Jetta

TheRedGTI wrote:

i saw you at action the jetta was going pretty well.

Cheers dude

You make it to the pod dude? Paul was telling me you had some backfiring issues??

Mat

yeah made it to the pod thanks dude hadn't run the car for nearly a month as i had been away again with work the backfire soon cleared up when i got on the a14 managed to leave a trail of rubber at 2 points around one roundabout on the a45 one in first gear and the next set in second gear

Didn't get to race though as the weather was fookin rubbish! The van goes tonight...so gonna be on a serious hunt for a t5 now!

how's you?

Cool, yeah I didn't think the weather was up to much on Sunday, bit of a shame that there was no racing though.

I'm good - got a cheapo second hand alternator that I'm gonna recondition to try and get rid of some noise under the bonnet. New bearings for it should only be about £10 so that's something to get on with!

Speaking of which, my dad has a sandblasting cabinet that I'm gonna be cleaning the casing with, along with a couple of other bits over christmas, so if there's any smallish bits you want cleaning up let me know.

Think I might be doing a little website for Paul soon too, woop woop!

Mat

all sounds good dude will have a think if there are any bits i need doing

Think i may have got hold of a new metering head for the jetta and some other spares have paid for an exhaust but just need to go and pick it up now

Van got sold last night...so fingers crossed i will be getting the new one very soon

that would be cool if they got themselves a website...passed some info to him the other night about other companies looking for remap agents

We should sit down at some point and see if we could come up with designs for the racing team name for next year.

Oh cool did you get that OMP one from the Mk1OC? Looked pretty good

Yup I've been a bit rubbish getting to work on some ideas, though I've got a couple of things that I'm gonna try this weekend so I'll give you a shout when I get done!

Did you get what you wanted for the van?

yeah it was the OMP one from Mk1OC came at a good price too i thought

Will look forward to the shout out!

got £1500 for the van which to be honest is quite good and i've still sold it for more than i bought it for

Your friendly neigbourhood logo ninja was visited by the ghost of Ed Roth last night.

Holla!

tyeness wrote:

Your friendly neigbourhood logo ninja was visited by the ghost of Ed Roth last night.

Holla!

awesome the sooner we get it done the better...should be picking up my new van on sunday so we can get the signwriting done then

I'm ready for that sprint race now mike

CaddyRage wrote:

I'm ready for that sprint race now mike

right santa pod next year it is!! The Jetta will be fully ready by then

Didn't know you'd have the van sorted so soon!

Pop down any time this week to check the logo out, I'm usually back from work around 6.30 so mooch down whenever.

I think you're gonna like it, it fits the name well. I've done a few variations anyway so there should be something we can run with if you're not super keen on it.

Inabit dude!

tyeness wrote:

Didn't know you'd have the van sorted so soon!

Pop down any time this week to check the logo out, I'm usually back from work around 6.30 so mooch down whenever.

I think you're gonna like it, it fits the name well. I've done a few variations anyway so there should be something we can run with if you're not super keen on it.

Inabit dude!

will pop down later in the week then dude

like i said last night dude...they designs are awesome...have forwarded them to the guy i will be racing with for his opinions

Any time fella, really enjoyed doing em. Kept me out of trouble last weekend while the better half was away!

Will be posting pics up of the work in progress on my new t5 transporter...the material has arrived today for the back and the seats...it's gonna be ghetto

Been waiting for this to pop up. If I wasn't freelancing my weekend away then I'd offer a hand, if it's needed!

Mike, are you that scene that you dont need to update ya thread with pic's anymore due to the amount of pic's in the mags these days


Cant tempt you to a valver conversion?

CaddyRage wrote:

Mike, are you that scene that you dont need to update ya thread with pic's anymore due to the amount of pic's in the mags these days


Cant tempt you to a valver conversion?

Yeah will let the mags update my pics for me lol!!! And you wait for pics after Bug Jam... a feature with the other watercoolers from the VWDRC

and no chance with the valver conversion

So to bring this up to date...a set of twin dellortos have come up which i really can't turn down

Watch this space as all the parts needed to fit them will be arriving hopefully after this coming weekend...which will be the last time the Jetta will be running K-jet I've got 3 weeks after this weekend to get them on and running in time for the Gti Festival.

Pics will follow soon

Last night i started the strip down

Started at 3.15pm...



Finished this bit at 4.45pm...



and all is on it's way to have this first part fitted...


(It's been painted after this pic was taken

I now have a box of bits in the garage with everything to convert to carbs (except the carbs themselves...but they will be here very soon )

Paul is hopefully starting the porting/polishing this afternoon The difference between the exhaust ports and the manifold was substantial...but not for long!!

Fuel pump and accumulator will be off tonight and should have the new pump mounted by the time the garage closes. Then Wednesday i'm hoping to get all the fuel associated bits mounted in the engine bay and get the manifold wrapped. Then it's a case of fabricating a cold air scoop for under the bonnet. The heater Matrix and fan unit will be gone from inside the car which will leave me a nice bit of space in the scuttle panel.

Things should be moving quickly Going to give the wiring a tidy up inside the bay to make it look a bit neater and not quite so cluttered.

Coilovers just arrived

quick update...

Fuel pump is mounted and wired in, head is apart, porting has begun, valves are part way through cleaning and rocker cover is painted.

Pics and an update tomorrow.

sounds like christmas for you today mike

Lupton_20vt wrote:

sounds like christmas for you today mike

Felt like it too

Small update for today...

Here is a pic of the head...some porting has been done on each exhaust port...more to go and then the polishing (just forgot to take a before pic though :()



Rocker cover painted yesterday



Exhaust manifold half wrapped (ran out of wrap...will order more tomorrow )



Rear coilovers fitted...



the height at the rear without it settling yet



Think the front needs doing now



Will be raising the front and the back up enough to run the 14inch steels for a while and so i can get it on/off the trailer.

Expect more tomorrow