Ace, thanks jv!ÂÂÂ
Well a brief introduction to my motor:
MK2 1989 GTI 16v 3dr in Helios Blue. standard height, small bumpers & BBS RA's
I bought it for £400 a year ago to replace my dead 8v GTI, the dude i bought it off had stripped out its factory black leather (
), thrown in some 4dr seats (no recline!) and then chucked it in the freeads. I figured it was worth it as the BBS' are pretty valuable now anyway. Car is pretty dinged, and really needs a respray (spent most of its life in Bristol so rear quarters have been properly carparked)
Ragged it about for a while, found some 3dr front seats (ones a rainbow the other is that square print..) and took off the chav DTM exhaust, flogged it and then bought a new OEM system which was quieter and cooler. Bought some new small bumpers and a few trim bits and fitted my tow bar for boats and stuff.
After a few months it blew a core plug on the head, fixed that, head gasket went, fixed that and did the stem seals/reground valves too.
Then i picked up an Audi 80 Quattro from Feebay for a whopping £67.00, drove it home and then stripped out the 2.0 6a engine...which is where this project began ÂÂÂ
Took out 1.8 KR and swapped all bits over to stripped 6a lump- it had a "recent head rebuild" so i didnt bother swapping heads and just swapped the KR cams over. Fitted the lump to a spare 8v gearbox (longer 5th) and fired it up. Engine ran nicely but i'd stupidly put in the 16v friction plate which has different splines to the 8v box and a "grrrrggraaatttttcchhrrrrshhh" sound meant the whole lot had to come back out and a new 8v clutch went inÂÂÂ
Gearbox was lovely in my 8v, quiet, easy selecting all gears etc but the torque form the 2.0 lump turned gearbox into a whinging mass of rumbly steel in about 5months. I expected the smaller 8v clutch, which was a cheapo crappo LUK to die first!
Took the GTI to Cumbria from Devon for a mates stag weekend- 650 mile round trip with 3 fat blokes and luggage and pretty much killed the car. Front wishbone bush failed on way up and the wheel could be moved about 10mm front to rear (!) which ripped all the tread off my nice Firestone Firehawk, boot lock came off in my mate's hand and the speedo broke...I reckon it was Carma- the clutch also started slipping so i think the crankshaft end seal has gone.
So....plan this month is to take engine out of car again, strip it and check it over, put my old head back on and work out how to fit a Passat gearbox. Also have been offered a set of Kehin carbs off an R1 Yamaha motorbicycle for £80 which i may be tempted to try and fit tooÂÂÂ
Have picked up a set of wishbone bushes which i will fit once the engine is out.
Will try to take pics, easier now the evenings are longer
