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Engine Specific Info and Questions => IDI Engine => Topic started by: Gernster on November 26, 2007, 04:05:41 pm
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Well, this is my new purchase, a 1990 MK2 GTi, but with a bit of a difference, its been fitted with a MK2 GTD Turbo Diesel Engine! I have a 60 miles a day commute so its perfect. I fancied a Mk2 GTD, but they only did them in 5 door over here and I've always been a 3dr car man!
Picked up off ebay for £400 with a full MOT. Drove 150 miles back from Cambridge without a hitch. Got power steering, its solid, never been welded, drove really well, if a bit loose in places, (needs new shocks & the gear linkage doing, think an engine/ gearbox mounts gone soft too). Full history file and a service book for the car and the engine. cars done 116k, engine 145k.
It used to belong to Deutchwagen in Cambridge & was thier company run about for 3 years (they did the engine conversion), but they had serviced the car since 1997. Sold it a couple of years ago to a one man band who had left the stickers on as he was also into repairing german stuff.
These are the pics from ebay:
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True to the advert the black wheels were taken off along with the clear rears & posh steering wheel. This is what it looked like when I got it home. Worst bits are all on the offside rear qtr, under the window, a scratch and the petrol filler, apart from the odd scab the rest seems fine:
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Had to leave it for a few weeks whilst I did some post grad exams for work, then had a start on cleaning it this weekend. The thing was filthy, but set to with a hairdryer on the stickers & two hours later:
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Once the stickers were off gave the body a rub down with petrol (great for taking adhesive residue & stubbon marks off!) then a quick wash:
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Next weekend is valet time so will give it the whole nine yards!
Mods planned include a late model 90 spec interior (at present shoved in the back!), clear fronts, clear sides, 16v rears, BBS Ra's, 40 mm lowering, electric windows & central locking. Then ill concentrate on tweaking the engine.
Will keep you updated!
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Brilliant job mate, I saw this car on ebay I'm jealous! Keep us up to date :wink:
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nice score 3 door 1.6 td , a bit of t cut and it will come up spiffing
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aye, cheers, bit more elbox grease req, buts its forecast rain all weekend!
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cleaned up nice man! :D
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The intercooler setup makes it a GTD not just a TD :shock: ... Unless the i/c came later :?: ....
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very clean 8)
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sick score.. I'm jealous :)
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The intercooler setup makes it a GTD not just a TD :shock: ... Unless the i/c came later :?: ....
There are non intercooled GTD's too. GTD has the GTI interior/exterior, the engine is either a regular TD or a intercooled one.
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You did very well for 400. Outstanding. :)
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The intercooler setup makes it a GTD not just a TD :shock: ... Unless the i/c came later :?: ....
There are non intercooled GTD's too. GTD has the GTI interior/exterior, the engine is either a regular TD or a intercooled one.
Isn't the turbo water cooled too?
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who says you cant polish a turd?
might need a bit of paint sooner than I thought as I got a bit carried away on the rear Qtr. not paid much attention to the wheels as they will get swapped out soon, and a prize of 10p to the first person to spot my first mod :D
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Dont know much about the engines, but got it booked in at Brickwerks place on the 17th to give it the once over and get it tuned.
Got some 40mm lowering springs (99p ebay) and some gas shocks (new - £25 ebay) to go with my BBS Ra's (£40 with two good tyres but need refurb)
still amassing the parts!!
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Looks the cats pyjamas, Nearly makes me want to reshell mine into a 3 door! Oh yeah and your first mod, clear front indicator lenses?!
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yep, con gets the chocolate watch! :lol:
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wow convenient! What did you use to blacken up the vinyl trims might I ask??
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my mate owns a dealership down the road from me and I buy trade valeting gear from his supplier, so just trade bumper dressing, which is a silicone gel based product. Best ive used.
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More progress today, picked a good day to do it :huh:
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Old Interior:
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Hmmm, bit of a leak somewhere, this is after it being parked up for a few weeks in the rain :rolleyes:
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so, new door membranes:
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And the new door skins:
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Aqua Vac'ed the carpets:
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And the interior, seats before & after:
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Then fitted:
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Last Thing was the rear lights:
which ones best? Iknow ;)
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& All finished off:
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Then I got in the shower, 4 hrs outside I was bloody freezing!
Off to Brickwerks tomorrow to get the engine given the once over, then next week its new suspension.
keep on plodding.............
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some nice progress there, the cars coming on leaps and bounds
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make sure that water isn't getting in through the heater air intake in the rain tray! i left the cover off and it flooded my interior like that! :D
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Done a bit more over the christmas break, got the exhaust sorted & fitted (back box fell off last week) , then set about lowering & putting the alloys on at my mates garage.
A girl at work has a nice 5dr 16v oak green, and this was the difference in height before lowering:
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couple of pics of work in the garage. The old shocks & springs looked original and were rusty as funk, with one of the rears looking like it had been leaking for some time. The bolts holding the strut to the hub were a right tw@t to undo!
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I bought some new top mounts to fit to the new shocks, but they looked a lot taller then the old ones, so I left the old ones on. However, front was way too low for me on the std (squashd?) top mounts:
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so fitted the new ones.
Also sorted out the power steering reservour as it was dangling about without a mount and noticed I need a couple of new cv boots soon as one has started leaking.
Anyway this is the end result including the RA's. Also fitted the clear side indicators I got for chrimbo.
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Next jobs are get some music in it, go collect my new tailgate, sort the badges out on the rear (took the old one off as my missus bought me a new black one) CV boots, take a look at the brakes as the effort is a bit poor ( master cylinder?) and when it gets a bit warmer get the bits of paint done.
Looking a bit better now though don't you think? (almost) respectable!
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looking good!
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Nice ride except your steering wheel is on the wrong side.
Can you post a few more pics of your car?
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didnt know americans knew the meaning of the word sarcasm :)