Thought I'd start a Mini project thread on two red Rallye's I'm trying to save.

The first is a T plate that has dropped a valve and needs a little TLC (new engine, new front carpet, Cyclones sorting and a few other niggly bits).

The 2nd was an S plater running a V6 conversion that i'm planning on returning to a 4 pot (track car ).

All thats currently been done on the V6 is engine removal and sale of the conversion that went to shimmy. Gonna start with the T plater as it requires the least amount of work:

Arrival:



Decided to use an engine I've had for a while. Its from a blaze 6 I broke a few months back that had a blown H/G. Other than this the engine ran fine and pulled really well so last weekend the strip/rebuild began:









An finally assembly complete




So today I pulled the knackered engine out and was going to drop the fresh one back in, but upon removing the old unit, it became obvious that puttin such a clean engine back in would make it stand out like a saw thumb

Old engine out and the not so clean bay:




So a tin of GUNK and a pressure washer resulted in this:




And thats where its at so far. Will also get some pics up of the internals of the knackered engine when I pull the head off it.

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Passat B5.5 TDi estate (174bhp, 260 lbs/ft)

Nice to see em fixed and not broken.

Loving the clean engine bay.

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No more peugeots

Snap - no more RS clio

Now Ph1 RS clio

Managed to get a couple of hours on the Rallye today. Got the box mated up with a newer clutch and got the engine back on the mounts.

Swapped over the Rallye aux setup to the new engine (ac pump still needs removing) need to pickup some new driveshaft seals and a downpipe ring tomorrow and hopefully get it running.




Started to pull the old engine apart so I'll get some pics up of the damage tomorrow.

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Passat B5.5 TDi estate (174bhp, 260 lbs/ft)

air con on a rallye looks like a minter

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No AC on this one, but there was on the car yhat the donor engine came from. Has now been removed.

The s plater will be a track car if the Mrs lets me...i've yet to ask her permission...

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Passat B5.5 TDi estate (174bhp, 260 lbs/ft)