought an engine which I thought was the same as mine but, the dipstick is on the left side and mine is on the right side of the block but still has a metal oil filter...
The mk2's have a paper insert oil filter and mk1's have metal. .
What engine have I bought? ?? Will it drop straight into my car? ??
In lighten me please. ..!!!

Mk1 engine is a black top. You may have bought a Mk2 engine which is silver top but it may have been converted from the paper oil filter to the metal oil filter. The reason people do this is because the paper oil filter can get in the way of 4-2-1 manifolds so they convert them to the metal filters.

Hothatch89 · 14th May 2014, 08:38

But I have a mk1 engine in the car with a single plug ecu and metal oil filter, silver top..
Will i need all the loom and ancillaries to get my new engine running? Cheers

Quick · 14th May 2014, 08:59

Nope, three different engines, look at the stickies.

Single plug blacktop 90 bhp early mk1
Single plug silvertop 90 bhp to 2001
Three plug silvertop 98 bhp 2001 onwards

What year car did the engine come out of??

Hothatch89 · 14th May 2014, 22:49

Im not sure tbh, only difference to my mk1 silver top is the dipstick is on the left side and mine is on right "/
Oh and it's printed TUPY?? On the engine block. ..

greyjasper51 · 15th May 2014, 00:56

the head porting is different, the combustion chamber is different, the rockers are different, i think the weight of the cranks are different...

yeah its not just the dipstick has moved

Hothatch89 · 15th May 2014, 08:22

So is this a good engine to have?
And will it take alot to work in place of my current one?