I've got a 1.6 bugeye cus of the sky high insurance. Im loving it at the mo, it's nippy but it's not rapid just wonderd what sort of work and cost to put the sti engine in as I need to know if I gotta rob a bank lol

 

with the labour involved and needing a donor car its cheaper to by a uk turbo when fund allow unless your a dab hand at mechanics

 

I've heard you can turbo charge the 1.6 what sort of power would i gain and how much you reckon to get it done

 

Surely fitting a Sti engine will sky rocket your insurance anyway ???

 

Bit of a big job... If your asking the question id say save for a proper turbo matey plenty about........ However I know that a lad is doing a conversion on his classic at Adams garage at UKscoobycrew.co.uk you could ask the q there............

 

Insurance will be higher on a modded car than a WRX or STI. Plus on top of the engine you need need to sort the gearbox as the N/A ones will not survive. plus factor in brakes and suspension and you can kiss any saving you think you may make goodbye!

 

Another one publicly talking about fraud....

It will cost more to insure with an STI engine than it will be to insure an actual STI.

 

I'm only 22 most insurers will not touch me on a sti till im 25 just after a bit more poke out the 1.6 I'm loving the handling and pretty much everything about the car just after owning a fiesta st im missing the power

 

Not something I recommend but you can usually find JDM cars registered as non turbos but that gives another issue as to being able to insure an import. As said before though be careful about talking so publicly about fraud lol.

 

If you look I never mentioned anything about not telling the insurance I'm just after away to get more horses out the car, I've done exhuast and filter and just wondered if there was a turbo upgrade

 

There were a couple of places that did supercharger kits for 2.0 na's but not sure these would bolt to a 1.6? Not sure its worth the money.
Also not sure how the 1.6 lump would cope with being turbo charged with regards to compression ratios etc.
You would need full exhaust set-up, turbo, fuelling set-up, ecu just for starters.

Only mods worth doing in reality are unequal exhaust manifold (and exhaust set-up if preferred), suspension mods and brake upgrade, all IMO of course.

Paul