VW MK1 – 8v Engine Update.

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I’ve been piecing this engine together since I started this build and slowly it’s coming together a little bit at a time. I got the headers wrapped and mounted as well as fit the polished oil cap. Mounted the oil filter flange, water pump and coolant flanges. I’ll have to make up a block off plate for the side of the head were the heater usually hooks up as the heater has been deleted. I also fixed up the adjustable timing pulley that came with the car. The Allen head bolts had all striped out and the bolts them self were rusted in place. Some channel locks and a torch made fairly quick work of them and then I replaced with the appropriate grade hard wear in stainless. This is something I’ve been trying to do as much as possible. Stainless has much better corrosion resistances and looks nice as well.

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