My 83 3 door tintop. 1.8T K04, Air, BBS RS FTH. BRO

       

it needs some TLC. I'm going to look at the big ends before deciding how far to go

to this… going in here soon…

and its in!

looking good man running?
was it a fairly straight forward swap? would love to eventually do this on mine!

Those are very nice looking engines. Looks great in your bay  

There's an amazing build thread on Ed38 with one of these, I'll see if I can find it, maybe give you some ideas.

Matt

Not quite running yet. Turning over on the key though. Good oil pressure.

 Fuel pump. Water pipes, ignition wiring and throttle cable to do. Oh and an exhaust of some form!!
very close now.
swap is quite straight forward physically although the list of correct parts for the injection to carb  conversion isn't short. Its done reasonably often un polos though..

Well done mate. Looks much better now she's in the bay. Hope you can get her going ok.  

Love this colour!

Looks a good base!

Now have 240 miles on. Running well so far. Will be off to the rolling road at 1k to get some numbers and check fuelling etc.

a pic from today:

Looks very tidy  

hi

Did you have to change the mounts on the car or just use the original ones ? iv head you cant use the gearbox mounting as its different mount ? if so what gearbox did you use and how did you fabricate the mount ? thanks

Sam

The front and driver side I used as is. The rear I had to clearance to clear the gearbox. I made the passenger side gearbox mount from the original and the one that came with the new motor and box plus some 2 x 1 box section. The box is the 5 speed that came with the motor. It's a DQW. I converted it rom cable to rod change and swapped the shift finger internally to give better centering feel.

And now it looks like this

 

Oh wow that's stunning mate!! You must be well chuffed with that?

I love the car overall but really love the interior. What are the seats out of?

Hairyarse said

Oh wow that's stunning mate!! You must be well chuffed with that?

I love the car overall but really love the interior. What are the seats out of?

Thanks Andy.

The rear seat is the original but reshaped and I added the headrests. The fronts are alfa 147 mated to golf bases. Which is actually quite a bit more work than it sounds as the golf's bases sit very high at the back.

They look uber comfy!!