So this is what I did today...

So the story is, I bought this 1995 model Ibiza 2 door 1.4 for $200 with a mangled gearbox. All the wreckers in Oz want $2000 for a new gearbox and It`ll still be a 1.4!

I have an 8v GTI Engine from a Golf MK2 and a close ratio 5 speed. I was gonna put in a 16v and convert the fuel system etc, but seemed like a lot of work.

I have previously wrecked a Cordoba, so had the rear engine mount that bolts to the engine and I figured I`d use the single point injection off the cordoba, in place of the smaller 1.4 single point system. Thus I should be able to retain most of the factory wiring etc and have a stock looking install but with the High Cam and Close ratio box.

I had the cordy subframe in reserve, but they are the same. I used the stock 1.4 subframes, the rear engine mount from a 1.8 Cordoba and the front and side mounts from the Mk2 Golf and it all bolted in perfectly!!



I reckon the GTI and VR6 subframes are slightly different to allow for the tallblock motors, but using the old Golf Shortblock, all seems good. The basemodel cars obviously have the same subframe, regardless of whether they are 1.4, 1.6 or 1.8.

I need to hook up the wiring, will probably end up swopping the loom in out of the cordoba , the cordoba downpipe and exhaust manifold match up to the Ibiza system and I need to get a cordoba air con bracket to make the Ibiza air con work and a pulley for the waterpump and I`m done.

Oh yeah and bolt the front of the car back on.

Should go alright, its about the weight of a Mk1, but with Power Steer, Air Con and Brakes!