Contact member GLIDN he purchased it from me and hasnt used it
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Contact member GLIDN he purchased it from me and hasnt used it
Cheers.
Made it in to 13.5 on a different track (worse track / horribly narrow) 650m above sea level lake taupo motorsport park running semis on the front need to adjust the suspension some more...
Last weekend we had the Oldschool car club Drag day on saturday which had all sorts of cool old **** featured.
However
It has become apparent unless I get some more Traction and Sort my tune...
She is now Legitimately Road Legal (Certified) and has made an appearance at a few local drag meets
Its invoked a few different emotions from various people, but mostly has been received...
So it has been a little while since an update on this wee beast
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Well its been running, exceptionally well.
Datalogging has...
I made the Side exit exhaust which takes a few minutes to swap between one exhaust and the other. using a V band clamp.
also heat wrapped the lower section of the down pipe, to protect the CV...
Something like that...... hahahaha
Thanks mate, just takes too much spare time and idle hands haha
The Golf R is just the Daily Driver, its a nice car I dont want to ruin it tinkering.
Stock she was boring 60hp 1.6 lol
with the 140hp it was rad.
Cheers man...
there is a fair bit of flex in there the silicone joiners aren't stupidly stiff like some of the other joiners you can find out there..
you can grab the pipes and move em around a...
Fast forward to Last week where the following all happened, this brings everything up to date....
July 2016 – Progress stalled again around here, due to lots of other goings on in life ...
June 2016 More progress.
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Just pictures for attention
but the Support bracket for the bottom of the turbo to tie it to the Engine block and help the poor...
Did another hour on the setup today
Just stiching it all together bit by bit hoping it doesnt warp to much!
Heres the new Garret VNT turbo on the left Vs the old one peice teeny tiny little...
April it all came apart again...
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My mate gave me a hand to yank the engine back out this evening. 1 hour from start to finish wasn't too bad we thought.
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February 2016
Mate of a mate did some pretty photos for me.
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December fast rolled around and progress had stalled in the mean time.
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- Engine is back in, starts and...
September 2015 Came around and more **** got done
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Bit more necessary but dumb **** today.
Mounting the Electronic throttle to the...
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2016/09/20150715_204144_zpsl5foqyxf-1.jpg
Just a few little things after work today.
Started to weed thru the Sticky cluster **** of...
I haven't posted much here in the last little while but thought I would share my other toy that I have been fixing up.
Be as it may, this was a parts bin special. I had some stuff laying around...
and Mission Complete
Drives Excellent, LSD seems to work well. and the EFI just works beautifully.
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Swap complete... drives beautifully. plain and simply good....
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2014/04/E63A61CF86194934A499A397C83EFD1D_zpsfvfp-1.jpg
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Yea ? and put the new one back in?
that rope has lifted many of engine and gearbox combo...
Several VR6s, and a whole bunch other ****... never a problem
I think of it more as stupidity...
Small update: Another new Engine (ABF) and a 02A with a LSD...
Purchased a Golf 3 16V last year with a Minter engine and gearbox as donor parts for the MK2.
also got a 02A OBX LSD
K-Jet had...
Sorry it took so long to reply..
I still have the bumpers stashed at a mates place. the arches are gone.. thou they were pretty poked from abuse...