Criss' '82 Mark1 Project

Hey there guys,

Been lurking here for a while and decided to join the community and share my progress.

Started with a cheap Mk3 golf at the age of 18:





Then decided to get into the Mk1 world, so i got an ABF on MS Caddy:



But a month after buying it, an imbecile taxi driver totaled it and i had to say goodbye for a while.
After getting the insurance money back, it was time to get my second Mk1.
Here it is on a set of Le Casttelle 15"  Wheels:











I got sick of the lack of power in the 1.1l lump, so i started collecting some parts for a new heart.
Bike Carbs because vroom vroom:



Rebuilt and squeeky clean:



AFH because i didn't want to alter the engine mounts position and 16v 

Gotta polish it out



New full timing, new water hoes, refreshed new heart



Time to start working, 1.1l out



A day later and 1.4l in



Cranked right up, with the Mk2 dizzy and ignition module





Some more goodies for later, stay tuned Found some rare 13" Fondmental, but the pcd fits Italian cars, so i had to modify the lug holes to fit mine (a work in progress)



A pair of Mk2 Recaros 

Some rare BBS Benetton F1 in mint condition and they are 100x4 pattern



To be continued…  

So far so good!

Ive been driving the car with the AFH with ear tuning the engine and so far is pulls nicely and feels very solid.
Sounds wonderful in WOT the three spokes compliment her a lot
2 photos of last month's novemberfest oldschool meeting





Had to hack the original seat rails to weld in the recaros as they came without seat rails, but they sit too high, gotta fab rails from scratch i guess.
Planning on tackling a 1.6 hybrid AFH with the polo gti AVY block and crank, forged rods, AFH pistons and run bike injected throttle bodies, stand alone management with a high CR sounds tempting  
 

You can skip the AVY block, use the AFH block and pistons with an AEE crank and BCB rods. That's the setup I'm currently building. That's assuming you have an early AFH block with the chain driven oil pump.

Aye, I'm with the early crank driven block.
I'm leaning towards the avy block mainly because of the oil Squirters.
Don't wanna lack oil on those rods in high rpms.
I have ordered gsxr750 throttle bodies with injector rails. 
How's your project going?

nedrager said

You can skip the AVY block, use the AFH block and pistons with an AEE crank and BCB rods. That's the setup I'm currently building. That's assuming you have an early AFH block with the chain driven oil pump.

I saw on your build thread that you get 10:8 cr out of your setup but I've heard that with the avy crank and afh pistons it should be around 12:3
How can you be sure what the cr is?

mk1criss said

I saw on your build thread that you get 10:8 cr out of your setup but I've heard that with the avy crank and afh pistons it should be around 12:3
How can you be sure what the cr is?

I'm using an AEE crank, I've put the crank BCB rods and AFH pistons into the AFH block then made some measurements. The pistons don't come up to the block deck at TDC, about 1mm lower. After that is was a bunch of math on several online calculators. The numbers were pretty consistent. But I'm going to build one either way so I can tell you for sure pretty soon ;-)

nedrager said

mk1criss said

I saw on your build thread that you get 10:8 cr out of your setup but I've heard that with the avy crank and afh pistons it should be around 12:3
How can you be sure what the cr is?

I'm using an AEE crank, I've put the crank BCB rods and AFH pistons into the AFH block then made some measurements. The pistons don't come up to the block deck at TDC, about 1mm lower. After that is was a bunch of math on several online calculators. The numbers were pretty consistent. But I'm going to build one either way so I can tell you for sure pretty soon ;-)

10:8 isn't bad, but if I'm going to build it from scratch is like the 12:3 cr with cams and ITBs (gsxr750 already on their way)
Can't wait to see how it turns out for you.