It Begins: The S3 1.8T into my '85 Mk2 GTI

[gareth_oau]

bringing her along to the brekkie?

[Volksee77]

**** Wade that is not a happy looking scenario, let us know how the mounts go other wise i can put the pulley on the mill and machine it down a couple of thou to get clearance which won't effect the timing belt.

[Valver.]

Nice to know this is finally running well - nice work

[GOLFBALLS]

Well, I got these put in during the week...


There is virtually no movement in the engine now and it feels much more responsive, but jeez the cabin vibrates now!! The best bit is I now have heaps more clearance from the timing gear to the master cylinder, so no more worries there!!

I also had a boost cut issue at around 4000rpm which i got adjusted on the laptop this morning. Basically, the boost was coming in too suddenly and aggressively so we just tuned the boost to come in a little more gradually. The power delivery is all still there, but its much smoother and drivable now.

I'm really happy with it. The car is properly sorted, running great and from now on its basically an ongoing test to see how the clutch and gearbox last.

So the next jobs are cosmetic stuff, and welding a battery plate to secure the battery properly in the boot.

I'm gonna go on a little track run soon and post up some vids for y'all

Cheers

[Jarred]

awesome, glad you finally have it sorted and are getting to drive and enjoy it now!

[joshyd-mk2gti]

good to hear it's running well.

[Valver.]

but jeez the cabin vibrates now!!

You'll probably find that if you pick the idle up to around 1km RPM, you can get rid of the vibration. The mounts will soften a bit after some driving time, though

[GOLFBALLS]

Yea totally.
There is the 'M' vibra-tech mounts, and the super hard 'MX' for racing. These are the MX.

Here's a (bad) photo of the final dyno plot for proof!!



And also got this genuine old stock knob. I'll save it for a special occasion. Other little bits ive replaced are just things like new pedal rubbers and new sun visor clips etc. Got a new dash fascia coming too from spyda. That outta stop a few rattles!

[Preen59]

Nice work, dude!

Loving this stuff.

[GOLFBALLS]

Got some more pics.

Some shots of the vibra-technics rear eng and gearbox mounts in.





They obviously restrict almost all engine movement so that timing gear wont hit anymore, but they also make the engine sit a little higher too, which is even better for clearance...