Andys mk1 2.0 16v Build

Looks very nice :thumb:

The original plan was to have the car sent off to be painted, but after a long and hard think i thought that i really want to use the car, as in attend a few trackdays do some 1/4 mile days etc, so a full respray went out of the window and more mincing commenced because i really didnt want the car to get to the stage were i was scared of using it and it would be in the garage all the time :thumb:

So more mincing,

Unfortunately didnt take any pics of the gearbox before i painted but trust me it wasnt nice, so that was swiftly sorted!

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0130.jpg

Take one sh*tty old injection tank,

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0134.jpg

after i had attacked it with the wire wheel,

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0133.jpg

and then after a few coats of hammerite,

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0135.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0136.jpg

I had some polybushed and lowered tie bars knocking around from my old mk2 so they got the same treatment along with my polybushed bottom arms! Steering knuckles and calipers also got the same treatment!

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0148.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0149.jpg

Braided hoses also fitted!

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0184.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0183.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0186.jpg

Looking good mate

Once all that was sorted i then moved onto hammeriting the front and rear inner arches, i opted for doing them red in the end as i was going to do them black but thought meh, i'll go for red and see how they look!

So zinc primered all the welding that had been done in there first and then seam sealed all the seams and welds in the inner arches which wasnt a nice job :(

Then moved onto applying some red hammerite,

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0158.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0159.jpg

I think the red hammerite seems like quite a good match to the factory paint.

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0161.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0162.jpg

and then a few with the wheels on and a decent camera,

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/SDC10855.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/SDC10856.jpg

still need to paint the drums as yet (before anyone points out the rusty bits )

and a few of the front:

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/SDC10858.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/SDC10859.jpg

Andy, those speedlines would look ace on my Corsa. lol

Did you take any pics when we put the engine in?

Once all those bits and pieces were sorted i turned my attention to the engine, which had been in my mk2 previously and had been used as a daily car for quite some time!

So take one Mr Riggy with an engine crane and stand

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0213.jpg

For the engine to the be up on the stand and totally stripped down, pre gunking,

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0255.jpg

and then after gunk and a rinse off, it really is good stuff btw,

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0255.jpg

and then a few coats of hammerite just to tidy things up a bit,

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0255.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0262.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0263.jpg

I then thougt that my red rocker cover may look pap in an engine bay that has so much red in it already so i thought i would do this:

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0271.jpg

also painted the rocker cover black because i could really be **** doing it any other colour and matt black is mega easy to use!

Then after a couple of hours of swearing, getting p***d wet through and with the help of Lee H and Rickardo, cheers again fellas for standing in the p***g rain and helping me, we had this:

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0275.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0275.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0279.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0284.jpg

And that was were we left it for that day, getting the rear engine mount bolt through was a right **** but we got there in the end :thumb:

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Originally Posted by Rickardo

Andy, those speedlines would look ace on my Corsa. lol

Did you take any pics when we put the engine in?

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Now now Rick, i've told you no about the speedlines mwahaha :thumb:

Unfortunsately no mincing pics were taken of us putting the engine in as i was properly f*****d off and freezing and wet at the time, just end result pics :cool:

Some good progress, body-coloured inner arches look good fella

A few pages earlier i fitted a smooth wiper arm to the rear of the car and felt as if there was something missing from the rear!

After thinking about it i thought that the smooth wiper looked pants and that the factory wiper had to go back on, and also that what was missing could well be a wrap around spoiler, so i purchased one off my brother and got a bit giddy with the tigerseal and was left with this:

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0300.jpg

(ignore the sellotape)

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0299.jpg

IMO the back end looks miles better now, specially with the one piece back bumper on which i had to heat gun the crap out of to bring it back and then it wouldnt sit right so swapped the bumper bar off my other mk1 bumper and now it sits a treat :thumb:

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Originally Posted by andy_017

Now now Rick, i've told you no about the speedlines mwahaha :thumb:

Unfortunsately no mincing pics were taken of us putting the engine in as i was properly f*****d off and freezing and wet at the time, just end result pics :cool:

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lol lol lol. No probs mate. Just thought i'd ask...Again.

Let me know when your messing again and i'll be round. :thumb: