Joey the VNT boosted 205!

[darrenjlobb]

So i tore this apart this morning to replace the broken off engine mount etc, so pulled all the belts / covers off, discovered the crank pulley bolt finger tight / pulley moved out, hence an aux belt issue i noticed the day before. Anyway got it tore down.



Some of the stuck bolts....



Always a good feeling when there in your hands:



All removed ready to put back with all new bits from a donor motor:



The all important dowell which was missing...people please remmeber to fit this, its V imporatant. that mount takes a huge shunt of torque when driving and without that dowell its all on some little 13mm bolts, which break!




Re chocked the engine mount a bit better as a bit of metal was wedged in previously:



Running:




Engine bay degrease and wash and belt covers on:




Then noticed exhaust was hanging off the car, the cable ties had obviously given up lol, so bent the mounts / fitted proper exhaust rubber and bent the heatshield to stop it from vibrating all the time!







So was all back together ideal, so went about tuning...Took it for a quick test drive, and almost immediately lost the motor Would imagine its dropped a cup by the sounds of things...but could be wrong. Wont know unless strip it down, but left Tom to think about it for now...just typical really, worst feeling the world when you spanner on a car for hours and then it dies on you / all your work is scrap!

All i will say / silver lining, is for the 2 times i did let the blower wake up, this 205 is bloody rediculas.

But sadness all around now...If only id left the mtdi motor complete as a whole drop in motor...because that would be far to tempting right now!!!