My Golf Project

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Yellow I had wasnt as 'Koni Yellow' as the cap indicated so I went for the.....

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Few more coats to go on and some more wiring to sort out tonight
 
I HATE WIRING :D

Before

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After

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Spot any differences? Tip: They are blue and should have been on before taking the loom out, but some muppet forgot.....

All of this to run these 3 wires to the other side of the car

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Need to run a positive feed to the starter from the new battery side then I can tape all the loom up

On a plus note the Konis look good!

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Not much done today as the daily driver was given a once over and a few bits replaced on it.

Picked up some bits from VW

Cambelt, water pump seal, idler roller, Heavy duty front suspension top mounts, various spring cups, washers, bushes and flywheel bolts. With all these I should be able to finish off the suspension struts.

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This is going to be my High/Low boost switch :D

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Picture of the finished Konis in daylight

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dsb said:
looking good mate, how much do u think the whole poject will cost?

About 4k in the end I think including buying the car

wonder_lander said:
Keep the updates coming, like the patio chair installation in the engine bay

Spent hours on that chair, very comfy ;)

Next update will be Tuesday night as I'm away at the moment. Welder should be coming over on Wednesday hopefully.
 
Conanius said:
you going to be coming to the OCUK motors meet (Rolling Road day 6) to see what it puts out?

If it's finished and I have time available I will be there.

EDIT

I've added myself to the list on your thread.
 
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L1J said:
This is going to be my High/Low boost switch :D
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"Dammit, blown a tyre, put the hazards on.."

"alright i'll stick the hazards on"

"WHAT Are you doing?! They arnt the Hazards Man!"
 
Another update

Collected some more bits from Celtic Coatings

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Close up of the rocker cover, it looks much better in the flesh and exactly the finish I was after

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Welder should be coming around tomorrow so I did some prep work

Rust cut out from where original battery bracket was

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New battery tray in position, had to put a little bit of steel under it to get it to sit right

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Engine bay emptied ready for welding

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A good update tomorrow hopefully!
 
Loving that powdercoating.

How much do you pay for that, if you don't mind me asking. I need to get my wheels and lower fork legs done on my bike soon and want to know how much I'm looking at.
 
You'll need 500bhp just to get off the line what with all that powdercoating on it.

Oh, Gordon has swapped his Escort Cossie for a Bugeye, have to have a race ;)
 
MrSix said:
Loving that powdercoating.

How much do you pay for that, if you don't mind me asking. I need to get my wheels and lower fork legs done on my bike soon and want to know how much I'm looking at.

The last lot of 12 items cost me £95 including shot blasting the Konis. That's for a coat of primer and top coat.
 
Lopéz said:
You'll need 500bhp just to get off the line what with all that powdercoating on it.

I reckon 600bhp just to be safe ;) Room for another 20V in the boot?


Lopéz said:
Oh, Gordon has swapped his Escort Cossie for a Bugeye, have to have a race ;)

Scary thought, considering the distance I'll be from him if all goes well next week!
 
You could try using a Fiat Coupe airbox. Looks like exactly the right shape, and designed for the kind of power you're talking about.

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