Customers' Cars

Interior 2005

Interior 2018

The Mi16 engine conversion

Paint engine bay

Rebuild Mi16 engine

Install engine

Engine bay 2018

Go racing

Build #4, came to me early in 2005 and started its life as a 1.6 Gti set up for rallying. The car was in a sad state, the engine was very tired, noisy and under-powered. I was asked what could be done to improve the performance, so they could further enjoy track-days.

Within the budget I fully rebuilt an Mi16 engine and installed it using my products (loom, inlet and exhaust). The suspension was further modified with 309 items, including coil-over suspension and a big brake conversion.

It’s still going strong as a well known Oulton park warrior

Engine bay before

Paint engine bay

Install Mi16 engine

Build #7 came in as an ex Ecosse show car. I had quite a few surprises along the way with this Mi16 Conversion. I built and installed engine utilising twin Webber carburettors. Under first testing I found the rear beam had seized and the subframe has been broken in a accident. All replaced with a nice recondition 309 Gti items, along with drive shafts and much need brakes

Before the conversion

Old engine removed

Engine bay cleaned

Rebuild Mi16 engine

Install Mi16 engine

Build #12 came to me just after the customer purchased it, he was looking for more power to enjoy on the road. This was a full Mi16 re-build using my products, together with big brake kit and a couple of repairs, including central locking and electric windows.

Before anywork

Finding faults

More faults

Finding bird nests

Removed birds nest

Installed Nitrous kit

Build #5 came to me after purchasing the nitrous kit from our track car. I had to initially decline the service due to the dangerous installation of the converted Mi16, including a dubious wiring job comprising common household wiring twisted together and covered in brown parcel tape, the worn out air-flow meter than had to be re-tracked as it was running seriously lean. These tweaks solved a host of running problems, such as the huge flat-spot. I set the car up on the rollers to assess the condition of the engine and then installed the nitrous kit, which granted the car over 220 bhp.

205 TT Dimma

Remove engine

Paint engine bay

Populate engine bay

Rebuild rear beam

Rebuild engine

Track Dimma #1

205 Turbo Technics track car #3

Interior before

Interior finished

Lets go racing!

Track Dimma #4

Engine removel

Paint engine bay

Prep engine

Fit limited slip diff

Fit dry sump system

Rebuild rear beam

Finished

Build #8,#9,#10 and #11, have been coming to he for the last 25 years, by a customer who I consider a dear friend and track day challenger, there have been far too many projects over the last 25 years to mention all here, they range from engine rebuilds, total chassis restoration to track preparation and on-going and track-day assistance. Notably, I have worked on the factory TT Dimma, 205 road-going CTi and two other track cars: the 2.0 turbo and the NA Mi16 track Dimma.