my project

when i first got her



stripped, gutted





found afew areas of rot!!





errrm!



recon arch



gettin lowered



welding!!



de-seamed, flushed



primed





new colour!!!!!





assemble, staying de-bumpered



bonnet after being G3'd and cult back, no wax or polish!!!
shiney, shiney!



wow!!!

looks like you have been busy, great job though! what spec mk1 is it?

Wow! Looks great!!

cheers, its taken me ageis!! lol,
it failed its mot weds, still got to do more to it. luckly not alot!

its only a 1.1 but ive got an g60 lump to go in her!!!
going to be rapid!

im liking that alot

Very nice,glad to see you have keeped the old girl alive.good work.

WELL DONE FELLA......DEDICATION, THATS THE SPIRIT.

thanks guys, it hasnt been easy, afew times ive thought, right thats it im not doing this no more, and going to sell it, but i just leave it for a day then go at it. im glad i did stay at it!

Nice mate, gud work!!

JJ

very nice, looks like a lot of love has gone into this car

yea alot of love went into doing this car, lucky enough i have got an understanding girlfriend! lol

after alot of thought and messing around with the idea of a g60 lump i have decided to go down a different route. i have fianally got chance to start work on her again at long last! the tax and mot ran out on it few months ago so i thought well lets make it rapid!

so i have decided on as follows, **(deep breath)**

mk2 git 1.8 16v lump thats been bored out to a 1.9, new pistons (forged) new rings, rods, complete new water pump, oil pump, slave shaft/seals/sprocket, port polished gasflowed head, bigger valves, ground back valve guids, knife edged inlets and outlets, head has been skimmed for max compression, kent cams, 4 branch manifold, inlet manifold to accept twin webber carbs DCOE 40's, over sized chocke rings, uprated carb jets, drilled and grooved brakes, brand new wilwood calipers, rebuilt gearbox with a nice twist in the ratios! new full roll cage, car has been stripped, and im having a measure up for a pair of alliminuim bucket seats to keep the weight down.

most of this is still on the side awaiting to be fitted lol, i have taken afew pics of whats been accouring and the progress of the project. i thought i would be easier if i added it to this thread so people could refresh their memorys of whats happend over that last year or so.

right enough of me blabbing on, here are some pics, enjoy!

engine


stripped down, cleaned and just come back from its bore out


new shiney things! lol


box,


bit more paint



new uprated seals




new shiney things! lol



removed sump and ad a play about

had a clean up


mmmmm....yummmmyyyy, thinks abit of water got in there!


thats better!


more paint


removal of the valaves, all 16 of the buggers!



early stages of porting and knife edging



ground back guides on both inlets and outlets




all outlets one completley ground back, look how much the valve guides stick out and reduce the airflow.


inlets and outlest ported out





using a tecniuque called "flappy paper" i took the rough edges out form the porting


ploish time! only polish the outlets , dont do the inlets as you will cause condensing on the inlets and moisture will seep in your engine.




final polish!


i will get more pics as soon as i complete the jobs, well try to lol, i have a habbit of just getting things done! lol

sorry im not very "educated" when it comes to under the bonnet stuff, however i'm sure its all very impressive it looks like you know what your doing, how long before its all up and running do you reckon?? good work btw

lol, thats ok im looking at 200-230bhp out of this car, so yea its hopefully gonna be quick. as for road time, bout 2weeks, just in time for vw action! lol

FINGERS CROSSED!

more pics of the head work thats been completed
valve stem seals removed

new ones!

shiney spring cups

honeing the valves in, useing grinding paste (very fine), did this by using a suckker.

new honed out seats in the ports.

valve seals in place

putting the shiney valves in place!


just look at that!!!!!!

bit more paint! lol

slapped these babys on!









cams about to go in!