fazza
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Registered: 7th Feb 08
Location: Plymouth
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right my mate has a phase 1 106 xsi
its a 1.4 8v.
he wants to fit a 106 gti engine into it.
what does he need to change to get it in?
also how hard is the wiring?
know a few of you lads have 106's so any help is appreciated
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pow
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Registered: 11th Sep 06
Location: Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire
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Does he want to sell the XSi engine 
The ECU needs to be unlocked or you need the ECU, ingition ring, key chip and imobilizer black box 
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fazza
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yes mate he will. he wont want alot for it, is quite tappy. he cant be assed to look into it as been offered a gti lump cheap
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pow
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Registered: 11th Sep 06
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Price dependant (I'd want the whole lot by the way, gearbox, exu, loom, immobilizer bits), i'll take it.
Does the conversion stuff help?
106owners.co.uk I have always found to be quite helpful and friendly - GF has a nice 1.1 106.
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swill_omnibus
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Registered: 12th Dec 07
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Far as im aware the 8v lumps in these are suppose to be tappy?
But aswell think you've got to chop and change the loom aswell (some from xsi some from gti) and the top mount has to be cut slight.
But as pow said there'll be aload of info on the 106owners site 
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ShEp
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I looked into this when I had the vtr
It's a dash out job, you have to change it to a 3 pin ecu
Not as bad as some folk make out, but bit of a mess of wires tbh
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adam.d
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Registered: 7th Nov 07
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There are 2 types of loom for this engine, 1 has 3 pins 1 is single. I done a conversion last year on a 106 quicksilver and put a VTS engine in it quicky was a single pin loom and the VTS was a 3 pin, fooooking nightmare really. There's a company down south tho that you can send both looms to and they'll convert them to plug and play. Cost's around £180 iirc.
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swill_omnibus
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I'm currently doing the conversion on a 106 XSi fitting a Saxo VTS 1.6 16v engine into the engine bay.
You need to keep both the original XSi 1.4 engine loom and the new Saxo VTS engine loom and fuse the 2 together. Its around 25 wires which need to be cut and spliced together. It can be a DIY job if you have the knowledge or its around £100 for someone to do it for you.
The ECU from the VTS will need to be unlocked which is around £80 from blue hawk.
The Top engine mount from the S1 XSi engine will need to be chopped down to allow the 16v cambelt covers to clear it.
Other than loom, ecu, and mount it pretty much drops in. Very easy to do!
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