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1.0 Genesis for £40...
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2005 10:49 pm
by pete69zx
just got a Polo 1.0 Genesis for £40 with a blown headgasket
my plans are to slap the GT motor i have kicking around into it this comming w/end.
will be using it as a 'test bed' to start with, and see if all goes well.
damn, this car is in better condition that my battered L plate 1.3 CL!!!! HAHA
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 2:19 am
by Tahrey1043
if you cant salvage the motor, can i have the head dowels?
best of luck with that..... what colour is it?
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 8:12 pm
by pete69zx
its black m8. not very tidy outsiude, but the missus is gonna set to with some t-cut tomorrow n see what comes of it (bar the rust spots!)
Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 5:21 pm
by pete69zx
well... managed to get the old engine removed including the wiring harness all the way back to the fuse box today. then de-greased the engine bay & blasted it all with the jet wash. 7 hours work... im bloody knackered!
oh, n the missus t-cutted the whole car aswell
unsure what to do tomorrow, but im sure i will something
Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 8:14 pm
by LogIK
Install the GT engine maybe?
Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2005 1:32 am
by Tahrey1043
have my engine, fit it, figure out what the dickens is wrong with it, then add cams, turbo and nitrous.... itll do 150* easily**
* km/h
** with difficulty
Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2005 7:14 am
by pete69zx
LogIK wrote:Install the GT engine maybe?
gonna take it a little slower i think m8... i want the engine bay to gleam
it could really do with a bit of a spray over.
so today = t-cut the engine bay day
Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2005 1:45 pm
by pete69zx
progress so far...
this is after a few hours effort with the t-cut... still no where near happy with it, just my arms are killing me now, i feel like a gorrlia! lol
Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 10:09 pm
by Tahrey1043
if youre not happy with the way that engine bays t-cutted so far, its gonna be too blinding to safely look at when you're done
(though i know cameras dont show the dirt on dark cars anywhere near as harshly as the human eye does)
Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 11:23 pm
by pete69zx
Tahrey1043 wrote:if youre not happy with the way that engine bays t-cutted so far, its gonna be too blinding to safely look at when you're done
(though i know cameras dont show the dirt on dark cars anywhere near as harshly as the human eye does)
its just getting really hard to get to some of the places now, as components are in the way (thinking of removing alot of them, & possibly replacing with nice & new (brakes lines for example). Other parts, i hope i can just scrub up better.
after all... i know its just an engine bay, but... i want this car to be one of the cleanest i have ever owned (eventually!)