project:1.6 driver,aka the beast

[lemski]

i like the exhaust martin. haha. what else did you polish, i cant tell. jokeing aside, whens the car getting the clean then?

[i_am_me]

that was cleaned 3 days before the photos were taken, and i have cleaned it today

[lemski]

wow. get over to lincs meet and follow the link. kais put his heart into this new site

[i_am_me]

havent been on here in a while but i have finally got round to updating this


firstly,GTI !!!!





conversion took 6 days in total,including swapping all the brakes and brake lines.rewiring the whole car and swapping the engine.

WARNING:ANYONE DOING A DIGIFANT CONVERSION,CHECK THE EARTHS ON THE ENGINE AND GEARBOX CAREFULLY OR YOU WILL FRY AN ECU.

[i_am_me]

polybushed and welded wishbones and painted the calipers,aswell as a few other bits.
fixed the brake bias so now my back wheels dont lock up straight away.
also made a solid front engine mount,car feels loads nicer to drive.

[i_am_me]

now the new exhaust,
welded out of 2" stainless pipe using a gasless mig welder and im very happy of how it turned out,
thanks to jim for the pipe,ian for the awesome welding skills and i suppose liam cos i stole his old backbox without his knowlege :lol:

backbox was completely dismantled and the internals where fitted into a standard center box so it would fit in the tunnel without restricting the exhaust flow.

the pipes had to be off set to accomedate the fuel pump and the brake bias valve,bit of welding spatter but very good for gasless mig and it looks alot better in real life.


all mocked up and checked for fitment.

finally the exhaust hangers were welded on and it was heat wrapped at the back for where it would be close to the brake lines and fuel pump.


the fuel pump had a heat sheild put over it aswell to competely seperate it and there is enough room between the brake lines and the exhaust not to cause any problems.was on for a few days as a test and other than a small rattle there were no issues however is now removed cos it was too loud for the mot.and unfortunatly i didnt take any photos of it when fitted but it looked cool. side exits ftw

total cost £11.98  for some welding wire

[i_am_me]

now some random pictures
picture while saving neg after the exhaust came apart.


random spacesaver fitted after messing with the cv,driveshaft was replaced to sort out the faulty cv.



and this just cos i like it

i have also removed cleaned and greased all of my coilovers so the adjust freely.

[i_am_me]

photos of the side exits on the car 

[i_am_me]

new cold air feed,its increadably effective.the intake manifold temprature has dropped dramatically when running.


the air intake is directly under the front bumper facing forwards to improve air flow as muchas possible.

this is where the air feed runs down

[i_am_me]

fitted my customised 140mph clocks,also the steering wheel isnt ripspeed but the horn button is.



also random picture i quite like