Club G40 Forum
Club G40 => Photos and videos => Topic started by: grungeisdead on April 04, 2011, 01:33:07 pm
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Yo, thought id stick this up here, as its soon to be charged,
Original Post from when I purchased the car
Good Points:
One of the earliest 13OO Sport coupes in this country
The Polo coupe S was Introduced in 1985. The car you are bidding for was registered in February of that year.
Purchase bill present and the car cost £5299.
Full 'sports' trim which included sports seats, rev counter, twin-lamp grille, 3-spoke steering wheel and 'sports' styling.
Full service history.
All bills since new (36)This includes service bills.
All Log books and manuals .
4 Previous Owners
Bad Points:
Wipers will not come on
The car has a new battery but only starts from Jump Leads
Car will not tick over (Either air intake pipe is split or Idele speed/ choke needs looking at)
Needs a good machine polish
Comments:
Picking this lil beasty at the weekend, will get it mot'd and tax'd pronto and itll be a daily driver while I take my golf gti off the road for some remedial work (Clutch, Crankshaft oil seal & welding)
Plans:
Machine Polish
Mot & Tax
Cheap Lowering kit or buy my old coupe s back and swap over the 70/60 hnr kit, exhaust and g40 running gear, sell the old coupe s as standard.
Pics:
Exterior
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(http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q104/winter_snowball/BT-fkwBWkKGrHgoH-DoEjlLlzR4BKLOLmUF.jpg)
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(http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q104/winter_snowball/BT-PhBWkKGrHgoH-CEEjlLly3cCBKLOJ-Fq.jpg)
Engine Bay
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(http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q104/winter_snowball/BT-TWQmkKGrHgoH-EYEjlLl0H2jBKLOKBjR.jpg)
Interior
(http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q104/winter_snowball/BT-WcwBGkKGrHgoH-C4EjlLlyhrPBKLOKtZ.jpg)
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So I went to Brecon from Derby to pick the lil beasty up - pics taken by Steve - Yeti
quite apt the colour scheme of the petty station and cars
Steve played catch up for most of the journey
174 miles later it was at the MOT station
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and i was left with a 3 page 40 item list of fail =/
so a month later, the day after the mot was done the car had its first outing at VWNW, Tatton Park
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then at edition 38 - with some new wheels.
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i have a fetish for the OZ "routays"
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and then the quest for more power was sought
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current guise
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winter camo
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Specifications
Model:
1985 Polo Coupe S
Rallye Yellow
Engine:
1.4 16v DOHC
CBR600 Carburettors
Lupo GTI 4 Branch
Lupo Decat downpipe
Straight through stainless system
Scorpion Bike Can Backbox
Suspension:
KW -60mm
GLadersiete ARB Blocks
Powerflex Inner/Outer TCA bushes
Brakes:
VWII Calipers
Black Diamond Discs
Pagid Pads
PSD Braided Hoses
Wheels and Tyres:
OZ Routays 14x7
195/45/14s all round
Exterior Styling:
Monkey hanging off the back
Monkey Grille Badge
Interior Styling:
Standard & Dirty
300mm Momo Team
Snap-Off Boss
Lupo 5spd Gearknob
This month is going to see a derby square light conversion, claspless mk1 polo seatbelts, new front bumper and a rolling road day at Aldon with Club Polo so I should have a figure to report
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new wheels now sold tho
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went to the pod this weekend for vw action, and decided to run the car up the strip. i said to everyone that i would blow the car up, and being a man of my word, i did =D on the 6th and last run of the day
some pics and a video from the weekend
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a run against a plymouth pt cruiser haha
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lp32UBV6YYI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lp32UBV6YYI)
best time was 16.7 out of 5 runs, worst was 17.1
got to have a lil drag race with bluey (liz's mk2 coupe GT too)
vids thanks to Gaz
Saf
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hQ_pxCBSlU (http://"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hQ_pxCBSlU")
Saf vs Liz, Nick vs mk2 Golf
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQxq95PpLR0 (http://"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQxq95PpLR0")
anyway new engines fitted with 200 more cc's and some lairy cams to boot.
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shattered remnants after the pod
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the head looking a little forelorne and stripped of its cams
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anyway this lil beasty failed me early last week
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the machined rod for the relay roller, failed and sheered off, leaving me in the same situation as with the previous engine!
on the plus side, the machinist managed to drill out the relay roller using a beast of a milling machine, so its now a M10 threaded bar which i will be replacing with a hi-tensile bolt.
anyway damage seemed minor, drilled out the sheered end of the rod, fitted new relay roller and retensioned everything up, car wouldnt start up, starter motor just whirrs like mad (tried two and tried smacking it with a hammer) and we tested two cylinders, no compression at all, not even a smidge.
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floor jacks ftw
(http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b12/yousafn/DSC04562.jpg)
stripped it down and she was not a pretty sight, so its game over for that engine, it will be rebuilt and my 2nd lump which has already been cleaned up and honed, is just awaiting piston rings and shells, cams installing and clearances checking and its good to go again!
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on the way to G-dom, utilising the 170bhp lump, removed from my Grey G (seen in the background)
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progressing a bit, battled some of the rain yesterday.
* removed oil breather pod, cleaned out, resealed and refitted
* fitted inlet manifold
* fitted throttle body
* fitted and bolted up all engine mounts
* removed facet fuel pump from drivers wing, to mount induction kit
job list
- fit alternator
- fit intercooler
- fit charger (after rebuilding with new seals)
- fit fuel rail and injectors (after sourcing cap and o-ring)
- fit oil cooler and sammich plate
- fit induction kit
- fit exhaust manifold and system
- fit subframe
- fit 256mm brakes
- find a way to mount the boost hoses
- fit fuel pump and fuel lines
things needed if anyone can help
one long bolt for inlet manifold to head (caphead)
one bolt for ignition coil (to hold against chassis leg)
gasket for TB to inlet manifold
gasket for TB top section to bottom section
rubber o-ring and injector cap(cover) for 250cc injectors. (three pin holes, not 1 like gt's)
a cut out of a mk2 front slam panel, to make a removable section for fitting of the charger
large boost hose from rad top cover to throttle body (ideally mk2, but can bodge a mk3)
CO pot sensor
fuel pump holder/bracket with fuel pump, accumulator, and all fuel lines
in-tank lift pump
wiring from fuel pump to fuse box
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Few updates after a busy bank holiday!
bits done
Fitted full psd exhaust system, gt ported inlet mani, 51mm throttle body, alternator, pps subframe, 256mm brakes, jabbasport induction kit, ecu, ecu loom and made provisions to fit supercharger.
job list
Find a way to mount intercooler ( got a std g one and 3 front
mounts)
Mount oil cooler
Paint up fuel pump bracket and refit with mk3 fuel lines and in-tank lift pumps
Fit throttle cable
Fit charger earth and oil lines
Fit toothie pulley to charger
Few other jobs but mainly tidying up a few bits here n there.
Was hoping to have finished yesterday so I could have made it to elsecar but had to crack on with some garden work and the other two polos needed some tlc ( new centre section on mk3 g and thermostat on 6n2 )
Anyhoo a couple of pics (ecu and loom not fitted in pics)
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Hmmm
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That's one of the reasons, that i chose 2F for my g40! ;D
Where are you planned to put the cooler?
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I've already got a 2F, a polo 1 and 2 x polo 2's.
Just fancied a bit of boost for the yellow peril!
Planning on mounting an intercooler between the cross-member and front panel and making some sort of air ducting to channel the air into the cooler. I dont want any garish pipes or coolers hanging out the front, as they look a bit pap.
If I can get a ally cooler that resembles the same size as the mk2 g40 intercooler, I can get a friend to weld on appropriate end caps
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Fully agree with you for the cooler!! ;)
Keep posting pics , regards!
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cleaned das peril for the first time in 8 months!
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Painted up fuel pump assembly and built up ready to fit with intank pump tomorrow.
Fitted inector rail and mounted oil cooler in the wing, see pics
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Also upon stripping the interior and carpets to lay the fuel pump loom, found a load of surface rust under the rear bench as it was sodden. Props to biglou for the wire brush steez and to karlos for the holesaw flex.
Removed a shitload of sound deadening too as it was soggy and weighed a tonne
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Made provisions for intercooler
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Removed aquamist and guages from the mk3 to mount in the mk2.
Pics of subby
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Brakes
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The interior based fail boo. Gettin cleaned up, etch primered, 2k primed and painted yellow again. :-)
Think you can just see the intank pump
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Fuel pump assembly fitted with self tappers, still gotta put clamp on for pump.
(http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/228444_10150234332061343_511441342_8904650_3688850_n.jpg)
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Fuel lines now all fitted, custom loom made up for fuel pump and coil, with inertia cut-off switch and kill switch. Boost guage, and yellow vdo batt and oil pressure guages fitted. Boost Hoses Fitted. Fitted header tank, washer pump and tank, heater matrix hoses
Rileys picking up the car tomo and we are having a sesh on it at the unit to finish off the last few jobs
* Mount Intercooler
* Fit Toothed Pulley to charger / Fit Charger / Fit Oil Lines + Charger Earth
* Fit Toothed Belt & Tension Charger
* Fit Radiator
* Fit Battery
* Fit longer pipe from ISV to Boost Hose
* Tax
* Tracking
Cmonnn All Types! well looking forward to it!
Anyway a pic for today
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Friday evenings endevaours started late so ended at 6am, back on it the next day about 1 and we were on the road a few hours later, after some smoke fuelled adventures! some pics before fitting the rad, showing the boost hose setup and space limitations in the bay! its toight!
pretty stoked with the IC mounting position!
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bought some exips off matt for the tyres, as i had no useable wheels otherwise, 14x6j exips with 175/50/14s.
cars back home now on my drive and the install is a success, im really happy and the car handles well. the brakes could do with another couple of passes with the brake bleeder , needs the gear-linkage adjusting and the exhaust is knocking against the chassis tunnel, so probably needs twisting round.
the head is still smoking bad, far too much to have driven it to all types for its maiden voyage, but i knew it needed fixing before, but ive had a head refreshed with sodium valves and should have that next week, so ill be whipping the head off, and putting the new head on with the shrick cam. good times!
some pics of the end result
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powaaaaaaaah
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Superb, love the subtlety of the ic mounting, great work. 8)
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thanks mush! :)
rebuilt cylinder head was picked up today, got my aex gasket on order, so should be delivered to work today! got 4 litres of 10w40 part synth castol gtx for a bargain 14 quid from asda, so taking the peril up to the unit today to whip the head off tonight, ready for the refit tomorrow. woop!
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got 4 litres of 10w40 part synth castol gtx for a bargain 14 quid from asda
Get to know your VW parts man better ;-) 5L Synta Silver 10w/40 semi-synthetic can be about £13 ;D
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Thanks mate, never get the chance to get over to VW/TPS however with my working hours, especially not with 2 days notice!
Well annoyed with GSF selling carlube oil now, as they deliver to my work, I get trade prices but teh oil and fluids are now pap!
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with my working hours,
NO COMMENT!!!
Cant wait for the Peril to be up n boosting fully! Not long now!!
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hahahaha you are some superhuman mad working motherfunker tho pidgeon!
i bet you havent even got out of bed yet either?
just annihilated my body with two dommys pizzas nom nom nom
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Stripped the head off yest to see what was occuring!
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Whipped cam out
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Head off car
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Cyl1
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2
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3
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4 mega jank
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Add one headgasket
(http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q104/winter_snowball/2011-05-21160121.jpg)
Mix in a head, shrick cam and some cam lobe lubricant
(http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q104/winter_snowball/2011-05-21170402.jpg)
Et voila, a smoke free engine :-)
(http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q104/winter_snowball/2011-05-22003719.jpg)
Just need a new charger feed line as mine snapped. Doh! Pondering over pilfering it off the grey g tomorrow but it means dismantling my only working car =/
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What gasket are you using? a genuine g40 one? and where did you buy the cam lube?
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It's a metal 6n one that
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Yup a polo aex headgasket made by elrin. Was about 18 quid from gsf.
Camlube came from ben (popdragin) off cp, he did my head rebuild for me :-) from a gt head with double valve springs and a set of g40 exhaust valves
Borrowed the grey g's oil feed line today, cars driving well so im pleased. Gotta look at re-hanging the exhaust as its knocking alot. Nice to be back in it tho!
Couple of pics inc guages and afm. Has anyone got a yellow vdo oil temp guage going spare?
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How did you drive it without the steering wheel? lol ;D
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Yup a polo aex headgasket made by elrin. Was about 18 quid from gsf.
Ok, same as I'm using, just looked slightly different.
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Jez - with great difficulty! Hah
Boris - can get u exact part no if u want :-)
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is that a sheep on the dashboard?
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I think its a goat thing? It came from Mongolia!
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Couple of pics from the manc union meet last sunday
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Tucked up in the unit tonight as I got the grey g back on the road (jon sorted me out a charger feed line) and its now wearing the exips.
Fitting the hnr cup kit this weekend, along with rose jointed steering arms and tca's.
Also undersealing the inner wings and refitting the inner arch liners now I'm positive the boost hoses wont pop off and the oil cooler is free of leaks ( all hidden by arch liners )
Gotta weld up the battery tray and prime and paint the inside too so gonna be busy, but once thats done Ill be sure.the inside is leak free and ready for dynamat and carpet.
Anyway I've been toying with the idea of the interior. Stick with the original striped seats or stick the mk3 g seats in?
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Looking good dude, wish I had come to the meet at weekend now.....
OG seat imo
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Cheers man! Yeah you.shoulda come! Hows your build going?
Ta for seat choice too!
Grey g now back on bbs and standard g40 suspension albeit ta technix rear shocks as the oem ones were dead, and powerflex track control arm and anti roll bar bushes.
Perils now rocking a hnr cup kit with kw rear shocks and rosejointed steering arms and track control arms.
Also stonechipped all the inner arches and refitted the front arch liners.
Couple of pics after the weekends work.
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621 miles on the new head, gonna stick another charger thatwe rebuilt to trial the new oil seals, just gotta get up to 1k on the head.
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finally got my oz routes back on the peril and it got treated to a wash a couple of weeks ago
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exhaust needs rehanging and some fresh rubbers!
cleaned up and etch primed the rear bench so now just gotta weld up the battery tray and i can stick all my interior back in! woop
also treated her to new oil, filter and spark plugs, done 1500 miles since the new head, gonna stick the spare charger on at the weekend and start running that in, after me , pete and adam rebuilt them with some new nitrile seals :)
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We recently embarked on a 4000 mile jaunt across Europe to visit Romania and drive the DN7C - Transfăgărășan Pass.
Travelled to France, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia and Back through Austria, Gemany, Belgium & France.
Over 3859 miles, we managed an average MPG of 38.79, with a max of 50.54 and min of 25.5 which was due to the constant stopping and low speed driving on the poor roads of Serbia! They were an absolute shambles in places. We also managed to guzzle our way through 101 gallons of fuel!
The tracking went out and wore through a set of new 195/45/14s and the smallest size i could find in serbia which was 185/55/14 purely by chance as a tiny pikey tyre shop had some part worns. scrubbing city on the front though
fuel line popped off twice, as i hadnt had a chance to change it before the trip, the worst place was on a massive uphill section on a blind corner, with a truck behind us. not cool! but quickly sorted and off again.
fan needed to be on most the time in the super hot weather but the rad temp switch didnt seem to be working, so a quick rewire and job was done.
A stone got stuck in my disc in Serbia after stopping to ask for directions, whipped the wheel off and sorted it, and we've carried the jammy wee get the whole way home
also had to drive through a massive flood water in bulgaria that went half way up my bumper! but abandoned and found another way round. cleaned my wheels but arghhhhhhhh
heres a few of my fave pics of the peril from the journey
Dover
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Pitstop in a German Layby
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Got to Stuttgart
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En Route to Romania
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Caught up with some Mongol Rallyiers
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The road up the North Side of the Transfăgărășan Pass
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Admiring the view
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The reason were here
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Final Destination Much?
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Sibiu, Romania
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On a Ferry Crossing from Romania to Bulgaria
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KRK Island, Croatia
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Amazing!
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That's fucking blinding! Nothing less. Best travel post by far.
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Cheers man was scary at points but epic none the less!
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Border patrol, Bulgaria to Serbia
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Sorting a stone stuck in the brake disc in Serbia
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Couple of pics from Tatton park a couple of days after returning back from our holiday.
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The trip had taken its toll on the old girl, so it got a bit of tlc this weekend.
Fitted a new lambda, fuel pump and supercharger.
Also remounted the alternator as it had come loose, the bracket id used before wasnt really suitable so after a bit of fettling ive now managed to get the belt properly tensioned and have full boost again! Woohoo!
Also replaced the stage 3 subframe with a stage2 one with gladersiete blocks, as the stage 3 is going on the turbo.
Got some 195/40s coming for the front too woop!
Just need to get the battery tray welded up and then I can get a few bits etch primed and get the car into the bodyshop for a lick of paint!
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wooow perfect trip !!!! and hell yea you were in my country !!! You passed Croatia !!!
And... what do you think about it?
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Croatia is amazin! That and Slovenia are two of my fav countries. We we travelled to plitvice jezera last year to visit the national park there, and it was the most beautiful place ive ever been by far! So many vws there too, mk2 golfs a plenty! Didnt was any mk1s unfortunatly!
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MK1 is not rare in Croatia. In town called Karlovac I know at least 10 of them
Plitvice lakes are nice but lot of people just spoil the nature.
Try to look for Kornati national park or national park Krka. you'll see the beauty.
If you'll come next year send me email nd will find you good accomodation nd give you few tips ;)
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Probably a long shot, but do you still have the steelies that were on the 1st picture for sale??
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A'uro - Mk1 Polos or Golfs? We saw loads of Mk1 Golfs, we drove through in 2010 in a cabby mk1 golf and had a few chats with owners, got pics of about 10. We drove through Karlovac, I stopped to take a pic of a few there.
Didnt see a single Mk1 polo on either of our two road-trips.
Dan - nah scrapped the coupe s steels many moons ago
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Ak ok. Thanks for the reply :)
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beauty ;)
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quote author=grungeisdead link=topic=6499.msg55535#msg55535 date=1325864008]
A'uro - Mk1 Polos or Golfs? We saw loads of Mk1 Golfs, we drove through in 2010 in a cabby mk1 golf and had a few chats with owners, got pics of about 10. We drove through Karlovac, I stopped to take a pic of a few there.
Didnt see a single Mk1 polo on either of our two road-trips.
Dan - nah scrapped the coupe s steels many moons ago
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I was thinking on MK1 Golfs but also Polos still can be found. My neigbhour hs one
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After getting the peril back onto some wheels and refitting the rear shocks so I could roll the peril around I decided to whip off the head after 6 months off the road ( broke something whilst in front of an s3 at silly speeds )
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Holy moly!
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Slammed rear as there's no springs fitted at the moment, still have to repair the thread on my hnr kit before I can put them back on.
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Plan now is to whip the engine out
Split the box
Paint new block ( that's sitting in the boot ) and gearbox black
Fit new oil pump, water pump and toothed pulley to new block
Paint rear water pump
Replace the helix organically lined clutch with a 4 paddle helix I've got
Clean engine bay
Unwrap engine loom and extend some wires so they are a lot cleaner in the bay
Cut out additional sections of the front panel and cross member for better airflow
Mount aquamist kit
Ideally I'd like to give the bay a lick of paint, I'll see if we've got a compressor by then.
Body wise I need to
Strip out all seats and rear carpet
Remove the fibreglass repair on the battery tray we did 2 or 3 years ago and weld up
Redo the welding on the lower rear sill that was patched for the first mot it had in my ownership
Drop the tank, strip back the paint and rust from under the rear floor and axle mounts and check the state of the filler neck panels, repair if ness
Replace breather hose for something rubber with a grommet through the body panel
Zinc etch prime, paint and underseal the floor and all other welded areas
Fit my powder coated gt rear axle, new fuel tank, new in tank lift pump.
Reunderseal front and rear inner arches
Refit lower sill trims
Clean up spots of rust on front panel and edges of wings
Fit new inner door membranes
Only bits I need to buy is a bit of paint and a wideband lambda
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Yay for the weekend so more could commence.
Friday saw the interior coming out so I can inspect the floor, remove all the sound deadening and check for rust
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Battery tray fibreglass removed exposing a standard rusty polo behaviour
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Saturday saw the car stuck up on axle stands, wings, sill trims and arch trims and bumper removed
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Handbrake cables, rear axle, rear axle mounts, fuel tank and rear half of exhaust removed
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Crispy drivers side rear lower arch
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Breather hole in the inner arch
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Inside of filler flap
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Tomorrow I'll start stripping back all the underseal on the rear floor and cut out all the bad metal.
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Attacked some underseal on monday
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yesterday's endeavours on both front inner wings
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painted it up with epoxy mastic last night after cleaning up the last few bits
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quite impressed with the paint, even if i am an absolute spacker. used two measuring spoons, so i didnt mix the two paints, and ended up mixing the spoons!
what a spoon!
tonight i will be cutting more out of my battery tray, yesterday removed a load of the wax and loose bits of metal to find out the extent of the rot.
decided I'm going to paint the front panel too as some bits are annoying me on it now and i need to make some additional holes for airflow.
might drop the engine tonight if i can be bothered!
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Nice work Saf.
I'm tempted to remove the front wings on mine so I can do the same. Which epoxy mastic did you use and how did you apply it? Spoon?!! ;D
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used epoxy mastic 121 mate and painted on with a brush. you can see brush marks after the first coat, 2nd coat when still tacky soaks in and loses the brush marks and it dries into one massive super coat. its nigh on impossible to chip and will be hard to sand back but thats a good thing!
started stripping down the battery tray to ascertain the extent of the rot so i can start making repair panels, and decided to do the front panel as well at its always had bits of surface rust that have annoyed me and i need to make some more IC airflow
spoons ftl haha i need some proper measuring equipment and i think were gonna get a compressor on a vat free day at machinemart so we can start spraying stuff!
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anyway been a while since I've done anything on the mk2 and i had some paint mixed up from doing the golf, so i got the drivers arch painted up.
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and then i got carried away, buzzing after adams toothied g40 buzz into life it made me miss the ol' girl! so i'm on a big push on this at the minute. so inevitably it hard to start at the rotten rear axle mount
stripped off most of the underseal away from the arch and with a varying assortment of wire brushes.
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cut away a section of the outer sill that was rotten - the lower part, and then the higher section, in order to allow for better access for a repair.
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i need to get something like a dremel to cut some of the rotten metal out from the inner arch, and cut out the rusty breather pipe which I'm going to replace with some flexi pipe and grommet.
any suggestions on a dremely type tool. are they useless for cutting steel in awkward places or would i better off with an air powered jobbie?
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It depends how much cutting you have to do Saf, I wouldn't want to use a Dremel for more than about 10cm of 1-1.5mm steel - you'd be forever changing the little discs with their infuriatingly small securing screw. Nightmare.
Is there anything that's like a very small angle grinder, that isn't a Dremel?
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dremel with a carbide burr can remove metal fast-ish
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Doing it with dremmys is a pain in the arse lad for the very reasons you mentioned. And with old rusty cars being my staple diet I'm gonna have my fair share of bits to cut out in awkward places!
I thought of a burr thing but I want all the cuts to be neat and straightish, makes the repair panels easier to make and the bits cut out make great templates for repair pieces
I got an air nibbler and air cut off saw ( 3 inch angle grinders ) read on to see the results :)
You would not believe how many wire stands I pulled out my hair last night. The worst was one that was embedded in my wrist! Caned pulling that one out!
Armed with some new tools I set about cutting out the rot on the inner panel
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And removed the breather pipe, the mess next to it was the mess that came out the middle of it! I need to cut open my fuel filter to see what was picked up in there!
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Wasn't overly impressed with the grinder cut off tool thing, took ages literally ages to cut a few small sections, the compressor needs to fill after using it for a minute at most think lack of ptfe tape on the joins didn't help, must remember to pick some up tomorrow. First time I've used the comp we got anyway. Need to find a gigtasaurus tank!
Going to have a go at spraying the epoxy mastic on this arch, while the panels are cut open I can give all the cavitys a good dousing!