Mk1 GTI Blue G60 Conversion

Absolutely cracking work on the engine Jimi, wish I knew how to do that stuff.

Update continued……..

Cambelt on and timed up.



Gearbox back on.



Engine fully assembled.





So next, was to get the car lifted up so that I could slide the engine in place. It was handy to have a forklift on hand for this!



Engine in!



A couple of pics with the roll over jig finally removed and she now sits on 4 wheels, after all this time.





Then yesterday I put the driveshafts on,  intercooler in place and bolted the supercharger in so I could see which boost hose parts I require. It is incredible how tight fitting a g60 engine is these mk1's! It fits without anything touching but there is millimetres to play with!








That's all for now, thanks for looking  

Massbad69 said

Epic 😄

Thanks!

Yomp said

Loving the head work!

Cheers, first time he had seen a g60 head, 28 hours of work went into it all finished by hand.

Hairyarse said

Fantastic work on the engine, balanced and all this will be one sweet running motor. Loving the head work too, he's done a fantastic job with that  

Thanks, certainly looking forward to getting it running.

Melteddrummer said

Absolutely cracking work on the engine Jimi, wish I knew how to do that stuff.

Cheers Andy, i'm sure you will be fine when refreshing your engine 

Melteddrummer said

Absolutely cracking work on the engine Jimi, wish I knew how to do that stuff.

 
Agree with Andy here, I feel a deep set jealousy reading what you've done and wish I a) knew what you were doing and b) that I could do it   

Car is looking fantastic, will be so much fun to drive  

Matt

Loving the engine work! It will be a lovely car when it is finished (not that it looks bad currently!)
The engine build Is the next task on my list (and the one I am most looking forward to!)
As such, I have a few questions if I may…
- were you advised to use new big-end and con-rod bolts?
- who supplied the bolts and shells?
- What did you paint the block with?
Thanks in advance!

Jason

pazwaa said

Car is looking fantastic, will be so much fun to drive  

Matt

Cheers Matt  

paceman said

Loving the engine work! It will be a lovely car when it is finished (not that it looks bad currently!)
The engine build Is the next task on my list (and the one I am most looking forward to!)
As such, I have a few questions if I may…
- were you advised to use new big-end and con-rod bolts?
- who supplied the bolts and shells?
- What did you paint the block with?
Thanks in advance!

Jason

Hi Jason,
I reused the main bearing bolts as it's not an issue on these. In my manual, it says you can reuse the conrod bolts once, but as they are stretch bolts and the fact that I had spent a bit of money on the engine, also the engine would be running more power than standard I decided that I would spend some extra £££ and buy arp items from only charged dubs. There was no way I was going to cut corners at this stage as it would be always in the back of my mind   

The shell bearings I bought from oem parts and paint for the block I used a gloss black for general metal that I had at work.

Hope this helps  

Thanks!
I was never happy when I last rebuilt my short block as I didn't change them. When I torqued it up it wouldn't turn over () so I had to back them off a little.
Car was only on the road for a few months before I took it off again for some more tlc. As that was a long time ago, I'm going to strip it down again and get it balanced and do it properly!
As you say, it doesn't pay to skimp!

Keep up the good work.

Small update.

Got a few more bits fitted now, some of the engine loom is in along with gearchange cables, clutch and throttle cable plus a few other bits.

Im having a radiator custom made, which should be done in about a week. Its just the rad and some more electrics to do before I can fire her into life.

I got the exhaust fitted after making a couple of modifications. I cut out an unnecessary step and welded in a straight piece to avoid any restriction and bent a piece of stainless pipe to make an upswept tailpipe.



Also fitted the front wings and bumper.





Today I spent fitting the doors.







Thats all for now 

Hooray, it's a car again Jimi and what a beauty!!

Melteddrummer said

Hooray, it's a car again Jimi and what a beauty!!

Cheers Andy! Still so many jobs to do though   

Epic mate. Just sat here for the last few hours and read it all. 

This is going to come in handy when doing mine nice work mate.

I spent a few hours today fitting my new custom radiator which was made to my dimensions by a local firm. 
 
Its an old skool copper and brass type. Tripple core, well made and reasonably priced, so I am pleased! 



Fan fitted.



And installed!





Thats all for now, next I need to find a place to fit the oil cooler.   

Kiwi.gti said

Epic mate. Just sat here for the last few hours and read it all. 

This is going to come in handy when doing mine nice work mate.

 Cheers mate 

Tidy looking rad  

That rad is totally RAD

Hairyarse said

Tidy looking rad  

Thanks  

Melteddrummer said

That rad is totally RAD

Small update from this weeks work.

I have got the oil cooler fitted now.

Here are the mounting brackets which I made.



And fitted.







Also got the intercooler pipes fitted, I bought a couple of ali pipes, one straight and also a u bend for the part between the rallye bend off the charger and the intercooler. I then cut them to the required length and got a local fabricator to swage the ends.

Heres a pic of the lower bend from underneath.



And lastly some pics of the engine bay as it stands.







Thats all for now. Next part is to finish off the electrics and see if she comes to life….

Thats all for now