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if i were you i'd be ringing the places that rebuild these boxes (vw tuning places would be a good start) and see if they have any broken bits out of gearboxes, you can tell a huge amount from the damaged parts and would make for a really interesting project - better than "someone on a forum said ...

i would think it'll be fine on the GT, as said above. DON'T do it on a carb'd 1.3 though, i took the flexi hot air pipe off and stuck it on the cold air intake so it poked out of the bumper, last spring i got carb icing over snake pass so i took the flexi pipe off.

then in november on the journey ...

i think its the mk2 seat ibiza, you can run the GT head and injection on it,
i recon it would run sweet if you used the G40 injectors aswell. im not to sure but i think you have to change the main engine mount, there are 2 bolts which dont line up or something, but easy enough to change.

do you ...

if you've had a 1.4 16v head off please read on....

could you describe to me the shape of the combustion chamber in the head; and the shape of the top of the piston, whether its flat with cut-outs or dished

if anyones got any pics then that would be awesome

cheers
mike

yeah thats me, i've noticed a few ppl from cgti, porka etc are from not far away from me, thats another reason why i wanna get it finished, so i can start actually meetin other ppl who are into their cars

in sheffield at uni at the mo tho

not too bad cheers dan, thats my long term project mk1 golf, been off the road for 2 years now! if i can persuade the girlfriend to drive me to dubfreeze on sunday i'll be gettin the front running gear i need to finish it, wishbones, cv's, ball joints, tie rod ends, front brakes, etc i really wanna ...

there ya go guys, theres a pic of it, the last time it had an engine in it, a while since now!

good to hear its all goin well dan

mike

anyone know why the air intake goes down behind the inlet manifold? is the filter down there - seems a strange place to put it in terms of cold air and the amount of pipework needed.

spose it makes the engine bay look more symetrical though

mike