Converting a 1.9 head to instal on a 1.6 mech. block

[theman53]

Yeah I am too going to use stainless. I figured I would use the high heat 2,100 nickel antil seeze on the threads as well. What do you think would happen then. Usually I thought stainless only did that when the metals used were different or you ran it in with an impact and they heat welded themselves. I haven't tried this so let me know if you guys have had experience with this.

[fatmobile]

My aircrafdt spruce probe holder is stainless.
 Tried to remove it and it took some threads with it.
 Gall.

[gldgti]

i think the nickel grease is a good idea.

my EGT 'holder' is stainless too, but i only nip it up - not particularly tight because it really needent be. Never had any probs.

[saurkraut]

The original flange bolts are stainless, the manifold is stainless, and the turbo housing is stainless: NiCr 202.

I've had the OEM turbo bolts gall when removing them.  Now I gob up everything with Wurth copper antisieze.  Really good stuff.  Haven't had a problem since.

[Runt]

Great to see the rabbit coming out, how's it run?
Perhaps more importantly, how do you like the new car?  (The one at the bottom of your sig, of course!) 
Enjoy it, one like that was the most decieving car I've ever been in.  As a passenger, on an 80km/h (50mph) speed limit, climbing a fairly long hill (passing section) with a car near the top, I looked over and we were doing about 120.  Oh well, we'll be stuck behind the slower traffic... by the top of the hill we caught the car, we were rolling about 150, and that was when I realized the speedo was in mph!  The speed did not surprise me, but the fact that the car just motored along and happily ran that speed without much more driver difficulty than at the speed limit did.  I've passengered at that speed more than once, and the porsche was the only car that didn't make me want to say 'pull over and let me drive'.
Really sorry to hear the reasons for the bucket list, but enjoy working through it!

[saurkraut]

I haven't had the '79 out yet this year.  Been driving the Audi, '84 1.5TD rabbit, and the Porsche.  I getting the '79 out next week.  last time i drove it, it really hauled a**.  I have an Isuzu NPR intercooler to shoe horn in there and an air to liquid oil cooler the incorporate in there too.  Hopefully the oil cooler will allow me to run a slightly smaller radiator so the intercooler will slide right in.  Then a complete windows out repaint.

The Porsche needed some work; fix oil leaks, repack wheel bearings, new brake lines, change a whole bunch of oil lines, adjust valves, etc.  Took a while as everything is tightly packed in there and you have to pull 5 parts off to get to the one you need to fix.  Very time consuming.  Its done now and its a freak'n blast to drive.  i put a 3" free flowing muffler on it, bigger intercooler and big headers to go.

I have to pull the turbo off the 1.5td.  I think the waste gate is stuck open.

it never ends....

[VW Smokr]

Its raining.  The snow is going away.  Its almost time to wake this puppy up.

That is a beautiful Rabbit. We had our '77 1.5na sprayed in a metallic brown, roughly that shade, by a Porsche body shop here in SoCal. Yours looks period-perfect with the front end mods & the gold-centered BBS rims. Nice work.

Is that a big anti-sway bar peeking out from under your Rabbit's rear?

Thanks for all the info.

J.R.
SoCal

[saurkraut]

Laundry list:

Neuspeed sway bars front and rear
Sachs shocks
VW BBS wheels
Autotech 4 point adjustable sub frame
2.5" stainless steel exhaust; the first SS Techtonics 2.5" down pipe, Yarrow Sport 2.5" SS exhaust, big SS Turbo muffler (forgot who made it)
VW OEM fender flares
Early FN trans with taller 5th gear
Kami Grill spoiler
Hella Grill with H4 headlights + 80W/100W bulbs
Sturn relayed head light harness with really big wires
German Postal tail lights with LED bulbs
Rear Euro bumper
VDO boost and EGT gauges, spruce thermocouple
Techtonics short shift kit
1.9 head
Smog GTD injector nozzles
G60 Valve cover

Stuff I have that I have to install:

Front Euro bumper with OEM rub strips
Black Forest front frame brace
VW OEM Windshield fairings
Kami rear hatch spoiler
Bonrath deep front spoiler
Giles stage 4 TD injection pump
air to oil thermostatically controlled oil cooler
Isuzu NPR inter cooler
GTD grill badge (Thanks Burn)
Golf GTD rear hatch badge
Blaupunkt Frankfurt Radio

There might be more, but my memory is being nuked by ALS.  I'll have to dig through my stash and see if I have any more goodies
 

[VW Smokr]

Wow! Nice integration of all the pieces. First time I've seen that Hella grille; ours did not have the upper 'lip'. Looks great.

What size rims & tires are mounted up in the picture? Although they look super, I'm too lazy to have BBS rims, or any 'basket/mesh center wheels! Just cleaning GTI wheels is more my speed!

Does the Kamei spoiler get hit much? Haven't mounted mine yet.

Thanks for the info. Sorry the ALS crap has grabbed you. Wishing you the best possible outcomes.

J.R.
SoCal

[saurkraut]

First time I've seen that Hella grille; ours did not have the upper 'lip'. Looks great.

That's a Hella grill with the Kami Grill spoiler.  It uses teeny screws to fasten to the upper edge of the grill.  I don't know if i does much but look cool.

The rims are 14", I have Brigdestone Potensa Pole Position V rated Tires.

The front chin spoiler only came off once when I hit a black garbage bag full of leaves at night while passing another car.

[punkvideo81]

Hey Saurkraut, thank you for an informative thread, I just finished reading the whole thing. I learned lots from this. Sorry about the ALS.