A16 GTX - a long story

[GTXTRA]

still not home - new valves were needed too.

head as delivered back to the phirm on friday.




hope to have her back next weekend.

[Mr Funk]

Shiny, polished head.

Pfffft

[GTXTRA]

About to get the three trains down to the Phirm to pick the valver up.

Long route home via the Surrey Hills later!

[GTXTRA]

slight hitch on saturday, pick up delayed until this evening.

surrey hills like never before in this one - engine has actual torque now. amazing.

happy.

[GTXTRA]

A weekend of steering wheel changes/swaps begins with this old NARDI/Votex wheel being fitted to the 16v.




recent shot at Players

[GTXTRA]

These KR engines are fussy buggers.

Seems there has been some sort of breathing issue,an apparent leak turned out to be an oil soaked airbox duct/k&n filter. All cleaned up and, whilst down at the Phirm, had a bit of a tune up - fuel pressure tweek, co2 adjustment plus got the throttle pedal/cable adjusted 'just so' after the summer head rebuild.

Must confess - also had the airbox drilled. Even though my favourite A25/Surrey Hills route back was infested by every scooter psycho, white van muppet, honda jazz doing 28mph you can imagine I still had a real rorty blast back to the smoke.

[daveyg]

Always enjoy seeing an update and of course pictures of this car, i cant explain why but everything about it is just "right"
Keep up the good work

[GTXTRA]

Not the biggest change to report - a split rear seat came up courtesy of the mr funk monza strip down and after 20 years this GTX has a split rear seat again.



Needs some work tbh but for the moment it's perfect.

Cheers Jim!

[GTXTRA]

MOT - Check.

20 years since this won Rocco show and shine at GTI Inters 1993 (with sadly now RIP mate who owned it at the time) so some more tweeking (wheels??) and tidying beckon in advance of Inters 2013.

[ianaudia4]

MOT - Check.

20 years since this won Rocco show and shine at GTI Inters 1993 (with sadly now RIP mate who owned it at the time) so some more tweeking (wheels??) and tidying beckon in advance of Inters 2013.

Was that the guy I met in 2009 at the hotel in Leicester, he was not old?

[GTXTRA]

MOT - Check.

20 years since this won Rocco show and shine at GTI Inters 1993 (with sadly now RIP mate who owned it at the time) so some more tweeking (wheels??) and tidying beckon in advance of Inters 2013.

Was that the guy I met in 2009 at the hotel in Leicester, he was not old?

Yep - the big C got him sadly.

[ianaudia4]

That is not good, he was a decent bloke.

[GTXTRA]

Been down at the Phirm for a while - the sooty exhaust and the the general lethargy (compared to the Mk1 in particular!) resulted in me committing to new piston rings.

Other issues uncovered - soft piston rings...some 'in line' with each other, huge gaps (cylinder no.2 gap 4x larger the 1,3 and 4 bizarrely).

Also whilst the plumbing is all being re-done too I've elected to remove the AC on this one - saves about 30kg.


So finally I will have a KR rocco that goes like a KR should - and without all that extra weight.

[GTXTRA]

30-35kg less weight over the front axle?






It's got a front end at last.

[mark1gls]

Have you lost the bottom cambelt cover and wheels which are in the picture!...