Great work as always Francesco good to see ithis progressing.

Al

I continued with inlet system.

I added the idle bypass adj screw to the throttle body. Next step (i missed will be to add the hose to fuel pressure regulator for preheat valve)

I painted the throttle in flat alluminium and i fix it to intake hose with a hidden screw. Finally i add shrink tube and alu tie.

I remade the hose from the idle air stabilizer to inlet duct. I made with a new pond wire coated with shrink tube.

I added real m 1.4 bolt on alternator bracket than i fixxed it on engine

Finally i start an hard work on exhaust manifold.
The kit give a curious manifold with only a duct.

I added the missing 3 duct and i “solded” them with Ciano and bicarbonate.

Nex step i’ll moulded the new manifold and I’ll try to made the flange to head (very hard for space)

After some holidays i continued with engine.

I remade the hose coolant. I simulated the use of metal hose with silicone joint

After this I started to made the first part of engine harness. i self made the bracket fixxed on gearbox to fix the plug of harness

To this connection i plugged the wire for:

- oil pressure
- oil temperatur
- knocking sensor
- alternator cable
- water temperatur
- engine temperatur
- distributor cable

I also self made another wiring part totally missed

- idle motor cable
- water tempaeratur head
- rail injection cable

To this harness i also add the wiring of MAF sensor

Finally i added the wiring no starter motor

Very nice detailing on the engine.

Mark

I start to work on radiator. In the kit the radiator was totally absent, just only fairing and fan. Watching the engine is really poor and bad view.

On the real radiator fairing the vent are opened.
I opened these vents hole to evacuate the cold air (in the future i’ll decide if mantein rubber flap with alu stopper like on original vw fairing or selfmade a new exhaust vent as i saw in some vw meetings)

I used a radiator from an 1/10 rc and i adapted it with lego brick to the shape of fairing....now it seems just little bit a cooling radiator

I modified the radiator for the future extra air inlet hose for the extra oil cooler. The cut side of radiator will be remodeled with some styrene

I holed inside engine bay for front brake lines and fuel lines

Finally i give 2 primer coats to underbody and engine bay. Tomorrow i painted it with new color: sky blue ral 5015

This is looking simply outstanding!

Please continue posting!

Thanks very much for your support and apprecciation. I'm very happy that you like this project.
I'll do my best also for your support, Thnaks


Before to paint chassis in blue, i tried to selfmade and replicate with iron wire the brake lines.
Now that I find the correct shape of brake lines, i come back to work on master brake cylinder to add some joint and a better finish look.

Suddendly the 3 paint coat of blue to chassis and engine bay. I choose this color because is too similar to "Blau color concept golf MK3" and because i like it very much.

Thanks too much Mark

I continued the work on engine.

After adding the 3 missing exhaust ducts, i painted the manifold in alu and 2 final smoke coats.
To give some burn look i used tamiya powder wheatering.
I also wrapped the warm air filter duct with aluminium foil.

I started the modded work on radiator fairing. With modified lego brick i selfmade a new cold air extractor.
I also add weld lines, new joint hose and metal mesh.

I little detailed the cranck, waterpump and alternator pulley. With insulating tape i self made the belt.

Finally i holed and insert some pins for the new hose connection for MAF sensor.

Finally a pre test fitting un engine bay.

I finally fitted engine inside bay.

Before fitting engine i finished job on master cylinder brake. I add som nut to ricreate the nut joint for brake lines

I used some stripes of insulating tape to create fixing grommet for brake lines mounted on firewall.

With styrene i selfmade the exhaust heat shield and finally i taped it with alu tapes.

I also selfmade the bracket for vapor oil canister, and i also added 2 nuts.

I used tamiya braided hose for 2 fuel lines, and i holed the firewall to insert the first part of engine wiring.

Finally i fixxed the engine and i connected the vapor oil canister to vent joint on rocker cover.