I just never bothered with that plate and I've never had a problem! Been running it like that for over a year aswell.

The mk3 starter is only needed if you want to run the lighter mk3 flywheel

Wow well if yours is coping with all that extra power I'm sure my standard conversion will be ok :) Just everyone goes on about rotational forces on the mount...

Yeah i'd prefer to run the lighter mk3 fly, did you use the AFH fly? Isn't it harder to get the box on with the original AFH fly?

I just never bothered with that plate and I've never had a problem! Been running it like that for over a year aswell.

The mk3 starter is only needed if you want to run the lighter mk3 flywheel

Wow well if yours is coping with all that extra power I'm sure my standard conversion will be ok :) Just everyone goes on about rotational forces on the mount...

Yeah i'd prefer to run the lighter mk3 fly, did you use the AFH fly? Isn't it harder to get the box on with the original AFH fly?

Just get the afh flywheel lightened, saves fuckin about trying to find the mk3 stuff, and yeh it can sometimes be abit of a pain, sometimes it will just slot on, other times I've needed to remove the drive side cv joint bit from the diff and it goes on straight away

i haven't used the plate either, youll be fine.

Ok so no plate unless my friend manages to CNC one in time for next weekend.

I can buy the 94 starter motor for 60 quid from my local parts store, whereas lightening a 6n flywheel will cost a lot more I imagine? So think I'll just use the mk3 setup. Any ideas how much lighter the mk3 fly actually is just to finalize this decision? :p

not sure what the weight difference from mk3 to 4 is but i only paid an extra £40 to have my flywheel done when i had all the other lightening work done. If you can source the bits easy enough then fair enough, i just couldnt be arsed :)

Wow well if yours is coping with all that extra power I'm sure my standard conversion will be ok :) Just everyone goes on about rotational forces on the mount...

and also to add to this, ime currentrly doing a g60 conversion into a mk1 golf for a friend, and the custom driver side engine mount you buy is held on by 4 crappy m8 allen bolts and nobody has ever had problems, whereas as the polo is held on with 2 fookin massive bolts!

Hmm I'd give it ago if I had a proper vice and a decent grinder but with neither reckon I'll just use the mk3 fly, cheers for the advice though :)

Is that the red clipper in this thread? Mk1 g60's are meant to go better than VR's, will be insane :p I know someone with both and he says the mk1 easily beats his mk3! Feel much better about the mount now, if the plate is ready I'll use it but if not no worries it seems

Well the engine is back in pieces yet again tonight :(

Will be stripping it tomorow night to take to the machineists to have the valve guides replaced

Also went to vw yesterday and ordered a full set of replacement valves...

I hope this finally solves the bloody oil burning problem!

£360 worth of brand new vw valves.....

£360? no way!!! thats a shitload!

£360? no way!!! thats a shitload!

well they actually cost me £307 because i have a mate who works at vw so i get about 20% discount, but its still alot!

HOW MUCH?

WHY???

I'd have just bought another AFH lol!

HOW MUCH?

WHY???

I'd have just bought another AFH lol!

I would have done if i hadnt of spent so much money on this one!

why didnt you get the ones off ebay for £9 each that would only have been £150 odd then even i wouldnt spend that much just on valves unless they were ferriday sodium filled ones fuck lol

why didnt you get the ones off ebay for £9 each that would only have been £150 odd then even i wouldnt spend that much just on valves unless they were ferriday sodium filled ones fuck lol

i just wanted quality replacement ones, not some spurious shite :)

id have just bought another afh and taken them out of that.

But fair play for doing it properly, wish i had the money to blow that much on valves alone haha

id have just bought another afh and taken them out of that.

But fair play for doing it properly, wish i had the money to blow that much on valves alone haha

that did cross my mind, but i didnt want to end up at square one again, i just want to have this engine running properly at last!

its cost me so much money and each time it just still isnt right...

crazy to think this car used to be a naker when it was in my area now its unreal

looking at a mk2 saloon myself :p

finally picked up an an E34 535i sport today

very fast and very very fun, sooo much torque its unbelievable!

going to use it for a couple of days and then take it off the road to rip out the engine for my e30 touring :)

gave the monster a wash and polish this morning :)

seens as i am using it for a few days i wanted it to look presentable!

Lappped in all the valves last night in preperation of rebuilding the head and engine on sunday.

Heres a little sneaky shot of the porting that i never showed first time aroud

Started the FINAL rebuild today...

But i did get distracted part way through due to the arrival of yet another car which gradually turned into an rs-turbo/xr3i mini meet as we tryed to get the xr3i started...

Hows things looked at the close of play this evening

Will be finished and running tomorow all being well :)

A little cheeky shot in the sun yesterday to make me feel better :)

been negelecting the thread a little recently i have been otherwise occupied...

started fitting the g40 rear axel with disc conversion a few days ago

just slightly stuck with finding some adapters to run the copper lines direct to the caliper

and then once its done and dusted its back to bogg bros for a final tune up and shes back on the road for now...

Nice work. Tell me about finding adaptors! Get some pics up of what you have and what you need to join together. I have tried multiple sets of lines, adaptors blah blah blah. I'm sure I can give you a hand