My mk1 GTD

[mk1vdub]

here are some pics of my mk1 or rabbit, it saterted life as a 1.6 N/A diesel and I recently completed the engine swap with a 1.6TD SB engine from a mk2 GTD

old engine coming out, you can just see the new one waiting to go in.








positioning the intercooler













with the front end back on:



engine mods so far are pretty much as you can see, big front mount intercooler, and green cone air filter, there is also a 2" custom down pipe, but it still goes into the origional 1.6 N/A system which is tiny, so a new system is on the list to do

its lowered about 40mm, 7"x15" et 26 alloys with 195/50/15 goodyear eagles, a 256mm front disc and 9" servo brake upgrade and it also has Gti antiroll bars

inside are a pair of corrado front seats, a smattering of stereo, and oil pressure, oil temp, volts, amps, boost, and EGT guages

future plans include a better paint job with rattle cans in matt black    
and some wide steels to with black centres to complete the look  
and theres still a fair amount more engine work to be done :twisted:

hope you like

[Maarten]

hope you like

YES.. me like  


But did you use plastic/PVC piping for the IC? I suggest you swap that for aluminium.. I think the PVC wil melt or deform under the heat and stress of the moving engine.

Aluminium pipe comes in a lot of diameters and thinkness, and costs about 30-50 euros per 6 meter overhere.. added gain is that the pipe works as a part of the IC by cooling the air

[vwmike]

What is that intercooler from? I'd say it's from a Rallye, but it looks new.

[mk1vdub]

hope you like

YES.. me like  


But did you use plastic/PVC piping for the IC? I suggest you swap that for aluminium.. I think the PVC wil melt or deform under the heat and stress of the moving engine.

Aluminium pipe comes in a lot of diameters and thinkness, and costs about 30-50 euros per 6 meter overhere.. added gain is that the pipe works as a part of the IC by cooling the air

cheers

yes some of the the intercooler pipe work is plastic plumbing pipe, infact its a total bodge including some of the origional rubber hose and some odd flexi stuff I had lying around! :lol: , initially it was only really ment to mock up and test fit everything, and was held to gether with gaffa tape, but I left it on while running the engine in as I didn't expect to be running much boost, and well its kinda stayed :lol:
it has actually stood up very well and shows no signs of melting or deforming, the main problem I had was with the gaffa tape leaking boost - it seems its not quite up to the job of holding in 0.7bar and coping with under bonnet temps
when I start to mod it abit more and up the boost etc. I may find that I need to redo it with some better stuff with silicone or somthing but for now it'll do.

What is that intercooler from? I'd say it's from a Rallye, but it looks new.

its actually from a land rover TD5
I basically just searched ebay for intercoolers which would fit in the front pannel there and this was one that came up, it did need a some fettling to get it in right but then it only cost me £40 and it does the job , so I'm happy

[fspGTD]

Wow - that intercooler fills up the front of the A1 nicely.  Beautiful GTD!

[gratefuljoe]

Sweet job man!!!

Hey, where did you source your 1.6TD?  

And, do you plan on putting a diesel into that sirocco?

[AntonUK]

hey mk1vdub,

Where in the UK are you from? Im from preston, lancs...heres a thread on my project...http://forums.tdiclub.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=1095606&an=0&page=0#1095606

Just noticed were both using same intercooler :wink:

Loving your car we should meet up once our cars are on the road!

Anton.

[mk1vdub]

Hey Anton,
I'm in Dorking, Surrey
your project looks excellent, I rekon it'll be cracking when its all up an running
lol @ same intercooler, where did you buy yours? any particualr reason for your choice? I got mine from ebay 'cause it was roughly the right size and going fairly cheap, I get a bit of lag but its not too bad...

I'd love to meet up at some point and have chat and a look round your motor


Paul