[car_overhaul] My Pug Mi16

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the start of the unfinished project i bought lol dont do this as just causes my head ache daily lol but end result will be worth it i hope

 

the start as i bought it registered as a 1.4i but they dumped a 1.9 in there and it was oringinaly a 1.9gti

the inside

the engine only just hanging in as they hadn't bolted it to the mount or even have the right mount for the car

the 1.9gti engine and box removed

a few bits of rust to deal with as somewhere along the line someones spilt brake fluid

the modified subframe its a gti subframe but they moved the bracket that holds the gear linkage in place to accomadate the 1.4 gearbox

so i have had this cut off again and moved to its orinal place for the gti6 box

a few bis painted to loo a bit nicer

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strippin out the engine bay of wiring and brake lines

the wiring loom out and recovered with red plastic protection a nice little tidy up for only £20

a few more bits painted

the radiator mounted to the cut back fan housing to give a bit more clearance to the mi16 inlet manifold

had the inlet manifold sand blasted to clean it still desiding weather to have it painted silver or have it chromed

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the engine and gearbox

the peddle box painted was a pain in the arse to remove lol

the engine bay preped and primered

second coat of primer applyed

sprayed a bit of the car today but ran out of paint and was check colour difference as couldnt find right match seems its had a custom colour mixed for the body not to fussed about the difference for this year as it will come back off the road when winter comes for some carbs/throttle bodys and a ful body respray

this is as far as i have got so far so lets hope he weather holds up

[spark-plug 1]

nice prodject .After the sprinting season has finished im either going to work on mine make it look proper nice or buy another one as a project like this

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got the paint done yesterday and started rebuilding today.

 

 

 

 

 

[205BigTosh 0]

looks great, fantastic , keep it going

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not updated this thread for a while so will add a few pics of how far its got

 

few picures of the engine and "6" box fitted

 

 

 

another wth the inlet and few other bit put on

 

 

another with the dizzy convertor which has now been removed and fitted the bx16v loom and ecu for less hassle as could not get it to idle properly

 

 

few pics with the front end built up

 

 

 

the terrible bonnet vent will be going when i get round to it as will be fitting an auto bonnet instead

Edited August 22, 2010 by blessed6383

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started to bleed the rear brakes and found that there was a bit too much movement on the rear beam so this has now been stripped ready for a rebuild along with a lick of paint

 

 

the beam removed

 

 

one side of the beam had seen better days

 

 

 

the shagged trailing arm. other sides not much better so will be replacing both

 

 

the beam in bits

 

 

 

the new 17's that wil be refurb'd but still might stick with the 15's

 

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well not done an update for a while so heres a few pics of the painted rear beam and mi16 leathers fitted, did have to have some small brackets made up to fit the seats to the 205 subframes as the 405 subframes are about an inch wider and they do fowl the handles to lift the seats but dont plan on haveing many people in the back.

 

the rear beam has been fitted with solid beam mounts and uprated poly bushes along with a full rebuild kits (beaings etc) ad new bolts/nuts, also uprated shocks not yet fitted

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

have also now fitted a bx16v loom and got rid of the dizzy convertor and gti loom so is running full mi16 set-up

Edited October 15, 2010 by blessed6383

[harryskid 193]

Nice work, whats the spoiler on your car from?