MY swift gti keeping one alive!!!

was thinking it was about time i started to put on here a build thread from the start

got the car from andy for £650 ive wanted one for as long as i could remember!!!
came with one of his group a ecu chips, a stainless exhaust and apex springs.
first thing i hadto do was get some alloys! had shitty steels.




then started to gather parts together and this is where im at so far

piper fast road cams

occ racing adjustable cam gears
takata 3" 4 point harnesses

jdm spec rear lights thanks to jdog

a few too many lotus eclat alloys lol

kn starmags (1970s rare alloys)

very nice 4branch manifold off typhoon

koni yellows and custom springs off typhoon

sard afpr and braided hose ready with fittings for custom fuelrail

fittings and catchtank ready for rockercover mod

d1spec wheel nuts and arp extended studs

garndi brace with 4th mount

some benen tow hooks

almost new rear calipers and braided lines

have more but no piks as of yet looking forward to geting the engine rebuilt my head ported and skimmed
also i have quite alot of welding now this is why it says keeping one alive!!










alot more cutting to do yet and finding more and more every time i look.

this is where im at soo far will have more piks soon of stripped engine proting work welding ect
thanks for looking

Those last few pics look familiar. Lol. But u have some nice stuff there i looking at them d1 nuts and the tow hooks I was gonna go orange tho. Good luck with the build mate.

What of the rust lol i think most gti owners have seen fimiliar piks.

got full engine rebuild kit today. gaskets race bearings and new rings. I dont no what colour im gonna go just yet might even get rid of the tow hooks

Lol yh I used a fiat decato van side to fix mine made a new floor pan and inner an outer sill. Let me know if u want rid of them hooks an I'll see if I got the cash.
Cheers mate. Cam

Pm me an offer mate im in need of cash atm gotta pay for my engine to get assembled and cleaned. Postage is about 4quid

I thought my Gti had a bad rust problem but not half as bad. Just finished all the welding on mine, new sills, new rear wheel arches, floor pan and front inner wings. Keep up the good work pal. Good too see that someone else is keeping one from the scrapyard.

got my fuel rail and my rocker cover tiged up with new fittings and engine has been stripped down taken to the engine shop block, head and rocker cover acid bathed, and put thru the parts washer so will be getting rebuilt 2moz hopefully

im loving those eclat wheels.

nick c wrote:im loving those eclat wheels.

I think he has four For sale. Pm him.

my new ITB's all set up ready to be bolted on

Your gona have some problems with the mastercyl and itbs, have a look at my flickr, theres a couple of pics on there that will help, I reckon atm the throttle cable wheel is about where my vstacks end, that bit should clear but the filter/plate will hit, im gona use socks on mine until I sort out the cyl problem

I had a look thru the other week and saw u. was having the problem thats why i got the backing plate well off center will take another look and see

Thinking about it your mani is for carbs? So it sould be pointing upwards, mine is flat, square with the engine, so you might be ok

Hi,

I think they are for TBs not carbs Gary.
I think inlet tube will be too long to fit in Swift.
If you use short runner like Gary's with bent trumpets which has fileter mount. It may work.
Or take out the servo....

Cheers
Atchi

Yer mani was made for r6 carbs, and is on 45 angle i think. Hopefully it fits in well havent got a engine in my car to see

hmmmm atchi u gor me thinking now if i took out the servo how much would it cost for a different setup..?

Hi,

You can do what Mini used to do.
Fit a remote servo which will assist front only.
Or you can build your right leg muscle!

Cheers
Atchi

Im looking into some under dash pedel box, rear facing cyls so its all under dash, no booster mind
Bout 200 plus rerouting some of the brake lines

Yer ive been looking at them aswell, i no quite a few people with hotrods so im goin to have an ask around and see what they have to offer they look really good and would help loads gettin rid of servo if a few sets pop up dom il pm u n let ya no.

Here is just a little update, cleaned inside of the car today took 2.5 carrier bags of sound deadening crap out and also took alk the excess crap out the engine bay.

Ive got a microteck mt4 ecu with handset now thanks to strider and i got myself a birthday present which is a new bucket seat :-) should be collecting yhe bottom end from the engine shop today and gonna give them my head to acid bath and wash the re assemble with my fast road cams.

Sad part about today is that ive sold all my eclat alloys :'( and got fuck all for them but oh well shit happens least my car had a engine now lol.

fuck the title im scrapping my gti shell its too rotten and dont wanna fuck about with moody mot's so after long thinking and surfing the web im gona put all the parts i have into an alto and see what happens

i no what alot of you will say but take a look at the build piks someone else has done and i recon with all my parts its gonna be a fun fast little car

http://www.mijnalbum.nl/Album=GESDK73H