so update:

Got the motor, hopefully its in a working state, was quite cheap for the price, also got a flywheel a stock turbo manifold on it , oil lines etc.
If I take it apart I'll lose warranty so yeah. we will see , I ordered the rest of the parts aswell , timing belt, gaskets etc. Pictures later maybe.

Sadly, I do not possess a comp tester right now, I can ask my local mechanic to borrow it I guess but its also a few miles away in a shop., I'm gonna take it apart anyway, it was a running motor before the car was dissassembled so I'll take his word for it. Even if its bad , I only need the head really and the exhaust cam so do not worry

Here are some pics https://imgur.com/a/Cv7Wfxl

Btw is there such a thing as stock 3 bolt to t4 adapter, and how would it work ? cause I am thinking I got a free stock manifold I could just get an adapter maybe ?

Update for today, I took all the valves and stems out (made a homemade tool from a nut and needle nose plier ) , left the head in some diesel for tonight, gonna clean all the rest tommorow.
I still havent received the parts.. Hopefully tommorow,next week they are saying its gonna get real cold (below 0C and snow ) so I really wanna finnish the car.
I did a leak test, and noticed one of the valves was leaking slighty, can I lap it with toothpaste ? lol I dont have access to lapping compounds, or what can I do about it DIY, all the rest were fine and they'll go back in their spots so I aint touching them.

Well. I got the car assambled fully today, and its running fine I'm pleased Now back to original plan soonTM

Any t3 turbo installed on that flange is gonna be so flow restricted it's not worth carrying on, your better off buying a cheap chinafold with a t3 port cast onto it they are only £126. Give it a good port and polish it won't be perfect but will be a million times better than running that flange on a stock manifold which is quite restrictive itself. Please do more research on hardware options. What turbo are you using?

I have heard of it, a lot in fact, because I happen to be originally from the country that makes it. In Poland there is hardly any project these days that is not done either on their piggy back system (the ECU tuner) or their full standalone system (EMU). I mean for the projects where going on with the factory ECU is not a viable option (like adding turbo, complete engine swap, or other "heavier" mods). I never tried it (I am a strict factory ECU only person), but apart from problems with some very early hardware (I mean long years ago, they are around for a while now) that are now fixed, I have not heard terrible things (most problems people get are boostrapping the tune process when they have little experience), and people seem to be generally happy with the capabilities and flexibility, though it certainly has limitations. I know at least three people that use(d) these products, one of them holds a 1/4 mile record for his car model in our small type Fiat club. Customer support might be a general random thing in Poland though.

So, I am getting an mpps v13 tommorow, to read flash from ECU, but from what I ve seen there are no xdf/definition for this ecu. What can I do, I cant even start looking at things the guides talk about.

I will have to keep this ecu for now and I am planning to run MAF , hopefully someone can help me. If anyone has an xdf or something that would work , that d be amazing.

So little update:


I have ordered some SAAB orange 380cc~@3bar injectors , a Ford Mondeo MK3 2.0 TDDI Intercooler , an AWT 1.8T intake manifold from a passat on christmas, and I am waiting for them now. I have also ordered a 1/8 NPT to AN4 adapter so I could use the stock oil feed from the turboblock so I need to swap over the oil filter housing.

Also made a custom drain for the turbo using the stock drain.

Also been doing some more reading and searching in the bin for maps and other stuff. For now I want to only mess with the timing and finding CWMDAPP codeword in the following days.