My Golf Project

L1J · 11 Apr 2007 at 22:07

You Guys are worse than my ex

tbz_ck said:
We are spoiled, but you set the tone of the thread with your excellent regular updates, so we demand excellence and regularity in return

Flattery will get you everywhere

UPDATE:

Some parts I picked up/arrived today:

Hydraulic pipes for clutch

Bigger turbo inlet pipe from the US, will compare them tomorrow to see the size difference.

More to follow....

L1J · 11 Apr 2007 at 22:13

Bracket for the power steering res that was made by a guy in work for me yesterday (I was busy!)

Bracket attached to heat shield

Res in place, plenty of room!

Picked up some "camber correction bolts" from VW. Normal ones top. The shank on the bottom ones are 11mm compared to 12mm on the normal ones which allows you to adjust the camber

Bolts in place, the "play" in the adjustment bolt allows you to move the hub to set the camber you require. Also note I took the track rod ends off they were FFFFFFFT!

There's more...

L1J · 11 Apr 2007 at 22:19

I had to remove a sheared brake disk bolt form the hub earlier

Drilled the centre of it out and used a screw extractor

Came out no probs

Also picked up some spacers I had made to widen the rear track. Two sets here one 10mm thick and the other 12mm.

Tomorrows plans:

Get it rolling again
Paint rad cowling
Borrow an engine crane
Possibly drop engine in for trial fitting

Everyone happy now?

turbojunk · 12 Apr 2007 at 01:04

L1J said:
Everyone happy now?

Yup

Hello Llyr and hello everyone else

First post here.

Been following this thread with interest for the past few weeks. Not been able to register or post 'cos @fsnet.co.uk email addresses seem to have been barred. Eventually figured to register using my works email.

Here now, tho

I met Llyr a couple of years ago. Live in the same area, used to drive the same sort of car back then, went on at least one good spin through the hills. He also worked wonders on my Impreza's brakes a while back. The way it stops still makes me grin.

Like most other people, I look forward to your updates and I can't wait to see the Golf finished. Beats me how you get your head round all this techno-mechanical nonsense (I can just about identify a lambda sensor!!), so hats off, you oily nailed freak :cool:

Sent you an email - hope to come up and have a look see before you head off to the 'ring.

Oh, I also spoke with your dad the other day. He let me in on what your NEXT project is going to be. Now THAT I'd like to see!!!

Cheers

Kev

tbz_ck · 12 Apr 2007 at 08:42

turbojunk said:
Yup

Oh, I also spoke with your dad the other day. He let me in on what your NEXT project is going to be. Now THAT I'd like to see!!!

Cheers

Kev

OOooo Ooooooo a good mystery. Do tell

L1J · 12 Apr 2007 at 08:50

tbz_ck said:
OOooo Ooooooo a good mystery. Do tell

Not going to say anything yet, I dont know if it's possible and I need to work out if I have the time, cash and know how to make it happen! Let me finish this one first and enjoy it for a while!

turbojunk said:
Snip...

Good to hear from you Kev, I've mailed you back. I'm off until Sunday if you want to pop over and make some tea

Goliath · 12 Apr 2007 at 08:55

Llyr -

Congrats on a fantastic looking project (and a detailed & regular build thread - a rarity

). I'm curious, why did you pick the golf as a project car? Did you have previous experience of working on them or was it driven by parts availablilty/potential donor engines etc?

John.

L1J · 12 Apr 2007 at 09:18

Goliath said:
Llyr -

Congrats on a fantastic looking project (and a detailed & regular build thread - a rarity ). I'm curious, why did you pick the golf as a project car? Did you have previous experience of working on them or was it driven by parts availablilty/potential donor engines etc?

John.

Cut and pasted from an email I sent someone:

Why I chose a Golf (Warning long boring story!)

I was coming back from Cardiff one night last November in my Mondeo. About 4 miles from home there was a big pool of water in front of me. About half way through the puddle the Mondeo stopped. I had to get out into 10 inches of water and push it to the side of the road! After a lovely 4 mile jog in the rain to my parents house (no mobile signal), Dad gave the Mondeo a tow home. Quick check over and we realised it needed a new engine.

I needed a car to get to work and I also had a job interview to attend in two days time. The next day I got the local paper and looked for something cheap with Tax and MOT. I saw a Golf Gti mk2, quick phone call and a viewing and I bought it! (now known as the black one!) It was so much fun to drive, no ABS, EBD, PAS, ESP etc. I looked into what modifications could be done to them and saw a 20V turbo conversion. I thought this would be the best of both worlds, light car and a modern engine.

I was speaking to a guy in work about the conversion I was planning, he mentioned he had a recently resprayed unfinished mk2 gti project in his shed that he wanted to sell (now known as the red one!). Went to see it, it was MINT, so decided to use his unfinished project as a base for my 20V conversion. The black one will be used as a donor car to finish the red one, once my Mondeo is fixed next week.

The rest is as posted in this thread

Little update:

ECU, modified wiring loom, MAP sensor and cable throttle body arrived from QPEng

I don't need anything else now to get it running....

L1J · 12 Apr 2007 at 18:31

Some more bots that arrived today:

Golf GTi 16V fuel pump assembly

New winder mechanisms for the windows, gone for manual ones to save some weight!

Rear brake disks

Rear suspension bump stops, covers and spark plugs

L1J · 12 Apr 2007 at 18:34

In order to fit the 16V calipers to the 280mm carriers the slider pins need to have 2mm machined from one end. Popped to a local machine shop and they did them in 2 minutes!

Brakes fitted, all bolts torqued (they have a white dot on them). Both sides done so it should be on the floor tonight.

Garage really needs a clean...

[TW]Fox · 12 Apr 2007 at 18:39

Can we get some details on the Mondeo?

MrSix · 12 Apr 2007 at 19:01

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

I thought we had managed a thread without the mention of mondeos.......

That's it, how is it done again? Up the wrist or across the wrist?

GreenMint · 12 Apr 2007 at 19:20

MrSix said:
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

I thought we had managed a thread without the mention of mondeos.......

That's it, how is it done again? Up the wrist or across the wrist?

Across, be sure to use a nice sharp blade and be holding a pic of a mondeo so people know why!

@OP wow, lovely project mate and glad its coming along so well, have only just come into the car forums here but i'm majorly impressed with what you've done!!

Conanius · 12 Apr 2007 at 22:03

going well mate ! now.... its 10:02... where is the next update ! :mad:

Lopéz · 12 Apr 2007 at 22:05

OLJ you are throwing WAY to much money at this Panzerwagen!

You should take a leaf out of my book, work slowly and spend as little as possible and never finish anything

6thElement · 12 Apr 2007 at 22:16

I think we need a multiple choice poll, how many cars has Lopez started to rebuild/convert/rally spec and not finished the project?

tonyyeb · 12 Apr 2007 at 22:31

6thElement said:
I think we need a multiple choice poll, how many cars has Lopez started to rebuild/convert/rally spec and not finished the project?

And L1J comes along and blows him away with this great project - we should be hearing that engine turning over within a week i reckon!

IainB · 12 Apr 2007 at 22:34

Lopéz said:
You should take a leaf out of my book, work slowly and spend as little as possible and never finish anything

LOL - why does that ring a bell.
Ive finally made progress on the 'super shed' we laid foundations for ooh a good 2 years back, so when its finished I can clear the garage out ready for the return of mine

Llyr - wicked progress, take my hat of to you, keep missing you on MSN though

Lopéz · 12 Apr 2007 at 22:36

IainB said:
LOL - why does that ring a bell.
Ive finally made progress on the 'super shed' we laid foundations for ooh a good 2 years back, so when its finished I can clear the garage out ready for the return of mine

Llyr - wicked progress, take my hat of to you, keep missing you on MSN though

Hey, you start projects, spend a fortune on them and STILL don't finish them

L1J · 12 Apr 2007 at 23:00

[TW]Fox said:
Can we get some details on the Mondeo?

There's enough fordage in the thread as it is, such as the colour of the golf, a mk4 escort battery tray and some recaro front seats from an RS turbo

MrSix said:
I thought we had managed a thread without the mention of mondeos.......

That's it, how is it done again? Up the wrist or across the wrist?

Someone is sure to come along now and mention a Rover or BMW!

Lopéz said:
OLJ you are throwing WAY to much money at this Panzerwagen!

You should take a leaf out of my book, work slowly and spend as little as possible and never finish anything

No no no, you should take a leaf out of my book, work efficiently, spend as much as possible and actually enjoy driving the thing at the end. Having followed your project threads over the years I thought I'd better show them how it's done!

tonyyeb said:
we should be hearing that engine turning over within a week i reckon!

Hopefully......... Once it's running it will have to come out though for *** gearbox to be overhauled.

IainB said:
Llyr - wicked progress, take my hat of to you, keep missing you on MSN though

Thanks, Iain. Most of the time I'm in the garage! Will give you a shout when I see you online next.

Update to follow..