Great project on the go mate, its going too look freesh when its complete keep it up dude.

Great project mate, very inspiring, will look sweet when it's finished :)

So what's needed for the conversion?

Is it pretty much plug and play minus the wiring etc??

I'd have paid my car off by August next year (after 2 years ownership) and i reckon I'm gonna want to keep it as much as get something new, so an enigne swap would be the only thing left by the time i could insure it.. and I've always wanted a G40 :)

cheers its still got along way to go though

theres nothing plug and play at all engine mount had to be fabricated ,wiring ect its quite alot more work than youd expect and has cost me alot of money

luke

Great project on the go mate, its going too look freesh when its complete keep it up dude.

cheers i want to hear it run again its bin so long I've forgoten how it went/sounds

luke

Hmm, would still prefer it you, as you said, a Valver conversion..

Something to consider anyway, keep us posted

Nice one buddy, looking very good! Did u get my text a few weeks ago asking if u had any GT steels?

Great to see you getting back at it mate. Been a while but it will deffo be worth it in the end! You gonna look at running the same sorta power as Oli's old one? That thing had it balanced perfect imo!

Nice one buddy, looking very good! Did u get my text a few weeks ago asking if u had any GT steels?

cheers martin yeh i did get your text sorry I've been so busy with the car and getting ready to move into my house i totaly forgot to text you back and I'm sorry i havnt got any

Great to see you getting back at it mate. Been a while but it will deffo be worth it in the end! You gonna look at running the same sorta power as Oli's old one? That thing had it balanced perfect imo!

cheers alex yeh it is good to see a little progress.Engine spec wise I'm running pretty much the same as oli other than mines still 1272cc and oli ran a stand alone oil supply for the charger so not quite the same spec I'm hoping for at least 160bhp as thats over half what the original 1.6 was

luke

Today i got the front struts and hubs and brakes on then for the 1st time in nearly a year its back on 4 wheels

hopefully have the engine back in within the next week just got to paint the brake servo first

comments welcome

luke

nice, love the attention to detail :)

LEE

Good work there chief, look forward to hearing this go by, not to mention seeing it!

cheers guys i wanted to put the engine in today but other commitments meen it will be next weekend now but will hopefully be moving under its own power within the next couple of weeks

cheers

luke

damn,,those pics give much needed inspiration to finish mine asap.

awesome project you got there matey.

i no exactly what you meen i was doing the same with other peoples threads and the main reason I'm acctually doing it now is I've bought a house and need it mobile to get it there its been on going for over a year now but it will meet the road again one day lol

cheers

luke

You was sayin about engine mounts mate, what exactly did you have to do there? I thought a g40 would go straight in a mk4??

Also what were the other problems have you came across?

I havnt had much time for this for the last year i got the engine so i could move it to my house from my mums and its bin sat in the garage ever since as the house has been eating my time.I had a moment of madness and contemplated breaking it up for parts and just buying a car i could use but the last few months I've been able to do bits here and there in between other stuff.I've managed to get the roof painted today as i got rained off and painted both wings, mirrors and sill a few weeks previos.I've just been to vw to pick up a new ignition switch and pass mirror glass as i broke it removing it for paint.

heres a couple of pics of the roof the white area in the pics i a reflection of the sheeting i used to stop shit from falling of my lovely asbestos roof

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left to paint is bonnet and both bumpers then its rear brakes and a bit of stereo re wiring and i can finaly enjoy all my hard work just a shame I'm too late for the good weather lol

cheers

luke

Edited 1 October, 201015 yr by ahh claudia

managed to get a bit more paint work done last week i did the bonnet,drivers sill,rear vw badge and a spare g40 badge i had kicking around that wasnt in brilliant condition so i thought id colour code it

pic of my bay since its bk together although very dusty

and better colour refference of the roof which needs washing aswell

now the shell is all painted i can give it a good wash.now my list is a little smaller just rear brakes,bit of stereo wiring,tracking and paint the bumpers just a shame the crappy weather has arrived

luke

luke man! epic win!

bet you are buzzing mate, paint looks so good i could eat off it!

so pleased its pretty much coming together. ultimate dubs then?

luke man! epic win!

bet you are buzzing mate, paint looks so good i could eat off it!

so pleased its pretty much coming together. ultimate dubs then?

cheers mate its about time eh!

to be honest i cant wait i may come to ultimate dubs wont be good enough for inside mind.can you just enter for the outside or do you have to be part of a club?

luke

Very nice car mate i am in the process of doing it with my mates i have currently got the engine all mounted in just struggling on how to do wiring i have a g loom But dnt no if all there are they in two parts. I was wundering how you did it with the old loom mate any help would do me a favour if you could pm me cheers steve

Well its been a long time coming but hopefully by next weekend she will be back on the road .Just had a clifford concept 650 fitted and rewired all my stereo.Powdercoated rear beam and new heat shields are fitted to a freshly undersealed floor pan.The interior is all back together and today i managed to get the bumpers painted.

so the list of things left to are

fit bumpers

fit spash shields under wings

good wash and polish

fit washer jets

oil and water checks

mot

heres some pics

Theres still quite a few things i want to do once its on the road but aslong as its usable and looks tidy that will do for now.

I cant wait now just hope its all been worth it

luke

Awesome Luke, next time in Oxford i'll have to pop over and have a good look!

Top work and lovely motor - will it retai PAS.

Cheers martin pop round anytime mate

Cheers its been a hard slog just trying to stay at it.The power steering has long gone no where to mount it

luke

Edited 13 March, 201115 yr by ahh claudia

thats a cool wee project dude. nice to see something different. is the g40 engine esay to wire up?

thats a cool wee project dude. nice to see something different. is the g40 engine esay to wire up?

hahahaha this comment must be a joke????

this project has been ongoing since before i was a member i think lol =D

glad to see youve stuck with it and this will be rolling on the roads of UK this year