2 litre powered!!!! ( lots of piccys)

right, ive only gone n done it!!!
 2litre powered!!!!! 8)
put a 2e tall block in my mk1 gti.
 took 4 days of blood sweat and tears. now tears of joy though!
basically did the work with a mate at his garage in cornwall, now ive just gotta run the beauty in! :cry:  but it will be worth it after that.
 the spec is a 2 ltr 2e tall block, with a ported polished gas flowed head with over sized valves, audi throttle body with matched inlet manifold, with a newman fast road cam and a wrapped exhaust downpipe. with a reconditioned bottom end.
after its run in im looking for some decent torque!!!!!!!!    cant wait.


 a very tired 1983 1.8 gti engine with 185000 miles under its belt


 ready for extraction!


these ramps are a life saver! although very nerve wracking when the car is being lifted up by its sills!!!!


ready for removal


all gone!! the engine bay was then degreased and power washed


 while the car was up in the air we notice this area where the steering rack support had come away from the chasis…………………….


proper job!!! all welded back together, then undersealed


2e block with oil cooler adaptor and blanking plate attached


bits n bobs now attached


oil pump with a mk3 gti baffles attached


wrapped exhaust.


we put 90 deg bends on the oil cooler to keep the pipes free of nasty angles and kinks


WUR mounted on blanking plate



the finished article!!!!! 8)

the trickiest part of the swap was changing the cog on the distributor. the pin which holds it in place  must be made out of the hardest material know to this planet. but was good when it was done and in place.

i know i havent been able to drive it properly yet as ive only done 100 miles so far (3000 rpm so far!!), but the engine seems so much more solid and has a certain eagerness to it without having to rev it.
 it sounds lush too, as anyone whos driven a cammed car will tell u, very distinctive.
 anywho, cant wait till ive done 500 odd miles and i can start to slowly pick up the revs.
my plans are no more than 3500rpm for 500miles, then 4500 for a furhter 200 miles then 5500 for another 200 miles, then oil and filter change, take it easy for abit and then go for it. shouldnt have to rev it hard though, should have plenty of torque to play with.

anyhoo, im not gunna say im an expert, but if i can give any advice to anyone doing  the same mod then i will be more than happy to help.


Cheers
Jon

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Top job Jon-Boy! 8)

Top dollar well done mate


 8)

did you have ny clearence problems with the exhsaust, due to the tall block ?

looks nice dude,  8)

great work there! bet your chuffed with it!

cheers for your comments so far guys.

 clearance wise, im using a full stainless magnex system, there is no fouling of the exhaust to the body and bulkhead. the only place its catching is on the rear valance by the tailpipe, rattles abit when pulling away, which is already driving me crazy! apparently you can get a sandwich plate from tsr which fits in between the downpipe and the exhaust manifold, so im gunna get one of those, and hopefully it should do the trick.
but as i say, i think if you were running on a standard exhaust then i think you would be fine.

jon

right then, spoken to tsr and they say that theyve never heard of that sandwich plate? :?  pretty certain someone on the owners club said they had gotten one from there?

 they said i should go for the tubular manifold they supply for 300 notes!!!
perhaps in the future, but for the moment i think i will try and source a sandwich plate!!
 i have a spare gasket for the exhaust manifold/downpipe connection, so if the worst come to the worst then im sure i can get someone can make me up a 20mm plate to sit between them? should be cheap too?

Cheers
Jon

Welcome to the tall block club mate , looks like you've done a fine job . Found a much cheaper place for the manifolds at

competitionpartsUk.co.uk

They list one for a mk1  4-1 for ?107.10 + vat waiting for the bumf to come through . If it looks ok i'm going to order one for mine as i'm not paying tsr prices either .

Hope the running in goes ok

Guy

Going to have to change your signature too  

nice one mate!

 8)

hi, when you get it RR let me know what figures you get please?
i also got a 2.0 and am weeks away from also getting newman cam with ported and polished head and exhaust wrapped too.
So our figures will i imagine be VERY close.
Thanks

nice work, I apparently have a 2ltr engine in mine..?! last owner overbored it and did who nows what to it..
Any idea on what bhp/torque a 2ltr should be putting out? As I am RR it soon…

Jon,  so the pin from the dizzy came out in the end then, I was thinking i'd have to take it to an engineering place to press it out?

ive got some RR time booked for when the car is run in properly. so i will let u guys know then. 8)
 should have some pretty decent torque figures, n thats what im interested in to be honest. but at a guess im gunna say 140+bhp and similar torque, say 150 lb/ft.
but i will scan in the info when i have it, so u guys can see.

 Mr_GTI. we tried driving and pressing the pin out, but in the end we drilled it, took flipping ages though, theres some pretty hard metal in there!
then we pressed the new pin back in, was very satisfying when we had done it! make sure you put the drive wheel back the right way on!!!!

 Jon

hi again.
i had my RR tuned on 97ron fuel (which i always use) even tho it is now ?1.05 per LITRE in some places here.
anyway, figures r ok ish, my torque at the moment at just around 3k revs is 133 lb/ft, with a poor 113 bhp.
thats almost standard with the 2L in.

the figures you said are apparently true also as ive been told by more people again, doing the same mods.

So nice one speak to you soon

yeh should be good.
 cant wait till its run in.
 but im driving to manchester and back 2morra, so thats 500+ miles on the running in stakes.

sweet
Jon

Cracking job mate, looks sweet. i know what u mean about the ramp lifting on the sills. my mates dad took in his mk1, went on one of those, came back with two big folds in the floorpan 8O  8O ur feet were risen about two inches in the footwells!! 8O

nice job, be a great ride :wink:

Greg 8)

nice job mate,looks real neat & cool,hope you enjoy it :wink:  8)

done 600 miles now!
 the car sounds awesome, and is alot more eager to go, even without having to put my foot down, gunna start picking up the revs abit now.
then an oil and filter change and away we go!
 8)
John