project:1.6 driver,aka the beast

electrics are done and the engine hs been ran and revved and its all gravy baby

al put them pics up later if i get my mc from the car

go 4 it mate need to get some pics up to keep the thread goin aswell

well since liam cant be bothered to put any pics up i suppose i will have too
firstly,GTI !!!!





conversion took 6 days in total,including swapping all the brakes and brake lines.rewiring the whole car and swapping the engine.
they are the only pictures i have at the moment but ifi ask liam nicely he might have some more to put up.
WARNING:ANYONE DOING A DIGIFANT CONVERSION,CHECK THE EARTHS ON THE ENGINE AND GEARBOX CAREFULLY OR YOU WILL FRY AN ECU.

an update of our recent antics,
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.

looks good martin it was worth the weeks stress even if an ecu did get fried...

love the orange painted bits and the poly bush wishbone is a must IMO good work...

i like the painted stuff.

love the painted stuff too ... was the engine mount dificult to make? Mine needs replacing and I'm not sure the one I picked up at the meet is the right one

i used an old driver one and got ian to weld it up solid.it looks completly standard from the top but it is solid.i gave it a bit of abuse today and its held up ok.

lovely, thank you

right a bit of an update,
first off compression tested the engine,came back at 12bar on all the cylinders so i have a nice healthy engine


was very pleased with the result cos i was told it had low compression in one cylinder when i got it

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

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

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.

an update, i like it mate. thankls for the mention, not like was gunna use the back box ne way

good skills.

like the space saver, tuck is the new poke.

i can confirm the exhaust dod look awesome on the car

lewis1641 wrote:good skills.

like the space saver, tuck is the new poke.

i can confirm the exhaust dod look awesome on the car

think we need a moderator for this post there is some misspelling on that post dave

photos of the side exits on the car

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

thats quite cool that is mate

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



also random picture i quite like

werd u get 140 clocks from?

i have my sources

i took them out of ians broken clocks.

ahhh i seee. good work mate

only swapped the speedo`s over so i still have my 1 pin wiring on the back cos his were two pin clocks.

i guessed that mate. i thought they were interchagable, now i know cos you've done it