I opened this hoping to see the engine fitted and a video of it running! :p haha!

Those brakes <3

I fucking wish. Its all been taken out again and I've gone completely mad because i haven't touched it in so long. but its getting night and day treatment once I've moved her to the unit this saturday

Aha tell me about it! I haven't touched mine since the weekend before Christmas apart from painting the gearbox.....cleared out my garage completely this morning and just about to put her in :) then I think I'll be living in here with it lol.

Aha tell me about it! I haven't touched mine since the weekend before Christmas apart from painting the gearbox.....cleared out my garage completely this morning and just about to put her in :) then I think I'll be living in here with it lol.

Yeah man think I'm gonna set up a camp in the unit its big enough i think teagers on about putting his car in it too.

Aha tell me about it! I haven't touched mine since the weekend before Christmas apart from painting the gearbox.....cleared out my garage completely this morning and just about to put her in :) then I think I'll be living in here with it lol.

Yeah man think I'm gonna set up a camp in the unit its big enough i think teagers on about putting his car in it too.

Haha Ahh cool.....wish I could find a unit :( all the ones near me are proper expensive and not even very big :/

You'll have to come visit mine when were all FINISHED

how much the hispec brakes set you back mate ? and where'd you get them from if you dont mind me asking :)

how much the hispec brakes set you back mate ? and where'd you get them from if you dont mind me asking :)

I picked them up on ebay mate. They were actually being sold as Ford Fitment but all it means is that i have to buy another set of bells or get mine redrilled to 4 x100 and buy or get some adaptors made up but i got them at a bargain of £400 and spent £40 in petrol picking them up from London

You'll have to come visit mine when were all FINISHED

Definitely! Can go on a nice long drive

Deal, but were gonna have to stick to roads with plenty of petrol stations

I think a proper photoshoot will be in order too

Deal, but were gonna have to stick to roads with plenty of petrol stations

Shutup polomon or should I call you...ben.

Been thinking about a conversion for a while but cant find any info on which boxes are fitted an help would be appreciated

Been thinking about a conversion for a while but cant find any info on which boxes are fitted an help would be appreciated

Mattie is using a Standard 02j box I believe.....you can use a 02a box as well though but will need the G60 flywheel/VR6 clutch combo too :)

Been thinking about a conversion for a while but cant find any info on which boxes are fitted an help would be appreciated

Mattie is using a Standard 02j box I believe.....you can use a 02a box as well though but will need the G60 flywheel/VR6 clutch combo too :)

Yeah I'm using an 02j 5 speed box, but there's 02a and if you wanna go 6speed I beleive its a 02m.

also if you can get your hands on an 02s box out of a sharan, its the same width as an 02j so no chopping up your chassis leg

also if you can get your hands on an 02s box out of a sharan, its the same width as an 02j so no chopping up your chassis leg

Ah, i didnt know this. I believe Harry is using a deisel box too?

also if you can get your hands on an 02s box out of a sharan, its the same width as an 02j so no chopping up your chassis leg

Ah, i didnt know this. I believe Harry is using a deisel box too?

Yupp a 02a CTN Diesel box :) - Only had to take out small piece of the Chassis leg in the end, welded the rest back up :)

i think the new polo gti 20v boxes are similar size to 02j and 6 speed

i think the new polo gti 20v boxes are similar size to 02j and 6 speed

This is interesting, might have to look into this a little further. Though not sure if i really would want 6 speed...

Moved her into her new home today, despite the absolute abononation of rain we had up here.

Will get some pictures up tommorow when i have some decent light, but the engines pretty much stripped now ready to be buzzed down and painted then rebuilt with a port matched S3 inlet, TT 225 injectors, Smoothed Rocker cover and all other bits will be cleaned and either bead blasted and laquered or going satin or crackle black.

Watch this space this is gonna get mashed.

Edited 22 February, 201214 yr by Mattnaz

Deal, but were gonna have to stick to roads with plenty of petrol stations

Shutup polomon or should I call you...ben.

Every bugger else calls me Ben so feel free I post my name nowhere yet everyone knows it

Haha, youve been found out.

Nothing to hide its just amasing what peopel pick up here and there and just remember OH well I'm not doing as bad as Guy, people know my name everyone knows hes a bumder I'm safe saying that, he never ventures into the mk4 section hahaha

Haha, not entirely true as when he came to fetch some headlights off me he asked me about my conversion... so he must of ventured into the section for a least a quick glance to have known about it.

Maybe he's a secret mk4 lover? (As much as i doubt it)

Edited 23 February, 201214 yr by Mattnaz

Heres a little snippet of my Chicken Shed work space, love my set up its perfect at the minute just need to sort myself of some racking to chuck all my shit on, shes tucked under a car cover for the moment due to us bringing roadstone and concrete through to do some more of the flooring, though the farmer were renting it off is paying for it all...BONUS!

Chicken Shed by mattnaz, on Flickr

Picture of my new daily, pic it up this tuesday as a daily drive/project. Shes a 1991 Late MK1 Caddy with a super duper powerful 1.6 N/A Diesel under the bonnet chucking out the best of around 40bhp. HA!

Gonna love driving it round and sell the valver as I'm bored of it.

Caddy by mattnaz, on Flickr

Been stripping the engine down today, getting all the anciliaries, manifolds, hoses and pipes etc etc off so i can start cleaning and prepping for paint.

Got the box of today aswell to see a destroyed clutch, I haven't got a clue how it drove with 4 pressure points on the pressure plate rather than the 10? it should have...

Anyway couple of pictures how I'm looking right now.

x1 by mattnaz, on Flickr#

My bench littered in parts I've taken off... everything so be cleaned and/or painted.

x2 by mattnaz, on Flickr

Sound asleep under her nighty...for the time being.

x3 by mattnaz, on Flickr

and the most important part of the unit...mashing table

x4 by mattnaz, on Flickr

Cheerio!

Whats the plans with the engine bay mate? Final looks wise. Sorry if you've mentioned it already and i didnt notice it.

Its alright i don't think you have anyway, I'm going to be trimming and smoothing a little bit but nowhere near what Harry is doing, i did orignally plan to get rid of the scuttle panel but with my running standard ECU and wiring it'll be more effort thats it worth but I'm still going to try and keep it as clean and tidy if possible. i.e. OEM wrapping all the wires, connectors, hoses, lines etc, just to make it look neater and not look like someones just grabbed a 1.8T and shoved it in a Polo...

haha, OEM would be really nice :-) Just thin down some bits you dont need, not so much ''smoothed'' more tidied :p

Yeah thats exactly it, everything will be there just neater and cleaner :), its amazing what an actual clean engine bay looks like compared to a greased/oiled up one tbf.

Did some more on the engine yesterday, got the old sump off, gave it all a good clean and a scrub. Its basically bare now part from the manifold which won't need to come off again. Stripped off the sump and gave it a quick wipe over, scraped all the old gasket sealant off and cleaned all the bolts up. Was going to strip my clutch and flywheel off and replace with my G60 lightened and balanced flywheel and an Carbon VR6 clutch but haven't got a 6mm 12 point torx bit in the workshop. So picking one up today and hopefully get all that off and sorted.

Anyway less babbling and a few pictures oh and don't look at my slinging techniques...

26 by mattnaz, on Flickr

27 by mattnaz, on Flickr

25 by mattnaz, on Flickr

Ill get some pictures of the new fitted sump up when they decide to turn up in my email box. I use a HTC phone so dont have that new fandangled drag and drop facility at work =/

BYE!