Adi's GTI powered mk2 golf GL

no nothing like that! Its just for a laugh and will be just for shows, shits and giggles

Had a good afternoon on the donor today, engine and gearbox are out and seperated, and now I can push it in and out of the garage by myself

FOR THE WIN!

P slots + new exhaust + early gti arch trims + supersport -60mm shocks and springs = transformation






Will photo whore it later when the glue has set and I can remove the tape and treat the arches, and I'm not happy with how the backbox sits but I wacked it on in a hurry as I had to go out

Photo whoring

As the GL is now off the road for a week or 2 I've made a start stripping the car ready for its new loom and running gear. I'm very excited as I've got a PB top and bottom end being delivered on Saturday, thats only done 10k since a full rebuild (rings, bearings, seals, etc.) so I wanna crack on and get the GL ready for it. I've removed the dashboard and surrounding trim to access the interior loom and all this "foreign wiring", by that I mean all the Clifford stuff. Looks like ym electric windows have been wired into it for a full closure system, meaning I've got the ballache of rewiring my electric windows into the loom off the other car (which doesn't have leccy windows).

looking good adi looking good, what you doing with the engine fom the gl?

looks a lot different now from the other night, and sits a lot lower now

PM'd about the engine, will be for sale as soon as its out, would rather it be out the way as I havent got the room for it

Got a bit done today, the PB lump is all cleaned up and has the tappets from the other PB so hopefully no more tap tap tap! Put the cam back in and belt on, turned it over twice and no valves are hitting so all being well I've got the timing spot on. A few pics from today, and jonny busy at work and play!










this is the new bin


and to change the oil pump do I need to replace this whole unit?

GTI loom is in (well not plugged into the fusebox yet but its in place and through the bulkhead), GTI engine is hanging out ot in, whichever way you look at it!

looks good mate

The car has really tested my patience today, its been a case of one step forward and ten steps back all day! Had to scrap the idea of using the 4+E box after a nightmare getting it to fit, after taking the gearbox out to check the clutch alignment it was miles off centre, its my own fault, I must have forgotten to check the other day when I was in a rush. Anyways while removing that, I accidentally pulled the clutch arm out the box and now it won't go back in, so out came the driveshafts (as they don't fit the gti box) and in went the gti box after learning new swearwords and another 10 or so cuts to my hands. Anyways I've managed to get the engine and gearbox mounted up and got the exhaust manifold, downpipe and inlet manifold on

Got a few hours on it today, pretty much all the engine bay loom is plugged in, all coolant hoses are on, alternator is on, front crossmember, and I've just put the slam panel on loosely as I havent got much room for it! Turns out my GL radiator is actuall wider than the GTI one, but the GTI one is in better condition! Not sure which one to use!

your getting a shift on with this mate!! good stuff

Gonna spend the day on it tomorrow, If the weathers alright and I have no problems, it might be running tomorrow! Will put a video up of it running if it goes well

theres good news and bad news, everything GTI is in bar the driveshafts, and the car is all back together apart from the interior. Bad news is the fuel pump doesn't hum when I turn the ignition on, and it won't start. Seems to turn over fine, but no fuel. I've fitted the rear loom from the donor which includes both fuel pump, rear lights and handbrake light switch. There seems to be a bit of detachable loom that goes from the lift pump to the main pump, that I lost when removing it, so I made my own bit to connect the main pump to the main harness, which seems to be OK and connected well. (then I found the bit of offending wiring!)

Theres one or 2 plugs behind the fusebox which don't seem to have a home, so I'm a bit stuck really

Right after a lot of ballache I've put the gti interior loom and mfa stalks in now, so it "should" all be plug and play and I've done away with all that clifford stuff that was just causing more headaches. But it isn't. Now its got more problems, ignition stays on after being turned off. Fuel pump now stays on constantly even though the relay is OK (I tried another), so it looks like it might have to go to an auto electrician to finish the job off

have you put the donor fuse box in too?? digiphant fuse boxes are needed for any efi conversion as the old fuse box in the early golf was only for carb or mechanical fuel injection?? i know theres some difference as when i considered doing a vr6 swap into a digi mk2 i was told it was all plug n play, yet if it was a pre 88 it would be a right twat.....

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both cars are pre 90 spec, and the fuseboxes are identical, just an extra relay needed. All sorted now, got an auto electrician out to it, turns out my ECU is cooked due to either a bad chassis earth or from when it fell off my toolbox! Got one off jacko tonight, so hopefully tomorrow is the day it finally fires up! He also found a pin in the dizzy was broken, so I'l get a new dizzy and rotor arm also. If it doesn't fire up tomorrow I'l either kick the sh*t out of it or sell the whole lot and get an early 5door gti!

You got any further yet adi? has me mate rung ya about steering rack yet

I got another ECU that didn't work, either it was duff or my car ruined it, but I can't see anything wrong inside, whereas my original one was burnt out inside. After many posts on the mk2 owners forum I've found that the most likely cause was the earth strap from the coil to the rocker cover, apparently its caused a few other people ECUs to die. I've got another one on its way, should be here early next week. I'm gonna triple check every earth to make sure I don't cook another ECU, and hope and prey that it'l fire up!

Not heard anything from him about the steering rack, and someone else wants it and a few other bits and he's coming tomorrow tea time, so he might have missed out on it

Today I finished stripping the donor car so it can go to car heaven tomorrow, the rear beam is off and waiting to go on when I can be bothered, I'l swap the master cylinder to the new 16v item I have at the same time. Checked all my earths, put a second earth from the battery to the chassis, also a second one from the coil to rocker cover, and one from the ecu (where it bolts to the bulkhead) to the bonnet hinge, so when this other ECU turns up hopefully it'l just work this time! Also went to fill it up with coolant and it came straight out of the oil cooler, found one of the outlets on the casting has corroded badly and snapped off! So I'm going to have to rob the oil cooler off my spare engine. Also when bolting up my pedal box to the servo my throttle cable has frayed badly and is hanging on by one strand! It is the one from the carb engine so I guess its maybe too short and has stretched, so I'l put the one off the donor car on it. Nothing but problem after problem!

Good news;

New ECU come today, and after fitting the oil cooler from the other engine and the gti throttle cable, it fired up!! Sounds awesome I have to say.

Bad news;

I have no drive! It goes into all gears but nothing, The gear selector on the gearbox is working, but still absolutely nothing! Engine doesn't seem affected by it being in gear, its like one driveshaft is turning and the other isnt, but theyre both bolted up to the gearbox and the hubs, so this can't be it! Any ideas?

clutch??

I can't see how the clutch would affect it not driving, its selecting all gears fine, and feels fine on the pedal