the dream..........

RMs  :y:
Nowt wrong with black leather, piped with body colour  :y:
Nice re-trim of what's already in.

here's the baby… it'll pull your heart strings!





VAG 20VT - not to shinny but well clean and fills the engine bay up just right dont you think?



to see what it looks like from a distance, not that weird tbh

StevieH said

someone tell what/where/how the hell I get my engine bay lookin like this? and I will kiss ya

Al tell you if you promise not to kiss me


Take this out



Remove all the gubbings



Remove drain tray brackets etc



Remove battery tray



Trim the seams off the chassis legs



Make cardboard templates of the plates then cut out in metal

Weld up plates in sit u to box off chassis legs…along with any holes in the bulkhead you dont want






Fill with catty






Smooth off the drain tray



Prime





Paint, bake over night   




Realise you should have welded up another hole, fill it , flatten it and re paint  









Buy yourself a 16v engine and give it a clean up




Then you need to spend 1000's on chroming, oh and send that gear box to USA to get done.

10 grand later im sure ull have a better engine bay than that red wun.

GO FOR IT….. U CAN DO IIIIT

10k   8O

kavlfc said

10k   8O

what he said  8O


kin ell though itd be a dear do but not 10k!!
where does all the rest of the front end gubbings go? all the fluid bottles etc?

phatts said

here's the baby… it'll pull your heart strings!





VAG 20VT - not to shinny but well clean and fills the engine bay up just right dont you think?



to see what it looks like from a distance, not that weird tbh

from the one pic that i can see the dash looks great, as do the smoothed doors, and sils on that beauty

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StevieH said

kavlfc said

10k   8O

what he said  8O


kin ell though itd be a dear do but not 10k!!
where does all the rest of the front end gubbings go? all the fluid bottles etc?

Spend what you've got wisely  :wink:

Don't forget, crawl, walk, run  

When I think I'm walking I fall over & start crawling again    

StevieH said

what he said  8O

kin ell though itd be a dear do but not 10k!!
where does all the rest of the front end gubbings go? all the fluid bottles etc?

Ull get no change out of 2k for the gear box alone, id presume the head has been done so ur another 500 in that.

Engine 500
Gearbox 2000
Carbs 1000
Painting materials 500
Head work 500

Thats before you buy a part or get anything chromed, crazy money in it matey

managed to see the caddy by typing the web address in manually, that is beautiful. I think it could defo work with what I have in mind  

see what i mean about with all you want to do going well with a dark colour?

it took me a while to see that there were no handles etc and that the GTi window pillars are actually there, just body colour… adds an extra bit of "beef" but without if being in your face

the flush engine bay looks sweet and with the minimal 16V in there on carbs it finishes the mk1 off… but depending on what reute you want to go down with your engine/transplant then having it all flushed really depends on whether you going to see all the effort thats been put in… i.e. you cant see anything down the sides of that 20VT, but he's made it look like its meant to be in there  :wink:

from what i've been told its a TT 20VT (220bp) and standard ECU with plenty of tuning to spare

x5pea said

StevieH said

what he said  8O

kin ell though itd be a dear do but not 10k!!
where does all the rest of the front end gubbings go? all the fluid bottles etc?

Ull get no change out of 2k for the gear box alone, id presume the head has been done so ur another 500 in that.

Engine 500
Gearbox 2000
Carbs 1000
Painting materials 500
Head work 500

Thats before you buy a part or get anything chromed, crazy money in it matey

praise the lord for ebay!

engine can defo wait for the moment, although i think when u=i get it resprayed it may be prudent to pu it the new engine then, but the power isnt an issue really, i want a top shiny engine but it can seriously wait for me, it will be (posibly the biggest but last) of the mods i make

Removing the scuttle tray might look nice but the more you think about it, the sillier the idea becomes:

1. Instead of rainwater flowing in the edges of the tray and down/out the engine compartment, it will go into your fan and interior.

2. It removes rigidity

3. An engine bay fire, will soon become a passenger compartment fire, if it occurred.

Sure you can seal up all the holes (I'd prefer to have a heater and blower though - even in a race car) and keep it in a garage, and trailor it to-from shows, but there you go, just my 2p.

paul_c said

Removing the scuttle tray might look nice but the more you think about it, the sillier the idea becomes:

1. Instead of rainwater flowing in the edges of the tray and down/out the engine compartment, it will go into your fan and interior.

2. It removes rigidity

3. An engine bay fire, will soon become a passenger compartment fire, if it occurred.

Sure you can seal up all the holes (I'd prefer to have a heater and blower though - even in a race car) and keep it in a garage, and trailor it to-from shows, but there you go, just my 2p.

horses for courses

true true x5pea

1. rubber gromets, new and a great weather proofing - also put a casing around blower to keep the water out, just leave the sides/top corners open

2. strut brace, solves the rigidity

3. if your gonna go through that much trouble in doing the engine bay and engine your gonna make sure you use new parts and make sure everythings nice n tight - as much risk of fire as any other/standard car

its only there to stop the heat and fumes getting to the blowing and circulating into the compartment… get a head ache - open windows  :wink:

The scuttle panel is part of the firewall, there is no other layer in between (unless you also remove the heater/fan).

x5pea said

Engine 500
Gearbox 2000
Carbs 1000
Painting materials 500
Head work 500

That looks like a Mastercard advert

Can't wait to see yours finished - any idea when??!!

What's the catty stuff you mentioned if not a daft question - looks like filler - is it something different?

Cheers
Andy

Im sorry but all he said is he wants smoothed door handles (I do)

And flared arches (I do, plus bigger)

Why dont you just be positive about what the kid wants to do with his car.

Least its another one gettign saved.

Doesnt sound like it would be taistless tbf….

Audi wheels is maybe a bit inaccurate, maybe say 13" 14"

Max 15"

Fair play really enit.

Plus make your engine shiny.

Why not, looks nice.

Also want to do that, fully smoothed.

Basically, dont go crazy with paint, simple looks better.