luesautos - "mk2 gti 2l crossflow"

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[luesautos]

i brought this about 18 months ago paid £100 from bargin pages with 4 months tax and test with a blown engine.replaced engine put a set of coilovers on and the 17s and drove for a year till the engine went.so now i have started it as a project,i am putting a 2.0 agg engine in with a beetle/golf gti crossflow head running twin 40s.weekend just gone me and a few mates stripped the front and subframe from under it and am starting to clean up bay thursday.i have'nt got money to burn so its gona be a long term project over a few months maybe years but hope not.lol
will ad more pics thursday nite as working on it all day.

[luesautos]

well as i said spent all day jet washing and scraping the wax,oil and years of dirt off the engine bay used so gunk in a 5 litre tub from local car spares and it was great.apply with  a brush and leave for a few mins and wash off saved loads of time.this is how it looks now.



drivers side is the best with little work needed heres a pic.



passanger side not as bad as thort but some rust



sitting on a mk3 subframe i had lying around so i can revap mine some welding need by the battery tray



i may cut a part for under battery tray from out of the car i am breaking up if any better more stuff will be added sunday

[luesautos]

had a load of pics till my comp died so i will have to take some more,sunday was good stripped engine and box off subframe and stripped subframe so got some work done in the rain.today went to car and footwells were full of water so had to hover out and put some heaters in to dry out,after romoving carpets and getting soaked.more pics will be added this week and better get some parts ordered.

[luesautos]

sunday started welding on the flushed bay heres some pics allso have ordered new wishbones droplinks anti rollbar bushes track rod ends and lower balljoints.


then replaced battery tray with better donor



me and my mate spent hours getting underseal off




and at the end of the day we got some hammerite rust stopper on


more photos to follow thursday.

[luesautos]

not much done still sorta the same but bein buying up loads of part
corrado front
rallye grill
brand new bumpers
bbs splits
loads of little bits

but went to car yesterday and some little twit broke my rear window but car was open and nothin much in there keys am in and its on axle stands dont they check doors before breaking the glass! lol twit

[AdamMk2]

looks good mate.

Nice colour too if I do say so myself lol 

[luesautos]

will do when done i hope taking its time thow,just had a rallye front but unsure of it, dont think it looks right in a 5 door.

[luesautos]

feels like my cars being stole bit by bit got home from work today,and someone has stole my front bumper of my drive it was still on the car .t**sers not much more done as money slowing down but hopefully over christmas will start preping engine bay again subframe has been chemicaly stripped and resprayed ready to fit g60 cailpers and disc ready to paint up.cannot wait to get stuck in again .lol

[luesautos]

got a lot off goodies over christmas but not much done as snow stopped me,had a venier pully baffled sump pan some trumpets for carbs forged pistons and a few chrome parts.hoping to get a few parts sprayed up as soon as snows gone and start preping bay will take a few pics over next week and get them on here soon thanks for looking.