possible project

[sammiboo]

As most of you know my beloved coupe died a few months ago.

Now i have a decent engine sitting there, the case of suing the garage that fitted the wheel bearing, which is believed that caused the accident will take at least a year maybe two to get to court. So i cant do anything with the coupe until then anyway.

I have been thinking what i could about the car. I have had a lot of engine work done, and I have been left with these options...

Save up and get a bravo HGT with a crap engine and stick the 20vt in there the front end is wider than the other bravos.

Save up and get a coupe with a knackered engine and swap the engine.

Or stick the engine in my 1.6 bravo ( i dont think this would be possible)

Or do what H wants me to do and do nothing and sell all the bits of the car incl engine.

I know i will change my mind loads of times anyway.

i have asked for a quote on all three transplants anyway from motormech, so will see what he comes back with. But i do like the sound of a 20vt bravo :slayer:

 

[beau]

id do the bravo 2.0 20vt conversion into yours if possible, (but i doubt it, so fit it into a hgt) personally i would find a punto mk2 to put it in much more of a sleeper lol

and no, dont sell all the bits seperate, boring

 

[H2DaE]

personally i would find a punto mk2 to put it in much more of a sleeper lol

Would it even fit in a Punto Mk2 without extensive work?

 

[Randomman]

Doubt the 20VT can, I know the 16VT can go into a Punto Mk1, so I would assume a MK2 as that can take a 1.8 HGT lump.

The Brava idea is a goodun, wouldnt it make handling a bit of a pig?

I also like the buy a buggered coop and swap engines, although normally if an engine is screwed, there is likely to be wear and tear elsewhere.

Seems to be quite a list of pro's and cons there.

 

[custard]

i,ll be honest sammi and say a coop is the sensible option.fitting it to an hgt is fine but i feel you would always be looking at coops anyway so why not cut out the middleman
also i kind of lean with H on this one as its more than likely a coop with a blown engine may not be in the best nick and you would be better waiting to buy a good'un.
you know yourself how much money a 'cheap' coop can cost.perhaps save for the LE to get the kit etc all fitted OE

 

[sammiboo]

this is why there is going to be a lot of umming and ahhing.

Punto is def out of the question, its not even going to be considered.

I just got thinking, because i know the engine on the coupe is a good one.

I had my eye on a few coupes, but i wouldnt be able to buy one until my 13k debt is paid off.

Plus if i get this job then i will have other financial commitments.

I am just getting a few ideas together, but i dont have a clue what to do though

 

[Helz]

You have a while to decide anyway, circumstances could change a lot over the next few years I would be tempted to do a transplant into something else but the sensible option is to sell the bits and buy a whole new car.

 

[charlieboy]

Would it even fit in a Punto Mk2 without extensive work?

yes it will fit

http://www.puntosports.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=30364

 

[bulldog5046]

aww sammi deffinatly the 20vT Bravo! as much as i like the coop the bravo would be absolutly awsome, and pimp it out with leather interior, its gotta be a red bravo! and no the engine wont go in anything smaller than the HGT as they are all thinner.

EDIT: i'll correct that, it could fit but it would be too much work

 

[H2DaE]

yes it will fit

http://www.puntosports.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=30364

I know about minifreak's one but that was a Mk1 and if I remember didn't he have to do loads of work to the engine bay to make it fit? Hence my "extensive work" comment

 

[sammiboo]

like i said, the punto is not an option

I do like the idea of the 20vt bravo though. Will see what paul says when he has replied to my email

 

[pinin__prestatyn]

Yeah why not have a 20VT bravo :worship:

Or you could buy a cheap coupe and swap the engine over :slayer:

Either way it equals a lot of fun for Sammi

 

[CinquePunto]

why not a 20vt brava...

real sleeper

 

[Helz]

Because the general opinion seems to be they are 'frumpy' and Bravos are fun (feck knows where anyone got that idea from)

 

[GhostWKD]

did they even do a HGT brava? do the bravo 20vt

 

[bulldog5046]

why not a 20vt brava...

real sleeper

because fitting the engine would be one hell of a job for a start.......

 

[Gary]

How about a 20v t Marea weekend with nitrous

I have seen it on one of the European sites

 

[sammiboo]

i wouldnt want a 20vt brava cos i prefer the bravo

and i dont think they made one to fit a 20v engine in.

I think i would go for the bravo option. I have had a coupe, and bravos so why not merge them together

 

[chaos]

Buy a 899 cinq and put it in instead of the back seats

 

[bulldog5046]

How about a 20v t Marea weekend with nitrous

I have seen it on one of the European sites

yeah thats been done its nothing special, the brazillians get the marea turbos anyway guess wasnt popular enough over here

yeah so how about you sell me the engine?