205Gti Tidy Up And Mi16 Upgrade

[Carbs4me 45]

Hello All,

 

As my first Mi16 conversion, I thought i would share it with you all.

 

I'm not quite ready to get the engine in but the car is still very much been used as my daily right now.

 

In the next month are so the project will really kick off, once my uncle gets his Landrover Denfender 88 out of the garage my project will be well on its way.

 

At the moment im just preparing myself for what is to come! By this i mean gathering as many parts as i can get my hands on.

 

So here is the car in general its quite tidy, I believe there is no or little rust but i havent removed those side skirts yet.

 

 

So thats the car that gets treated better than my misses! So firstly i had to source myself an engine which came and found me £200 all in and got some extra goodies but on the down side it had a cracked block due to the incorrect sized head bolt spacers.

 

 

Here are the spacers he was using against the ones that should have been used.

 

 

After the strip down of all the parts the crank was shot but the rest of them seemed fine.

 

 

I sent the crank off to get a reground and barings to match. (i have not pictures of this)

 

I set my heart on using carbs, and i ended up buying TB's by accident! dont ask! But here they are R1 Thottle Bodies.

 

 

Quite clean really and i heard that nothing ever goes wrong with them!

 

After the engine had been stripped, i set my sights on getting a new Block which Anthony kindly provided me with. once i recieved it i got to work on it and cleaned it down with the help from the misses it was painted the next day... here she is at work!

 

 

A couple weeks down the line i had the cyclinder head redone, valves reseated and reangled. Full gasket set to fit the engine, the Linered bored out to suit the Forged pistons i recieved from someone i got off the forum (cant remeber their name)

 

I have just got the cyclinder head back today fully built up and ready to be bolted back on the other half of the already built engine. Ignore the paint job... yes we missed bits!

 

 

 

At the weekend i picked up some Braces for the car and stripped the paint off them ready for a paint job

 

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[Carbs4me 45]

 

After i had finished with them

 

 

This weekend i plan to get the cyclinder head done and hopely get the rocker cover repainted. i will update agian

 

But for now here is what i have currently, off the top of my head. that i dont think i showed.

 

Ligthened flywheel.

 

BBM Hoses (Blue)

 

BBM Engine mounts

 

BBM (Gearlinkages)

 

Bog Bro's Inlet manifold

 

Uprated cams (unsure of make)

 

I will try and update again this weekend with more progress! and i might show afew of the landy! if it intrest's anyone!

[Carbs4me 45]

Finally started the strip down of the pug last night and got it ready to pull the engine out. This is the first update! was at the garage till midnight from 7:30 the engine is ready to be lifted out just need to borrow a engine crane.

 

 

 

This weekend i will have the engine out, and will be starting cleaning down the engine bay sanded down and to fix the hole in my inner wing.

Edited October 25, 2012 by Carbs4me

[Carbs4me 45]

Over the weekend i managed to get the engine out and start degeasing the engine bay and stripped out the wiring loom for the lights fans and horn, i also started sanding the panels of the car down only managed to sand 1 half of the car at the current.

 

Upon stripping the engine bay of its header tank and screen water bottle i noticed that both my inner wings where rotten. I have no pictures to update you all with the drivers side has a 2 n half inch hole init and the other has rotted on the join which the wing bolts onto.

 

Next job for tonite is to use the engine crane to lift to the car up high and start taking off the understeal from the underneath of the car while the axel is on then i will do the same with the back and take the axel off in the process.

 

Expect updates tommorrow with pictures of progress.

[Carbs4me 45]

So this is the engine bay as it stands, looks pretty greasey but thats after 2 coats of gunk and a powerwash

 

 

 

Here are the rot in on the innerwings

 

 

 

I could do this some advice regarding preping these innerwings.. any advice would be great

[Carbs4me 45]

 

 

 

afew picture updates

[205Mi16Mick 1]

Looking good! (The engine I mean - not the rust! ) What phase is this one - is that a full leather interior?

[Carbs4me 45]

phase 1.5 and yes full leather interior need new back seats tho as one of them has a hole init. yeah the rust isnt the greatest thing ever, i aint looking forward to sanding those bad boys down! fortunately my grandad has offered to weld it now and is even on about buying a £450 welder to fix it! Crazy man!

 

Yeah the engine has been sat there awhile collecting dust.. only just got my timing belt and water pump other day

 

MOT and tax has just ran out today and it blown a piston ring last monday so i decided its time the Mi16 was brough to life!

[205Mi16Mick 1]

Did the phase 1.5 come with full leather?

[Carbs4me 45]

This model didnt, but im not to sure if they where optional or not!

 

I will update this thread very soon!

 

I havent really taken any pictures!

 

But i got all the rot sorted so far on the front end and engine bay welded 2 plates in place of where my inner wings where rotten!

 

and its now set in primer! so im guessing my hands can take a rest from the sanding for now as ive been doing it for at least 2 weeks

[vtifan 26]

Did the phase 1.5 come with full leather?

miami and sorrento ltd editions did,g and h plate,only ones i have seen

good work mate and the rust isnt that bad,not seen one that isnt rusty there yet

[Carbs4me 45]

i used to have a 1.6 non sunroof model which didnt have any inner wing rust... it kept breaking down so i ended up breaking it and selling the shell... i wish i never did now!

[Carbs4me 45]

 

walked in my garage tonight to find this! my grandad has taken it upon himself to paint the car for me today! I can now finally get round to build the engine bay back up!

Edited November 27, 2012 by Carbs4me

[Carbs4me 45]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Afew pictures to gander at with my progress so far!

[dcc 855]

out of interest - what was wrong with the old engine? was it a 1.6 or 1.9?

[Carbs4me 45]

it was a 1.9

 

Not sure what was wrong with it, Did a track/sprint day kept going flat out of the corners, 4 weeks after it basically had thrown in the towel i guesstimate that the ring has gone missing badly but runs and sounds like there is a vacuum in one of the cyclinders!

 

Only way i can describe the noise is a "plunger"