1993 MK3 Golf(VRT Engine build time!!)*UPDATED 17/3/13*

[Seanl]

Well you should be more of a pic whore then! 

Ok fair enough, but next time rather than wait on things from the States, fly there and pick em up wont you! 

Only kiddin mate, I'm just jealous of eveything your doing! And even with a remap, I'm not likely to get much out of a 1.4 Fabia MPI apart from a lighter wallet. 

[Buckfizzturbo]

Oh no it isnt.


I have one of these badboys coming from the USA via a guy coming to Edition show.I can confirm i wont be the only one on this site with one as it seems somebody liked my idea that much he ordered one himself(Not naming any names though eh FuxBizzTurbo.

  ^^^^

Don't know what ur talking about 

Top work so far tho dude

[LowlifeDubber]

I wont give you too much grief Nath or you will accidently break mine when you pick them up,leaving you with one of only a handful in the country.

Sean i have a spare vr lump for the Fabia?

[Seanl]

Sold!  You may have to help me remove the dash to fit it though!  Saying that, they do stick 20vt's in em. 

[LowlifeDubber]

Do it!lol

[LowlifeDubber]

Right sooo ive had a good day on the lump today.

1st off my new shells for the bottom end have arrived!OE spec for good measure too!


Also on the way are the conrod shells(small end bearing) and also the crank thrust washers.Ive had a silly amount of trouble sourcing some 82.5mm oversize piston rings!Even spoke to MAHLE in sausage land but no joy.In the end i made a phone call to Vince @ http://www.stealthracing.co.uk/ and within 5 minutes they were ordered and will be here in a day or so!Cracking service!

I started painting the various engine casings with some silver engine enamel,gave them 3 coats but just wasnt happy so ive ended up ordereing some POR15 engine enamel paint(black and silver) now this stuff is meant to be the best in the world.It bloody better be seeing as for 2 small pots it was over £60!
But at least it will do the job.

Anyway,i was in 2 minds whether to send the block off to be checked out(bores,deck etc) but thought fluck it im an engineer i will check it out myself.If it needs work i will send it off.

1st off the bores.

The idea is to get 3 measurements of the bores just below the ring land,in the middle of the bore,then just above the piston skirt.
You need to do this across 2 axis.So out came the telescopic bore gauge and away i went.
Pics






The results


As you can see there is minimal egg shaping and no taper of the bores.Well withing manufacturer spec so all im going to do is give them a light hone and the jobs a bloody gudn!

Next up was checking the deck for straightness.I got a perfect straight edge and set about with a feeler gauge to check for clearance underneath the straight edge at various intervals.
Turned out the feeler guage wouldnt even go underneath and no daylight was visible at any point!Result!



Quite pleased withmyself that i hadnt just spunked £200 getting it checked out i started with the clean up.
1st off the sump.
Before

Then i cleaned up the faces and tapped the holes out to remove any crap

Then i taped the badboy up to protect it a bit while the other work goes on.

Thats it for now.If the woman doesnt make me taker her Skegvegas tomorrow i will start ccleaning the block up ready for paint!

[leigh_harty]

Very good work, are you aware you need a specific ring compressor. I know its not needed yet but dont want to find out on the day that your standard compressor wont do the job  .... yes i got a wee bit annoyed that day 

[LowlifeDubber]

hmmm i didnt but thinking about it,is that because the bores are 15deg to the face of the deck?
cheers for the heads up.

[murraymint]

Hmmm, you've lost me. Lol looks like good work but I really dont get engines

[leigh_harty]

hmmm i didnt but thinking about it,is that because the bores are 15deg to the face of the deck?
cheers for the heads up.

Precisely, a standard compresoor leaves a gap at the back letting the rings pop loose.

I HAD to have my engine up and running the weekend i did mine and tried alsorts of ways... even using fingers to get 1 piston in  It hurt lol... ended up buying a new set of mahle rings coz i broke so many 

Basically you need one of these:



Thankfully a good mate at awesome gti sorted me out and borrowed me one, I read mixed views on them but the pistons flew in.... just make sure its lubricated