AGU engine conversion

Its about time I started a build thread so here it is.

I bought this car from a friend last year. The car was already painted and had the BBS wheels on.
Unfortunately  the mechanics was not as good at the looks. The car was running an 9A engine, KR head on bike carbs. This engine only lasted a few months, with the engine becoming louder and louder until it was at the point of no return.
The plan was to remove the engine and rebuild it but the cylinders are badly bore washed, and required lots of work.
I really did not want the car of the road this summer so I decided to fit an AGU and possibly rebuild the 9A in the background.


This is what the car looked like when I bought it. The body is in really good condition, which is a big plus for me as I hate bodywork. The colour is dynamitic grey with a tad more white.

 

No idea why the engine bay was unpainted and looked so rubbish.

I have had the bay painted to match now and it looks so much better.


I decided to leave the underside of the bonnet at the carbon looks nice in the flesh

I have also picked up an AGU engine, stripped it and rebuilt it with all new parts, and fitted an k03S

Ive had some new mounts and cleaned and 02J box adding 100mm cups and solid mass flywheel and clutch.

Cracking looking car and nice work on the engine tidy up, colour choice is unusual but should look great when complete. Keep the pics coming!

Perfect looking Mk1. It'll be some car when the new engine is in. Great work on the rebuild, nice quality work.

Thanks for the comments.
I've been doing some more today, flywheel,clutch and box went on, and in the car it went.
Love it when a plan starts to come together.

Just mocking up the rad and intercooler ( I know it's the wrong way on the pic)

Progress has been a little slow as late but, little bites and all that.
I've installed the new 100mm shafts, and made a start on the cooling.
The first intercooler I got, never worked out so I've got another and made a bracket to mount it to the rad.

 

The harness connection to the car has been started with all the unwhanted loom removed. I have also been reconnecting the sensor loom back to the engine.

Ill try and get some pics up, but im struggling to upload them at the moment  

Yo mate its audi sazuka grey👍

Here is what's left after removing all the unwanted bits.

I've blacked out the front of the intercooler to make less visible through the grill

I've also mocked up the intercooler pipe work the turbo side. I'm not going to keep the straight connectors, I'm going to get it welded and paint it black.

I've rooted the throttle cable using some plastic clips

I'm undecided about bonnet pins/latches. As the bonnet is carbon fiber a part of me thinks that they're required, but I don't like the look of them.

So, today I decided to take a broken cheap upper strut brace and some box section and see if I can make something that looks good.
This was the result. Its painted black at the moment but I'm going to get it powder coated.

I've also put the front end back together.
Love it when it starts to look like a mk1 again.

Made the bracket and installed the overflow tank today. I've put it down low in the passenger corner, riv-nutting it to the front cross member keeping it out the way.

Nice work Looks like you have a nice space to work in too.