So it begins!!

finally got chance to get her in the workshop this eve and start removing the engine, I was intending to just do a few bits but got carried away and the engine+box is out now,

I have just bought a golf gttdi pd130 for £200 as an mot failure which runs ok and should hopefully have a garret turbo and a few other bits that will help a bit and that car should arrive next week so I need to get my arse into gear and get the fabia prepped ready for the new engine, I need to fully strip the engine bay and remove all the surplus bits of ac pipework etc and prep the suspension mounting area's for seam welding while access is good as the heavy engine and box will soon take it's toll on the std spot welds after a few rough stages etc.

so far the only snag I have spotted is the lack of speed sensor on the gearbox and the wiring for it as the speed is supplied via the abs unit which I won't be using. Now most fabia's still have the speed sensor wiring even with abs fitted but it just goes to a blank plug on the diff usually but on this one there is nothing so I am either going to have to leave the abs unit fitted (and re- pipe the brakes so it isn't used) or take a closer look at the gearbox and see if there is space for a sensor and add the wiring to the engine ecu which should happily send it to the dash via can once it is coded to know it no longer has abs.. at least that is my take on in has anyone else tried similar?

The plan with the white car now is to use it to donate everything needed to rally the black one then sell the white one as a track/roadrally with msa logbook and V5 and the 1.6 engine in otherwise I would need to sell it complete for a decent amount to allow me to build the black one from scratch and I don't think the market is there to sell it to really and all the time it is for sale it would be holding me back with the black car, so a bit of a waste of man hours building her but hopefully I can find a home for her once I have everything I need back off.

totally skint now but the aim is still Brean 2014 so that should be a decent enough timeframe as long as nothing too expensive needs doing I was hoping to get a wavetrac lsd in the gearbox for then along with a paddle clutch but there is over £1000 between them straight away 

I don't know whether to start a new project thread or continue this one now?? any thoughts guys?

 

I have just bought a golf gttdi pd130 for £200 

 

Bargain!  Wish I could find something like that!

 

Probably best start a new thread.

It was one of those lucky breaks mate I was chatting to a mechanic from another garage who had called me about something on an octavia and I mentioned that I was looking for an engine and his neighbor had asked the previous day if he would help him remove a few bits off it before it went for scrap.....

it has a noisey flywheel and leaking steering rack and at 170K he doesn't want to put it thru another mot. Engine should be just run in nicely at that  altho I will stick new shell in it etc.

new thread started with copy/paste from here

 http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/293490-fabia-vrs-tdi-stage-rally-car-build/

£200 wish I could find bargains like that :(