2.0L 16v supercharged Lupo

i take it your single lol

 

Ha Ha Ha i've got my space and the misses has hers so it's all good lol

 

good informative read.. keep updates coming..

 

Ok today consisted of unwrapping 95.5mm crank and laying it to rest with some much needed lubrication within the confines of coated bearings top and bottom...Then ARP main studs, bearing caps and nuts fitted..Secured. Pistons should be here tomorrow

 

Pistons got collected yesterday morning i was not gonna wait any longer..They even come with the cut out to clear the oil squirters ..Now to commence with the pistons to rods nightmare..So far so good.

 

I really wish you used loom tape.. plastic tape looks shocking and can totally ruin an engine bay imo.. other than that love it

 

Awesome build going on here. Some quality fabrication. Cant wait to see this car finished and running!

Are you planning on keeping this as a sleeper or a outwardly modified Lupo?

 

Gonna keep this as oem as possible. Makes two of us with seeing the car up and running

 

Now that all rings are in their correct position and rods are locked into place with their circlips it was time for the pistons to find their new home. Rod bearings and rod caps as well as crankshaft have been well lubed before everything is put into place..Line them up.. 1st coat.. 2nd coat.. Now the other side getting ready to be lubed.. All lubed and ready to move into their new home.. Piston away lol.. 1st piston safely home.. 2 down 2 to go.. All 4 fitted safe and sound

 

Inlet manifold is now one whole unit. Had to get the Kr inlet milled before i could top it of with the Toyota Itb individual flange. This is how it's looking at the moment.... .Now i need to smooth the welds out inside and out.

 

Awesomness was it a GTI to begin with?

 

Thank you. Lupo sport

 

Some serious work going on in this thread. Cant wait to see this finished

 

Yeah Richard cant wait to see this finish myself. Having some crazy moments and when they happen i move on to the next stage and come back to the crazy moments when i find a solution. Its all good though

 

Well this is the reason for my crazy moments.. Spot the difference. Sure had me fooled but then again this is a learning curve for me and believe i'm learning fast..This was another hiccup needed abit of clearance for conrod. Block then had to be stripped and washed to make sure no foreign objects were left behind...Now i'm happy everything is moving smoothly time to peg the crankshaft with this..

 

Looking good

 

Little update as to what is going on. Now the pain in the rear begins with the time consuming having to use my brain to over come the slowing down of the conversion. First of my block brace good ole VW had this item as a part.. So i got 3 of them and got them tagged together as one unit. 6mm in depth then cut out where the oil pump would sit then got them seam welded..Next pain in the rear was putting these two to make one..Top one is ALT bottom one came all the way from China lol. Good ole Ebay. Going to cut out where the sensor sits and cut out the same location on the ALT rear seal and swop over. Here is the 60-2 wheel sitting on the end of crankshaft.. Believe me this will not slip of, will not vibrate of, it's a very snug fit..That's all for the mean time as funds are running short and will need to sell some items to finish this project.

 

Nice work! Are you familiar with the ALT 16V hybrid we build for Josh in BC? Makes over 450whp on the ALT block but I would recommend getting M12 head studs from now

As for the pistons , did anyone tell you about sleeving the block for the Supertech pistons since they are not grafal coated?

p.s. Make sure you plug that oil return hole if you plan on using a 1.8T oil pump.

 

Hey Issam thanks for the heads up. Yes i did check out the green spaceframed Mk1 with 16v hybred turbo. Nice build. Thanks for the info though.

 

Hi Lupocharged. I'm on building a Lupo 2.0 16v ABF. I currently weighing up the engine mounting options and was wondering about your setup.

Is is necessary to use the Lupo GTi subframe? My Lupo was a 1.4 and I'm not sure if the subframes are different.
Were any other specialist/custom parts required for mounting at the rear once you had welded the cups to the subframe? Were you able to use the standard MK3 Golf engine block and gearbox brackets that attach to the mounts or did you have to fabricate new ones?
Is it necessary to weld the front crossmember to the chassis or could I bolt it in? I'm just thinking it makes it easier if the engine needs to come back out.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Craig.