Bit of a update, a car i had previously had my eye on for the engine came up for sale again and this time i had to have it. i only wanted the engine, it isnt too special but spot on for what i need.
The engine had previously been sorted with a new head gasket, individual jenveys, jenvey filter, injectors, 708s and a emerald ecu. good for 160bhp and some rather nice noises.
On the Sunday i collected the car, had a rather scary moment on the m25 where a ramp decided to leave the trailer and skid along the inside lane at 60mph. thankfully no one hurt and easily retrieved. thinking what could of happened was very scary.
Id arrived home at 4pm and by 9 the engine was out and the old one out the rallye was put in, sunday morning came and the car was pieced back together.
a few pics taken and up for sale Sunday night. by Tuesday it had sold for £1600 meaning the engine and a few other goodies had cost me £800 all in. bargain!
Onto the Rallye, the car was ready for the engine to be dropped in but firstly i wanted to check a few things over.
first thing i noticed was the incredibly poor inlet manifold gasket. shocking!
I replaced it, i wonder how much power that would of sapped?
Next i got Rob at Constella to knock me up a sump baffle kit, i thought as it was easy to get to now with the manifold off and engine on a crane i might as well of.
The manifold stud's and nuts where all replaced. the only ones where a bit rusty.
Next i decided the loom needed looking at, when the conversion was done they just snipped the wires they didn't need, it was a little untidy so i stripped the loom right back.
i found 3 lambda sensors, two in the manifold not plugged in and one tapped up and plugged into the loom. weird.
just some of the unused wires.
I managed to keep hold of the newer radiator from the gti and its silicone hoses. much nicer than the old tattered ones i previously had. i also bought a heater matrix bypass hose off ebay, again much better than the home made jobby i previously had.
By the end of today i had the loom loosely connected just to check it would fire up with all the wires id removed. i want to mount it in the car so will look at what to do with that.