Techie's new runabout

[Hyphons]

1 hour ago, Dark_Hero said:

 

 

You two put my car to shame!

love the attention to detail from both of you

They put yours to shame? Don't you remember my Saloon?

[Tech1e]

Few bits done today after work. Battery mounted in securely, washer pump swapped as it wasn’t squirting. Also cleaned up some rear axle bolts to swap over as the ones I used let it down a bit. Also replaced the engine mounting bolts with new ones and torqued them up. All little jobs but they needed doing. 

 

Got the new sub working too. Hardly important but it made me smile. 

[TMB]

Fantastic attention to detail going on here

[Tech1e]

And a few more bits done this evening (for anyone still interested and awake). 

 

Front brakes on and all hydraulics pressure bled. Nice firm pedal which a good start. Rear arch liners cleaned and installed. SAI intake blocked off in the airbox as it’s no longer required. No point in SAI when there is no catalyst lol. 

Edited 20 June, 2019 by Tech1e

[Tech1e]

[Wardy]

Still awake and all very pleasing this! 

[Lofty]

Looking good Ross

[z1ts]

Any update on this Ross?

[Tech1e]

48 minutes ago, z1ts said:

Any update on this Ross?

 

Not at the moment, been busy with other peoples cars and my daily.

 

I have sourced another engine to rebuild and detail so it matches the rest of the car however that's an ongoing thing. This project is just a slow burner that I pick up and play with as and when I have time.

[Tech1e]

And so here we are, just over a year later and things start to move again....there are plans afoot.

The game is back on.

Edited 5 November, 2020 by Tech1e

[Tech1e]

Soooo here we go, it’s on. 
 

 

 

 

 

 

that’s Day 1 done. More fun tomorrow. 

[Lofty]

That's an intensive engine removal Ross, with the wipers etc and brake lines all being removed!! Eek!

[Tech1e]

1 hour ago, Lofty said:

That's an intensive engine removal Ross, with the wipers etc and brake lines all being removed!! Eek!

Wiring harness is being swapped over with one I have remade deleting all the surplus waffle. Brake pipes are all still there, bagged the ABS unit for protection although I need to swap it over for the later type which I have upstairs. Mounting brackets to be refurbished of course.

[Lofty]

I'm fascinated by the wiring up of these conversions, one of the things I consider myself weakest on is automotive wiring so hats off to you.

 

Is the engine loom a modified SEAT one, plugged into the Fabia ECU?

[Tech1e]

4 hours ago, Lofty said:

I'm fascinated by the wiring up of these conversions, one of the things I consider myself weakest on is automotive wiring so hats off to you.

 

Is the engine loom a modified SEAT one, plugged into the Fabia ECU?

SEAT wiring loom and ECU. The easiest way to do it is to build the Ibiza in the Fabia shell.

[Lofty]

Ahh I see, do the Fabia fixtures and fittings, by which I mean lights, locks, dash switches etc have the same style plugs as the Ibiza? Or have the lot had to be changed? I'd kind of hope being the same platform they "should" be?

 

 

[Tech1e]

On 26/11/2020 at 08:24, Lofty said:

Ahh I see, do the Fabia fixtures and fittings, by which I mean lights, locks, dash switches etc have the same style plugs as the Ibiza? Or have the lot had to be changed? I'd kind of hope being the same platform they "should" be?

 

Bit of a mix, some are the same, some slightly different (but easy enough to re-pin). Headlamps is a good example, exatly the same plug but some of the wires are mixed up, lord knows why.

[Tech1e]

ABS converted from Bosch 5.7 to 8.0

 

 

heat protection for brake and clutch lines

 

[TrevorB33]

23 hours ago, Tech1e said:

ABS converted from Bosch 5.7 to 8.0

 

 

heat protection for brake and clutch lines

 

nice! speedo should work through abs now. At least it did in my first one when I ran the later abs unit 

[Tech1e]

11 minutes ago, TrevorB33 said:

nice! speedo should work through abs now. At least it did in my first one when I ran the later abs unit 

 
interesting as the input is set in the coding of the cluster 🤔

[Tech1e]

Few more updates on the project...

 

Made some shifter cable bracket bush replacements up, still not 100% sure why, just felt like a cool thing to do.

 

Originally I had this running on a hybrid Ibiza/Fabia wiring harness, but I had decided (for a few reasons) to go full Ibiza and adapt to Fabia components where required. So out comes the dash (again).

 

 

Crash bar out of the way, heater box out.

 

 

Replaced the heater matrix on the Ibiza heater box, just as a precaution. 

 

 

Adapted the inlet an outlet with the 1.2/1/4 petrol adapter. Means you haven't got to deal with the crappy aluminium connection of the big block engines.

 

 

Climatronic heater box lined up.

 

 

All being well dome real progress being made this weekend, depends on how bloomin cold it is.

[Lofty]

Fascinating to see this taking shape Ross, I assume the steel bulkheads of the Ibiza and Fabia are identical?

 

[Tech1e]

1 hour ago, Lofty said:

Fascinating to see this taking shape Ross, I assume the steel bulkheads of the Ibiza and Fabia are identical?

 

 

They are indeed.

[Tech1e]

2021 update

OK, so slow progress for many reasons, but still tinkering with this one.

 

Believe it of not, the engine is actually in the hole..

 

 

 

Fluids going in...

 

 

Nice shiny mounts and solid shifter cable bushings..

 

 

Air intake and shield

 

 

Interior back out as laying in the full Ibiza harness for total integration

 

 

 

Kinda looking the part now.

 

 

Cruise control (of course)

 

 

 

Climatronic heating system in place and heated seat harness fitted

 

 

 

One day it will be done, just don't ask me which one.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited 18 June, 2021 by Tech1e

[mdk1]

Glad to see it’s still coming along.