Horse25 Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 Bought this in April, girlfriend lent me the money to buy it as long as i stopped spending money on cars, as i said all the work was done on this.....yeah right. So its an original mk2 sport with a 2.0L pinto conversion, the pinto is pretty worked, which i only just found out. Bad points are they rust, it has been resprayed at some point, but not sealed properly so now it has orange peel ripples on every panel, so a full respray will have to be done in the next few years. Pictures Speak for themselves. Was Driving alright for a few months, had my fun in it. Then it wouldnt start one morning, Found the points had closed up, so go it going, made an unbearable squealing noise, thought it was one of the bottom end bearings or something major. took the motor out and down to the motor reconditioners, turns out the sound was the cam cover But luckily i didnt take it out as the cam guides were fucked, said it was the worst he had ever seen, and there was around 10mm of play either side, also the block had been honed to much and the pistons weren't a tight fit as they should be. Found out alot of head work had been done, porting etc, The rest of the Engine is in really good nick. So he quoted me a few options and this is what im going to get done to the engine Full Overhaul: To strip, clean and check out engine. Bore and hone. Surface grind block. Mount and measure bearings. Change pistons / conrods. Polish crankshaft. Change auxiliary shaft bearing. Final wash and assemble short block. $ Decarbonise and crack detect cylinder head. Change 8 valve guides. Face seats and valves. Surface grind cylinder head. Change conrod bearings. Clean and assemble. Fit cam and set tappets. $ Assemble long engine. $ will end up costing me the better part of 3k but worth it but not so good when i have another engine build in progress and not expecting this. hoping to get it back and going in the next month. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Horse25 Posted September 6, 2009 Author Share Posted September 6, 2009 sweet got the engine back and mostly in, Big thanks to Dylan (Ladaspeed) for giving me a hand, just need to get a new solenoid for my starter motor as i broke the main terminal off should be able to start running it in this weekend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horse25 Posted September 13, 2009 Author Share Posted September 13, 2009 Finally got it running, spent most of the day Saturday trying to get it going, only to have my carbs catch fire, so i gave up, Then Dylan (Ladaspeed) lent a hand for 30min and we had it going in no time. Found that the fuel pump had been put in the opposite way and i had done the leads etc wrong started to run it in today, nice easy drive around the hills, got a few pics taken.... still havent gotten a decent video yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horse25 Posted January 11, 2010 Author Share Posted January 11, 2010 finally got the tyres sorted, big thanks to Bubblegoose for practicality giving me a set of 14/175/70 also have Mate works at tonys, so we swapped them again for some 14/185/60 with the best tread we could find,did have 195's but they were rubbing with full lock but 185 doesn't. balanced etc and put them on, big thanks to him also, mobile phone quality pics if i can find some funds, ill get a wof before this weekend, still running way to rich and needs a tune, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horse25 Posted January 13, 2010 Author Share Posted January 13, 2010 sweet got this today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horse25 Posted July 9, 2012 Author Share Posted July 9, 2012 properly heaps of other shit i should update on this but for now 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horse25 Posted August 3, 2012 Author Share Posted August 3, 2012 Yeah? or Nar? Only got 3 of these doubt i will find another with the same PCD Discuss viewtopic.php?f=18&t=20005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horse25 Posted January 5, 2013 Author Share Posted January 5, 2013 so ive sold the wheels in the above photo, haven't really done much in the last few months except a WOF and i only drove it for that weekend Had a dyno day sometime last year, finally got faster Internet so I've uploaded it today. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horse25 Posted February 21, 2013 Author Share Posted February 21, 2013 Ive sold the above wheels to born looser for a spare for his wagon, I have since purchased these for a cheap $150 They are a 3 piece wheel so new wider outer shells can be made for them, they are 6inch at the moment, will try and go 7 and the front 8 at the back and have them painted the original gold colour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Horse25 Posted February 24, 2013 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 24, 2013 got motivated after yesterday so i lowered it to the height i would like it at. cannot wait for the new wheels to arrive! Before After. Can still turn in full lock. Rear doesnt need any work, Front i am getting some coil overs made up so this is the mock height for that. 21 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Horse25 Posted September 9, 2014 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 9, 2014 Installed some driveable low and stripes. Lowered the back 1inch since the picture. Drove it to hamner for Hamnats was a good weekend! 25 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horse25 Posted March 27, 2015 Author Share Posted March 27, 2015 Bit of a small update, been having a problem with a leaking axle, ended up taking it in getting the bearing etc replaced a second time, still leaked and started making a noise from the bearings in the diff. Took it back and turns out part of the LSD is broken off the side. Looking at having one machined or buying a new one. Also changing the ratio from 3.9 to 3.5 while the diff is in pieces. Turns out its an old LSD from the 70's still has plenty of life in it yet. Ordered my outer shells for the three piece wheels finally. 8" on the back and 7" on the front 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Horse25 Posted June 27, 2015 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 27, 2015 Wheels are coming together, taken a while but worth the wait! Also Jonny is machining up my new diff part. Just running an open diff in the mean time. 21 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Horse25 Posted July 31, 2015 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 31, 2015 see you at Hamner, should finish it in time! 32 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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