jr
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Registered: 20th May 02
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excuse all the lables ect as ive just copied a pasted stright from 16vminiclub, this is mattg who made the site
so out comes the old 2 litre ECO-TEC lump :
then it took most of the day to get the v6 in and mounted properly :
found that the sump/oil pickup hits the subframe ..so the sump and oil pickup pipe needs modding :
http://www.v6mini.com/gallery/49.jpg
Bugger found that the rear head hits the bulk head , so not sure what to do at the end of day 1 :
Day 2
Invited a good friend round with his disk cutter , after a beer or two .. we got on with it , and cut a hole in the bulk head to clear the head / cam pully .. in the end i dont think it was that big a hole. :
once the head sat correctly with cam clearance ,it was time to try the injection system :
looks good , all fits under the bonnet , and then a trail fit of the old front end :
img]http://www.v6mini.com/gallery/81.jpg[/img]
chopped up the rear exhaust manifold , it is two layers of metal with a air pocket in the middle , to keep the hear down i guess .. but i only have room for the inner section not finished yet

spacer for the drive shaft when using a NON f25 gearbox :

and a jig i made up , lol :

trigger wheel which for the ignition/ECU :


pic of the modified angle on the oil pickup pipe .. just needs welding up now :

bad picture of the rear exhaust manifold , made it out of thinish metal .. so will see how long it lasts :

Down pipe was modified , front is staying the same for the moment , but a small flexi joint has been welded on the back one .. and then upto a flange to bolt onto the exhaust manifold...:

and the nearly finished rear manifold , just needs welding up :


next we got the engien bolted upto the f20 gearbox that was in there before :

engine sitting in on its mounts now, inlet manifold had to be taken off to allow more swinging room ! :

v6 middle drive shaft went back on , and drive shaft connected back on :

sump welded up ,and also the modded oil pickup pipe :

end of the day , and we tried the front on to see how it looked , its tight but nothing we cant work around. :

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CorsAsh
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Registered: 19th Apr 02
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Been posted before matey
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jr
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oh well
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myke
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fantastic work
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Icy
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Registered: 31st Jan 01
Location: Edinburgh Drives: Mk3 Golf Gti
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ur one step behind all of us
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Nismo
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Registered: 12th Sep 02
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crazy
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jr
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quote: Originally posted by Icy
ur one step behind all of us
it becasue now ive been banned from using corsasort at work as VW uk put it on there baned site list i dont get the oppertunity to go on hear and be up to date
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Mattb
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quote: Originally posted by jr
quote: Originally posted by Icy
ur one step behind all of us
it becasue now ive been banned from using corsasort at work as VW uk put it on there baned site list i dont get the oppertunity to go on hear and be up to date
yesh.. i used to use cs at work too
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jr
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that could have been posibly my fault as i recived a fax telling me oof
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Mattb
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we had it banned about 6 months ago
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jr
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this was around when we lost it
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Mattb
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i place the blame squarly on you then 
only kidding 
you driven the new gti yet?
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Robbo
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Registered: 6th Aug 02
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How the fook does that engine stay bolted in Also, that engine looks in a fuckin terrible state!
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Ojc
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Jesus christ, thats just ridiculous.
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
Location: Worcestershire Drives: Defender
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not rediculous, pathetic, why plough so much cash into an undrivable car
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Adam-D
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Registered: 11th May 02
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fucking amazing engineering
top work that man 
i wanna know what welder he has? i want one
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corsa_jim
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Top job bet it gos like stink
Jim
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starkmotorsport
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Registered: 27th Apr 02
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quote: Originally posted by Ojc
Jesus christ, thats just ridiculous.
Yep, good work and impressive to do, but it'll only be quick in a straight line, which is dull and boring.
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Paul H
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Registered: 11th Aug 03
Location: Lincoln.
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don't think that rear manifold will last long.but 10 of 10 for the conversion
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Joe
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Registered: 20th Jun 04
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very impressive, is it finished or still on going? would like to see completely finished pics
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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He's runnig shitting tiny brakes on it though
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