83 Gti set to get full resto

Cool, no worries dude

Andy you planning on putting any heat shielding in on the bulkhead? Those manifolds get mega hot  

smudger said

Andy you planning on putting any heat shielding in on the bulkhead? Those manifolds get mega hot  

Aye mate, I've got some of that dimpley ally stuff I'm going to use!!

Are you running epytec mounts Andy?

If so i had the same with mine.  What ever you do dont try and shut the bonnet or you will end up with a dent lol

I bolted my rear mount to the beam, then let it sit naturally after it didnt sit right. Basically i bolted it where i thought it should go, and it pulled it too far back.

Ended up moving it down 1 hole pitch.  Means that only 3 of the 4 holes have bolts in! 

May or may not help

I am running epytec mounts Adz, before I bought the 02j I had an 02a which was slightly different and I had to cut the top hole off Al together to make it fit. With the 02j box I have now, I can only use 2 bolts (Because I lost the top hole)and if I moved it down another I would only have 1 bolt in

I'm thinking of getting another rear mount and starting again.

Ah i see.  Had to modify mine by extending the bottom leg too.  Shame as the other mounts seemed ok.

Got an 02a on mine at the minute and it sits like this


But when i trial fotted with the 02j sat in a similar position.

Guess you may as well make your own dude

Melteddrummer said

smudger said

Andy you planning on putting any heat shielding in on the bulkhead? Those manifolds get mega hot  

Aye mate, I've got some of that dimpley ally stuff I'm going to use!!

Melteddrummer no worries mate. I've got some spare if you need any let me know mate.  

Nice one Andy, I will be needing more for my gear shifter underneath the car. Whatever you've got left, I'll buy off you mate

This is a great thread!  Will be really useful for my resto/conversion… thanks for taking all the detailed pics! and keep up the good work

Cheers No worries, Dave. If you need any help, give me a shout and I'll try my best.

Few little jobs done this morning.

Built the 100mm drive shafts up with new GKN Lobro cv joints.


Fitted the M/C to the servo with a new bottle.


Bought another GolfGTI badge and rubbed the silver off to match the black Volkswagen badge.


Also bought a Vagabonds lower strut brace and painted it green to match my ARB's


That's it for today

Liking the lower strutt brace.

You're going for the stealthy look with the rear badges then! lol

Aye mate, stealthy badges ftw

all coming together nicely andy, looks great  

It was mate but it seems the epytec mounts need altering. The engine is jammed in towards the o/s bulkhead so I need to chop my mounts to make it fit. Drivers side mount and gearbox mount are both at the end of their travel on the slotted holes

Well I've made a start on the engine mounts. I'm just doing one mount at a time so I can leave the engine in.

I started with the gearbox mount, the engine needs to move to the n/s by 5mm to give me more clearance on the aux belt which is currently 1mm away from the chassis leg.  In the first pic you can see the marks I've made, the mount needs to move 10mm in two directions, so out came the grinder



Mount removed from brkt


And welded in it's new position


Had to bend one leg in so I could still use the bolt hole.




That's it for now peeps, just hope it works lol

Nice welding Andy #3  

Drivers side mount has now been altered so the engine can move forward 10mm to match the gearbox side. I had to make 4 new slotted holes in the mounting plate and re-weld the mount to the plate. Hope to have it all back together at the weekend.



All welded up, etch primed and a couple of top coats

Another small update.

 Finished altering the engine mounts and the engine is now where I want it. I now have clearance at the steering boot which was touching the DP before and I now have clearance where the auxiliary belt tensioner was touching the chassis leg  Hopefully I can now get on with putting the car together

here's some pics,









Happy days

Nice work Andy  annoying when standard parts that should fit, don't 

Now crack on!!