my valver

that looks nice and clean.

one day a will have a freshly painted engine!

how far are you going with it? full on show car or just above average?

above average/show car!

im gonna at least take part in the shows just to say ive done it. i dont expect to win any trophies

i just wanna be able to say "thats my car over there"

the car will only be a second/summer car type thing

i thought i would add to this post that if i had the money to do such a thing i would replace and refurb everything and fit a 20v turbo but i havn't got the money or that much know how.

i have a small budget which is payin for the respray etc and thats it!

thats why i am putting the ABF in cuz its supposed to be easy and i can try to do it myself...which so far is pretty much going to plan.

ABF is FTW! although i would also go the 20vT route if i had the cash!

Yeah 20vt is fun

big day today!

fitted cam belt, fast road clutch and gearbox.

the engine is now in and is now waiting for me to wire it up. and also i might put washers under the front engine mount to give the 4branch more clearance.

cos the ABF is a much taller engine than both the PB and KR, 4 branch manifolds for anything other than a mk3 golf are like rocking horse sh1te! the only ones I could find that almost nearly fit an Ibiza 16v (modification to the firewall with a "persuader" required!) are crap 2 piece 4-2-1 manifolds from hottuning on the gaybay. but they tend to crack and blow a lot and then require welding. the biggest restriction on an ABF is the head anyway so you could start with a p&p for 170+bhp! remember this engine was specifically built for SEAT (believe it or not) to go rallying with and made over 250bhp n/a! they don't respond well to exhaust/induction kits but do take well to a good port and polish.

i dont even own a standard 16v manifold, so the 4branch which ive been using for years is my only option

have you lined it up to see if it fits yet? cos it might not as like I said the ABF is quite a tall engine. and when you get it running, don't worry if it sounds like a bag of nails..they all do that! it's naturally a very rattley engine, but once wound up it sounds awsome!

dude its only like 15mm taller, washer under the engine mount would sort it dont blow stuff out of proportion LOL

15mm is still 15mm though! not really saying that nothing's going to line up, just wondering if he'd checked to see cos the ABF is taller.

cupra, ive been building the engine etc in my garage for the past month so trust me ive tried to find out everything about it possible.

washers under the mount should do just the job! its gonna be a trial and error thing!

companies like on ebay will tell you that the 4branches dont fit, though all they need is the spacing at the front mount and the majority will.

the car used to be a valver so i know the sound of 16v very barky, very loud.....very very very bad!

cheers for your worries though bud!

awsome. it's quite difficult to get across what I was trying to say in writing without it sounding more OTT than it was supposed to:bom: . basically, all I was trying to say was "'av yer checked it all lines up then yoof?" and seeing as you have, job done! and I just felt the need to tell you it's a VERY tappy rattley engine as a few people have gone for needless engine rebuilds thinking their engine was fooked! but they just sound like that!:joker: bagsy a passenger ride when you get it finished!

cupra16vgeezer wrote:

:joker: bagsy a passenger ride when you get it finished!

yes mate by all means but youll be fighting for a seat with the other half and my mates as i only have 2 seats

its took a while due to waiting for someone to lend me a '1 hour' hand but im gonna try to start it tomorrow afternonn an then once started im gonna then give it a good service.

all being well it should then be going to the body shop a week on tuesday.

leaving me to refurb some wheels
decide on an interior; retrim, show cage etc
and decide what exhaust to use, im thinking about going to powerflow

its started and its alive!

im so chuffed with myself i cant explain it

bridgedubber wrote:

its started and its alive!

im so chuffed with myself i cant explain it

well done mate. now celebrate with a beer

Nice one dude

sweet!!!! i may pop ova 2day if ur home???

manning wrote:

sweet!!!! i may pop ova 2day if ur home???

be home after 2ish today mate, currently at work.

well done mate bet you cant wait to get it all done and drive it.

Tiz wrote:

well done mate bet you cant wait to get it all done and drive it.

yeah cant wait! had a quick burn round my estate but didnt put my foot down but it runs well.

i actually think it runs better in the mk2 than what it did when it sat in the mk3 doner.

so far ive got no leaks, no warning buzzers or flashing lights so its all good.

i havnt put anything on here in a while!

the engine is in and ran fine. it drove well all apart fom a fooked throttle cable which either pops off or sticks, meaning all of a sudden the car shoots off like a rocket...not good when i havnt got round to bleeding the brakes.

i found these pictures on my phone




i drove the car to my bodyshop with no front end etc, which was fun.

th car now sits at the bodyshop while he gets the panels...the main work, welding, smoothing, primer should be happening this week.

this how the car sits at the moment




i cant wait to get it back in primer cause im gonna play with the front mount, get a new powerflow exhaust, WUR mod etc before i give it back for the painting.

ariel hole smoothed on the passenger wing.
side repeaters smoothed
badges gone and smoothed
tailgate delocked and smoothed
arches rolled

few more bits to go

cant w8 4 u 2get this done and come pick me up 4 a quick but carefull drive lol!!! just got mine on road 2day !!