My Mk2 Ibiza GTi 20VT Track Car Project *The end is here*

[roly]

No probs on the rebuild mate, i've enjoyed doing it as you know and looking forward to eventually starting on the spare engine

Finally got round to getting that video hosted so here it is, for everyones viewing pleasure a MK2 20VT being started after 4 months in bits

 

[af1]

lol saw you going round the rheims way round about, car sounded very good, much better then the chavved up clio or whatever it was that came round after you!

im not driving at the moment, cycling or walking to work (well i was last week when i was still employed) but your car looks mint!

 

[Martin M]

Cheers dude. It needs a good clean, and a few bits of rust sorting out but it's getting there!

Every red leon i see i always check to see if it's you!

 

[af1]

haha its nice to be wanted!
like i said i hardly drive it any more!
plus i dont live in chilham either any more! i have a mate who lives just near the shop where you live, always look out for your car but never see it!

 

[Spud_G40]

Just read this whole thread, very nice car! subtle too. So much time and effort has been put into it.

Did you find a big difference with the neuspeed ARB's? I'm thinking of getting some in the future, just wondering If i should go for the thicker ones like you for road/bit of track use.

 

[Martin M]

haha its nice to be wanted!
like i said i hardly drive it any more!
plus i dont live in chilham either any more! i have a mate who lives just near the shop where you live, always look out for your car but never see it!

I'm right at the bottom of the street, on the opposite side to the pub, but i use my car for work so it's hardly ever there.

Just read this whole thread, very nice car! subtle too. So much time and effort has been put into it.

Did you find a big difference with the neuspeed ARB's? I'm thinking of getting some in the future, just wondering If i should go for the thicker ones like you for road/bit of track use.

Thanks

Yeah they made a big difference, i would recommend them to anyone. The car as standard has a 22mm (i think) ARB on the front, so 25mm was the obvious choice. I went 28mm on the back as it's got different stiffness settings anyway so you can always adjust it.

 

[krisb]

nice to see something different being done

 

[welly]

Love the effort gone into this car.
How much of a task was it to get the mk3 dashboard into it? I know it was a while back.

 

[Martin M]

Cheers guys.

The chassis of the Mk2 and 3 are basically the same, so the dash was pretty much a direct replacement, along with the rest of the parts!

 

[yellowbeezer06]

certainly looking good martin, come a long way! didnt know you worked across the road from me now! il pop over on lunch and come have a look soon

 

[TopTogs]

Great post, Good effort!!!!



TopTogs

 

[uzi_cupra]

car looks awesome, great mods mate

 

[Martin M]

certainly looking good martin, come a long way! didnt know you worked across the road from me now! il pop over on lunch and come have a look soon

Cheers dude, it needs a bloody good clean at the moment but it's getting there! Yeah i've been there about 10 months now, hopefully not for much longer though as it sucks!

Great post, Good effort!!!!



TopTogs

car looks awesome, great mods mate

Thanks guys.

 

[Martin M]

First update in a while as i haven't had much time to work on the car.

Here's what we had to work with over the weekend:

The aim was to fit the INA manifold, trial fit the LCR TIP, re-fit the catch tank and fit some rear wheel spacers.

Ben started to remove the standard manifold, while i fitted the wheel spacers. I also removed the pressed german plates and fitted standard ones.

Thankfully, Ben has a spare head to trial fit the new manifold on.

As you can see, the manifold is fouling the head. After a bit of grinding action, all was okay.

We then cracked on fitting the manifold to the car. Once it was in place we started doing up the 3 turbo bolts, then realising the bolts supplied were to long! This meant it all had to come off again as the bolt closest to the head isn't removable with the mani in situ.

We did a bit of measuring and with one of the rear bolts wound in tight we had approx 60mm of bolt to fill approx 55mm of mani. Instead of cutting the bolts down we decided to use the original washers to fill the extra space but opted for 2 on each bolt just incase one didn't quite do the trick. With that done everything bolted up fine.

We ran out of time to get the catch tank sorted (although i have found a location for it) and didn't get to trial fit the LCR TIP before i go hybrid next year.

I also fitted 6000K HID's last weekend, and have ordered a tailgate to replace my rusty one.

Cheers.

 

[ibiza_95]

nice manifold there matey bit gash to see that it doesnt fit properly first time though, especially knowing how much they are aswell...

where abouts you thinking for the catch tank?
ill get a pic up of where ive located mine... kinda wanted to keep the piping as short as poss...

also now changed it so i have a 90 degree pipe that the filter is attached to as it was a bit close to the bonnet

 

[Martin M]

Cheers mate. Because i'm not using the standard charge pipe that runs over the engine, i'm going to mount it off of the two bolt holes on the front of the head where the bracket is usually attached. That way the pipework is short and it fills a gap in the engine bay.

 

[F2 Stu]

Thats a bit shocking you've had to grind the manifold to get it to fit?! Woulda done the same thing myself but thats not the point.

 

[wilz]

F2 stu,

Bill brought up the fitting issue when he tried to fit pne onto a leon, so it was always going to happen.

No reason for it i know, just the proces of it being made.

Looking good martin, se your going hybrid like me, the race is on.

 

[Martin M]

Thats a bit shocking you've had to grind the manifold to get it to fit?! Woulda done the same thing myself but thats not the point.

Bill had posted before about grinding the top to get it to clear the head. We only skimmed off 1-2mm. The most annoying part was the turbo bolts being too short, meaning we had to remove the manifold to fit washers, then refit it.

Also noticed my inner CV boot had split too

 

[roly]

Thats a bit shocking you've had to grind the manifold to get it to fit?! Woulda done the same thing myself but thats not the point.

You know what i'm like with my grinder/hammer, scaffold pole i'll make anything fit!!

Grinding we were kind of expecting after previous reports, it's the bolts that pissed me off