mk1 1.1 formel E to 20valve turbo project thread

[minimat]

Update time and it has both the good and bad bits. 

Moved house last week to a new place with a garage and a massive drive so the mk1 can come off the road, also got all my bits from crazyquiffs. So i now have all the mounts and the clutch conversion ready to crack on.

The mk1 has been parked up a couple of month as i dont realy use it especially since its soooo slow and my daily is more comfortable. Then last tuesday the gearbox died on the daily so the mk1 had to be dragged out of hibernation.  this could take a while......

, managed to get the mk1 started after copious amounts jump lead action but it will not tick over no matter what!

had a proper look around it and the carb rubber was split, put a new one on still no joy, would run but only with half choke on. Then choke cable snapped which left me under the bonnet everytime i wanted to start it. 

took carb off completely stripped it all cleaned all jets out still no joy

came out to it this morning to find the passenger footwell 2 inch deep in water, and 2 inch of snow outside the car. needless to say no amount of cranking in the world was gonna start it and i had to resort to the tram!!

so there you are! cant wait to get my daily back on the road and the mk1 tucked up safely back in garage ready for the transplant, ive been at uni and working 2 jobs so had no time for this but i finsih today for 6 weeks so as soon as the daily is back on the road the mk1 is getting stripped and hopefully will be done by time i go back end of january


mat

[travisreeve]

And there was me thinking youd give up 

[minimat]

Nah I've not given up just been stupidly short of time, but now I've got a garage il be able to sneak an hour in here and there so shouldn't take me long.

Mat

[DanChave]

Glad your still cracking in with this you got your daily sorted yet?

[minimat]

Yep dailys fixed and the golf will be making its way indoors Monday and hopefully il be able to get a few hours on it then.

Watch this space

Mat

[DanChave]

Good to know man! Loads of pics please

[thai-wronghorse]

Cracking effort man. 

[minimat]

well heres a long over due update, to the doubters who thought id got rid, no its still sat here lol.

wasnt doing anything with it so half heartadly advertised it, had a bit of interest but didnt really want to sell it. Finally made the decision to pay someone to fit the engine as i literally have zero time at the minute, then atleast i could either enjoy it or flog it finished.

me and a couple mates whipped the old 1.1 out thursday night at midnight when i finished work, to reveal 30 years of grime. i managed to get an hour or two on friday inbeteween finshing one job and starting another so set too with the degreaser and a brush. needless to say it looks loads better (still wont win me many "scene points") but atleast its nicer to work on. also ripped all the interior out to make wiring it easier, carpets seats dash the lot




monday its going into the garage for the swap doing, im expecting it to take about a month as there doing it around other jobs.Also got a few trick bits on way so watch this space

plan is to have around the 230-240bhp mark when its done so in 800kg it should be ok.

mat

[minimat]

well my front mount turned up yesterday morning and the cars gone into the garage for the swap doing, so watch this space. just need a fuel pump solution and im away

boost anyone


mat

[SoundillusioN]

Jelous....... are you going to be able to snap any shots during the install?