Why can I find no mention of it then? I'll have to look in my other manual and see if its in there

thats books for you!

the silver coupe i had also had an HK

They came in the early mk2 Polo coupe 'S and early Mk2 Golfs

Why can I find no mention of it then? I'll have to look in my other manual and see if its in there

The manual your looking at may not go as early as the solid lifter engines simon?

Anyway, less chit chat.

It does and I have mk1 manual too. Hmmm. Anyway, as you say, SHUT UP!

It does and I have mk1 manual too. Hmmm. Anyway, as you say, SHUT UP!

Might aswell keep the progress of the mechanical engine in one place,

Ordered;

Main bearings

Big end bearings

Head gasket set

Big end bolts

Have;

Head bolts

Pistons rings

Need;

New guides & seats

Good progress Max, cant wait to see it been re-built

Good progress Max, cant wait to see it been re-built

Ill send you all the links etc, where i got the best parts for the least money

Did you find the manual mate?

Ooh, can i have links too please max.

Did you mean seats or seals? Are you going with bigger valves?

Ooh, can i have links too please max.

Did you mean seats or seals? Are you going with bigger valves?

Seats, new guides means you HAVE to re cut the seats. Otherwise they may no longer be concentric with each other.

£75 the work though, not too bad.

Need to work on the inlet manifold aswell, and buy the cam!

Re-cut? I get you. I thought you meant getting new seats installed

Re-cut? I get you. I thought you meant getting new seats installed

No! I wish i wouldnt be sticking with the bottle top valves!

Still need to do these calcs!

Ordered;

Main bearings £25.50 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/300744256267?ssP...984.m1497.l2649

Big end bearings £38.53 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/271087532055?ssP...984.m1497.l2649

Head gasket set £13 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/190662993296?ssP...984.m1497.l2649

Big end bolts £36 (Off lupoboz on here)

Have;

Head bolts (GSF) £11

Pistons rings £80 (Lupoboz off here)

Need;

New guides & seats

Well, i said i needed to start work on the inlet manifold side of things, so today's lunch hour was a productive one...

As can be seen, the port flows from the oval shape of the head, into round

Edited 14 December, 201213 yr by MaxGT

Also, the main bearing came already! cheers GSF!

Thats sweet as! you'd mad a shit ton of money making those for people with bike carbs! I'd buy a set :)

They're piss easy to make tbh, that took me about 20mins, 10mins of that was programming! the fact that the cross section changes shape through a distance of 20.5mm was the only tricky bit.

They wouldn't be cheap though!

I'm going to be makin my itbs manifold that way Out of solid so much better looking and stronger

I'm going to be makin my itbs manifold that way Out of solid so much better looking and stronger

Tell me about it. Much better!

Pics of fitted;

How much isn't cheap?

It does look great mate guessing your making 4 individual ones yeah

How much does it stick out and the carbs will be bolting straight to it yeah

It does look great mate guessing your making 4 individual ones yeah

How much does it stick out and the carbs will be bolting straight to it yeah

26mm the boss protrudes out,

Yeah theyll be 4 obviously, and the carbs will be joined using reinforced flexi tubing, simular to what mikey used...

You're so gay! That looks lush. Why not get some bike carb rubbers and machine a groove into the boss? The bike rubbers are immens, hold mine rock solid. Or are you going to use the tube to extend the mani too? That lenghth ought to be good for low end grunt

You're so gay! That looks lush. Why not get some bike carb rubbers and machine a groove into the boss? The bike rubbers are immens, hold mine rock solid. Or are you going to use the tube to extend the mani too? That lenghth ought to be good for low end grunt

Do you mean high end?

Nah, not gonna be using the rubbers, you'll see!

They will be extended though.

These are juat to get the port matching done properly...