great work

how is the 2l bottom end working out for you?

 

its excellent, well worth doing if you have a standard 1.8 GTI unit. It pulls the very best.

It was putting out around 125bhp with 155 lb-ft torque on its last RR session. Still some tweaking to do (chipped ECU to test amongst other things), will update with newest RR figures after its session in December.

The complete engine might be up for grabs soon, have one of these to drop in it:

Hard to beat a 2L valver

 

Looks absolutely spotless, love it!

 

paint work looks top class! any interior pics?

 

Very nice, love that colour.

 

Love it, good job.

 

QUOTE (speedfreak-matty @ Nov 12 2010, 12:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>paint work looks top class! any interior pics?
A few of the interior

Have a new bolster coming for the drivers side, so that will sort out the usual wear and tear on that

Thanks for the comments!

 

i like it very nice fasir play

 

Like it alot! nice colour. just wondering why didn't ye spray under the windscreen? did ye not take the wipers off?

 

Looks well , that on Ed's driveway?

 

Lovely, best colour too

who sprayed it?

 

QUOTE (daveslp @ Nov 12 2010, 04:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Like it alot! nice colour. just wondering why didn't ye spray under the windscreen? did ye not take the wipers off?
I think that was the first time it was primed, just a rough coat to check for any dents that might have been missed. The wipers were taken off when the whole car was painted.

QUOTE (Ray @ Nov 12 2010, 05:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Looks well , that on Ed's driveway?
Yep, he took a few pics with the digital SLR to do the car justice. Much better job than my digital camera

QUOTE (Carden @ Nov 12 2010, 05:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Lovely, best colour too

who sprayed it?
Crawfords ( http://crawfordsaccidentrepaircentre.com/ ) up the Shankill Road in Belfast painted it. Very pleased with how it turned out, they also had a bit of body work to do on it too, which was very well done.

 

The car looks perfect, well done. Where did you get the floor mats?

 

wow,that is spotless both inside and out. beautiful colour too. hats off to you.

 

Perfection

 

QUOTE (Conor @ Nov 12 2010, 06:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>The car looks perfect, well done. Where did you get the floor mats?
They're out of a newish Polo (not the newest, the model before that I think), Ill see if they have any part numbers on them.

I will end up getting a set of Golf mats, but I got these for nothing, so they do the job for now!

 

Turned out very well in the end Jonnycab. Very nice

do you still have any of the other pics and info from original project thread? Please add them if you do.

Just go and enjoy it now

 

QUOTE (Camillus O' D @ Nov 12 2010, 07:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Perfection

x2 Beautiful car!

 

Cheers guys, very pleased with how it turned out!

QUOTE (Mike @ Nov 13 2010, 08:45 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Turned out very well in the end Jonnycab. Very nice

do you still have any of the other pics and info from original project thread? Please add them if you do.

Just go and enjoy it now

Yes Mike, I still have all the pics, I will dig them out and get a few of the more interesting ones up, like the arch repair work.

 

looks brilliant mate,

well done, enjoy now

 

Thanks for the comments

Got started into stripping the KR head from the valver today, a few pics, nothing too exciting.

before:

after:

Also sourced an ABF rocker cover for it, some subtle differences between it (top) and the KR (bottom) which make it a better job:

Bit more development in the works

 

QUOTE (jonnycab @ Nov 13 2010, 12:08 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Yes Mike, I still have all the pics, I will dig them out and get a few of the more interesting ones up, like the arch repair work.

Perfect, it was the arch repair and other stuff I was thinking off. It was a very useful thread.

 

Beatilful Motor, Looks awfull well in the pics. Mind it like a baby now

 

Car looks like new, fair play.

Whats the advantage in using the ABF rocker cover over the standard one?

 

the advantage is the ABF rocker gasket is a better job, less prone to leaks.