Jimbo's MK2 'GTI Engineering' 16v , Has a new face !

hi guys thought it was about time i started a little build thread of some kind!

i brought the car early last month, she was in a very sorry state!

arches and interior trim missing and broken, rust, and general scruffyness!

engine wise the car is sound!

GTI Engineering RE2000:
GTI Engineering cams
port polished head
3staged angled valve guides
bigger valves
forged pistons
11.0:1 compression ratio
82.00mm bore and 94.00mm stroke
lead idium big end bearings
reworked injection system
Cable shift box
Singlemass flywheel.

just in need of a good clean engine wise








arches had beeen rattled canned a shade of blue that didnt match the car?? so off with them! on with the crackle black textured g60 arches along with sillls, rub strips and spoiler to match.

bumpers had been sprayed blue aswell so let the crackling comence



amber indicator lenses



grille had no badge and most of the clips were broke, aquired another grille this time with badges




engine and bay not looking to nice



first up was the rad cowling and random brackets i could remove easily



After



Then was the intake manifold , throttle body and rocker cover





after shot blasting and some vapourising







intake manifold was then heat proof laqured and throttle body intake flange polished





rocker cover was textured black aswell but been impacient and in such a hurry to get the car back together for the feb meet on friday i forgot to get some pics! you can just about see it if you look hard! engine all back together now starting to look a little better.

moved the plug leads behind the intake manifold.








this is how the car stands at the moment not great but alot better than it was next on my hit list is getting my wheels completely polished and rear n/s quater sprayed!










what you guys think so far then?

looks good mate! saw this briefly at the meet but think you turned up about the time i was leaving (lost count of how many people asked if i knew who you were lol).

yeah saw you leaving about 2 mins later!
haha i got mobbed!
cheers mate

Good turn around mate

Will keep an eye on this

cheers lee.

your wheels were blasted today! i'll get you the pics ASAP mate!

Jimbo wrote:

your wheels were blasted today! i'll get you the pics ASAP mate!

Cool man. Email the pic's and i'll upload them myself

will do mate

look a hundred times better mate! like a different car!

cheers mate, still loads to do! still needs spraying when you got the time! it couldnt have been in a worse condition when i got it off george!

yeh man didnt realise how bad it was until you came round with it! what did ya do your archs with in the end?

just let me know when you are ready to sort something.

my mate got hold of a textured paint through work and said he'd give it a go, and it came out awsome better than i'd hoped for! yeah ill let you know mate

Jimbo wrote:

my mate got hold of a textured paint through work and said he'd give it a go, and it came out awsome better than i'd hoped for! yeah ill let you know mate

I use the stuff for doing smart repairs

haha. black crackle and texture is the best thing since sliced bread

Sweet Mk2 dude

looks proper cool on the ronal turbo's, always liked em

cheers mate. i fancy some g60's now! maybe banded??

nah keep the turbo's i say. at the end of the day g60's are just steelies

yeah i guess, bandies look awsome though! any news on the steering rack mate??

im going to thetford on sunday so if you want to meet me at brandon country park i will take it with me

yeah will do mate! pm me your number so i can ring you then! your a legend! let me know if you need any bits blasting and spraying im sure i can sort something out for you!

Pm'd james

now I may need some painting, wheels and bumpers. Your work looks good!

no worries mate

Bit of an update.

the car has developed a mind of its own when going around corners!! one minute its fine the next it decides its wants to turn more with out the steering wheel moving .

its trying to kill me.

picked up a new steering rack today curtosy of MarkGTX

blasted the rack then painted, looking like new now





just ordered:

2 tie rods
2 track rod ends
random nuts and bolts

just got to wait for the parts to arrive then build the rack then fit to my suicidal car