My Golf Project
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Lopéz said:Reshelling a Mk4 Escort all those years ago has left you soft in the head, or maybe it was one of those potholes we hit up the quarry in the Uber Golf.
Good luck dude
It only took me about 9 months to reshell that thing, what a nightmare of a job.
It was the potholes
Conanius said:
I predict an all nighter Thursday night ready for the MOT Friday morning, so lots of redbull and coffee please!
rossyl said:
Me too, I can see the finish now, just a matter of not stopping till I get there!
Few bits done tonight but no pics sorry!
Rear brake carriers, stub axles and calipers painted. Also cut a hole under the air filter to provide a cold air feed, will post some pics tomorrow.
Car is ready for the engine now, will change the cambelt, fit the turbo first and then put it in.
Fingers crossed all will be ok and it starts without any problems by tomorrow afternoon.
Engine is now ready to be taken into the garage, some "heavies" on the way to help me lift it as I cant move the golf and get it in on the crane!
It's pouring it down here, I'm soaked.
Vids will be a luxury as tonyyeb mentioned!
I'm taking my time with everything today, everything is being doubled checked, I havent got any time left to do things twice!
Let's say 7pm to be safe!!
Need to chase some parts up now that were supposed to arrive this morning.....
It's pouring it down here, I'm soaked.
Vids will be a luxury as tonyyeb mentioned!
I'm taking my time with everything today, everything is being doubled checked, I havent got any time left to do things twice!
Let's say 7pm to be safe!!
Need to chase some parts up now that were supposed to arrive this morning.....
What a day!
Firstly a big thanks to Tony, Elfyn, Bob, Gareth, Keys, Tony and Lisa for the help today, without them I would have never got it done.
We took our time today, this was treated as a final installation and everything had to be right, if anything went wrong after today then I would have had to call it a day.
Everything is now in place, still waiting for an air filter though.
She started first time, still a little smoke coming from the exhaust but thats to be expected with all the oil residue in there! No smoke is produced when revved so I'm 99% sure that everything is fine. Needs a good run tomorrow to warm everything up.
Most of the interior was fitted by Bob tonight and I think everyone had a go in cleaning the wheels
Mmmm looks like they missed some bits!
Lots of little jobs to do tomorrow, MOT booked for Friday morning.
Very happy and pleased tonight
Firstly a big thanks to Tony, Elfyn, Bob, Gareth, Keys, Tony and Lisa for the help today, without them I would have never got it done.
We took our time today, this was treated as a final installation and everything had to be right, if anything went wrong after today then I would have had to call it a day.
Everything is now in place, still waiting for an air filter though.
She started first time, still a little smoke coming from the exhaust but thats to be expected with all the oil residue in there! No smoke is produced when revved so I'm 99% sure that everything is fine. Needs a good run tomorrow to warm everything up.
Most of the interior was fitted by Bob tonight and I think everyone had a go in cleaning the wheels
Mmmm looks like they missed some bits!
Lots of little jobs to do tomorrow, MOT booked for Friday morning.
Very happy and pleased tonight
Simon said:
Cars, motorsport and deadlines, always the same isnt it
Thanks for the support everyone, been a busy morning.
Picked up the beam from the powder coaters
Brake line arrived so I can finish the brakes
Fittings for the rear shocks arrived
Got some clips for the arches and side moulding from VW and some new number plates made up.
Engine has been running for a couple of hours, much less smoke now. Needs a good run to clear all the residue out. Found a leaking O-ring on the temp sensor housing, got one from VW, I will fit it aftwerwards.
No word from the seller of the engine yet.
I *think* I have everything here to finish it for an MOT now, I have until 8:20am tomorrow morning to get it done!
Right she failed
Few little things:
Handbrake needs adjusting
One brake union seeping
Exhuast clamp loose
Going to grab a little kip, then take it back for a retest and emissions check
this afternoon.
On the road she was misfiring a little I think one of the coil packs needs replacing, I have plenty of spares here.
Could have been a lot worse
Few little things:
Handbrake needs adjusting
One brake union seeping
Exhuast clamp loose
Going to grab a little kip, then take it back for a retest and emissions check
this afternoon.On the road she was misfiring a little I think one of the coil packs needs replacing, I have plenty of spares here.
Could have been a lot worse
Right list done, slight problem retest is at 4:30pm. I'm not sure if i'll get to the post office in time to get tax.
****** *******
I tried asking for an earlier time but he was fully booked. I've tried to book it into another garage for this afternoon but they have no room.
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Might not be able to get to the RR
Will turn up early and see if he can get it done sooner.
Any post offices near Powerstation?!
Some pics from last night/early this morning
Rear beam built up and ready to be installed
Beam in place, Bob and Tony are my new heroes
Looked like this at about 3am
****** *******
I tried asking for an earlier time but he was fully booked. I've tried to book it into another garage for this afternoon but they have no room.
*********** ********* ********* ******** ********
Might not be able to get to the RR
Will turn up early and see if he can get it done sooner.
Any post offices near Powerstation?!
Some pics from last night/early this morning
Rear beam built up and ready to be installed
Beam in place, Bob and Tony are my new heroes
Looked like this at about 3am
KaHn said:
It's not finished yet! Loads left to do:
Fit arches
Finish interior
Actually that isnt loads
I think it's pinking slightly under load, need to investigate why tonight.
Anyone coming to the RR tomorrow have an AFR meter handy so I can check the fueling?
Cant wait for the 'ring trip on Monday
Mini update:
Interior sort of done, arches and side skirts fixed on for now.
Evryone that's there tomorrow dont expect a show car, it's not finished yet
Thanks for all the comments guys, I wouldnt have got this far without all of you.
Just taken it for a quick spin, pinking seems sorted.
OMG its nippy
Need some sleep now, really early start tomorrow for the 3.5 hour journey!
Will have a look at the vids tomorrow andy
Interior sort of done, arches and side skirts fixed on for now.
Evryone that's there tomorrow dont expect a show car, it's not finished yet
Thanks for all the comments guys, I wouldnt have got this far without all of you.
Just taken it for a quick spin, pinking seems sorted.
OMG its nippy
Need some sleep now, really early start tomorrow for the 3.5 hour journey!
Will have a look at the vids tomorrow andy
What a day
Started at 6am this morning to the RR meet, arrived about 9:30. Car arrived fine no problems at all to report!
Then came the run, was very worried when it went on, trying to think if I missed anything etc etc
First run in high boost and at about 500rpm it started to det really badly. The run was aborted. Switched to low boost and got 180bhp.
Guys at Powerstation were stars, they said they would check the fueling by running it again in high boost. Again at 5000 rpm it started to det badly but the fueling was fine. I was looking at the screen and saw 255bhp flash up, I was really puzzled didnt expect that at all. Asked the guys at powersation if the reading was right! They asked my how much high boost was, I answered I had no idea! They did another run, this time logging the boost also. Still det at 5000 rpm and a power reading of 257bhp before they aborted the run
Curtis said that after a bit if mapping it will be really sweet!
On the way home I had a quick lap of the Evo triangle, suspension seems really good, it feels really planted on the road. Inspires lots of confidence.
Need to get the geometry set up and a few little niggles but very pleased on how it ran.
Some pics of the nearly finished article!
Started at 6am this morning to the RR meet, arrived about 9:30. Car arrived fine no problems at all to report!
Then came the run, was very worried when it went on, trying to think if I missed anything etc etc
First run in high boost and at about 500rpm it started to det really badly. The run was aborted. Switched to low boost and got 180bhp.
Guys at Powerstation were stars, they said they would check the fueling by running it again in high boost. Again at 5000 rpm it started to det badly but the fueling was fine. I was looking at the screen and saw 255bhp flash up, I was really puzzled didnt expect that at all. Asked the guys at powersation if the reading was right! They asked my how much high boost was, I answered I had no idea! They did another run, this time logging the boost also. Still det at 5000 rpm and a power reading of 257bhp before they aborted the run
Curtis said that after a bit if mapping it will be really sweet!
On the way home I had a quick lap of the Evo triangle, suspension seems really good, it feels really planted on the road. Inspires lots of confidence.
Need to get the geometry set up and a few little niggles but very pleased on how it ran.
Some pics of the nearly finished article!
cymatty said:Seems a cool project we were all having a giggle when they were entering high det on the results, well impressed with the power though. Will be brill when finished.
It was a bit worrying hearing it det
, hopefully a bit more safe power to come once mapped.Everyone did keep reminding me I had a spare engine if that one blew up
