Mk2 golf 1.8t t28 turbo

This is my pride and joy,I've had it since I was 17!,I've just turned 30!,after using it as a daily for many years and being off the road for a few whilst doing conversions ect,also killing 2 1.8t lumps in the process,it's now time to do it right

 

Been working on this for a while now but I have a thread on retrorides aswel,not exactly a forum kind of guy really,although recently I've found it usefull in some ways for ideas/help ect

 

First things first,bare block rebuild

 

Forged pistons,I've decided to leave the rods standard as I'm not intending to push them beyond their limits

 

Arp rod bolts

 

Acl bearings

 

Full rebuild on AEB head,new valve stem seals ect

 

Pistons,crank,new bearings,new rings all in

 

Head on and all torqued down,also fitted the inlet and Audi 80 2.0 throttle body,painted the inlet in a textured paint which looks pretty cool

 

Rocker cover painted in the same textured paint and fitted,t28 turbo and cast manifold fitted and pulleys on

 

Already did a load of body work and priming at home before taking the car to work,but il get on to the body work later in the thread,next I removed the front subframe stripped it and blasted it ready for paint

 

Stitch welded the wishbones for strength,bushes will be replaced for poly later on

 

This is the paint I've used on the subframes,manifold,rocker cover ect,it's a polyurethane based paint,I've had things powder coated before and found it to be total crap,too brittle,chips and causes rust,this stuff is awesome,you can paint it straight to bare metal,it's almost bullet proof!,I've used the textured version on all of my bits

 

All the front subframe parts done

 

Had a friend of mine zinc plate all the bolts for the subframe

 

All new poly bushes fitted and rebuilt

 

Next I done all the front crossmembers,shafts and hubs

 

New front crossmember bushes

 

Ignore the rest of the mess,il get to that shortly!,subframes,crossmembers fitted along with refurbed rack with poly bushes