Firstly, you’re buying an engine which is far less popular than the 16EB, so junk yards are going to charge a lot more than a 16EB until a whole lot of EB15s are sold State-side. You’re going to have to find a gearbox/flywheel/clutch from over the pond b/c the US figments are all going to be attached to autos (or buy the entire engine/gearbox from EU and ship it ($$)), the motor mounts are probably custom cuz the 10EB mounts aren’t going to be tough enough, you’ll need custom half shaft unless the gearbox in the Mk8 is the same as that in the Mk7 and it and the input flanges on the uprights are in exactly the same spot (not likely) and the splines are the same or you can run Mk8 hubs, probably have to do at least the front of a custom exhaust, figure out the electrics because those that you got with the engine aren’t going to understand the Mk7 chassis nor, possibly, the manual gearbox and cross your figures that the
shift linkage is compatible.
Then you’ve got to figure out plumbing for cooling (not too hard, hopefully) and hope that the A/C
compressor is compatible with the Mk7 stuff or that the Mk7
compressor will work with the EB15. You’ll have to sort the piping to/from the I/C cuz the 10EB stuff is too small and doesn’t terminate at the same spots, most likely. And you’ll need a new I/C b/c the engine didn’t come w/ one and the one from the 10EB is too small.
Engine/ECU: $1500
Gearbox/Flywheel/Clutch: $1000
Custom Motor Mounts: $750
Custom Machined Halfshafts: $1000 (only if either the Mk7 or Mk8 can be cut down, $$$ otherwise)
Custom Front 1/2 of an Exhaust: $300
Custom I/C Piping: $300 (pipes and couplings)
I/C: $300
That’s close enough that figuring out the ECU and harnesses,
shift linkage, plumbing, etc. will put you over $6K unless you’re really lucky *and* clever.
It’s a nice engine. It’s not that much nicer than the EB16 that’s already factory fitted in a Mk7 chassis.