no going back now-ive started my 20vt mk2

so what caused the prob then, was it as u thought?

 

It must have been detonating for a while, but the failed wastegate pipe just finished it off.

 

Its been a while! but she runs!!!!


www.mlevens.f2s.com/Movie_0001.wmv

 

Nice. Now try not to breal it again

 

shes booked into Jabbasport for the 4th of Feb, so hopefully ittl last that long!

 

Out of interest do you know the final cost of the conversion?

 

Far more than it should have, andI think the answer will have to end there!

Elton at Jabbasport has apparently built an IHI 365bhp 1.8t Mk2 for roughly 3.5k including the cost ofthe MK2 GTI 8V.
Edited by: alackofspeed

 

How come you post from 2 names?

 

Trialsy - owner.
Me - chap helping him with it.

 

I dont, alackofspeed is a friend of mine - helped me on pretty much every aspect of the conversion

 

ahh cool
I did wonder.
Bloody good to see someone doing the conversion them selves.

 

nice work mate.


i remember when you started doing this conversion.

 

it was a fair while ago, its been about 8 months since i bought the engine. shes getting there though

after shes mapped i think my plan is to get her handling like a beaut then get on track!

 

Quantum Performance Engineering pipe porn.....















The DP was collected from QPENG on Friday, looks the business, and was definitely worth the wait. For anyone looking into a 1.8t conversion:ifthe quality of the QPENG 1.8t P&Pkit is on a par with this pipe and the veryhonestdealings I've had with Ben Leach (QPENG), then they come thoroughly recommended.
Edited by: alackofspeed

 

I told you so

 

Yep - hindsight is a wonderful science!

Anyhow....

Car is now MOT'd, on the road, and being used reliably (so-far) as everyday transport. It's as happy pootling, as it is humiliating considerably more expensive "performance" cars (an E46 330i sport was made to look silly last night...).

Next step 4wd.... maybe?

 

Has it been remapped now then?

nice project, and the car looks nice and clean. Top job.

 

Cheers - the chap that owns the car is very chuffed with the final (for now) product.

Is it mapped - well yes, and no. The haltech was sold, a MBE ecu purchased from QPENG with a generic map, and that's it. The engine runs very well, and the MBE unit appears massively better. Admittedly it has proper map on it, but the ECU is also more advanced, making it a far better solution.

There are still a number of issues to address with the car to make it as clean as would be liked, but it's not bad for a well used 17 year old hot hatch.