2.0 16v 6a build

rossirvine said

numpty - you should have just rang me! Im only up the road, and have a 16v in my daily!

it does need quite a lot doing to it tbh, exhaust fabricating, gear linkage setting up, complete wiring, fueling system plumbing in, cooling system plumbing in along with the heating system, and quite a bit more but i cant think off the top of my head.

didnt know sorry haha

its gone now anyway. should be back mid november i reckon as he has a full time job too so its weekend work for him.

im gunna be trying to do stuff myself once its back. once its in, i can learn how things are together in it just a matter of needing something to take apart first before i can learn how to put it back together. haha

keany,

finally decided to do it and dropped my car off in chesterfield at ricky t's to get finished as i cant finish it myself. next time i see her ill be driving her on the way to the mot station

keeping an eye for new wheels as my supalites were smashed up in jetta incident outside my house. not sure what to go for as i wont have that much money to play with :/

as soon as its through the mot though gunna have to crack the filler out and smooth my arches out as theyre in a pretty bad way after taking the gti arches off, they look like theyve been rolled with mole grips tbh rather that hammerd up so so outside edge of the arches are ruined. hoping can get some shape back with filler coz i cant afford new wings n repair panels.  gunna get some rear spats too n run then instead of gti arches i reckon.

this is how shes sitting at the minute looking sorry for herself. she will be restoered to her former glory by spring though

on the plus side i found a pic of her on google street view before i took her off the road pretty good pic too

what gearbox you putting in pal? looking good so far. how did the manifold fit? is it a standard engine or has it been tweeked?
interested to know the figures as i have a 6a block in my shed witing for a rebuild

gear box is just of an 8v mk2 rocco gt, as far as im aware same as mk1/2 gti so i could keep 90mm drive shafts. the 16v manfolds are designed for the conversion so fit spot on too.

its got kr head with the 6a bottom end, print outs from the engine with an 8v box in its previous car were 168.3 bhp with 143 torque.

k

Ay up mate! How you getting on with this? Miles.

orite mate. not really been on here to for time! hah

not had the car anywhere i can work on it. after there were a lot of problems with the wiring and parts that were fucked on the current anccilaries i lost a lot of motivation with her.

sent her to a mates of mine in chesterfield to rebuild the engine, and get it running for me, but with the weather throughout november and december theres been little progress, even toy'd with the idea of selling it when i get it back and buying a vr rado :/ maybe ill feel different when shes running but im getting bored of not having a car now. especially when both of my dailys have been written off last year while this was in the garage.

dont worry though, she will be running and getting back on the road while im in posession!

Keany

Chin up Mate!

I know the feeling though, made no progress on mine in months, but even with the little 8v in i fall back in love with it every time i drive it. You'll get your motivation back once ur blastin around in it.

How did your corsa get written off?

Miles.

lets just say never play chicken with a 42 tonne truck lol

lol surprised you didnt just drive under it with the stance of that thing..

alright mate. im also doing this to my mk1, what did you do to the airbox?? cut it down? or not fit the lower half? also what fuel lines you running? did you reshape the metal ones or make new ones? ta mate