1.9TD Coupe Project

[theman53]

I am reliving this for you now. I have torn down most of the 1.6 in the car and torn down one aaz and my other 1.6 bottom end. So far they look brand new on the bottom. I was seriously hoping nothing like this would happen to me or anyone else.

My reason for bringing this up is to ask, this was a 1.9L right? I was thinking that the precups falling were only a problem on the 1.6 engine. Also, did you end up getting it back on the road?

[R.O.R-2.0]

loose precups can plague any IDI engine..

[zagarus]

car is unfortunately still not on the road.  Lack of a workspace has limited what I can do. The new managers at the storage place where the car is don't really like people working on vehicles there. All that needs to be done is a new bottom end rebuilt. Got a new block that will get bored out to the first oversize and going to buy one new piston to replace the mangled one. Already have a new turbo built from two and a new head is already done.  Winter and lack of time are what really slow me down, plus I just got a new toy so the jetta is sort of on the back burner.

I did set a goal to have it ready for Spring Unsprung in Vancouver so we will see.

cheers

[theman53]

Sweet. At least it will be going soon. My personal opinion is if you pay for space then it is yours. Now out in front of that space maybe different. If I owned it and wanted that policy then I would put it in writting, but the ones who were in before then they should be allowed as the old ownership had a policy.

Good luck, I hope too to have mine done before spring.

[8v-of-fury]

If you go inside your storage box and close the door... to where they cannot see you doing work.. would that work? That is what I would do.. lol However.. maybe there is no power in there to have lights? Crap.

[zagarus]

I can still make it work. I did attempt a swap late last year already, did it in a weekend.  The husband of the couple that manage the place was the one who told me I'm not really allowed to work on cars there. He eventually sympathized with me as he used to be a heavy duty mechanic back in the day.  He even came by later in the day and brought us water, he just warned to not let his wife catch us lol.   Reason the car is still a no go is because for some reason there was an incredible amount of resistance in the crank. It would not turn over at all and when hand turning it you had to put the weight of two people on a 3 ft breaker bar just to make it budge. Something is wrong inside so I said eff it, full rebuild again it is. I'm ok with that, at least I get to still use my pistons I paid for in the original build.

Depending how ballsy I plan on getting with this car still I may ditch the AWIC setup and get a Rallye FMIC setup.  Some major coin for that but you can't beat OEM.

I leave you with another picture of epicosity.




For anyone interested this is the new toy I spoke of. 1996 Subaru Impreza WRX STI.  Comes with the EJ20K engine packing ~300hp and 253ft/lbs 

[theman53]

I haven't heard what is up with this one. I would love to know if anything is.

[zagarus]

Late reply but the engine is currently at the machine shop, final piece of the puzzle then my friend and I are going to blitz through the rebuild sometime this fall. I miss my jetta so much!

[TurboJ]

Looking good!
I love your attention to detail on this car...

BTW, can you tell me your wheel/tire specs? ET?
Looks like that's a nice combo on a mk2.

[zagarus]

the wheels are Riken Hammers, 15x7, high ET I think somewhere 40+ (not sure exactly).  Tires are 195/50/R15. 

I can't wait to get this thing going again. 

[zagarus]

Mini update:  Feb 18th 2013

Just spoke to my machine shop and the bottom end is expected to be done before the end of the month!  

The head/turbo and pretty much everything else is ready to go so once I pick up the bottom end and find a weekend to head up to Kamloops I'll be getting the coupe back on the road!! Can't  believe it's already been two years since the engine self destructed! 

I'll update with pictures once I begin working on it again.    I won't be changing too much right away but I do have my freshly painted BBS RS with wider lips and gold bolts that I'd like to put on this year.  I'm also debating about changing my intercooler setup and seeing about going with a Rallye front mount intercooler.  I see them on ebay for ~300-600euro's so we shall see.  The AWIC is nice, but at the same time far more tedious to deal with.

It'll be nice to hear the whooshy zoot noise once again

Cheers

[8v-of-fury]

The AWIC is nice, but at the same time far more tedious to deal with.

Say Whutt?

What is different?? Other than less boost tubing and a neater setup? lol ALSO, you will never find an AAIC that will do as good a job as an AWIC eh, eh ? Think about it lol.

[theman53]

I know it seems longer than 2 years. I hope my project doesn't go more than this summer. Good job at keeping at it.

[zagarus]

Received a call from the machine shop yesterday, engine is ready   Just have to find time to go pick it up!  Uber excited, time to buy all the gaskets!  I can't wait to hear this thing again *Insert giddy grin here*

[theman53]

I wish we had a like button.