'93 Golf GTi 2.Slow
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same to yourself Chris. Although tbh I'd be happy just lowering the back lol
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Bit of an update of the daily front.
Lost my big pimping multispoke 17s after a blowout and cracking one. It was gona be £100 to weld it and stick on a new tyre so I picked up some VR6 BBS rims with tyres for the same money.
As much as I hated the 17s I liked how they sat but alas they're in clearways and rocking 15s. Still need to drop the rear.
Connor
Lost my big pimping multispoke 17s after a blowout and cracking one. It was gona be £100 to weld it and stick on a new tyre so I picked up some VR6 BBS rims with tyres for the same money.
As much as I hated the 17s I liked how they sat but alas they're in clearways and rocking 15s. Still need to drop the rear.
Connor
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I've a right bit to update with Otis the Mk3's journey through life.
Once the tyres on the VR wheels wore out @jirvine75 had some too cheap to pass up mk4 steels with good Bridgestones so on they went. Shown with and without jazzy wheel trims.
@Dominoka and I bought a 3dr shell from @Fatman with some lovely bits on it (polybushed VR6 rear beam, full VR6 brake set up with under 1000miles etc) so I took the 288mm brakes to replace my 280s and she took the rest
With MOT coming up and a soft part behind each sill to patch (no shock with a mk3 ffs) curiosity got the better of me and I removed the rear arch trims to find this
Seeing this I assumed the inner arches would be gone so I ordered some replacement outers in work and would make the inners. Once the outers where cut out I discovered the inners where almost 100% so I replaced the outers, panel beat the lip up round to gain clearance incase I ever wanted to fit wider wheels and sealed the ***** out of them. Wee mid welding pic:
With the VR6 brakes fitted front and back, new handbrake cables, 4 new tyres on the VR6 wheels, coilovers in the back, sills and arches sorted and a new window regulator thanks to a snapped cable I headed off to Fermoy for the VAGE show and it was great to have the wee 8v back on the road:
This is where @ChrisL was fairly accurate with this statement:
My good friend Matt then gave me this single wiper kit for the Golf which I love:
And now for the best bit:
A few months back I bought an OBD1 VR6 conversion from a fella in Downpatrick as it came up at good money and I was just going to sit on it til I took the notion to fit it.
@Dominoka got me a Jetex half system for Christmas and I decided it was time. So we took into stripping it. We'd never done a VR swap before but with my car being an early one it needed the pedal box swapped which was a steering column out job. That was fun but not as fun as replacing the cut rad hoses and fixing the loom where rather unplugging them they were cut or ripped out but thankfully all was fixable but cost a few hours of time:
and a broken @Fatman sitting on the VR engine:
Once all wiring was run we gingerly tried to fire it up expecting fire (or the very strong possibility of a very noisy timing chain). It fired first time with no fire and no noises at all. Tomorrow I'll fit the front panel, battery and driveshafts and new exhaust etc. I'm waiting on a new throttle cable from VW which will be here Monday.
The eagle eyed of you may have spotted we didnt refit the power steering. I don't like it at all so took the time to do away with it. In the case of the VR set up you can remove the pump and simple run a shorter belt. WIN!
I've a video of it running with no exhaust I'll try upload soon.
Connor
Once the tyres on the VR wheels wore out @jirvine75 had some too cheap to pass up mk4 steels with good Bridgestones so on they went. Shown with and without jazzy wheel trims.
@Dominoka and I bought a 3dr shell from @Fatman with some lovely bits on it (polybushed VR6 rear beam, full VR6 brake set up with under 1000miles etc) so I took the 288mm brakes to replace my 280s and she took the rest
With MOT coming up and a soft part behind each sill to patch (no shock with a mk3 ffs) curiosity got the better of me and I removed the rear arch trims to find this
Seeing this I assumed the inner arches would be gone so I ordered some replacement outers in work and would make the inners. Once the outers where cut out I discovered the inners where almost 100% so I replaced the outers, panel beat the lip up round to gain clearance incase I ever wanted to fit wider wheels and sealed the ***** out of them. Wee mid welding pic:
With the VR6 brakes fitted front and back, new handbrake cables, 4 new tyres on the VR6 wheels, coilovers in the back, sills and arches sorted and a new window regulator thanks to a snapped cable I headed off to Fermoy for the VAGE show and it was great to have the wee 8v back on the road:
This is where @ChrisL was fairly accurate with this statement:
Looks tidy, I await to see you cave and modify this alot
My good friend Matt then gave me this single wiper kit for the Golf which I love:
And now for the best bit:
A few months back I bought an OBD1 VR6 conversion from a fella in Downpatrick as it came up at good money and I was just going to sit on it til I took the notion to fit it.
@Dominoka got me a Jetex half system for Christmas and I decided it was time. So we took into stripping it. We'd never done a VR swap before but with my car being an early one it needed the pedal box swapped which was a steering column out job. That was fun but not as fun as replacing the cut rad hoses and fixing the loom where rather unplugging them they were cut or ripped out but thankfully all was fixable but cost a few hours of time:
and a broken @Fatman sitting on the VR engine:
Once all wiring was run we gingerly tried to fire it up expecting fire (or the very strong possibility of a very noisy timing chain). It fired first time with no fire and no noises at all. Tomorrow I'll fit the front panel, battery and driveshafts and new exhaust etc. I'm waiting on a new throttle cable from VW which will be here Monday.
The eagle eyed of you may have spotted we didnt refit the power steering. I don't like it at all so took the time to do away with it. In the case of the VR set up you can remove the pump and simple run a shorter belt. WIN!
I've a video of it running with no exhaust I'll try upload soon.
Connor
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Nice work Connor and co.
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Cheers Ian
Well just over a week of half days and on/off working at it its finally on the road. I still need to throw my filter and front splitter on and stick 2 dash panels back in but I'm very happy to have it out.
A few pics of the car and of the Jetex system (which is a lot more OEM looking than the box that was on the car). The exhaust consists of the standard manifold and downpipes into a steel decat pipe then to a Jetex cat back with twin tips.
And a video from the (private of course) lane to my workshop for the noise
Ignore my 8v rev counter having a 6 cylinder fitConnor
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Fair feckin play lad! But..... Spacers required!
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I've 10 mm spacers there but I couldn't be ****ed throwing them in this morning. I'll have to though. Although new wheels would be a better call.Fair feckin play lad! But..... Spacers required!
Aye that's the original 8v clocks acting like they're on disco biscuits cos it's reading from a 6 cylinder engine now. I've a set coming shortly
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Bit of a sleeper now with the GTI badges love it!
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Aye it's the exact same externally. Should have came from factory like this. I think in the states they got the 8v (altho different engine code) and vr6 as gtis but no 16v. U working tomorrow?
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Yeah but working at home and free at lunch time.
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I'm off myself. Mind if I call out for bita craic? If so drop me a text when suits u.
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***big turbo time
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Ha I think turbo time is a long way away
I was sorting a few niggles last night. One of which was a broken post on the coilpack. This was annoying me as they're dear to replace at over £100 and this one works fine bar the broken bit.
So I broke out an old distributor cap and removed a post from it then cut grooves in with to key it for grip
Out came the hot glue gun and it was glued into place.
Works 100% so well happy
Connor
I was sorting a few niggles last night. One of which was a broken post on the coilpack. This was annoying me as they're dear to replace at over £100 and this one works fine bar the broken bit.
So I broke out an old distributor cap and removed a post from it then cut grooves in with to key it for grip
Out came the hot glue gun and it was glued into place.
Works 100% so well happy
Connor
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So thinking a new engine was me giving in to the modding bug we've seen nothing yet.
I attempted a bit of a coast run with Brian and the girlfriends but the sump couldn't take any more beatings so by Cushendall we'd to turn back and nurse it home.
I parked it up with plan to fix it the following weekend. When we came up we discovered a rat had got in the car and ate some teacakes we'd had with us. As annoyed as I was about the teacakes the ****er got in through the bulk head chewing through a wiring loom then chewed my carpet, door cards, unmarked seats and parcel shelf.
Gutted was an understatement. I ripped the full interior out and burned everything bar the dash which got stripped and disinfected.
I've got a new interior for the car (more on that later) but I started thinking it'd be a good idea to strip the shell for paint as it currently lets the car down even tho I love the colour. So as of last night it looks like this. Should I be worried?
I'm waiting on glass removal tools to cut the windows out for paint.
I've also bought some hockey pucks to lift the engine so no more sump problems and I've some nice bits on their way from America too so I'll post some more pics when that happens.
#dubshedprep?
I attempted a bit of a coast run with Brian and the girlfriends but the sump couldn't take any more beatings so by Cushendall we'd to turn back and nurse it home.
I parked it up with plan to fix it the following weekend. When we came up we discovered a rat had got in the car and ate some teacakes we'd had with us. As annoyed as I was about the teacakes the ****er got in through the bulk head chewing through a wiring loom then chewed my carpet, door cards, unmarked seats and parcel shelf.
Gutted was an understatement. I ripped the full interior out and burned everything bar the dash which got stripped and disinfected.
I've got a new interior for the car (more on that later) but I started thinking it'd be a good idea to strip the shell for paint as it currently lets the car down even tho I love the colour. So as of last night it looks like this. Should I be worried?
I'm waiting on glass removal tools to cut the windows out for paint.
I've also bought some hockey pucks to lift the engine so no more sump problems and I've some nice bits on their way from America too so I'll post some more pics when that happens.
#dubshedprep?
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Anybody remember #Ultimatedubsprep2011 ?
This was a unfortunate chain of events but it'll make the car. Can't wait for the changes. May call up tonight if I get a chance
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