mk1 16v project

Thanks for the comments guys, ill have a look into the blower motor area, I have got a rain tray cover on but it has a few cut out in it to allow for the single wiper motor, but there was quite a lot of water in the car so I got a feeling it's coming from elsewhere aswell

been on a bit of a spending spree lol

bought some weitec 60mm shocks n springs



bought some door check straps with pins from crazy quiffs





some door seal for the top of the door to stop the road noise



also bought this back a while ago the o2a shifter for the o2a box



some polythene sheets for the doors to bring down the noise as much as i can



bought some wire tube grommets for the tailgate (hopefully this might help with the water leak)



some eibach camber shims for the rear



also got some rear pins to hold the rear seats in place
(these were a right mission to find)



also another rarety i found at a breakers but he only had the one



cuz i needed two of these i had to try n use my skills to make another one lol heres my attempt



also had this bad boy skimmed for me from a really friendly and helpfull guy on the gti forum



heres my attempt at the front seats after putting the foam over the old foam





sprayed up the sump in primer



sheds getting as bit full of stuff at the moment with the car being stripped out lol

I like the work you are putting into this.

bought a few more parts and done a bit more also









got the alternator in primer



also got the engine and sump sprayed in primer and black







got started motor primed



got the head rebuilt



started cleaning up the head for paint



done the hydrolic clutch pedal mod on the steering column (pretty chuff with the reults)







got the passenger door sound deadened and the polythene sheeting done





that's all for now

Nice update Chip, some good work going on here.  

Thanks mate, same goes for ur build aswell mate , I may forget to comment on urs but I always have a good browse on urs wen uve done an update good stuff from ur build

Coming on strong! One of my favourite valvers this, including that I prefer it to my own 

chipster2407 said

Thanks mate, same goes for ur build aswell mate , I may forget to comment on urs but I always have a good browse on urs wen uve done an update good stuff from ur build

Thanks dude.  

Brad. said

Coming on strong! One of my favourite valvers this, including that I prefer it to my own 

Thanks brad  

Hi. Just had a great read of your thread, some top work going on!
You did it a while ago, but can I ask what stonechip you used? Was it a smooth finish? Also have you had any problems with the filler cracking in your smoothed bay? Did mine, but when I straightened the top of the inner wing with a hammer to fit the wing mine cracked!cf_emoticons__BangHead:

The stonechip? U on about the stuff I used in the bay? I think
That was just stuff from
Halfords, wasn't halfords own brand but it was one they sell, can't remember if it was a
Smooth finish, think it was tho, also I have had a few cracks in the filler but that's only from Where I filled round the top of the strut top mount and cuz of the car being a bit bouncy due to
Being on not the best of coilovers I'm
Presuming that's wats caused the crack but other than that there's no crack

well I think my project is need of an update so here we are….

got the engine all put back together





took the kr engine out ready for the swap over





got crazy quiffs to modify the o2a shifter for me so it fits without and mods to the car and looks stock (it even used the original holes that the stock shiftyer fits with)



id just like to say I know that crazy quiffs are a bit expensive but they are bluddy good at what they do and have got me out of a lot of s**t with this car so for that I wud highly recommend there work to anyone

ok back to the build


got the steering column back in with the home made hydro clutch setup on, am gonna need to modify the heater pipe fit it to fit but by the looks the pipe wont need much taking off to fit



also bought some weitec 60/60 shocks and springs for the motor, bit of an issue with the height of it atm cuz it still seems a bit high but hopefully once its settled and everything back on it wud drop a bit more







and vvvvwwwwwaallllllaaaaa abf engine and gearbox in!!



also got a few bits powdercoated, I did get other bits done aswell but I forgot to take some photos of them





that's all for now, but I will be doing more stuff today on it aswell so shud be another update soon

Excellent work lad! 

Looking good mate. Coming along well. Nice update

Cheers lads

not really an update but more of a progress report

sadly after a while of trying to get my car started, did a compression test on it and it was reading stupidly low.
I then decided to ask the person who id bought the engine from weather it was definatly a runner before they sold it me which they assured me it was def a runner (even tho theres no way that I could find out) all I can do is take there word for it.

after much thought about why it wouldn't fire up I rang up crazy quiffs (rich is a legend btw, he is very helpful and always get me out the s**t), he sed theyd had the same situation with a valver that they had in, turns out it was a powdercoated inlet manifold!!!!!! apparently the grit from the shot blasting imbeds in all the areas that u cudnt see so when u get it back it looks clean but really its not, as soon as u start the engine it sucks all the grit into the engine and basically f***s everything up.

heres where im at now.

had to take the engine back out to inspect everything properly and what I found wasn't a very good sight



scored the bore!!


pistons are knackered!!!




my old man sed that at some point the eninge must have been seized cuz cylinder one was a mission to get out and also the rings are seized in the piston, I wish id of checked these as soon as I bought the engine, I cant say for sure that all this was caused from the grit or weather the engine was a non runner I just wished that Id checked these first cuz then id def know if they were like this before

well more money will be needed to be put into the endless pit again because of this!! I just wanna drive the bloody thing!

heres what it all looks like now

Really sorry to read this mate, it's unfortunate that people sell duff things as working for one. But I've also read people having rockers etc powder coated and ruining the block  

I feel for you, I really do, but I'm 100% sure you will get it sorted and you just have to be patient, the drive will be so much worth it again, I love mine now! 

Bad luck mate. What's your plans? Rebuild or replace?

Cheers brad, i know itll def be worth it wen.its finnally done, im gonna get.it rebored sumdger and do a full rebuild on.it now, cuz the head is basically new and fresh and once ive done it then i hopefully wont need.to do it agen, the mrs ent to happy with me over this cuz i got a quote of 400 to get it rebored and pistons whixh is pretty cheap from some of yhe quotes i was getting

Well it turns out i wnt be getting the engine sorted ill be sourcing another aparently the pistons that are over size for this engine are impossible to find the only ones that are about is forged and i dnt really wanna pay that much for pisyons that im not gonna use properly,.so looks like another engine is to be sourced, which ive found already goin pretty cheap but this one i wnt be takin it apart and painting, itll be goin straight in the car