Its your supple skin that the girls will pine for
Im aware the motors are interference. The AAZ covers dont fit. irony is I dropped a washer into this motor in specific and bent every valve in the head. it now has a completely rebuilt head, new pistons, and new rings.
I also dont have any vbelts.
I prefer learning from my pain. I'm sure I wouldn't have any trouble making the timing cover work even in a mk1. It would be a heck of a lot less work and far less painful than replacing all the valves... again...
FWIW, your engine will also work without an air filter on it...
razor blade + 45 seconds = late plastic cover working with a mk1 mount
Those are ridiculously cheap!! If I didnt have so many that I have been hoarding, I would buy them just to have them! Kris, get the black one!!
I prefer learning from my pain. I'm sure I wouldn't have any trouble making the timing cover work even in a mk1. It would be a heck of a lot less work and far less painful than replacing all the valves... again...
FWIW, your engine will also work without an air filter on it...
I take it you have one that you can send me for free? The one I had was in many many pieces. Let me know if your condescension translates to altruism.
redid all the intercooler piping today. feels good.
Rad.
Looks good. When can I get a ride?
WOW!! This is the internet. The stones we throw here fall far short of our targets.
God I love your writing skills and sentence structure Andrew. Seriously. No offence.
I do not want to pay the money for a giles pump. I just dont see how its worth 1000$.
Totally worth it IMO, and I've ridden in a few 1.6s with DIY governor mods that did not impress me as much. It really wakes up the car. Not doing a Giles pump in a IDI is like not chipping a TDI or 1.8T, and you know how that is. The $1k is not just for performance gain, but also for a fresh pump rebuild that'll last another 250k miles or so. Bio-diesel resistant seals too. Ugh I sound like a salesman, but I like his stuff.
Cool project!
tdiclub/vwvortex all up in here.
^ I second what Malone said. Go with the Giles pump & you'll get what you want. Nice project!
i would say on an aaz it is not as important, aaz already has the better camplate, but theres a lot to a giles pump, there are so many variables with the dynamic timing, amount of fuel injected, the duration of the injection, and apparently hes got a formula that really works. unless you already need a rebuild or you're really looking for performance its not really necessary, and i don't think you're really that worried about it since you have a stock intake manifold and such
IF I ever need a pump rebuild I'd do it through Giles no question. What you get back from him is a whole lot more than a resealed pump with the governor tweaked! Jezzie got a new (!) pump just before I bought her so I doubt I'll be doing anything in that department for a long time.
Typical pump reseal is about $400 or so if you have a Bosch shop do it, and you get your same old worn out parts back. $1k with Giles gets you fresh internals plus a pump with:
- Boost enrichment tuned for your engine (you tell him what you are running, IC, etc, he will set up the LDA with the proper spring, etc)
- Dynamic timing re-curved (lots more advance - stock advance curve injects fuel way too late at high RPM)
- Pump is balanced so all 4 cylinders get exactly the same metering
- Governor actually PROPERLY tuned for high RPM rather than just some shims jammed in there
- Upgraded cam plate on the 1.6 engines
- Tuning assistance by Giles
It's a lot of coin, but it's certainly worth it.