2 days ago i bought my little swift gti engine. had been stood for over 2 years due to head gasket failing. so wasnt in the best of condations but as its so light and has good potential i thought why not.

1.3 gti 1990 G13b engine with 101 bhp before mods.





number 2 or 3 isnt in the best shape... but working with it



over night storage in my bathroom


sent head off for skimming today... 45 mins later and £15 down its skimmed win win ... only 8thou was taken off he said.


now to clean that block




quick coat of high temp paint.


just awaiting my parts supplier to deliver my head set and new bolts so that i cab get putting things back together.

i then plan on some fancy looking cam pullies and a hks timing belt if i can find one.
have found a megasquirt ecu at £150

still to find a sj413 gearbox but i wanted to be a picture whore so thought i would share

I've always liked the look of these!

Just for interest, could you weigh it at somepoint?

i will do yes, i will try do it with and with out the gear box.

Oooh nice! what car are you putting it in?

Im currently restoring/ fully rebuilding an Austin mini. One of the fun parts of the build is an engine swap. Im planning on fitting a CG13DE from a nissan micra as there is a plentiful supply, but one of these swift GTI engines would be nice if there was more available

Keep us updated on this. I have one sitting in my garage right now. I am just waiting for the old xflow to die. What fuel system are you going to use? I plan on bike carbs with megajolt lite and Ford EDIS. Russ

currently using my bath room as a work shop to rebuild this engine but currently reseating the valvues etc..



pastel blue rocker


rusty valvue




getting their






will get some more up soon

head bolts are the wrong bloody ones

but just idea of how the block will look

You might want to have a think about where everything is going to end up. That water pipe sits pretty close to the bulkhead, its probably going to have to be cut down and modified so there is no point putting paint on it.

Also do you know how low that sump goes in the car? How high are you going to mount the engine? will you get decent ground clearance or will you have to cut your bonnet/sump?

Just saying because i've been there before, best of luck,
-Josh

no thank you for that, ill start hunting for a different sump, and look at modding that pipe. im building the car in a different place to the engine so wouldnt have know that till i come to fit it all.

what did you do sump wise? have engine higher or have you modded the sump?

I run standard body work so its REALLY tight up there where the cam cover is, so I made my own sump, I had to cut the pickup pipe as well and all that jazz.

The swift gti conversion is not a straight forward one but makes sense.

When the Gti motor is in the frame, about what angle is the cam cover sitting at? Russ

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When the Gti motor is in the frame, about what angle is the cam cover sitting at? Russ

[Edited on 5/16/2011 by trialsman]

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Only just fits under the nose cone !!



but sits fairly square

Had a hdd fail so lost a lot of photos

Oh man you don't know how much those pic's helped. Now I can see how the EFI is going to clear my small engine compartment. Are you going to modify the sump to make it level?? Thanks, Russ

jonno, do you have standard sump or modified one on yours?


small engine update. my sump has been sent to a friend to modifiy and add an oil return for future plans of turbo. and i have just won a bargin of a gear box (£37) for a jimny one. should fit as they mate to the g13b engines anyway
collect box sunday/monday, clean up tuesday/wed and then mate them together. move to my unit where the car is being build for next weekend and should then be able to get engine and box weights for alistairolsen.

then look at getting started on mounting into the chassis

not making progress as quick as i would like to but few up dates for today. gear box was picked up. and dont some more dressing