Peachys Mk2 Golf Syncro (in progress)

[dubs4life7]

bump for the motivation

[peach_dixie_the]

How things change, out of the window with the G60 idea, far to pricey!
I have bought/acquired of my brother a nicely re-con’d 2.0 ABF 16v engine. I have also bought a set of R1 carbs with a inlet manifold, and a MegaJolt system.

I am hopeing to crack on and at least get the engine in the bay over Christmas. The spraying of the car has taken a lot more of my patience than I was hoping for, but its something i have never attempted before, and now all the hard work seems to be worth it! The Alpine white looks nice and fresh, the roof I am not so happy about, that has been done Matt Black, there are a few reactions, but it will do for now, I have a new plan for that but will have to see have things go!

I will take some pictures later and post them of my progress and what parts I have been buying.

Does anyone have any ideas what the best solution for the exhaust is? I am leaving the rod change box in for the moment as I cant really afford a 02c box yet, will my 16v manifold mate up with my existing syncro downpipe?

[ld50]

you might want to take a look at some of these pics:

In my pics folder, downpipe for RHD 16v:
http://www.vwsyncro.co.uk/?arc=&page=1&size=3&tpxbasketid=&search=downpipe&sortby=filename&sortbydir=asc&cols=3&cmd=do_search&i=0&big=0&gotourl=&p=9.Photos_LD50%2F_&basket_params=&basket_params_index=&noflash=&video_or_image=

also search on “manifold” in my pics for some photos of the positioning of the transfer box vs manifold. I know it’s not abf but it’s pretty close.

In the general photos if you also search on downpipe you get a few more interesting constructions which have been tried by our members:

http://www.vwsyncro.co.uk/?arc=&page=1&size=3&tpxbasketid=&search=downpipe&sortby=datelastmodified&sortbydir=desc&cols=3&cmd=do_search&i=0&big=0&gotourl=&p=1.Photos%2F_&basket_params=&basket_params_index=&noflash=&video_or_image=

I think danny’s approach (below) looked like the best performance option whereas mine was probably the simplest to diy, being built out of a bit of straight tube with some creative angle-grinder + mig-work (not stainless tho). Danny posted a pic of his a while back I can’t find it and it’s not in the photo’s for some reason.

http://www.vwsyncro.co.uk/data/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2501&SearchTerms=downpipe,dannyp

[peach_dixie_the]

A few more pics of how everything is going now that I have nearly finished painting the car at last!!!
I am reasonably happy with the overall finish of the car, there is the odd spec of dust and a bit of orange peel, but overall not to bad for a first time effort I think

and my latest purchase, which I am hoping will save a lot of faffing with the wiring, hopefully?

[peach_dixie_the]

This was last nights job, take my carbs apart into lots of little fiddly bits and clean, still some cleaning to be done, but looking a lot better already.

http://www.totalvauxhall.co.uk/resources/totalvauxhall/TOV64.tech60697.pdf
This is a link to a page I found that guides you through cleaning and tuneing the R1 carbs, very useful!

and some of the inlet manifold

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