Lito's MK4 GTI

[Lito]

Also just remembered about this, appears you have bigger fish to fry at the moment but if you still want to do it I can give you hand. Reckon we could have it done in about a an hour

hey mate, good to finally meet you the other day. still keen to do the cluster rings. ill let you know when i order them. wish i could see gavins photos but my stupid phone won't display them for some reason. oh well i should be dropping by this afternoon anyway

[guile]

Also just remembered about this, appears you have bigger fish to fry at the moment but if you still want to do it I can give you hand. Reckon we could have it done in about a an hour

Originally Posted by Lito
car's looking awesome bro, im loving the new wheels. i just saw what you did to your instrument cluster, it looks great any chance you'd be willing to lend me a hand to do mine like that?? ill make it worth your while

[guile]

Nice work fellas, moving fast, keen to see this finished and hope it will restore my enthusiasm to get mine sorted.

Meeting the missus in town for lunch tomorrow lito so will call in and see if you are around,

And keep the updates coming!

[h100vw]

Done a bit this afternoon after tea.

Rods built up



First one in after also checking ring gaps



And the rest



Rods bolts torqued up the required 3 times to 50lbft





The sump is now on. It's a spare as the drain plug was stripped in Lito's.

Tomorrow morning I'll be doing the belt and water pump, as well as dropping the head back on.

[Lito]

Check this out my friend

Forge Motorsport | Alloy Fabrication

that's awesome, not a bad price either. how reasonable are forges shipping costs?

[VWindahouse]

yes epic winning ... except that i need a new sump because the sump plug thread has been stripped .
oh and i hear your turbos gonna be ready soon?!?!

Check this out my friend

Forge Motorsport | Alloy Fabrication

[Lito]

So much win here

yes epic winning ... except that i need a new sump because the sump plug thread has been stripped .
oh and i hear your turbos gonna be ready soon?!?!

[VWindahouse]

So much win here

[AusScare]

oooo exciting progress, I like

[h100vw]

Cheers mate, just re-honed the block and dropping the rods it. Everything looked pretty tidy in there so just giving it a clean and putting it all back together. Here are some more picks from the rest of the afternoon...

Cracking the head bolts


Head off


Stuff ready for me to clean


Turbo mocked up on the head




Head after we cleaned it up


Cleaned and honed block.

Should be a bit stronger


Hooray for big port



Forgot to say a big thanks the Gavin and his very accommodating family. Even gave me his little red polo as a loaner!

I am loving it. Good to practice all this on someone elses car, before I do my own!! Will get those other rods changed over tomorrow and give the pistons a good clean up before fitting the new rings.

I'll have the bottom end back together by tuesday morning. Then the head on with manifold fitted.

There's a bit to work out with the water and oil piping. Once the sump is back on, I can do the timing belt as well.

If there's no dramas fixing up the turbo to downpipe, we'll be running thursday or friday.

Gavin

[Lito]

Nice, are you just dropping in the rods or are you going to do any machine work

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Cheers mate, just re-honed the block and dropping the rods it. Everything looked pretty tidy in there so just giving it a clean and putting it all back together. Here are some more picks from the rest of the afternoon...

Cracking the head bolts


Head off


Stuff ready for me to clean


Turbo mocked up on the head




Head after we cleaned it up


Cleaned and honed block.

Should be a bit stronger


Hooray for big port



Forgot to say a big thanks the Gavin and his very accommodating family. Even gave me his little red polo as a loaner!

[Njay]

Re: Lito's MK4 GTI

Nice, are you just dropping in the rods or are you going to do any machine work

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[Lito]

progress!!

[Lito]

its happening

[h100vw]

Thanks mate. Yeah the rods come with a little booklet. It says that the preffered method of tightening the rods is with a stretch gauge and they need to be tightened to 0.006" of stretch. It also states that if you dont have access to a stretch gauge to use a high quality torque wrench and tighten to 50ft/lbs 3 times per bolt using there supplied lubricant

Torque wrench for us then.

Gavin