Project G40 Turbo, engine in now starts the hard work lol

Hello all

well Ive been about on this website over the years but never really posted

now Ive got a mk1 again I thought I would join in the fun

Its my 7th one i think lol lost count but most know me for my corrado

http://www.online03.plus.com/aposegil/
http://www.corrado-database.nl/index.php?item=view_corrado&id=420

now I have a v6 S/C passat with RS4 tranny system but I fancied something for more fun along with the 900 ninja

so I picked up a 1983 alpine white mk1 drive of my mate (he loves mk2's so should never have had it!!!!!!!! lol) its pritty solid just rear arch damage

and original project was bike carb Gt 1.3 engine stripped out etc etc you know the story

well as I started to collect parts I was offered a LHD g40 been vandilised so I took it even thou charger was blown but I didnt care

So now the plan is
G40 lump with nice T25 or T28 turbo (already got manifold)
On standard engine mounts
Poly bush everything
Strip out interior two seats needs to be slightly comfy bucket/sports seats


but as I started to strip the car down I  found that ive got some bad wings (gong straight to the bin!!!!)
Battry tray was foobared
Going to start removing scuttle panel holes been drilled in it over years etc
Also going to fit G40 pedal box and Servo with M/C
get strut brace upper and lower
Also GTi Anti roll bar
Vaux 256mm setup (my mate binned my 280mm setup thinking it was rubbish and yes i did make him cry)
Repair rear passenger arch
and I think thats about it at present lol

Ill get some pics up asap but hopefully it should be doing the ring early next year

welcome and nice one your plans sound good

well im planning to build a kind of pug rallye kind of car

nimble and light but without being to OTT plus the important word here is cheap. Ive told my other half budget for this car is ?1000 already up in ?400 so mean all paint welding etc will done by me god help me lol

and so everyone knows the GT part of sproty name plus Golf Turbo lol only badge that will be on the back of the car

yay doing the same with mine not many of em about but heard some real good report bout them i think its the perfect engine as its real light wiegt just lifting mine around a bit to day i just cant wait to fire her up i will let you know how i get on first thing is the near side mount needs to be sorted as the polo one is different but thinking of use a g60 mount or modding the polo one to fit  im gonna keep with the lader for a while and get her goin the eaton all rady got one a bit premature seeing as i only got the bock to day

Ive been told gearbox mount to use the original GTI mount of the mkI which looks like it will work

well as I havent had any good pics but today my other half took some

upto now been trying to get rid of crappy panels in the engine bay so bit of smoothing



another engine pic




the only real outside damge


Ive cut it out and panel beating from inside out and then weld it back in hopefulling close to pefect to avoid using replacment panel or loads of filler.

rear boot need about 2" x 1" piece welded in the bottom left and thats about it really



well bettter start working


had my partner and my mate helping so bit got done



Sadly ive cracked another windscreen so search on for another one now  

but will have more pics soon

Nice one Alex  8)

usual point about the vin number needing relocating when you remove the scuttle tray. dont chuck it away as it's on there. still looking good.

novocaine - thanx for the tip but not stranger to smooth bays

my other halfs car :-


and another one where working on

http://mk2vr6.com/board/download/file.php?id=502&mode=view

manic- how you doing mate missed you at ace lol

also more updated repair panel at the rear nearly done just got to tack on and final shaping but very happy with the out come

had to do small repair to the rear of the front passenger arch

sadly the front bottom part of the drivers arch is worse than first realised so means some repairing needed

oh well got another night worth to do

fair does bud. looking good. happy hunting.

well been doing a few huge nights up until 1-2am tring to get the work done but last night most of my time was taken up trying to fit the polo mk3 pedal brake box and servo and after 25 attempts (well felt like it) i finally got it

also some pics of the progress





also the repair to the rear arch




the car how it stands


oh and the wheels I still need to refurb

smooth bay looks cool as. how easy/ hard is it to remove the scuttle pannel?

ive got clipper carb and the air filter's weber / ram air both rubbed on the pannel and split the rubber manifold gasket.

cheers pete

nice job alex, car is looking more and more solid every time i see it!  8O

well quick update

80% of the engine bay now rubbed down

hopefulyl finish that off tonight so I can start priming

also decided to throw in the towel with the rear arches and have a proffessional do it for me. Its better in the long term just annoyed I know I wont be able to do a good job on them

also picked up my Vauxhall claipers with brand new pads ?30 just need to get 16v discs already have the special bolts

also finaly got hold a the right Saab turbo down pipe to use so once the engine in i can fabricate the exhaust system. If anyone has a 2 1/4 system sitting about with one back box doing nothing let me know save me a bit of time lol

Well small update

left the car in primer over weeknd to let it settle came back on monday wasnt happy with tthe finish

So more wet and dry

then primer

and then some more wet and dry

and final filler primer and engien bay not looking showing mint finish but happy enough for me

and we have



if i was really anal i would do more filler work but to be hoenst i just want to drive ti not show it off

also turbo




oh and calibra 256mm setup with hoses and brand new pads ?30


all teh pics are here if you can be botehred to see how many times i rubed it all down lol
http://s134.photobucket.com/albums/q91/aposegil/mk1/

Can i have my mk1 back now please alex?? I really must change my signature now!  :cry:

well been slightly busy, did one more wet/dry and first layers of paintthat kepted me busy until saturday 2am



came back to the car on saturday day even thou looks good, I wanted to put more white over it all





got to admit for my first ever time spraying with the gun (and a ?11 gun at that) it came out ok (actually better than I ever thought I could achieve).

tonight started to cleam up bottom part (steering rack etc and start putting things bck to where they should be




and how its sits tonight



tomorrow hopefully, weld up the brace for steering rack and underseal the bottom part of the engine bay as the car never was going to be show so rather it lasted on me

also here what I picked up for my other car

is that a rover v8 or a ford?

this is were you say no its an inline 4

its a S4 audi lump to go in my passat

this is my other car

http://www.ukpassats.co.uk/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=240

8) some nice work there aposegil, engine bay's looking very tidy