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Matty-a's Mk1 gt project


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Hey everyone I hope you all enjoy this read and I hope it also inspires others with there own project builds.

First let's start with a bit about the car.

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The car is a 1991 MK1 GT painted in 6l2 blackish green.

The car was purchased back in early 2011.

When I first got it the car was fairly standard as far as I was aware as my knowledge of these cars was very limited at the time.

Specs when I got it.

Aparrently forged pistons on stock rods? (more on that later)

Ct9a running 1.2 bar. (Aparrently running 180bhp. Don't see it myself),

Hks actuator,

Standard ecu with fcd an rrfpr,

Front mount intercooler,

Ssqv (f**king noisy thing, The vac pipe was soon pinched to make some chatter),

Filter relocation kit,

Cheap eBay mani and decat,

Air-con removed,

Oil catch can,

Hks turbo timer,

Blitz nurspec R exhaust.

The rest of the car was pretty stock apart from momo steering wheel, Tein lowering springs and 16" compomotive M05's.

That's all I can remember it having to start with but if I remember more I will update the list.

Work I've done before starting the overhaul project.

Fit ebc disks and pads all round,

Braided brake lines all round,

Zisco ram mani and decat,

Exedy 3 paddle clutch,

Poly bushed engine mounts,

D2 coilovers,

Polybushed front lower arms,

D2 coilovers

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Fitted but hadn't got height set properly at the time this pic was taken.

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when they were set up better

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Mani

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Clutch

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More will follow later and I will start to go over what has been done in the overhaul which has been going on for the past 2 years as don't get a huge amount of spare time to work on this car but there has been a lot of work done and many pictures to go along with it.

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  • 2 weeks later...

Finally have time to update this.

The car came off the road mid 2014 after the coilovers shat themselves and a brake line burst. (the latter was my fault as didn't check clearance of the spare wheel on full lock).

The car then unfortunately sat for the next year and a bit as cash was tight at the time.

Towards the end of 2015 a friend said that I could use his garage to start working one the car.

After getting the car to his we started by stripping the rear underside of the car, this was followed by many hours of using a wire wheel to clean everything up. We then treated and surface rust an put on a layer of fresh underseal.

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Once the undersealing was done it was time to move on to the rear arm and tank.

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With Polybushes in

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Tank back in place.

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My attempt to sort the glow panel

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Unfortunately the car had to then wait for almost another year befor any other progress was made on it as work commitment took over my life but the next stage was to drop the lump and start doing the front end of the car.

More to follow later.

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