wat do i need to make my vtr in to a vts - Saxperience

vtrdanvtr · 17th May 2009, 20:13

hiya i want to put a vts engine in to my vtr i basicly need a list off somebody just so i no wat i need b4 i go and take my vtr engine out

1.engine

2.ecu

3.engine bay loom

will the vtr gear box fit a vts and could u tell me if there is anythink else i need do i need any other engine mounts is there anymore loom i need someone said i need the loom that gose in the dash in the car and is the key coded to ignition or ecu or will i need to get ecu coded to barral i would b gratfull if u can help me thanks

turbomadvtr · 17th May 2009, 20:32

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Originally Posted by vtrdanvtr

hiya i want to put a vts engine in to my vtr i basicly need a list off somebody just so i no wat i need b4 i go and take my vtr engine out

1.engine

2.ecu

3.engine bay loom

will the vtr gear box fit a vts and could u tell me if there is anythink else i need do i need any other engine mounts is there anymore loom i need someone said i need the loom that gose in the dash in the car and is the key coded to ignition or ecu or will i need to get ecu coded to barral i would b gratfull if u can help me thanks

1. money
2. somebody selling a vts

Never understand why people waste time and money like that when you could go buy a vts !?

Roasthunter · 17th May 2009, 20:38

I've thought about this and can't help thinking it would just be cheaper, easier and less bother to just buy a VTS. Clearing it with the insurance company would probably be a pain too.

LeeM · 17th May 2009, 20:40

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Originally Posted by turbomadvtr

1. money
2. somebody selling a vts

Never understand why people waste time and money like that when you could go buy a vts !?

its funnnnn! i love my vtr inside and out, i hate the vts interior, and i can use a spanner. £250 has (provisionally) just got me everything i need to do a full vts conversion apart from the gearbox and i already have a vts box on.

in response to the original post you'll need a vts radiator and fan, and a vtr box will fit but will make it slowww

LeeM · 17th May 2009, 20:41

im hoping i can just re-register with the dvla and insure it as a vts, if not i'll go with a specialist company and declare the engine as a mod

NICK2506 · 17th May 2009, 22:38

VTS door badges

-sinden- · 17th May 2009, 22:57

unlocked vts ecu so you dont have to worry about coding keys or changing the immobiliser and stuff. i have just done a conversion and all i needed was
engine
engine loom
unlocked ecu
water pipes

firehorizon · 17th May 2009, 23:33

i wouldnt recommend it at all its so much cheaper just to buy a vts instead and sell ur current car i cant even begin to tell you the complications you can have with a conversion like that. I was going to do the same to my 1.1 106 but i thought no this is getting silly now by the time i would of finished the conversion i could of bought a excellent £4000 possibly more value 106 gti. but instead i went with the VTS i got a great bargain for only £1500 i got a 2000 vts with a magnex exhaust all trimmed interior in corbeau boss seats £750, carbon enclosed green filter induxtion kit £200 and a set of wolfrace wheels with goodyear eagle f1 tyres which cost the owner £140 EACH!! now thats a bargain

NICK2506 · 17th May 2009, 23:39

yeah i agree, tbh its easier to sell the vtr, buy a vts and just transfer any mods from the vtr to the vts and use the standard parts off the vts to replace the mods on your current car. then sell your current car standard and that will get you a bit more money, and you will have your car now but a vts.

LeeM · 17th May 2009, 23:40

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Originally Posted by firehorizon

i wouldnt recommend it at all its so much cheaper just to buy a vts instead and sell ur current car i cant even begin to tell you the complications you can have with a conversion like that. I was going to do the same to my 1.1 106 but i thought no this is getting silly now by the time i would of finished the conversion i could of bought a excellent £4000 possibly more value 106 gti. but instead i went with the VTS i got a great bargain for only £1500 i got a 2000 vts with a magnex exhaust all trimmed interior in corbeau boss seats £750, carbon enclosed green filter induxtion kit £200 and a set of wolfrace wheels with goodyear eagle f1 tyres which cost the owner £140 EACH!! now thats a bargain

doenst cost too much. i just got pretty much everythin i need for the conversion for £250. only thing extra i might need is a new ecu or unlock the one ive got

smearsvtr · 17th May 2009, 23:47

your right lee its not a big complicated conversion and provided your pretty clued up you should source bits pretty cheap. I mean at end of day wots the point in sellin ya vtr 2 buy a vts which your gonna end up spending more money on i.e lowering and stuff that u previously did 2 ur vtr plus it recycling i.e using spares

LeeM · 17th May 2009, 23:52

and i was looking at vts's a couple of months ago and struggled to find one as clean inside and out as mine for a pric i was willing to pay for a french piece of tin

Skinner-4 · 18th May 2009, 00:52

Its Funner tho doing it yourself

good luck with it mate hope goes all to plan

vtrdanvtr · 18th May 2009, 16:48

hiya do i need to get ecu coded tho bcuz someone told me that 106 gti and vts ecu,s arnt coded and u can just plug any old vts ecu in and it will fire up . also do u acturly have to get a radiator or can i just do that at a l8ter date . and if i get the vts gear box will i need vts drive shafts or are vtr and vts 1,s the same . and is it just the engine wireing loom i need or do i need the 1 that gose in to the dash 2 . plzz help cheers ps reasen i dont wanna buy a vts is cuz my car is mint and its hard to fined a vts in that condition and i can get the engine pretty cheap