New Series 1 Project (At Last!)

Picked it up today, shes t&t' and insured with FJ for ?99, bargain.
Managed the 150 miles home without a hitch, in horrendous traffic.
Overall the car is in great shape, very original with a few very minor blemishes….Watch this space!

Looks great!

sex on sexy wheels

ssssswwwweeeeeeeettttt!!!!!!!!

Stripped the s3 engine from the subframe/gearbox etc last night. Ive started gathering the various parts together! so, so far alls going well!
Ill start puttin up a few pics soon

Parts obtained:

BAM engine
02J gearbox
Qpeng plug and play ecu  (sorry Ben, price was too good!)
Chrome flag mirrors
Chrome door handles
Intercooler
Pipework
Throttle body 2.0l 8v mk3
Lightened balanced 9a flywheel
Roofrack!
Cable change
Just negotiating a peloquin lsd for the 02J aswell

Think thats about it, all the other bits will be taken from a donor gti next week and the engine should be in/out by the weekend after!….all good fun :mrgreen:

might take it for a blowover aswell once its all done, make her a bit shinier!

qpeng ecu is pretty good still getting a wideband as theres a few people running it that are hitting major lean spots on full boost

run an afr gauge on the dash

good work tho car looks niceeee :wink:

realy nice car u got there mate

Parts pile is almost complete!  :twisted:

Stripped the BAM engine today of all the non essentials.
If everything arrives in time were going for the transplant next weekend!

Peloquin is sorted, just ordered qpeng downpipe and stripped wheels to send for widening…. :mrgreen:

Bit of progress… 8)
the original..

lots of goodies

engine out..

engine in..

in situ..


So were getting there, just got all the loom and plumbing to do now and the tank to swap, getting the engine in felt like a big step, just itching to drive it now! although with the sump being about 2mm off the floor i can only go up the drive and back!!  :twisted:
Once its in we can get it all looking nice and shiny….

Why is the sump 2mm off the floor ?

Is the BAM engine taller than other 20v's or is the sump just bigger ? :dontknow:

another silver 5dr.. woohooo

the car was pretty low anyway as its wound down on coilovers, ill see how it sits with the new wheels on then ill probably just wind them up a bit. the bam engines sump is no lower than normal.

Spent the day in the rain yesterday swapping the petrol tank over, quite a job in itself! also as weve got the added headache of converting from auto to manual, we swapped the steering column and pedals.

A sneaky peak of the wheels ive had back….



 :mrgreen:

Just a bit of wiring and a few cosmetics to do and were going for the big start!!!! :twisted:  :evil:

loving it mate thats a proper sleeper  8)

really really nice mk1,the steels look the business,what size are they.

They were 13x5" but ive had them widened to 7 front and 8 rear, they do look nice with the chrome center cap in, just wanted to keep it looking original!

love the wheels dude! are they re-con driveshafts in the boxes? if so where did you get them from?

Cheers! the 100mm shafts were brand new from cvp services in coventry.
I couldnt find any at the time so opted for some shiny ones. 8)