1.6 8v T project

Hi my name is Mike i recently decided to take my 1.6 T out and stitch weld my engine bay and re-spray it! I recently had it rolling roaded at stealth motorsport at 190.9 bhp and 184.5 lb ft. I am also going to fit upgraded engine mounts, strengthening kit, lightened flywheel, paddle clutch center plate and a limited slip diff!
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Took drive shafts out!
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Took my rad and intercooler and all pipes for the intercooler off

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Found this nasty suprise hiding behind my headlight!!

I have got the engine and gear box out pics to follow!

good luck with your project mate :thumb:

Good stuff Mike, Scott was telling me about this car before, quite some power figure!!

Is it a T2 that you use?? What kinda boost pressure do you run mate?

why does this ring a bell?
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yes welcome mike , scott does love your car lol , needs to finish his though haha , glad to hear your goin back to std kit aswell :thumb:

Got my engine and gearbox out saturday with the help of my dad! Then yesterday me and scott took the brake servo and most of the bulkhead sound deadening off!
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It is a Garrett T2 running 12 psi! and that pic posted by Baxter is my car before the turbo conversion!

My old Turbo Conversion :D Glad its still going strong Mike! Look forward to following its progress.

Neil

More pics dude...

Tell you what that sound deadening didnt half wiegh a **** load more then it looks! The break servo almost beat mike (stubern ****er wanted to stay on that flange!) so i got my hands dirty lol

Riggy for some reason i like to rip things off others cars, and work on theres rather then mine! lol

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Nice to see another 1.6T mate! Whats the spec of the engine? Impressive power!

hi mate good luck wi the project i have a few questions 4 u wat engine is it and wat turbo kit did u get and wat pistons did u use

great car mate

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Originally Posted by wilson_sri

Nice to see another 1.6T mate! Whats the spec of the engine? Impressive power!

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Courtenay conversion with adapted DTA management if its as Neil had it. CS15 head too.
I was close to buying the original silver GSi it came from but had mine converted instead.

Nice to see the engine still lives. :thumb:

Yep it is alot of Neil's old parts minus the aquamist, oilcooler and head! I have standard pistons but have a spacer plate to make the right compression! I'm hoping to get the engine to 200bhp just another 9bhp to go! Thanks for all your comments! Cleaned the brake servo up tonight pics to follow!:)

nice to see another 1.6t, ive got one that will be on road soon, and im also aiming for the 200bhp mark :) ive got the spacer plate bodge too, one of my pistons overheated and cracked.

The only issues I had with mine & HG issues were because the injectors were badly in need of a clean. Get that done to minimise any poor atomisation issues.

Nice project mate, really good power as well from the small block, surprised at the amount of torque it makes as well.

Will be good to see it all finished and what it does on the rollers again. :thumb:

Pic of brake servo off the bulkhead!





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Took it apart ready for prep and spray!




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Started stripping the seam sealer in the engine bay off today, will put pics up tomorrow!

good progress fella :thumb:

Nice little car there mate, good to see that your starting a little overhaul, will probably be turboing my 1.4, what is the 1.6 turbo like to drive? how dose it compare to a redtop performance wise?

The 1.6T is good to drive, but sometimes if im just driving along nice and steady and the boost kicks in it just goes flying down the road, because its a small turbo there is virtually no lag! As for comparing it to an XE, power wise a standard XE has less power! 1.4 T sounds interesting! 8v or 16v? What turbo are you thinking of using?:thumb:

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Originally Posted by DW-Nova

Nice little car there mate, good to see that your starting a little overhaul, will probably be turboing my 1.4, what is the 1.6 turbo like to drive? how dose it compare to a redtop performance wise?

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Ive drove mikes car,and compared to my old xe nova it was loads faster and much more nibble,easyer to drive,much more fun..but stick tb's on the xe and then your talking :D

Will be making a 1.4 8v turbo with a renault 5 carb and whatever turbo i fancy as i work at a breakers yard i've kinda got a free choice, what turbo are you using on yours? I will be positioning the turbo where the exhaust back box would usually be.

Spent abit of money today bought some paint for spraying my servo and other little bits!



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Cleaned my servo, then masked it up and got a piece of timber and drilled a 38mm hole in it to hold it upright for spraying!



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Started to clean the seams up in the engine bay ready for welding next weekend

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Don't forget the chassis leg to bulkhead joins in the bay & under the wheelarch.

Yep cleaned them up today! got all the seams back to bare metal pics to follow tomorrow!

What gbox and drive shafts are you using with your 1.6 turbo? just curious as i cant see the standard items lasting long and i'm thinking of what to use on mine, also sorry if you've said already but what is the spec of the engine internals on your engine?

I have a F13 gearbox and standard drive shafts ive not had an trouble with them yet!As for my engine internals its all standard set up just got the courtaney spacer plate in between two head gaskets to achieve the right compression!:thumb:

I was running 170bhp (13psi) on the std box, clutch & shafts with no issues at all.
GM build large safety margins into their engines & transmissions. Unlike french hot hatches.

I ve got abit further with my project i have removed the front wings and cleaned more of the seams up a



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Started cleaning up my seams and i noticed a dodgy bit by the turret a so i cleaned it up and have made a 3mm steel plate

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3mm plate


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Polybushes came from rallydesign bargin!



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Started cleaning up my seams and i noticed a dodgy bit by the turret a so i cleaned it up and have made a 3mm steel plate

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lol that spot weld almost had me beat,but i got it in the end! :thumb: