Engine in - few problems

[regcheeseman]

thats a NICE OIL PAN!!

how thick of plate is welded to it?

1/4" plate  however it didn't help protect the motor in this case.

[regcheeseman]

You need to get that thing running a little better if you think a 1.6 is more fun than a 1.9! I wouldn't go back to a 1.6.....

Maybe, but nothing is going to change the characteristics of that long stroke crank. Which is why I prefer the 1.6.

In a light mk1 chassis I prefer the feel of the 1.6, maybe the lazy torquey 1.9 is quicker - but the 1.6 is more fun.

Depends on the roads I suppose, ours are all twisty tight backroads and some singletrack, lots of action in the gearbox around 3rd. 

[Mark(The Miser)UK]

You need to get that thing running a little better if you think a 1.6 is more fun than a 1.9! I wouldn't go back to a 1.6.....

Maybe, but nothing is going to change the characteristics of that long stroke crank. Which is why I prefer the 1.6.

In a light mk1 chassis I prefer the feel of the 1.6, maybe the lazy torquey 1.9 is quicker - but the 1.6 is more fun.

Depends on the roads I suppose, ours are all twisty tight backroads and some singletrack, lots of action in the gearbox around 3rd. 

The trouble with Americans, is that their country roads go down to three lane....          Each way.

Contrast with Brit's use of the word:

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[R.O.R-2.0]

thats a NICE OIL PAN!!

how thick of plate is welded to it?

1/4" plate  however it didn't help protect the motor in this case.

its still a nice addition. if you would have dropped it on the oil pan, i imagine it would have scratched it a little, but thats it..

[theman53]

You need to get that thing running a little better if you think a 1.6 is more fun than a 1.9! I wouldn't go back to a 1.6.....

Maybe, but nothing is going to change the characteristics of that long stroke crank. Which is why I prefer the 1.6.

In a light mk1 chassis I prefer the feel of the 1.6, maybe the lazy torquey 1.9 is quicker - but the 1.6 is more fun.

Depends on the roads I suppose, ours are all twisty tight backroads and some singletrack, lots of action in the gearbox around 3rd. 

The trouble with Americans, is that their country roads go down to three lane....          Each way.

Contrast with Brit's use of the word:

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If that had some grass growing in the middle to the point that you had to mow it, that is what over 1/2 of the roads in my county look like. In Holmes County Ohio there isn't a 3 or 4 lane highway, just single lanes going in each direction...unless you count the turn lanes in town . SO Mark, not all Americans think that way

[R.O.R-2.0]

You need to get that thing running a little better if you think a 1.6 is more fun than a 1.9! I wouldn't go back to a 1.6.....

Maybe, but nothing is going to change the characteristics of that long stroke crank. Which is why I prefer the 1.6.

In a light mk1 chassis I prefer the feel of the 1.6, maybe the lazy torquey 1.9 is quicker - but the 1.6 is more fun.

Depends on the roads I suppose, ours are all twisty tight backroads and some singletrack, lots of action in the gearbox around 3rd. 

The trouble with Americans, is that their country roads go down to three lane....          Each way.

Contrast with Brit's use of the word:

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If that had some grass growing in the middle to the point that you had to mow it, that is what over 1/2 of the roads in my county look like. In Holmes County Ohio there isn't a 3 or 4 lane highway, just single lanes going in each direction...unless you count the turn lanes in town . SO Mark, not all Americans think that way

x2.. i got roads just like that around here.. i been ripping the suspension out of mk1s on roads like that for years now..

you gotta drive almost 100 miles to get more than 2 lanes in each direction.. around here, the passing lanes are the only multi-laned roads..

[Mark(The Miser)UK]

I see all the American movies, and I'm yet to see a 'Brit' type road yet... And they never lie
Then there's Canada, all pine trees and snow...

[8v-of-fury]

I see all the American movies, and I'm yet to see a 'Brit' type road yet... And they never lie
Then there's Canada, all pine trees and snow...

Igloo's too. Who needs roads!? lets drive on the ice that never thaws! lmao

[Mark(The Miser)UK]

We've just had a sprinkling of snow. That's 4 consecutive winters with snow in the south of UK, that was following about 15 years with barely any frosted nights.
Each time the MET Office predicted further warmer winters because of G/W. 

[guy plain]

 hhhmm... that reminds me.... less than 2 weeks till the ice races start!!! lakes all frozen now...just have to get the ice fishermen out of the way...lol