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Engine swap

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Hi guys I'm new here but I need your help I was wondering if I could fit a 1.6 st engine into my 1.0 ecoboost car I have the st line so mk7.5 would an st 1.6 fit in my car and run?

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    I think the short answer would be if you want an ST, trade in your current vehicle for one!

    Anything is possible, but you're looking at engine, gearbox, brake and suspension mods plus the associated engine management electrics etc. Then the insurance complications of a heavily modified vehicle, so not really a realistic or economic proposition imho.

     

     

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    Hi and welcome.

    If you need any help with insurance at all for this type of conversion then please feel free to drop me a line.

    Regards,

    Dan.

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    Yes you can do it. Pretty pointless unless your current engine is scrap.

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    Its not a difficult conversion

    remember though the the entire loom in the engine bay will need to be changed and you will need to correctly program the abs, instrument cluster, bcm and engine ecu.

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