Smudger's 20vt Project A.K.A Patsy. (Update 07/06/2015 Got the love back)

Pipsical said

Cracking thread mate.

Is this moving the mount from the front further back?
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yep, from the shiny bit on the left to where it is in the picture.
it is also flipped 180 from its original sticking up position to sticking down, as pictured.

Bloody hell, this is fantastic

Pipsical said

Cracking thread mate.

Is this moving the mount from the front further back?
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Yes mate and as Jon says flipped. Had it done by a friend of Jon's and it was spot on welding work. Test fitted the engine before it was done to make sure it was spot on.

sallyandsean said

Bloody hell, this is fantastic

Thanks matey. It's slowly coming together now. Really want it done for this summer  

yours be done before my at this rate

You lads have done a nice job of the engine bay, looks really good. That hose kit is gonna look mint as well.

Andy

Thats a good looking mk1 thumbs up

Melteddrummer said

You lads have done a nice job of the engine bay, looks really good. That hose kit is gonna look mint as well.

Andy

hypermagic said

Thats a good looking mk1 thumbs up

Thanks guys

Not a massive update today as missing some bits to move on massively. Fitted front ARB into place today. Spent the rest of the time we had on mocking up the inter-cooler  pipe work and test fitting the rad and fans. All fits into place nicely.



Got to get a few bits of pipework and silicone together and next time it'll be fitted in place.

Great thread.  what an enjoyable and realistic read.  I love how you openly state the issues you have.  Real world project instead of other ones i have looked at that purely show the progress.
Kudos sirs for your combined efforts and progress to date Tobe

Thanks a lot Tobe for the kind words mate. Much appreciated. Won't be able to work on her now till a week on Sunday so have got a little time to get all the pipework and bits I need to finish off the intercooler and rad set-up.

Will update soon.

Smudger

Wowww what a great read. Cant wait to see the finish result. Keep up the hard work. What bhp you hoping to get btw??

HuggYBeaR said

Wowww what a great read. Cant wait to see the finish result. Keep up the hard work. What bhp you hoping to get btw??

Cheers Huggy,

I am not too fussed about bhp tbh. I was thinking around the 250 mark maybe but I don't want to go too mad and make it too unreliable     

smudger1980 said

HuggYBeaR said

Wowww what a great read. Cant wait to see the finish result. Keep up the hard work. What bhp you hoping to get btw??

Cheers Huggy,

I am not too fussed about bhp tbh. I was thinking around the 250 mark maybe but I don't want to go too mad and make it too unreliable    

why put a k04 with a high flow mani if you ant bothered bout bhp . should of kept k03 or go k03s …..250 bhp  you be getting more than that on that set up. my advice get a electroinc boost controller 3 settings 1st 200bhp 2nd 250bhp 3rd mmm u can push it to 300bhp . get diff and you have a animal  

peterg60 said

smudger1980 said

HuggYBeaR said

Wowww what a great read. Cant wait to see the finish result. Keep up the hard work. What bhp you hoping to get btw??

Cheers Huggy,

I am not too fussed about bhp tbh. I was thinking around the 250 mark maybe but I don't want to go too mad and make it too unreliable    

why put a k04 with a high flow mani if you ant bothered bout bhp . should of kept k03 or go k03s …..250 bhp  you be getting more than that on that set up. my advice get a electroinc boost controller 3 settings 1st 200bhp 2nd 250bhp 3rd mmm u can push it to 300bhp . get diff and you have a animal  

I'm not going to be maxxing it out Pete tbh mate. I am after a little bit of reliability and have heard the standard internals of an AGU are only good for about 280bhp which will be my ceiling I think to work towards. As always it's a learning curve so i'll be guided by r-tech when it's ready to be mapped  

Oh and I will be getting a diff in due course but want to get the car running sweetly and then do that perhaps next winter. Rome wasn't built in a day my friend    

smudger1980 said

Oh and I will be getting a diff in due course but want to get the car running sweetly and then do that perhaps next winter. Rome wasn't built in a day my friend    

ko3s have shot rods out of blocks . get sum forged rods in do it once do it right  

peterg60 said

smudger1980 said

Oh and I will be getting a diff in due course but want to get the car running sweetly and then do that perhaps next winter. Rome wasn't built in a day my friend    

ko3s have shot rods out of blocks . get sum forged rods in do it once do it right  

How much did that cost to do????

rods and big ends and rings about 450 doing it yourself. its peace of mind plus you can change all gaskets in the process alteast you know you got a good engine

lets get it running and on the road first

Andy might join you in strengthening the engine at some point.