Cully's spare Gti6 engine

[cully]

Cully do you know of anywhere local round use to get bits balanced?

SRD Engines from launceston was recomended to me

Why did you grind off the PAS mounting? What are you planning to put there?

Throttle bodies

[7057sam]

Actaully that engine mounts looks like what it did when I charged the rallye

[cully]

slowly going together painting small bits now as we go

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[7057sam]

Looks awesome

how many hours has the rebuild taken minus painting time? Any things you needed sending away?

[Grant]

Looks spot on cully

Great attention to detail, as always.

How long are those rocker covers and the head going to stay white?

[cully]

Looks awesome

how many hours has the rebuild taken minus painting time? Any things you needed sending away?

to be honest ive not been to worryed about time
most of the time has been spent waiting for the postman or peugeot to get bits in or for paint to dry

i have not sent anything away, I have measured everything myself and have refreshed the engine without having any machine work done
advice has been taken from different people within the trade

new ACL Std mains
new ACL Std Bigends
new Glycol thrusts
new seals and gaskets throughout

[cully]

I may be taking the painting too far

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[RetroPug]

I disagree, nothing like a fully-painted, totally rust-free, mint-condition engine bay!

[Tom]

This is amazing really.

[7057sam]

Ah great was the engine faulty before you started? As i've got a 6 engine at a mates and wondering whether to start to rebuild it In my spare time.

Is bascailly swapping out old to new or do bits need to be machined?

Did you use a guide to work from?

[Poodle]

This is going to look so awesome, your attention to detail always amazes me.

Pity about the balancing, i'd hold out myself too.

[mr_fish]

Awesome awesome awesome

Going to look a treat in the 6's engine bay.

Did you enquire about pricing for balancing from SRD?

[cully]

Ah great was the engine faulty before you started? As i've got a 6 engine at a mates and wondering whether to start to rebuild it In my spare time.

Is bascailly swapping out old to new or do bits need to be machined?

Did you use a guide to work from?

the engine gearbox loom ECU were bought unseen, with a suspected scrap head
for a spares pack for mine, but on stripdown inspection the engine was low on compresion and the inlet resinator was split, so at that point it was decided to refresh the engine

as for machining yes and no all depends on what you find when you inspect
everything has a tollerance if its within no machining if its out it may need regrinds or skims

all the info is within this post
as for guides
i have two ive been working with one is here one is to big for here
other info has come from bearing supplyers websites and forums
but most if not all that ive found is here in this thread

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[cully]

alternator is back together

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have also pressed in a vibratec bush i may fit this to the car at the week end though

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[Piggy]

Love the alternator mate...

My polished one takes too mucb effort to keep...may strip n paint mine

[RetroPug]

Yeah I'm also thinking about it now..

[cully]

lol its a bit late now for me to take pictures of stripping the alternator for a "guide"

[7057sam]

Cheers for the pdf cully

Be starting the build soon

[RetroPug]

lol its a bit late now for me to take pictures of stripping the alternator for a "guide"

Loving the cat avatar.

Does the metal cage type bit pretty much just unbolt?

[cully]

ok i will do a guide of types when i get home
pictures in paint with arrows are my favorite

[RetroPug]

No rush for me as if I do mine it'll be summer time, however more guides is always a positive!

[devils_fuel]

Mucho jealous cully, my lump is std pug black, with added runs

[cully]

cleaning up the inlet manifold thismorning i dont want another white manafold
so
red or gold?
i think red would be to strong on the white car but im unsure on the gold

oh choices... will go with primer to start with

[7057sam]

Red wrinkle

[cully]

tool making time!
camshaft locking tool made out of 20mm ply
now i can lock the centre bolts to there correct torque without stressing the locking pins

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have also finished cleaning and masking the inlet manifold

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still not sure what colour to go

[PUGNUT_XS]

loving this thread, there is something therapeutic about engine building.

[Grant]

Hammerite Gold!

The chap with the Astor XS - Gti rep did his this colour. Looked awesome!

[cully]

ive bought some paint its going to be a metalic colour
but not hammerite as its not compatible with the primer i have

[callumcull]

Cully! I'm absolutely loving the home made camshaft locking tool!!

[cully]

Cully! I'm absolutely loving the home made camshaft locking tool!!

ha
ive made the pins as well