project newquay

right then, last few years ive been to newquay in a few diffrent dubs, this year i thought id get another ready for the run to the sun festival.
if any1 is intrested then feal free to post comments etc. ive decided on a 2litre conversion and am contemplating running on twin 40 webbers but not got that far yet,
first of tonight i picked up a GTi engineering engine (bottom end smashd to smithereens but head was spot on!!!!)

spec of the head is as follows:
RE1900 conversion
Gasflowed head with matching ported and gas flowed inlet and exhaust manifolds.
40mm inlet valves
35mm exhaust valves
sports camshaft with 276 duration and adjustable pulley.
reprofiled inlet/exhaust valve seats

got this head a abit of a bargin to be honest  which i always like

on saterday im collecting an audi 80 engine 3A engine code 2litre that will be used as the donor engine.
so far that is it and i will update more and opefully get some pictures up of the build.
not got a car to put it in yet as i decided to build the eingine up whilst looking for a tidy mk1 tintop to place the lump in.

right then bought the engine this morning, Audi 80 3A engine 2litre,
got it back and wasted no time in stripping.  crank pistons everything has come out. stripd and cleaned the block and applyd the first coat of paint.
heres a few pics i managed to get


pictures are abit blury as i got oil on the lens  
going to order a full bottom end gasket set and shells oil pump etc rings.

awesome im going to try and get down this year, normally go surfing in the summer, take the mk2 gti down for the nice 4 hour drive.

how much did the block set you back, whats the condition like?
PAUL

payed 130 for it as complete engine apparentlly 69k acording to the clocks but cudnt guarentee, but to keep me busy
over the weekeds and spare time i decided to strip it down and its in good nick on stripping it down there was no wear on anything, could easily lob it back together as is, but for the sake of the parts i can get at trade price its not worth messing about with, only thing im struggling to locate is piston rings as vw said they went obsolete in 2002.

The heads been sent of to a mate who engineers heads to have all the valve guides replaced and re-seated and lapping the valves in aswell as acid dipping whilst its all stripd

will get some pics up soon
anyone got the torqu settings for the auid 80 3A bottom end they can photo copy and email me?
simon

bit of an update heres the block painted up going to build it back up on sat

arrival of the new car has now given me a bit of a boot up the jacksey!
got to do a few bits and bobs to the golf now, going to renew the brake lines with braided flexis, the vauxhall brake upgrade i reckon with the bigger servo and maser cylinder, the cylinder head is still away for re lapping of the valves and acid dip to clean up so awaiting on the head really regarding the engine part of it.

will try and get pics up, these short days with dark evenings are really depressing and not making me want to do anything when i get home from work but all should be back on track shortly

simon

pickd this up he other day, 1800GTi fairly good bodywork archs sills are all solid, plans for it are to keep it standerd ish out side, lower it slightly do the brake upgrade and possibly put ats classics on with the bumpers removed.

scousers have been about then. at least their using axle stands now not bricks

haha whipd the rear beam of to clean it all up and paint it, renewing all breaks bushs etc and a good ol underseal before it goes back on.

right then, finaly got round to getting some pics done tonight,
got my rear beam back last night and got it put on tonight in the pouring rain! at the moment ive just got gmax all round witha  40mm drop untill after xmas ill get some coilovers i think.



and heres some pics of the engine all built up




im going to get a few more parts like 22mm servo and master cylinder and a few other bits n bobs before i put the engine in.
so far its going slow due to the weather and dark nights, but im hoping to get a fair bit done on sat get her back down on wheels and get cracking with the corrado interior before working on the front brakes and suspension.
 will get some more pics sat hopefully.

been abit slack on this at the moment, concentrating on the interior as its back on the ground. but ive got a blanking plate being made up at the moment where the wur will sit on as the 3A has a eacking great big breather hole. I am getting a few made up if anyones intrestd?? will only charge what it costs me.

also sent the inlet manifold of to get powder coated. but i totaly forgot to send my radiater cowling and a few engine bay things of so will have to get a fair bit together and sent of inone to make it worth while.
 trying to get all the bits together now b4 i go on with it so i can just get cracking and get it all in at once.

im doing to 22m servo upgrade but think im going to keep standerd GTi brakes up front apart from discs and pads. does the servo make much of a diffrence??

hey myman great pics of the engine quick question whens run to the sun on always go newqay quality cars down the south west hopefully mines ready by then

run to the sun is always on the last bank holiday in may, show and shine is on the sunday. cheers look forward to seeing you all down here.

right  not updted this in a while as ive been busy building the engine up collecting parts doing bits n bobs.
right now i have my gearbox all cleaned up replaced the push rod bush and oil seal aswell as the big seal for the input shaft.
got a new clutch and fitted that, so at the moment the engine is all built up with the box on. had to fit a new engine mount as the old one was well and truely buggerd.


took my wheels down the powder coaters tonite on the way home from work with a few brackets and radiater cowling etc so looking forward to getting them back.

im contenplating hiding the wires for the engine bay through the chassis legs but failing that i will just use the wire tubing i got to neating it up.
if i remember i have got to order a few things of crazzyquiff when he returns on the 7th.
will get some pics of the engine tomorrow hopefully.

the interior is gone, replaced this with the corrado rear bench… what a bit of a ball ache this was.. well not to bad just abit time consuming whilst u get it all lined up in and out in and oput in and out etc but its in now and ive just got to make the sides up. got a few door cards im going to sacrifice so it will match the rear cards. will get some pics again, or if u search corrado interior its in there,

the front seats will go in soon after ive removed my carpets cleaned them renewed all the stereo cables and ran some wires for a small sub and amp that will be hidden in the boot.

ran my new fuel lines all ive got left to do is underseal halfway back to the front as ive done the rear when i had my axle of, thats been painted laquerd and put back on. all new rear brakes wheel cylinders new flexis etc etc. got new hubs for the front going to put drilld and grooved discs on with pads lower the front on the gmax setup ive got for the time being.

then thats that bit sorted. i then want to get it in the bodyshop for a respray but before then ive got to fix my sunroof and collect a few window seals and the window scraper seals ?? any ideas on where from??

but will get some pics up soon. allin all its coming on pretty well at the moment. hopefully should have it done for newquay.

www.runtothesun.com
all the details are on there man

what did you do for fuel lines?

i need to repace mine but they appear to be soooooooooo expensive - even from Crazyquiff - i've had a few people saying to use 8mm microbore copper pipe (central heating pipe..) which i happen to have a spare 10 metres in the loft.

did you do rigid front to rear or braided ? if rigid - what - steel / Copper / plastic?

Dont go copper for fuel lines. I think one main issue is that it can harden and crack - not sure if it would react with fuel or not but recall people saying to stay clear of it in any case!

Try Automec for piping, they do loads - not just the 3/16 brake pipe which most other places do. They should be able to do a 25' roll of the pipe, all the fittings and a crimp tool for the price of new lines elsewhere!

reason i used crazzyquiff was the braided ones u dont have to remove the steering rack to fit them, where if u use the solid ones u have to remove the rack.

personaly i would reccomend them from crazzyquiff as they are easy he posts them out next day. top man and top service!

Simon,
i rate Rich's service and quality of course, but i dont fancy a full length of braided - as i am going for the OE look.

Paul_C and hairy - thanks for the info - I'll look up Automec - that where i got the brake pipes from so i'll look again!.