I apologize for not updating this topic for a while.
I've been busy with other stuff lately, and the last time I was working on the car I forgot to bring the camera.
The bodywork is beginning to get ready as far as the rust repairs are concerned. We are now contemplating on doing some body reinforcement - spot welding and perhaps longitudinal fender well supports to go along with the strut braces that I have decided to order. I will be getting front upper and lower braces and also a rear brace. With that and extra spot welding of the body, I think the little Jetta should be more than driveable!
The engine has progressed some as well. Everything is going smoothly apart from the fact that the connecting rods have quite a lot of wear on their upper ends. New rings will go on there.
I opted for not ordering the discussed H-profile rods yet, since there are strong OE rods also available, namely the 1.9 N/A ones. So, in case my rods go, I will just switch to a 1.9 block.
The block has now been honed and washed, and everything apart from the rods is bolted together.
Here you can see our guest master mechanic performing the honing task.
This is Aki applying glue to the block's lower sealing surface.
We won't be using a gasket between the block and the main girdle, to make sure they are torqued to eachother as strongly as possible.
Between the girlde and the sump a normal paper gasket will go.
Tightening sockets, main girdle and the special main bearing bolts and nuts fitted together to stay. Just the rods to go and then it's on to the head work...
Test fitting the engine ancillaries.
As you can see, I have colour coded all the little parts and fittings.
I thing with the black/silver combination it will look good and not too 'ricey'. And knowing Aki's skills in building engines, I have confidence that the performance aspect will be every bit as good.
I will also pay attention to the engine room appearance with a new coat of paint and some overall clean-up with wires, fittings etc.
Now I'm just anxious to get putting the car back together!
Building of the twin-plenum intake manifold.
The log than connects to the original manifold's plenum needs to have an opening of exactly right dimensions to provide equal air flow for each inlet port. The twin plenum design works really well when done right, which is why race and rally cars have used them extensively since the '80s.
The formidable Group B Audi S1, for example, has a very similar inlet manifold design.
I only hope that I'll be able to squeeze the front upper strut brace in there with the new inlet manifold.
More will follow soon as I will have to speed things up to get the car finished before february.
Again, comments and questions are all welcome!
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