Building a fast 16v Allegro (now going fully forged turbo)

Thanks mate

Engine is certainly in, well the mucky spare one anyway.

I want to run vw bbs ra's on it, hence the 100x4 redrill. Just so happens a mate has some et35 15" ones he might be selling.

I have got both the cable and hydralic versions of the box, got the actual cable too. If I keep it hydralic I want to use a modern master which might not be too hard but might just go cable! Should just be a case of welding an extension on the top of the pedal? Want to keep all the standard pedals like have managed to keep the stock steering rack and column.

You wouldn't still have the Metro 114 GTA would you? If So PM Me!

curse word! Been looking for a cheapo Metro 114GTA/Si/GTi 16v to bomb about in for the winter!

Might do, luckily it has black plastic sill covers so can follow on from that. Looking at mk2 golf front splitter can be trimmed down.

Metro engine arm is an option but the mount is only meant for 1.4 so not as strong, people do use them with more power though. Hopefully more offset and smaller tyres will help, might go down to 14" rather than my planned 15" going to play some more next weekend before I order some wheels.

Cracking progress mate, well done! We need more modified Allegros!

Thanks all

With the engine sitting on factory mounts in a factory ish subframe I'm hoping it will give the best chance of no problems. It would be possible to tilt it as I have to remake the rear engine mount anyway. Gonna try and keep the factory angle though.

Wheels ordered today!

Well I have been pretty Ill since just before this weekend, went out and looked at the car for about 20min. Decided there is far too much work than I could ever do and got a bit down about it.

So I went back to bed and did some retail therapy, now I'm both Ill and broke but have some bits on the way that are probably worth more than an Allegro each!

Obp pedal box from a Nova, can be made to fit I think.



Type B Torsen diff arrived today, getting stored safely under my bed until needed.



And my wheels turned up from Austria! Just waiting for the centers and need to get a tyre on one but clearance looks good. Shame I'm now out of cash untill after xmas now, kids will see to that!



I did manage to order a polybush for the rear engine mount though, that is getting modded shorty to counter the fact the bracket was welded onto the frame 20mm out doh.

I'm far too invested to give up any time soon, 90% of the parts are bought only really major purchase still to come will be the cage and that can be built up over time. I'm going to mock it all up in card tube before ordering cds tube. There is just a hell of a lot of work to do! Have got an idea to make a sort of double front strut brace that will link onto the struts on the subframe as well as the original turrets, they will get some nice plates bolted over them too.

Been messing in the shed this afternoon putting primer on a few bits and pushed the rubber bushes out of new wishbones ready for poly bushes.

Thanks for the kind feedback

Trying to make the thread easy to follow, another year and maybe it'll see a road.

I'm only one man with a driveway, a tent and fairly basic tools. I have seen some amazing builds happen in pretty short time by people who work as car builders or mechanics. Not me, I work in IT 9-5 and this is purely a weekend hobby and learning excerise. It'll slow down a bit over winter but my planed timescale aim back way in Feb was to have an engine bolted in by the end of summer, so far job done

Hopefully it will be running by the middle of next summer with most problems solved. I really do love the builds you see with perfect paintwork and 100% new parts. This is going to be partly that but I want to be able to drive it without worrying about a stonechip here or there.

I have got much of the boot back to bare metal today, all sprayed up in primer for now. Have welded some mgf rear anti roll bar mounts to the bottom of the car and cut into the nice finished lower subframe mounts to clear the roll bar. Pics will have to wait until next week as it goes dark far too quicly now!