Our new project

Just under £7,000, I want to rebuild the car so that it is as new & with all original parts, I may borrow a few bits for my Mini whilst it is being rebuilt though

I still think you should sell it too me!

You got a cost breakdown??? Eg car, shipping etc

haylingmini wrote:Just under £7,000, I want to rebuild the car so that it is as new & with all original parts, I may borrow a few bits for my Mini whilst it is being rebuilt though

worth every penny considering its the genuine article

gary

Today Garndi came over at lunch time, so Andy, James & I stripped the car




My god the car is a work of art, stunning forged pistons, the Viscous is amazing & the fly wheel is something else, this is one piece & weighs far less than a GTI one.



The car is completely stripped & ready to be sent off for blasting

be looks on it there will be nothing left if sand blasted haha!

more pics!!!

what the hell whys there such big holes in the floor

More pics:

Exciting project...whats that last photo?

GTP

omg the rust hhaha i like the penis under the rear wishbone

steve

gtpswift wrote:Exciting project...whats that last photo?

GTP

Its the viscous carrier showing the two electronic cables that control the Viscous coming out.

STEVEGTI2 wrote:omg the rust hhaha i like the penis under the rear wishbone

steve

Had to double check the pictures for a second, I thought you may have popped over whilst I was out & ended up in one of the them

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gtpswift wrote:Exciting project...whats that last photo?

GTP

Its the viscous carrier showing the two electronic cables that control the Viscous coming out.

Hi,
I'm curious how does it works, i mean the Viscous can be locked (50:50) or working like orginal VC (part- time)? Wonder what kind of clutch was used, something similar like for example in suzuki SX4?
Thanks for explanation, Marek

The viscous is turned off when the handbrake is applied, which in turn cuts the power to the rear wheels allowing nice handbrake turns. I would imagine the split is 50/50 & has the same effect as welding the Viscous. No idea what the clutch mechanism is at this stage, I would guess it is very similar to a big Suzuki motorbike

It dosnt look like any bike cluth I have seen and I have seen lots.
This is what most bike clutch plates look like.

Allan

Thanks Allan, but imagine the metal plates reversed, apparently the new SX4 uses something similar which is believed to be manufactured by Ogura

I have never seen them reversed on a bike.
Allan

Your knowledge is FAR greater than mine on bikes Allan, just trying to think what Suzuki Sport would have had available to them at the time

thanks a lot guys for explanation, now i rather now, how does it work i had a car with central diff and broke them when i was riding on hand brakes 'around corners'...so i left question 'ab' VC. So at this time i gonna start with my project, thanks for givin' answers, have a good fun with yours... Marek

We are thinking about having 6 copies of the head done, they will be scanned & exact copies will be made using the latest CNC technology. Valve seats will be cut etc, on an exchange (bear head) basis the cost would be £1,250.00 each plus postage. If anybody is interested please let me know.

Jerry

whats so good about the head on it?

jesseswiftgti wrote:whats so good about the head on it?

It is probably the ultimate ported GTI head, the porting is unbelievable, when you feel the inside of the ports it feels like skin, or a certain part of a ladies anatomy
How many heads do you think Suzuki went through before they arrived at what is on this car bearing in mind what this car is

lol sounds good only thing i think is car aparently has so much stuff done to it but it only made 130 bhp swear dominator swift has more power than that

LOL, yes but the car needs a service, decent fuel, decent fuel pump & was blowing straight off the manifold, so no back pressure. It will make at least 150, maybe the 180BHP that it is supposed to be

if it does that will be amazing

Update, 2 have been spoken for, so 4 left