"It's alive!"

Jan 30, 2006 8 Replies

The GTi, that is.



A few niggles left to work my way through in my spare time over the next week or so, but it's moved quite happily under its own steam today.



And by f*ck, does it go when the VTEC kicks in. ;)


-- JackH


Let's have some pics of the engine bay :D What exhaust are you running? Vtec sounds great with a good stainless. I followed an MG ZT V8 out of Filey today, damn it sounded NICE. Then a TVR Sagaris in the village pulled out in front of me, then did a tyre smoking U turn round some bollards! Black it was, with black wheels.... Happily I got both of these things on my phone cam :) Then a chavvy Cinq. sporting with big wheels tried to race me from the Humber Bridge toll both. I gave him a fighting chance and allowed him to remain along side for a little while... ;)

Dan, best get the video hosted then... :)

All in good time - it's a mess under there at the mo. ;-)

A stainless one off Powerflow pipe - bought it with the engine.

Given it was off a track car, it had to meet certain noise regs, but it's basically a straight through pipe to the back box, which then has a single

2.5" rolled tailpipe.

Aye... it has a nice raspy bark to it.

Some jobby looking Ibiza got up behind me twice last night... both times, left him for dead. :-D

-- JackH

Big wheels on a Cinq... that would be 13 inchers then ? :)

And 155 tyres ;)

Justin.

Good work!! Any pics/vids? Would love a go in that if you're passing Southampton at any time :)

Talking of engine swaps, I've now got a 2.3 redblock sitting in the boot of the Volvo :D

All in good time - it's nowhere near finished yet - I think the engine may have been lifted by the inlet manifold prior to me getting it, as it's developed a big water leak from that for example.

Once everything is sorted, I'll get some footage sorted. :)

I'm sure there will be a meet of some description in the near future of the mods group, so I'll bring it along then.

If anyone else is thinking of JAE'ing, I reckon that could be a good place for UKRCM to have a meet.

Oh.... dear.

Go on then - explain what the intention is, as if I can't guess. ;-)

Anyone else done that one yet?

-- JackH

Might well be there, depends on the date

2.3 lump from a 940 plus a k-cam from an R-Sport 343 plus Megasquirt :)

Been done a few times before. I know of at least one guy in Sweden as he's been giving advice about it!

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