[project] Upgrade On Shiny's 205 Gti

[shine 0]

Hello.

 

Some pics of whats happeinig to my "never ending" 205 prosject.

 

Gearbox out to mount Quaife LSD and new gear linkage, like GpA ones.

 

I'm converting to Webers, here is first mounting aftet the inlet manifoil has been grinded for best airspeed/match my inlet ports:

 

I desided to work out a carbon box for air intake, and made a cast(form) in aluminium and moulded two layers of carbonfibre in it. This is the result after some grinding and a few layers of coating.

 

To get enginebay more tidy, I bought some fittings froms Earls Plumbing, and some feet of braided hose:

 

To use this fittings it's nessesary to make nippels to suit, several places. Here thermostat housing with AN12 nipple ready.

 

Breather tank, made from alu. Here are the parts:

After hours of polishing. Quite shiny now:

 

Next on program is cutting hose and mount the fittings.

 

Espen

[easypug 0]

Your car was nice enough any way mate, now its going to be pure sexual! Doing a good job of everything, i like the look of that air box aswell.

Edited April 16, 2006 by easypug

[Anthony 1,003]

Your car and the recent changes above are a real credit to your hard work - well done

[madmat 0]

Looks spot-on,may i ask what you used on the thermostat housing to clean it up?or is it painted?

[Veero 1]

Holy shiney pug parts Batman!

 

Good effort matey, seems a shame to actually drive it and get it dirty once it's all together. Hope you put your sunnies on when opening the bonnet on a summer's day

Edited April 16, 2006 by Veero

[Longun 1]

Holy shiney pug parts Batman!

 

 

Looking very nice

[shine 0]

Looks spot-on,may i ask what you used on the thermostat housing to clean it up?or is it painted?

 

It's painted 2 years ago, when I build this engine. First I tried to just clean and polish all alu parts on engine, but after a while alu reacts with water and air, and there came some white corrosion.

This paint seems to be more wearable.

[pugboyracer 3]

That looks superb, big respect due for the effort that you've put in to it! One of the best cars on the forum just keeps getting better.

[huckleberry 0]

looks foooooookin great

[DaveK 0]

kinda makes me feel a bit inferior really. considering my engine bay is as filthy as yours is tidy.....good job tho mate, excellent way of spending time/cash

[shine 0]

An update on todays work.

Finished with holes in the backplate of airbox. Here mounted on the carbs.

 

After this I started cutting hose and mount hose ends. Takes time, but's woth it.

 

Just to continiue this next weekend. I'm pleased with the clean and fresh look.

 

Espen

[les3002 0]

looks superb mate, nice work.

[205mattgti 0]

looking good mate very tidy

 

just done a full engine rebuild on my 205 gti, engine bay tided up but not as clean as ur

 

look forward to seeing it completed

[findlay 0]

Thats simply awesome

[Guest downsy]

That is awesome work mate, breathtaking.

 

How much clearance do you have between the airbox and the radiator/slam?

 

also are you going to put in feed for it somewhere?

 

Cheers

 

mark

[shine 0]

That is awesome work mate, breathtaking.

 

How much clearance do you have between the airbox and the radiator/slam?

 

also are you going to put in feed for it somewhere?

 

Cheers

 

mark

 

Clearanse is 30mm. I think this is enough, my lower engine mount is made of delrin(nylon) and the two others are upprated. Engine don't flex much, more like bolted to chassis.

 

On left side ther will be a 70mm or 76mm intet, thin wall alu tube feeding air from the filterbox with hole in bonnet, behind left light. I did not want to cut in the box, cause the firm I ordered these tubing from in US could't specify the diameter exactly.

 

Old pic, but illustrates.

 

Espen

[DaveK 0]

hang on...is that a purple spanner?

[Guest downsy]

Thanks for clearing that up

[pug_ham 244 3 Cars]

There is no other way to say this, it just looks fantastic.

 

Great job.

 

Graham.

[A18_RYU 0]

absolutely gorgeous! cant wait to see the end result!!!! nice one mate!

two thumbs up!!!!!

[shine 0]

hang on...is that a purple spanner?

 

 

Oh yes. It's an alu spanner for AN fittings, great cause it leaves no marks on the fittings.

 

Looks great too.

[DaveK 0]

very trendy thats the kindof thing i would have nailed on my bedroom wall for "style" lol

[Edp 67 3 Cars]

I think everything has already been said about this, looks cracking!

[Guest CB-Dave]

what hose fittings from Earls did you use? I *really* like that look!

[shine 0]

what hose fittings from Earls did you use? I *really* like that look!

 

They are called "reusable swivel AN hose ends". I used AN6 size for fuel, AN8/AN10 for breathing and AN12 for water. The hose is called "Auto hose, braided steel"

The are really expencive here in Norway, so I have orderd mine from Summit Racing in US. Great service and very fast shipping. US to Norway in 4-5 days, at reasonable freight costs.

 

Espen