My Golf Project
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Thanks for all the replies everyone, will keep the motivation up!
Penski, nice site spent far too much time on it last night!
Fox, I used to be a golf hater until I drove my first mk2 2 months ago!
Paint wise the exterior was re sprayed 3 years ago with 9 coats of red! It hasnt been on the road since. It should come up well with a bit of polishing with a PC.
Im going to try smooth red hammerite in the engine bay first and see what it looks like.
Todays update:
These arrived today, hammerite, etch primer and rust removal gel
Might try some gel on a few rusty bits tonight to see if it works!
I took some bits to the powder coaters
They should be done in a week, cant wait for these to come back. After talking to the coatings guy I've chosen automtive black for the standard look. Everything will have 2 coats and it *should* last at least ten years (time will tell). I was quoted £80 for one coat and £130 for 2 coats.
The complete Leon Cupra car loom came with the engine. I needed to remove the engine loom from this lot.
Ended up with this
Penski, nice site spent far too much time on it last night!
Fox, I used to be a golf hater until I drove my first mk2 2 months ago!
Paint wise the exterior was re sprayed 3 years ago with 9 coats of red! It hasnt been on the road since. It should come up well with a bit of polishing with a PC.
Im going to try smooth red hammerite in the engine bay first and see what it looks like.
Todays update:
These arrived today, hammerite, etch primer and rust removal gel
Might try some gel on a few rusty bits tonight to see if it works!
I took some bits to the powder coaters
They should be done in a week, cant wait for these to come back. After talking to the coatings guy I've chosen automtive black for the standard look. Everything will have 2 coats and it *should* last at least ten years (time will tell). I was quoted £80 for one coat and £130 for 2 coats.
The complete Leon Cupra car loom came with the engine. I needed to remove the engine loom from this lot.
Ended up with this
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Looks good!
Cool how the front end unbolts to allow total acess to the engine.
Cool how the front end unbolts to allow total acess to the engine.
All the Astras have long done, last owned one in 2003 
Another small update:
Decided to try a small area under the bonnet to see if the gel works and the hammerite matches the paint.
Used a combination of a blowtorch, wire brush and a scraper to remove the loose rust and surrounding paint. This led to a little incident of the chassis rail catching fire! Always have a fire extinguisher handy when working on cars!
Panic over! Further prep and a coating of gel got me to this
Instructions says it needs a few hours at least, possibly overnight, so will update on it's progress tomorrow.
Lopéz said:Shouldn't be too hard, what with all them Astras you've accumulated over the years.
Another small update:
Decided to try a small area under the bonnet to see if the gel works and the hammerite matches the paint.
Used a combination of a blowtorch, wire brush and a scraper to remove the loose rust and surrounding paint. This led to a little incident of the chassis rail catching fire! Always have a fire extinguisher handy when working on cars!
Panic over! Further prep and a coating of gel got me to this
Instructions says it needs a few hours at least, possibly overnight, so will update on it's progress tomorrow.
Found an old ford part to test the hammerite on
Will have to wait untill it dries properly but it's not looking bad so far
Some dodgy alarm wiring that needs to be removed
Why do people use scotch blocks in exposed areas?! Also found some damaged insulation
Will have to wait untill it dries properly but it's not looking bad so far
Some dodgy alarm wiring that needs to be removed
Why do people use scotch blocks in exposed areas?! Also found some damaged insulation
The electrical side is what's worrying me most!
I'm trying to choose between 3 ECUs at the moment:
Emerald
MBE
Megasquirt
The MBE comes from a company called QP Enginnering that specialise in 1.8T conversions its basically plug and play.
Emeralds new ECU has 3 switchable on the fly maps, really like the idea of this feature
, but i would need to make my own loom and get it mapped
Megasquirt
Again would need to contruct my own loom and map it
For simplicity the MBE wins but the emerald sounds like fun
I'm trying to choose between 3 ECUs at the moment:
Emerald
MBE
Megasquirt
The MBE comes from a company called QP Enginnering that specialise in 1.8T conversions its basically plug and play.
Emeralds new ECU has 3 switchable on the fly maps, really like the idea of this feature
, but i would need to make my own loom and get it mappedMegasquirt
Again would need to contruct my own loom and map it
For simplicity the MBE wins but the emerald sounds like fun
hominid said:
L1J said:
Why do people use scotch blocks in exposed areas?! Also found some damaged insulation
Almost EVERY connector on the Supra is like this (not the Scotchlocks, the damaged insulation)
I don't really know what to do about it to fix it properly yet, but I have a few different ideas.
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Can you not use a VAG ECU and Revo it to get started, or are there issues with the immobiliser etc?
I could use the VAG ecu but for the cost of getting it mapped and the immobiliser defeat done (£800 ish) I can get a fully mappable ECU for future upgrades and get rid of the none essential stuff from the engine (cats, recirc systems etc)
Connectors - I'm going to see if I can remove the pins from the plugs and put some heat shrink over the damaged sections, failing that I will cut and solder them.
Connectors - I'm going to see if I can remove the pins from the plugs and put some heat shrink over the damaged sections, failing that I will cut and solder them.