mk2 golf mtdi build-daily to be

would i be wrong for sayin this would be much easier if you ran the standard tdi pump and just adapted the trottle pedal with the tdi sensor

Looking good dude

CustomChris wrote:

i nearly popped over today but saw you had that sheet up ha, looking really good and quicker then the caddy engine bay mate !

cheers, i was expecting a visit tbh

tomstanforster wrote:

would i be wrong for sayin this would be much easier if you ran the standard tdi pump and just adapted the trottle pedal with the tdi sensor

i have no idea, didnt look into fly by wire. just wanted t tuneable set up with an ecu

MK1G60 wrote:

Looking good dude

cheers mate

bit of a different update, due to the car being used a a kind of rolling promotion, i bought 2 7" dishes and 2 rm halfs a few months back. the one ive done will be mounted in the back of the car for shows to promoting my wheel work. so here it is from the start, it will be made into a table for home so i can take the top off and use the bottom frame to be mount in the rear.

the before


dish laquer stripped, sanded 120,240,500 grit, then polished with ss17 with a 4 section dry sisal wheel, then 2000d cut with a cotton open stitch then buffed with a loose g with the 2000d








also made a small detachable product holder, james from autofinesse offered to put it on his stand at the players show so i made that to put his wheel sealer in to advertise both our work.




and one i found someone took at players


oh and just a couple of pics now the car is in the sun, didnt look very metallica in the earlier pics, but in the sun it is! real chuffed, going to polish it up next week and start putting bits back in when i paint the new 16v servo etc this week

looking good mate should have a white one to do soon lol

so not updated since the bay paint, been a bit slack with progress. keep meaning to blast the rest of the subframe and the other parts and go get them powdercoated but havent had the time, so tonight after an early finish at work i decided to go a bit extreme, cut a bit of the subframe out, and beef it up ready to smack into the floor next year. so made some templates and then made them transfered them to 5mm steel, then welded them up. then blsted the seems of the wishbones and stich welded those up too, not sure if ile ever notice the difference but i thought i may aswel have a go at it.








wishbones




hope to make movemnt on the engine, and take teh head apart ready for the next step with that. and maybe get a few bits ready togo back in the bay.

thanks for looking

Awesome dude, I'll pop over one weekend when I'm not busy I will have some wheels for you too

Lupton_20vt wrote:

Awesome dude, I'll pop over one weekend when I'm not busy I will have some wheels for you too

cheers man, sweeet what you got?


been on and off blasting this week, finaly got round to getting teh subframe and wishbones done, will be dropped off at the coaters tomo, and more parts on monday.

who do you use for the powder coating mate ?

CustomChris wrote:

who do you use for the powder coating mate ?

PP in sawston mate, why?



loads done today, let the pics do the talkings....

You have been busy! Looking vgood...

Gota get me a blast cabinet!!!

next weekend the progress should come together nicely. yeh tehre very handy! give me a shout if you want stuff doing dude, saves so much time trying to get stuff ready for paint etc

On it nxt weekend

Look forward to seeing all those bits in the car dude

Oh and need to have a chat about a little bit of signwriting on my new frame

VW Mike wrote:

Look forward to seeing all those bits in the car dude

Oh and need to have a chat about a little bit of signwriting on my new frame

cheers man, neither can i! oooo more info on that?!


been rather busy the last week, even though not overly much to show for it as yet! loads of parts ordered ready for teh subframe togo back on and the powdercoaters didnt get it done in time so still waiting for that!!!

so in the big pile; new fk coilies, ball joints, top mounts, wheel bearings, track rod ends, brake line and fittings, powerflex-rack rubbers, front and rear wishbones and all ARB mounts.


more blasted parts from last week, then went off tobe zinc plated, looks really bad in the photo though. all the subframe and engine mount bolts, hubs, rack mounts and arb mounts



mc and servo, factory fresh



aaaaaaaaah pedal box wasnt as easy fir as i thought, lots of hammering to get the bulk head up against the p/b. wish i new it was going to smash the paint up before i paided the bay! all painted now but reacted a bit! gutted.

looks good man that zinc plating is a nice touch!

cheers chris


quick update before i shoot back out, will get more pics tomo! cant wait to get all this together now!

Looking good joe

Looks like t hay done a good job mate

MK1G60 wrote:

CaddyRage wrote:

Looking good joe

cheers guys, get to do the good parts and put it all together at the weekend

caddyman wrote:

Looks like t hay done a good job mate

yeh worth the couple days extra wait, such a smooooooth finish!

pics from yesterday and today now the car reader decided to work

all this for a daily? get working on that truck!

billybug wrote:

all this for a daily? get working on that truck!

who are you?

Top work son

Pistacheuro wrote:

Top work son

cheers man


finally got the subframe together, the last few weeks of getting things sorted finaly paid off, forgot to get some snaps of it in the car as loads of mates turned up and was a last min rush to swap the rear coilies over, more pics tomo.

a couple little pics, stainless bolts throughout where zinc bolts or new other bolts werent supplied with the new parts. same as ever parts blasted and painted


rack gators washed last week, then went over with a nice coat of AF revive. so factory fresh finish! came up like new!




for now heres the assembly, so please with this! next year if i can get a company set up will be doing a few of these i hope! on an exchange basis. got a subframe here already to start getting the ball rolling.

enjoy....






and the only one i got of it in the car before it went onto its wheels!