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Title: MK3 Golf 1.8t Project
Post by: snail_on_skunk on 06 January 2013, 19:20
Hello, kinda new to the forum so thought it only right that i show you guys what ive done so far

Well, always been into my VW, and the MK3 is my favourite shape, best combo of old and new looks in my opinion, so went out on the hunt for a perfect base model to start my project, took 9 months but finally found one, a MK3 golf, 2 door 16v GTI with NO SUNROOF! (they always leak and no need for it, i have windows for fresh air!)

I drove almost 5 hours to collect, 6 on the way back (cause i got a bit lost) and within 2 hours of it being home, here is the result!

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All out!

While i was searching for the car, i came across an engine that i couldnt say no to! Found someone at a car meet with a mint a3 1.8t (agu engine code) and one night some idiot in a bmw thought he was a drift king and wrote the car off, luckily for me, he wanted to get rid of the engine, so picked up the complete engine with everything, wiring loom, key, dials for £500, which is when i decided to strip it and make sure for my self that it was perfect!

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Then the tear down started, i decided to put as little back on the engine as possible, i wasnt going to run anything that didnt make the car run, so aircon was removed, secondary air removed and all that rubbish!

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Had a couple of little leaks but nothing major, so then the minor detailing started and putting it back together.

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So, back to the car. I checked out the engine bay while the engine was out, no signs of rust, so no need to get that sprayed, just removed everything unnessessary and all wax from chassis legs and polished. Cheap and easy, and came out really nice, if i do say so myself!

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Seen as i had a 16v gti to start off with, this made it very easy for gearbox, as i used the original 16v gearbox. I also opted for a G60 flywheels and clutch, as it would be a comfortable drive as i will be using the car as an everyday driver. I didnt get the flywheel skimmed as i wanted quite a heavy flywheel, helps with the torque a bit.

During this stage, had a word with jamie at Jtecautomotive (as they would be the guys to wire up the engine for me, and the desicion for a K04 turbo and matching injectors was made, but this would mean modifying the inlet manifold to accept the 225 injectors to a manifold that would be running throttle cable (i used a vr6 cable)

Out came the angle grinder!  :evil:

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Once finished, i also had a bit of a mess around with the front end to accomodate the FMIC, but i wanted it to sit slightly higher and far back, so that it would be as hidden as possible, going for a sleeper look. Still need to try and find black jubilee clamps or just paint mine black so its a bit more stealthy.

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Then the black heat paint came out and fitted everything back just to see how hidden it was, think i done alright.

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Now was time for engine installment and boost pipe ordering. As i was going for a k04 turbo, i ordered up a downpipe from qpeng, and to keep everything the same, i kept all piping (exhaust and inlet side) all 2 1/2 inch, will black silicone pipes, for obvious reasons. The only thing i had trouble with was getting a custom made oil return pipe made up, i made sure it was alot thicker that the standard return pipe as i have a friend running a 1.8t k04 and the turbo blew due to oil build up, so dont want that. Here is the engine ready for mounting and fully mounted (dont have any while i was lowering it as it was late when i started to fit and wanted to get it in!)

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With the engine in, i started at wiring. The first thing i wanted to do was rip out the sorry excuse for an immobilizer that came fitted to the mk3 golfs from factory, as i wasnt happy with how it worked, and i wouldnt have been happy with just "piggy backing" it with another alarm, so the entire dash came out, and any wire that went that immobilizer unit removed.

The only thing that i needed now was wiring the engine, exhaust system and a set of wheels to finish off the "stealth look" so i started searching, and i came across a set of 16x6 steel wheels, that had the "lips" painted silver with what looked like hammerite, including genuine drip marks and scratches. So after handing over a whole £35 and a new set of tyres waiting, they got mounted and the car took its journey down to Jtec to finish the wiring and exhaust!

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While the car was away, a couple of extras came about that i couldnt say no to, these included a vento front end, 2 sets of lights (just incase) and 3 types of vento grill, one was the very early style one that had never been painted or marked and set of porsche teledial wheels, 16x7 at front and 16x8 at rear, picked up those for £75 as the guy didnt know what he was selling. One has a flat spot so this will have to be straightened before i get them acid dipped and powder coated silver with yellow and red crests.

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And now we are up to the current date!

Went down to Jtec the other day to see how they were getting on, and they had it running already, all wiring wrapped in furry tape, giving it that OEM look. They also fitted a vr6 air mass meter as this is 3" diameter to match the k04 turbo tip and it worked better with with the AGU ecu. And this is how it looks as it stands, all that is required now is a ECU map and dyno test and insurance!

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I also opted for a single exit, slash cut exhaust as i didnt want it to look like a VR from behind, so we had the cat removed and centre silencer removed and only the back box, which suprizingly isnt that loud at all, until u give it a bit!  :grin:

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For mapping, ive opted to take the car to Rtec up in leister, they are one the best used my my mates, and the guys up there are animals with 1.8t engines, proof of it is my friends seat ibiza cupra, that we upgraded his turbo and injector to a K04 with 225bhp injectors and he is now getting a healthy 267bhp at the flywheel on an "economical" map with no spikes (as the k04 are known for this)

New updates coming soon, once i get some cash for a map and insurance!  :cry:
Title: Re: MK3 Golf 1.8t Project
Post by: F17BAD on 06 January 2013, 21:49
nice little project

only things id not have put on the engine whist it was in bits is the standard KO4 manifold as that flows about as well as a drinks straw and the Qpeng K04 pipe is terrible quality and known for cracking :nerd:




Title: Re: MK3 Golf 1.8t Project
Post by: snail_on_skunk on 06 January 2013, 22:08
Well intentions for now are to enjoy it how it is then when I save up a bit, 2.0 stroker kit, k04 hybrid and equal length custom manifold and 3" Downpipe. I've heard mixed things about the manifold, some day they don't breathe we'll enough, but talking to companies that do the conversions, they've said they got decent numbers out of those manifolds, as am I'm running on standard rods and pistons for now, don't wanna push it too much!  :cool:
Title: Re: MK3 Golf 1.8t Project
Post by: CJA321 on 06 January 2013, 23:16
Thought you should do internals on an AGU before going k04? Or am i wrong/missed something?

Lotsa 20vt mk3 going about now. Nice one looks good. Good work!

Title: Re: MK3 Golf 1.8t Project
Post by: thai-wronghorse on 06 January 2013, 23:28
No messing about,  good stuff.
Title: Re: MK3 Golf 1.8t Project
Post by: snail_on_skunk on 07 January 2013, 00:23
Was contemplating internals when i had the engine stripped but found out AGU are stronger engines, just bam engines got stronger internals, plus the big port head should help it breathe better. Ill eventually strip it down again, detail the bay properly, 350bhp is the goal. Just dont know whether to go interior and looks first or power! Power is always more tempting!  :rolleyes:

I havnt seen any other MK3 20VT around my area, im north london area, only ever see vr's and decked 1.4s!  :nerd:

Title: Re: MK3 Golf 1.8t Project
Post by: SoundillusioN on 07 January 2013, 09:53
No messing about,  good stuff.

This... Should be a fast paced thread.  :cool:
Title: Re: MK3 Golf 1.8t Project
Post by: F17BAD on 07 January 2013, 17:37
Was contemplating internals when i had the engine stripped but found out AGU are stronger engines, just bam engines got stronger internals, plus the big port head should help it breathe better. Ill eventually strip it down again, detail the bay properly, 350bhp is the goal. Just dont know whether to go interior and looks first or power! Power is always more tempting!  :rolleyes:

I havnt seen any other MK3 20VT around my area, im north london area, only ever see vr's and decked 1.4s!  :nerd:

AGU internals are the same as any normal 20vt, .. the large port does not do much at all, infact the reason the bigger turbo cars had the smaller port was due to Torque

you need to read up some more, and also the AMK is the same as a BAM, these are the 2 stronger ones, pistons are different from lesser engines etc

the bits you want to change are the Rods tho, this is the weak link on the 20VT, i have done all this to mine (Audi S3 lump) but  have ditched the K04 and got a Audi RS2 MTM big turbo kit thats currently 350 bhp at 10psi, soon to be further mapped

you wont get much better than 260 bhp with your current set up however if its set up right it feel immense in the mk3.

Title: Re: MK3 Golf 1.8t Project
Post by: snail_on_skunk on 07 January 2013, 19:53
260 is fine for me, not much space to use it round here anyways, i do 31 in a 30 and i get pulled over!

Ye, work at Audi so all too familiar with the pre and post facelift S3's with different engine codes, and the hundreds of other 1.8t engine codes there are.

For now the rods will do, like i said, want to enjoy it while its "tame" in a sense, plus, only 23, did this because this was the car i think VW should have brought out. For an engine that fits almost perfectly in with only wiring modification to consider, VW made the 1.8t for the A3 in 1997, they knew it fitted in the MK3 and they wanted us to do this!  :grin:

Like the use of the RS2 turbo also, nice way to keep within the brand! Had thoughts about a bigger turbo too, only one that looked good for my style of driving was the "disco potatoe" (plus think it a cool name for a turbo!)  :nerd:

What size pistons did you go for if you dont mind me asking, was thinking of going for 83mm intergrated items with H-type rods and the 2.0 fsi (or tsi, ive forgotten) crank to make it a 2.0!
Title: Re: MK3 Golf 1.8t Project
Post by: thai-wronghorse on 07 January 2013, 21:06
Disco potato?

(http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Disco+potato&hl=en&tbo=u&tbm=isch&source=univ&sa=X&ei=-TfrUL-4KMPN0QWMw4CgCw&ved=0CDUQsAQ&biw=640&bih=335)
Title: Re: MK3 Golf 1.8t Project
Post by: Leon27 on 07 January 2013, 22:10
I havnt seen any other MK3 20VT around my area, im north london area, only ever see vr's and decked 1.4s!  :nerd:

Hey North London is a big place! I see all sorts but haven't seen a 20vT or 16v's like mine much...
Loving the project, 8hrs of ownership and the engine was coming out  :grin:

Title: Re: MK3 Golf 1.8t Project
Post by: snail_on_skunk on 07 January 2013, 22:59
I havnt seen any other MK3 20VT around my area, im north london area, only ever see vr's and decked 1.4s!  :nerd:

Hey North London is a big place! I see all sorts but haven't seen a 20vT or 16v's like mine much...
Loving the project, 8hrs of ownership and the engine was coming out  :grin:



It was hilarious! After 5 hours of driving, I couldn't be bother with the guys "sales pitch" he kept sayin how good the engine was, and all I kept saying is "that's nice, it's the first thing I'm changing" his face dropped!  :grin:
Title: Re: MK3 Golf 1.8t Project
Post by: snail_on_skunk on 09 January 2013, 21:15
Disco potato?

(http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Disco+potato&hl=en&tbo=u&tbm=isch&source=univ&sa=X&ei=-TfrUL-4KMPN0QWMw4CgCw&ved=0CDUQsAQ&biw=640&bih=335)

Its a turbo based on the garrett gt28 base with a couple of mods, faster spool up, built for about 350bhp, was designed for smaller engines!

http://www3.sympatico.ca/mr2sc/disco_potato.html
Title: Re: MK3 Golf 1.8t Project
Post by: snail_on_skunk on 13 January 2013, 21:25
She's back, picked up the golf from Jtec yesterday, so happy to get her back. Drove her home to see how she was going on the standard map, even without the map she pulls nicely. Tried my best to stick to the speed limit the whole way but couldnt help it, went from 60 - 120 in no time, bit scared for when i get it mapped. Gonna give it a quick clean during the week and get some pictures up, but apparently it schedueled to snow so might just be covering it up instead!  :sad:

The drive home (with the stereo off, so i could hear that lovely tone) gave me time to go over the car and work out what needed to be done, so far the list is as follows:
- Obviously, get the booked in for a map at Rtec Tuning
- Look into brakes, quite hard pedal, think i need to modify the vacuum system on the brake servo
- Power steering is a little heavy, think its the combination of mk3 steering rack and mk4 power steering pump, will look into different pulley sizes
- Coilovers need fitting, its on lowering spring now (how i bought it) but since changing the engine, the front now sits higher (1.8t engine lighter than a 2.0 16v?!) so needs leveling out and tracking done.
- Back box touches heat shield slightly, either modify shield or lower exhaust slightly, will work out how much space i have to play with
- Buy new coolant bottle (cause its dirty) and mk4 golf washer bottle to relocate to o/s of bay to make room for air filter
- Relocated battery to boot (or spare wheel well if i can make it fit nicely), again, for more room for air filter
- OEM airbox with panel filter if i find one that fits (will breathe nicer and can make a cold air feed from lower grill)
- Clean engine (dusty and water marks) and possibly repaint cam cover, inlet manifold and pipe work.
- Start swapping over parts with the current MK3 to get all nicer trims with no scuffs.
- Start looking for black interior items (grab handles, pillar trims, sun visors and interior light)
- Start looking for someone who knows how to change colour of all LED's of interior for red and blue items (to match MK4 interior)

Think thats enough for now, should keep me going through the next month or 2! Wish me luck!
Title: Re: MK3 Golf 1.8t Project
Post by: snail_on_skunk on 17 February 2013, 05:51
Been a bit busy lately, so quite happy to get around to working on the car for a bit today. Was working "officially" today, so took the golf into work and had it on the ramp next to mine and worked on it when it wasnt busy (but boy, did it get busy, you always get the most idiotic customers on a saturday!)

Well, first off, got told there was a doner mk3 golf cl in the carpark that i could have what i wanted as lond as it could be driven to the scrap yard in a reasonable state! Swapped over the steering wheel, as mine was a bit worn, swapped over the speaker grills as 2 of mine were cracked, took the front bumper slatt covers, as the us spec one i bought didnt come with any, and also swapped over the front and wing indicators to the orange units, as ive been picturing the car fully silver with little details, and i think the orange sets it off nicely. Also fitted a new coolant bottle as it was dirty.

Also read a thread (think its on here) about fitting a set of boot gas struts under the bonnet to make bonnet struts, was really easy and looks pretty trick if i do say so myself. And finally, managed to grab a set of ruybber floor matts for a mk3, with the VW badge on them, much easier to clean!

Took my old coilovers to work, that were fitted to my 8v GTI, took them apart, cleaned them up, wire wheels all the threads so nothing was siezed, and put them all back together ready to fit, but run out of time so that will be done next week along with tracking. (I say ran out of time, i had 1 hour before closing time and decided to clean her instead  :nerd:)

And here is the end result..

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Had to get one of them together before the black golf goes, not willing to get rid of it until the 20v is 100%, you cant rush these things!  :cool:

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Title: Re: MK3 Golf 1.8t Project
Post by: snail_on_skunk on 28 May 2013, 20:39
well, the good days have quickly turned to bad! Driving home on sunday and car started over heating, steam coming out the bonnet, the usual thing to make you sit in traffic while hanging your head in shame, turns out, head gasket. When i stripped the engine down initially, the only bit i stupidly didnt change was the head gasket, at the time is tested ok and was trying to keep budgets down, once again, stupid me.

But, i guess every cloud has a silver lining, have been trying to make space in the schedual to strip the engine down and replace the rods, oil-pick up, change the k04 turbo i have for a hybrid k04 with k06 (from old shape RS6 i believe) internals, good for around 350bhp and upgrade the downpipe and de-cat from the qpeng one i have currently to a 3" version made by "trackslag" to allow it breathe better.

Time to get the card out and spend my amsterdam and miami saving monies, all in a good cause i guess...

http://trackslag.com/index.php/products?view=rokquickcart
Title: Re: MK3 Golf 1.8t Project
Post by: Wayne on 28 May 2013, 21:13
You reused the old head gasket  :shocked:   :shocked:

That will never last as it gets compressed.

Looks a good project however.
Title: Re: MK3 Golf 1.8t Project
Post by: sharki786 on 28 May 2013, 23:13
Wicked thread duuuuuude :cool: your a fast guy. Lookin sweet. Pitty about the head gasket. Oh well silly mistakes happen.
Also i noticed is thay your front bumper is pushed out in the middle? Is it anything to do with the fmic? & which fmic did you use?
Title: Re: MK3 Golf 1.8t Project
Post by: snail_on_skunk on 29 May 2013, 07:31
You reused the old head gasket  :shocked:   :shocked:

That will never last as it gets compressed.

Looks a good project however.

I didnt "re-use" the head gasket, i carried out a block test on the engine when i was stripping it and the only part i didnt split was the head from the block, who re-uses gaskets?!

Wicked thread duuuuuude :cool: your a fast guy. Lookin sweet. Pitty about the head gasket. Oh well silly mistakes happen.
Also i noticed is thay your front bumper is pushed out in the middle? Is it anything to do with the fmic? & which fmic did you use?

Thanks dude, mistakes happen, but if your gonna have a built not bought car, you gonna expect problems, just another excuse to get the spanners out!  :smiley:

The bumper, to my knowledge, isnt pushed out. I can see why you would think that, its because ive cut the fins out of the lower section and the natural curve of the bumper dosnt match the flat intercooler. Its one i picked up of eBay.
Title: Re: MK3 Golf 1.8t Project
Post by: sharki786 on 29 May 2013, 22:45
Oh right. Got ya matey. You got a link for it plz?
Title: Re: MK3 Golf 1.8t Project
Post by: snail_on_skunk on 01 June 2013, 08:01
Oh right. Got ya matey. You got a link for it plz?

This is the one im using currently as it ok for the power output im going for, will upgrade to a forge or HKS core when i start looking at bigger turbo and stuff

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FMIC-FFRONT-MOUNT-TURBO-INTERCOOLER-TYPE-S-550x140x65MM-/310204072463?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item48399a820f

Spoke to Forge, they actually have a service where they take your current intercooler and replace just the core to your spec, saves you re-modifying for another cooler, they couldnt give a price over the phone though, had to see the cooler to give a price, but good to know that service is there when i need it!  :smiley:
Title: Re: MK3 Golf 1.8t Project
Post by: snail_on_skunk on 01 June 2013, 08:12
Thought id add these cheeky pics as i got the wheels back yesterday, paint on centre caps is just silver with no laquer at the moment, todays job, hand paint and laquer the porsche crests!  :wink:

(http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z97/snail_on_skunk/IMG_23371_zpsd78c6cf2.jpg) (http://s191.photobucket.com/user/snail_on_skunk/media/IMG_23371_zpsd78c6cf2.jpg.html)
Title: Re: MK3 Golf 1.8t Project
Post by: lewis1641 on 01 June 2013, 11:28
nice and subtle, love it

good luck with the centre caps
Title: Re: MK3 Golf 1.8t Project
Post by: AGGGTi on 01 June 2013, 18:56
Absolutely love this :smiley:! Hoping to tackle a 1.8t conversion this winter on mine, how much is your insurance adding up to if you dont mind me asking, as im the same age as you and its the only thing thatll possibly create a stumbling block for me tbh...
Title: Re: MK3 Golf 1.8t Project
Post by: sharki786 on 01 June 2013, 19:35
Thanks mate. Wheels are looking :cool: :cool:
Title: Re: MK3 Golf 1.8t Project
Post by: snail_on_skunk on 02 June 2013, 02:46
Absolutely love this :smiley:! Hoping to tackle a 1.8t conversion this winter on mine, how much is your insurance adding up to if you dont mind me asking, as im the same age as you and its the only thing thatll possibly create a stumbling block for me tbh...

I havnt registered it yet! lol i plan to soon, but want to get the car finished completely, then get DVLA down and go over the whole car so the log book is exact, i.e emissions, weight, bhp output

But it is still a 16v GTI, and in north london at 23 with 9 points (i had to find out the top speed of the golf, 140mph so far  :evil:) its only 870 a year, which isnt too bad!
Title: Re: MK3 Golf 1.8t Project
Post by: snail_on_skunk on 16 August 2014, 00:57
well after a long year of not doing any work to the car, taking it off the road and buying another mk3 as a run around, i finally got my finger out and started to get it running again

just a re-cap for the past year, head gasket went so had to strip it down and while it was it peices i decided to do some extras to it as i was getting used to the power too much, ill let the pictures do most of the talking

so here is the car with the head off, easier to leave turbo floating when doing this, so while it was there, why not talk to an old friend who could make me hybrid k04 for a good price
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Still on the to do list:
- finish battery tray and properly support (and paint)
- mount and support air filter and MAF
- sort out dump valve and vacuum pipe work
- issue with clearance for o/s drive shaft with oil return pipe and engine mount needs to be addressed
- get mapped
- enjoy  :smiley:
Title: Re: MK3 Golf 1.8t Project
Post by: Scott-R on 31 August 2014, 15:39
Very good work.  :cool:
Title: Re: MK3 Golf 1.8t Project
Post by: snail_on_skunk on 31 August 2014, 18:32
well, it runs, and i need to get it mapped so i can enjoy it properly

took me about 3 days of bleeding the coolant system (so many air bubbles in the heater matrix) but finally sorted it and it runs, fans kick in properly, hot air in car (not that i need it currently), interior all back together after running battery cables to boot, need to make a mount of some sort for the air filter to sit a bit higher

next to start saving for a map

here she is as it stands, i like the "basic" look it gives off, needs rims though, adaptors coming soon...
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Title: Re: MK3 Golf 1.8t Project
Post by: snail_on_skunk on 09 April 2015, 20:39
thought i might as well bring this back to life. been a while, have been saving for more stuff and funnily enough, got a bit out of control. was just saving towards a map and ended up getting a new cylinder head, came up cheap and now its currently getting ported. also got a new upgraded 5.0 bar intank fuel pump, 4.0 FPR, 440cc injectors, V4 relentless manifold (getting port matched to the head), and found another set of 16" staggered teledials, so now i can run 8J 16" all around and came with adaptors (Also got a nice set of 4 7J 16" Teledials for sale if anyone is interested lol) gonna lift the car a bit so i can put more tyre on the rim, going for grim more than "stance"

Will take some pictures of everything at the weekend and upload soon.

Also, ended up at Santa Pod for Fastshow and thought f**k it and put it down the track, just to give myself a time to aim for once its done. Well, for an overfuelling and not mapped on 6j steels (mk4 golf steels, think they might even be 5.5j, correct me if im wrong) car, best time i got was 14.9, which im actually quite happy with.
Title: Re: MK3 Golf 1.8t Project
Post by: lewis1641 on 16 April 2015, 11:07
14.9 in a fully street front wheel drive is a decent time i would have thought.
Title: Re: MK3 Golf 1.8t Project
Post by: RichardBaronGolf on 26 August 2015, 13:29
Any updates on this? Liking it  :cool:
Title: Re: MK3 Golf 1.8t Project
Post by: 8valvenut on 05 September 2018, 21:37
Any updates on this 😁