mk2 golf mtdi build-daily to be

Good progress Jo-seph.

Keep it up man

Cheers chaps, trying to get a constant flow of progress!


Couple lunch times of fab work, oil cooler brackets this time. Will all be sunken into the down piece of the slam panel and sit behind the bumper, a few mods and addition pieces to gain more airflow to the core soon once I have a bumper to mock up with.

Step by step pics of each process just to show how it's all made

Blanks cut, marked and dot punched


Holes cut to size, then corner pieces cut to shape ready to bend


First bend done


Set up in the folder, set over the end of the bed to allow second bend. If I bent the ends first I wouldn't have been able to use the same folder for each fold, so would end up with different radius' 



Bent either end


Test fit


Same process again for the back piece, blanks cut, marked and dot punched, pilot drilled awaiting next size up.



All holes drilled upto 6mm then two outter holes to final size of 12mm. 6mm central drill used for centralising the hole cutter on the 4 middle holes.


Hole cutter time


Bending to allow for the thickness in core to end tank size. 


Bend 2 
 

Test fit with the end brackets and centre section


End brackets didn't slot in as nice as I wanted so modded the cooler ends so the cooler could slot back into the backets and be nicely fixed even before the bolts go in


Fits much better


More to come over the next couple days guys, cheers for reading

Did you get your mocal oil cooler through work dude?

No I didn't dude, I got the caddy one through work which is the same as this on just with out the fancy black fittings. I got this one off g60nik off here he never used it so worked out cheaper. Think automotive are the nuts, give them a ring and they will sort you out

I've got 1 priced up with rallydesign mate

13 row with stainless pipes and thermostatic sandwich plate for just under 140 posted. was going to see if your place could beat it

Afraid not, we don't sell them but I would advise maybe calling think auto and see if they could maybe beat it, that is a very very good price indeed! The one I had for the caddy was just over £200 but due to the black anodised push fittings. Did look smart though!

Will do another search before i order then bud. Cheers

No probs dude

Another busy hour lunch time...

Damn dude! These bits look sick!

Need to come down and see it i think! Got the bike to bring down to you too

Cheers dude already thinking of how to make the next piece!

Yeh man pop over! Should be engine building Saturday as I got my ass in gear and ordered the last pieces!

Looks gay....

billybug wrote:

Looks gay....

Ha wouldn't expect a more helpful comment man! Glad I'm heading in the right direction!


Few more from last night and today, the bottom of the slam panel I cut out made the rest really weak, so I decided to fab up a new bottom section 



Got a bit ott and started making a top piece too, 2 hours nearly just in marking and drilling, should get this finished tomo

Clearly got WAY too much time on your hands Looking real good dude and good to see a loada pics in a build...

MK1G60 wrote:

Clearly got WAY too much time on your hands Looking real good dude and good to see a loada pics in a build...

Haha clearly to much time! Could have had it done by now if I wasn't so picky!


So finally after pissing around with a lump of steel for 3 hours I finished the slam panel pieces! Can weld it all up tomo so imagination will come in handy now
















Thanks to Dan for making me these, billet replicas of original radiator mounts


Tacked on ready for mounts to be cut in and fitted on the modded front panel


I kept the radiator mounting holes from when I chopped the front panel up, so cut them out into single recesses, folded to sheet with a hole in as new mounts. Still need to be cut into the front panel. The rad and cooler with sit level in the bay not wonky like standard as that really irritates me big time! 

Few from the weekend, thanks to dad and helping hand from Steve got the bottom end built, just need a new oil pump, beef up my sump and get it coated then slap it all on.



Few goodies from the post man, arp head stud kit and Passat pd inlet manifold, the golf pd inlet I had didn't fit with the t3 turbo 



Quick mock up to check clearance with the head resting in place


Grinder happy with the slam panel, cut the old piece out and tacked the new bits in, 


End cap brackets for the oil cooler welded and ground before tacking it all up


Most of the pieces in place, still needs tweaking to get maximum clearance for the intercooler and good flow to the oil cooler, the bumper slots over and covers it perfect so mods to the bumper soon

Awesome as normal...

Shibby!!!

Cheers chaps, hope to get this done for UD, th lines forsale fresh refurb if anyone knows of anyone after some mint hoops.

MK1G60 wrote:

Awesome as normal...

Cheers dude, are your th monos 8j?

Yep, 8x15 et25

Are you running them in the caddy ATM dude?

Yes mate...

MK1G60 wrote:

Yes mate...

May be able to sort a test fit with one soonish maybe? Was lOoking at a set possible for this, unsure what fitment would be like though....

Yeah I don't see why not, just gimme a PM