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how much roughly would i be looking at to get a standard 1.8 dx engine to the following spec:
bored to 2l
ported and polished head
fast road cam

also any other modifications you would recomend and what sort of power/torque would it put out i dont know if i should stay 8v or go 16v

the car needs to be reliable and very very fun
cheers dave

You should just buy a 2ltr its defo the cheapest way to do it.
If you need 1, give me a shout. I've got a complete in a mk3 golf i'm slowly taking apart.
With a fast road cam, a chip, and decent intake/exhaust you'd be looking to get around 135-140bhp.
Torque wise i think they are alright, changing the cam would defo give the engine a bit more poke higher up the rev range.

Decent head work can cost sort of £40 to £100 for a simple job. Fast road cams are around £220 a set as well. I'd of though 155 - 165bhp would be achieveable with decent breathing.

to have it bored out will be verry expensive when i enquired the larger pistons required where £450 on there own
the change to 2.0 mk3 golf bottom end will give you a big increase in torque and will cost about £200 look for codes agg and 2e they are the most common but there are others
port and polished head about £300 when i was getting quotes but i didn't do it in the end
i have just found a cam and vernier pulley for £100 2nd hand this is verry cheap expect a cam about £100 and pulley £50

thanks for all your replys
im just wanting more power so badly just trying to find what the best way to go is

buy an mot failed passat with a 2E engine (£50 or less)

swap the rocco flywheel onto the passat engine and insert it. wire in the digipants to the fusebox

very quick rocco