Barney's RE2000 MK1 8V

Spilz said

Great work so far mate, look forward to following this.

Cheers buddy, hopefully i can keep adding stuff on a regular basis

golf1980 said

Good job so far barney. I do love a gti engineering car.

They are quite special i thinks too, the Shed Man said the heads done, so i should be adding a pic of that soon  

James_W said

Good work,
I see your in Berkshire, there is a mk1 meet on the 3rd Wednesday of the month near Maidenhead if your intrested & this months meet is next Wednesday.

Yeah i have been to the last few, but as i cannot bring the mk1 i usually come in a mk4

Lovely bit of kit that. Proper piece of British Engineering! Looking forward to seeing how this comes together.   

barney1102 said

James_W said

Good work,
I see your in Berkshire, there is a mk1 meet on the 3rd Wednesday of the month near Maidenhead if your intrested & this months meet is next Wednesday.

Yeah i have been to the last few, but as i cannot bring the mk1 i usually come in a mk4

Really, sorry for not saying hello   

James_W said

Really, sorry for not saying hello   

Its cool, i think you actually did at the last one, if i remember correctly  

Ronnie85 said

Lovely bit of kit that. Proper piece of British Engineering! Looking forward to seeing how this comes together.   

Cheers, yeah it is, hopefully it will be when its back to its former glory  

Glad to see progress Barney!
It will be a belter when it's done..hope your happy with it

yeah, sadly not as much as i hoped, but it is underway, the engine has probably had the most done to it, the body needs a fair amount.

yeah i hope so

Great work with the seats. I look forward to following this

Just got the Head Back, the head had some nice work done on it when GTI Engineering did the conversion back in 1987, and i was fortunate enough to have the very same guy give it a refresh, and from his own words he said its now perfect, got the block back too, but that just needs a few finishing touches and i will add pics later, but for now:











sorry about the overkill on the flash it basically had a complete overhaul and it already had the Schricks camshaft 

That looks mint mate. Nice one

Mega engine envy!  

that head man is awesome.  you were so close to me as he is just round the corner! should have come round for a cuppa and a chat  

Ahh i didn't realise, maybe next time, and i might be able to pop down in the mk1 this time

Hi fella. How is the rebuild going? I have soda blasted one of my pistons and Im now on the mission for new rings. Did you ever find any? If not do you want a heads up if I do?
cheers

Hi Mate, yeah still going, pretty slow at the min for updates, but so far so good, ahh cool, i manged to clean mine up i do have some pics that i could add later, as for the rings i managed to get some, the Dave Knight at Knight engine services did the measure up and found some from an Alfa that were a perfect fit, providing you have the same pistons you could use the same ones, can find out details on the weekend and let you know, as they are with the engine builder

that would be cool ta
Ill post a pic of mine later too

Any news on the build?

Hi buddy, still pressing on with it at the moment, racking up parts and bills by the looks of things, but am aiming to have her up and ready by late summer will try and get some pics up soon, any joy with your one?