1.6 turbo daasssssel,low and wide,smooth engine bay,chrome

HI,
Andrew from ireland here,
been slowly collecting parts over the past year or so, as i always planned a mk1 golf project, just never got around to it with other things-college and the derby. but have a bit of free time this summer, so got cracking at this.


have a 5door shell that i will be restoring, doing all the welding and respray myself like my mk1 derby build.

plans are so far-

a full respray in a chocolate brown
going low and wide- coilovers and banded baby G60's
1.6td engine with front mount inter-cooler and tuned accordingly
fully smoothed engine bay-painted silver. battery, washer bottle removed to boot, top fill rad and all extra holes welded up.complete wire tuck aswel and cleaned engine and gearbox

There's are just the guide lines, will be adding to the list as i pick up parts


il let the pictures do the talking for the moment.


had this shell in storage the past few years- about time i got it out and stripped it down for parts



got it parked in the garage and got cracking straight away- and forgot to get more pictures



so the first thing i looked at-was the engine bay, il be staying and working here for a good while to get it the way i want it,
always wanted a smooth engine bay- and rare in a mk1 golf- so i jumped straight in

bye bye rain tray



started welding up any holes they went needed,




also running the loom under the wing, keeping the engine bay nice and tidy,

made a template so i could smooth the chassis leg

been picking up parts for this over the last year or 2,
replacing the old ware parts and getting some nice parts also

full 5speed engine mounts



gti center console



grille in perfect condition with perfect chrome strips and rare diesel badge





late fabric stitched gti arm rests
and
rear boot plates…shineyyy  





clean set of arches- were hard to find



and finally 5 door chrome door stripes



it'l be a slow moving project, but im taking my time for a reason so its done right.

wana sell them rear load protectors pal? i like your big yellow engine lift lol

picked up this today
very happy with it



was sold it as a 1.6 turbo diesel-with a top mount intercooler bolted on.

took a better look and noticed a few nice things, its got an "SB" engine stamp,and then saw a few extra sensors and that its actually a lovely GTD Engine happy days with a water cooled turbo



got the car back,played with it,got it running drove it for a little to check for any oil leaks. once happy with it i already started tagging off the loom and getting ready to take the engine out.



going to take the engine out on monday evening- and start stripping it down and prep it for some paint

few random pics i found, may aswel post them up..

my intercooler set up





NEW special delivery





and 1 terrible picture-of my new engine,

1.6 GTD with a 5speed box

Good Project mate

nice, another mk1 saved, look forward to seeing how this project progresses.

Any progress on this?

Gammys done one
Drives good

my sort of build! looks mint keep the pics coming!

been busy, but mainly on rebuilding my mk1 derby engine,but had some time to do a small bit on this engine also.altho nothing too picture worthy.

have the engine split and on the floor. decided to clean up the box as it was very dirty

after a powerwash, some diesel, degreaser, another powerwash, wire brush, and 1 more wash- dried and a lick of paint it looks like this





had it split and clean in a day, just kept at it-couple of hours and its done.looks 100times better. the block and head is the next job, going to detail the engine with everything freshened up.

updates will be slow for the next month or so. im heading away backpacking in Thailand, so il get back to it with more pictures and more build work then.

Lovely project, looking forward to updates

For some strange reason I like this project it seems very familiar….

One thought.


that ugly bracket can be a whole lot nicer if you move the captive nut to the front of the bracket, then plate over it to enclose it to make a solid lump rather than some bent metal.

hiya liking this  project hopefully starting my GTD project soon!
what box are you using with it?
and is it a mercedes sprinter intercooler?

Good luck with the build looks like your hands are full with this one ,are you putting the battery in the boot?coz im thinking of going down that line myself.

Like the look of this project , does anybody know will the gtd run using the original mk1 loom or do you need any of the sensors /wiring from the gtd ?

mk1jim said

Like the look of this project , does anybody know will the gtd run using the original mk1 loom or do you need any of the sensors /wiring from the gtd ?

they will run on the floor,dont worry about wires jim lad  :wink:
Bert

. Cheers  bert,  will be going ahead with the gtd conversion ,  any hints or advice ?

So is it 1 GTD out of 2 Diesels then  :dontknow: