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Id deffo get hold of an RS2k rather than trying to engine swap - the GTI to RS2k conversion is supposed to be a bit of a pig and not worth the effort given the price difference of the two cars.
There are a couple of popular conversions, though. The most common by far is dropping the 2l silvertop zetec from an early, pre-PATS modeo in, gives ~130bhp and a good deal more torque and makes it a much better drive.
Another conversion is an RS turbo lump, although theyre becoming a bit thin on the ground.
Yet another I've seen done is using the 2.3 out of a scorpio, although again a bit thin on the ground and Im not sure whether this would be any easier than a RS2k.
A third option would the budget turbo option on the 1.8, or a 2.0 if it takes your fancy. A guy called Stu on escortevo knows his stuff about this, and highly recommends it - its my long term plan to get it done to mine. He used to have a website running, but thats gone down now.
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