Mk1 Golf Gti, wannabe racer!!

CaddyRage wrote:

Thanks to guy for the use of his mig gas, i got my rear panel on

Mate, you're most welcome.

MK1G60 wrote:

Nice1 mate, did you get much done today?

Yes mate. Got the panel totally welded up and ready for grindy grindy. Just the arches to finish off by the sills now

guy wrote:

Mate, you're most welcome.

Cheers man

First batch of a few things i've had blasted and powder coated.



Thanks for ferrying them back and fourth in ya ute Si

My opening quarter windows finally turned up today from the US


Will go in the golf til my caddy gets put back together

Lovely!!!

Nice , they clear or green tint?

matty_mk1 wrote:

Nice , they clear or green tint?

Green tint mate. Pretty sure same as my golf. May look in to having clear glass cut for them

Loving the quarters

Pic's of my ABF engine i stripped last sunday





Going to clean it all all up, paint then rebuild

Swish

sweet lee

Small update
Not done as much as i'd of liked due to the cold or being side tracked by other things. Few pic's though

Welded a couple of baffles in the sump


New oil pump and windage tray fitted


Cut and re-positioned an alloy kr front water flange so that it would clear the carbs. Then had it tigged up


Painted the block and sump in engine enamel


Awaiting on parts to turn up now

Nice and fresh dude

Had some deliveries

Mocal 13 row oil cooler with thermostatic sandwich plate and stainless pipes


Box of much needed engine parts. Some i had already
Water pump and mk1/2 bottom flange
Metal head gasket
Head bolts
Cambelt and tensioner
AGG code Auxillary belt
Lupo gti oil filter
Rocker cover gasket although i been sent the wrong 1 as KR gasket does'nt work with ABF rocker cover

Engines looking good dude! Nice to see some attention to detail

Water pump flange, is that the plastic one for the bottom? I need one can I have a photo please and part number dude don't some come out at different angles?

Cheers man

I'am on my phone so I've texted ya a link to the flange

Little update. Spent last weekend on the car.

Welding pretty much done
Rear arches rolled
Wire wheeled most of the rear, rest will get done when I have the car on a rotisserie
Started seam sealing, bit more to do

Should be painting in por15 at the weekend

Underside of the car and rear wheel arches are now painted in por15. Will do the rest of the underside at a later date, maybe next winter.



Also sorted the fuel filler hole before refitting the rear coilovers and exhaust back box.




While its been raining, i got my VR front brakes painted and also set about repairing the Black corrado fronts seats.

Sorted the Drivers by replacing the back part as the tilt lever was broken then used the Foam from a passenger seat to sort the bolsters out. The original black material was fine so they are both in good shape now.

Rado seats have extra plates on the rear subframe legs which tend to catch the carpet on mk1's so i set about removing them. Was at this time that i looked at chopping more metal out that was not actually needed.

Original rado subframe


And what i did


I actually weighed them and have managed to lose just under 1kg per subframe. Could've been more but my local DIY store did'nt have any Metal hole saws in stock.

Gave them a damn good hoovering(dog hair) and a clean with autoglym upholstery cleaner. Could do witha wet vac to make better though.

Now fitted after i totally hoovered the car out of all the crap thats been flying about since i took it of the road.

yeah your right lee.

i cant have fancy mats in the back of my black mk2 as they dont fit/slide under my rado seats

Nice work dude

Fuel filler neck is now on so underside is now sorted for time being.

Other than me fitting the new front brakes and refitting the rear lights, technical it'll be ready for an MOT

Damn man, looks like I'm guna be the last back on the road at this rate...

Good job by the way...

Finished work at 5 so i thought i'd make a start on the brakes while it was still light.

All was going well til the copper brake line on the passenger side twisted so i'll need to knock up another. No biggy really

I then refit the wheel to find that it rubs on the VR/G60 caliper Looks like it could be the stainless BBS RM bolts as they are slightly longer than original OZ turbo bolts.

Dont fancy running spacers on the front so it looks like i going to order a stack of dremel cutting disc's and trim down the bolts in the back of the front wheels

MK1G60 wrote:

Damn man, looks like I'm guna be the last back on the road at this rate...

Good job by the way...

LOL, i still got paint to sort

I am ahead of my target for getting it sorted though so i may even start the filler prep work at home

Damn all this progress from all you bum boys comes on quickly!

Can't wait to get some thing sold so i can order all the bits for the beetle! Brooooooom tsssssh, broooooom tsssssh