Mk1 16v Project

[Preen59]

Awesome progress dude.

Thanks, man.

I did some more sanding today and a bit of priming.. Just to get a surface coat on the bare metal where I wasn't working.. Don't want it rusting..


I hate bodywork.. I don't have any tooling for it so i'm blocking it all by hand and it's hard work in this heat! hahaha.

[Spyda]

Lookin good man.

All the sanding will pay off in the end.

[Preen59]

I hope so!!

[Preen59]

My shipments from INA and Jegs (the MSD stuff) turned up today..



Pedro, Mik and Pete's stuff..



My TT gear.. Ohhh yeah..






And my MSD 6AL-2 Programmable ignition..





Today is a good day.

[Jarred]

yay for goodies!

[Preen59]

yay for goodies!

Yay for being able to finish the engine off! haha.

[twin eng, twin turbs]

Its looking great Preeny, nice work!

[Dub Toffee]

thats a nice looking stash of goodies its like you raided a lollie shop have fun

[Preen59]

thats a nice looking stash of goodies its like you raided a lollie shop have fun

Haha yeah it's pretty cool huh.

Fitted the cams this morning. Took a couple of pics.. Will upload and post when I get home..

[mikinoz]

Fitted the cams this morning. Took a couple of pics.. Will upload and post when I get home..

I hate you now. And when I see this in person I will hate you more becuase of this...

I'll have my kit installed by this time tomorrow.

[ryana89]

Just finished reading the thread, wow, its so nice to see sombody doing a proper job, NO short cuts.
Funny, the day after I began reading all this, I met a bloke just like you, CNC machinist, dragster builder ect

[Preen59]

I hate you now. And when I see this in person I will hate you more becuase of this...

I'll have my kit installed by this time tomorrow.

Hahaha.. Whenever you're ready i'll get you those 268's you so desparately want.. Let me know how everything fits up and works mate.

Just finished reading the thread, wow, its so nice to see sombody doing a proper job, NO short cuts.
Funny, the day after I began reading all this, I met a bloke just like you, CNC machinist, dragster builder ect

Cheers, mate! Much appreciated. What was the guy's name?


Only snapped one pic off, although i'm sure some of your have seen my pic i uploaded from my phone onto Facebook...



Cams are in, torqued down and sweet. I also fitted the exhaust cam seal (FYI, the intermediate shaft seal and exhaust cam seal are both the same as the old 8v cam seal.. My old man has a whole box of them! haha). Need to get some moly grease to smother the lobes in before I fit the cover properly..

The car's gotta be ready, engine in by next Wednesday... So it's busy busy busy for me at the moment!! :S

[mikinoz]

The best bit about building a solid drivetrain is you can transplant it later when you get bored of the shell. I'm excited for next wed now.

[alex g]

Looks good bro. What happening Wednesday mik???

[ryana89]

Cheers, mate! Much appreciated. What was the guy's name?

Didn't catch it unfortunatly, but he was a top bloke, he does work on Jap, Euro engine's and had even dabled in Aircooled VW's.
He was building a 408 Chevy V8 at the time, that made 700hp+ on pump gas