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Where did you buy the subframe thing from? Coupe S looks great on the OZ's I Bought it from Polo Performance Services, there is a similar product offered by Polo Performance Parts too, both Uk based companies, which are akin to the german salzmann subframe conversion
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dude you know what I think of this thing! left eye lopez take 2 !! ive still got that shop I di of a red coupe aaages ago. I need a daily too, hmm now youve got me thinking! put the potatochop in here dude, did you make that hat, cos if you did i want it haha, and you should fix the crashbot and rock it out, char would love it rockin her art on the roads again =]
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Had a productive xmas/new years spell - Tidied up Stereo Wiring and got the power ariel working on a switch - Tidied up harness pre tensionier wiring - Ordered HnR Cup Kit 70/60 and G-Ladersiete Outer TCA Polybushes - Got a new glovebox as my ones fubarred - Got 2 bare mk3 struts which I'm going to wire-brush, paint and get new vag bearings pressed in - Went on a 300 mile round trip for pick up a full custom exhaust that was fitted on a mk2 loon for 60 miles and fitted that with the help of friends, chopped down the tailpipe as it stuck out miles. not decided on where i want the final chop to be and if I'm going for an upswept. But its a straight-through mid section with single silencer and sounds amazing =] we picked up the banded steelies too, they are proper nice and were welded by a qualified engineer and welder, happy days. they will be coming to a very special vw, not one of mine however but on loan to a very good friend smart right angled valves
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I recognise that caddy, hoppygti.
Nice projects mate, MMmmmm them wheels look like nova steelies to me ?
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lovely collection of dubs there dude, the polo's coming on very nicely and i like the sound of your plans, cant go far wrong!
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cheers mucker =D Well with the help of Karl and Yeti, we managed to get the following fitted over the last couple of days. PPS Subframe/Wishbone Conversion HnR Cup Kit 60/60 10mm Lowering Top Caps G40 Track Control Arms with G-Ladersiete Bushes G40 Steering Rack Bracket, Steering Arms & Damper I'll get to feel the real benefits when i get it tracked up tomorrow and I'm not used to the steering damper, it makes the steering feel far lighter, tis like power steering *bleurgh* I'm sure alot of that lightness will be removed when the tracking is set bang on, and ill just have to get used to it, but i think i might take it off in a month or so and see the difference it makes on its own. Right pictures time, unfortunatly as i ran out of battery i didnt take any of the subframe fitted from underneath, or during the fitting of the steering arms and damper (as its not very interesting :lol:) one bare mk3 underside yeti man showing us one of the 1001 uses of a vice =D front strut built up with g40 tca karl and me had to enlarge two of the holes on the passenger side arb mounting point as it was about 2.5mm. We first had the worlds smallest file, then moved on to a big curse word drill and an even bigger drill bit and that was soon elongated enough in the right direction old rear shocks new shocks and springs fitted Its a good job this lot was replaced as the existing suspension setup was pooned, every shock was buggered and both tca arb bushes were well past thier bests, also to say my brake pads and discs were a little thin was the understatement of 2009 :lol: Charamon let me borrow the use of her pads from dennis (her derby) and steve refaced some discs for me, until i can get new bleed nipples for the 256mm brakes as they are pretty much siezed to fook beruit :lol: i will take piccies tomorrow of the car lowered in zee daylight, may even wash it hahaha but heres one for now, with prescillas lil red relative also a note for anyone interested, the banded steels are for sale now, pm me if interested
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Jan 13, 2009 18:32:53 GMT
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some pics in the daylight, car got its first hoover ever hahaha, it was like beruit since i use the floor as an ashtray since vw didnt decide to give the driver an ashtray on the right, grr
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Feb 15, 2009 20:38:34 GMT
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Well I've had a little coupe s as a daily runner for the last few months, its done me nearly 6k faultless miles and gone through many changes from this to this with this rather nice list of goodies HnR Cup Kit - 60/60 PPS Subframe & Wishbone Conversion 10mm Lowering Top Caps G40 Steering Damper G40 Tie Rods G40 TCAs G-Laderseite TCA Polybushes 14 x 7 OZ Routes + 195/45/14 Pirelli's Homebrew Rear Light Tints similar to Late Mk3 Spec Removed Rub Strips Custom S/S Exhaust - Single silencer system with straight through centre section, built by Custom Exhausts in Cymbran. Cat 2 Alarm / Immobiliser But then someone decided to put a mk1 golf gti small light up for swaps, so hes having the coupe s with std interior so i get to keep my bucket seats, harnesses and pretensioners and the subframe/wishbone conversion, straight swap but I'm putting 6 months tax on it its a bit rotten in places but I've got all the neccessary repair panels and its taxed and tested for a year nearly so ill be able to drive it to me welder woop woop itll be my first golf again since this happened :lol:
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Feb 15, 2009 20:39:02 GMT
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well this weekend was a bit of an epic one. down to d-town after work friday for a chiller sesh with chazbots, karl and steve. Saturday was fuelled by the best chilli bean, cheese and beans jacket potato, me and karl stripped the wee coupe of the subframe, stuck the old anti roll bar on and put the std interior back in, was a very chilled out affair and despite it being freezing after 5 minutes of working we were well toasty so all was good and we set off home for a beast of a lasagne and some motherfuckin 51st state =D soo sunday morning and the mission commenced part1 was the trip down to wiltshire, 140 miles, epic amounts of snow, some huge hills, ice made driving on non main roads interesting to say the least and karl had to push us as we got beached at one point. reverse rake merc, fuxxored the petrol station car park, the dealer forecourt and car park was amusing look at the snow on the roof :lol: some nice scenery we hit 120k =D good bye old friend old n new hello new friend the monkey finds a new home wooop we made it to gios in cov and i made it home in one piece back to manc --- things that need looking at fuel guage not working headlight bubls need changing and uprated headlight loom exhaust manifold gaskets need replacing tracking needs doing rust treatment and welding fuel pump relay wiring needs a switch putting in adn the wiring looking at runs fine but needs the wire bridging earth wiring for fuel beams and sometimes the brake with causes the radio to flick on and off, steering column earth possibly bar that the car is fantastic, rapid and its good to be back in a mk1 goof again
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Feb 15, 2009 20:39:32 GMT
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bwahahaha ben you schlagamon =D stripped the interior out to inspect the floor and its all pretty sweet, took the door card off on the passenger rear qtr and the rust damage is too bad on the inside, so i think I'm just going to get that portion cut out and plated for now, same goes for the rear panel, there was a previous section by the passenger light on the inner side that had been plated but again its gone rusty there, i may be able to clean it up, por15 it and top coat it, ill do the leading edge of the boot too as its got some surface rust. the biggest job but still an easy one for a decent weler will be replacing the filler neck surround but its single skinned there so its all good a need a repair panel from the muppet can live on in this one =D while that sides getting welded ill have popped the rear window out to clean up and have the bit of surface rust painted or welded if its rotton further under the seal. anyway hoovered out the car, carpets are mint everywhere bar the drivers side doh! ill eventually get round to replacing it, rock it for as long as poss then go for some netwon commercial plush carpets mmmmmmm fitted the corbeaus in with the std claspless belts, not going to put the harnesses in this one i don't think as the claspless ones are well cool. need to grab the recaro bases and golf mk2 subframes i have and go see jase to see if he can weld them up. oh and upon opening the inspection plate i found these two, grim and grimmer.
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Feb 15, 2009 20:39:56 GMT
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saturdayWoke up at 12 and met Jimsiss and his mate at the unit at 1. sorted out james a megasquirt (an ecu not a shady spunkface in the corner) and then proceed to whip off the exhaust system and inlet manifold off the golf, ready for a 4 branch and magnex stainless steel system that would be arriving with the new mk1 golf. That was a curse word mission and a half and in the end i ended up making it meet mr angle grinder. the mk1 golf was collected at 3 =O lazy bastards i thought they were gonna get it at 10 grrrrrrrrr so it came to me at 7. got the 4 branch on (eventually, one bolt was being a reet can't), inlet manifold unfortunatly when i took it off the inlet manifold gasket was goosed and i had no spare, or any hermatite! ghey, bodged anyway. rest of the exhaust system fitted, the middle section was easy, and all the rubbers went on a treat after some kettle action, but the rear was a curse word as its a golf and its over teh axle! gheyors. after curse word about for time i just did some rather precarious uber jacking and it was one, hurrah. good to go then to the gangsters ball hurrah, pack everything up, lock everythign way, put curse word in the car, get changed, get in the car, start her up. wont idle and tappety like a mother nice person when revving. grrrrrrrrr beruity inlet manifold gasket =[ my phone battery ran out at like 7 o clock so fitted the 4 branch, inlet manifold, exhaust, anti roll bar was all done in near enough darkness under the car so it took me aaaages grrr, probably why i missed the fact the gasket was so fooked. so thought curse word it if i cant get to d-towns then I'm not sleeping over night at the unit cos i cant phone anyone for help, so ill try and get back home, hoping i didnt break down on one of the country lanes! finally got in at ten to 1. baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaastards. one a plus note the exhaust looks the curse word and sounds sweet. hope gsfs open tomorrow or i have an inlet manifold gasket in the house. gayors sundaywent to the unit and got an inlet manifold off a spare dx engine in the unit, car will idle fine now, but still tapping on idle and acceleration. going to retard? the engine a bit to see if i can stop the pinking (if it is that) otherwise i may have to suspect that the tappets need replacing, or are being starved of oil? so the impending plans are the following, probably this weekend new oil pump new cambelt new cambelt tensioner and still need a replacement windscreen (anyone?) got pictures of the grot spots, sent them to a few friends to see if they can help out asap. if your a mobile welder and fancy a go gimme a shout =] and piccies of the exhaust fitted. i could have shut the door haha and the golf meets another kindred
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Feb 15, 2009 20:58:23 GMT
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oouch for that green mk1 ! what happened, wire chaffage ? exhaust set the steering rack boot alight ?
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Feb 15, 2009 22:40:15 GMT
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unbalanced twin carbs meet exhaust manifold damn non crossflow engines
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Feb 22, 2009 23:51:57 GMT
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Well its been an interesting week to say the least. Thursday Hoppy came down to the unit and we began to sift through the spares we amassed from the project acquastion. Then come eleven o clock at night after both being throughly shattered, rich was insistant that we sorted out my exhaust manifold, as it was blowing. This turned out to be an epic mission and we were at it till 1 int morning. The cause of my incessant ticking?! an exhaust manifold gasket on the wrong way round, i had fitted it incorrectly when i fitted the 4 branch and exhaust last weekend but considering my phone ran out of battery and i was working with no light, the fact i actually managed to fit a 4 branch and exhaust is a wonder in itself haha =D We also fitted my lorbers and sorted the fuel guage out, as the car has been sat for some time the float has siezed in position. Sorted with a bit of wd40! So come friday, the mission was work in the morning, then off to hyde road tyres to have the wheels tracked, and off to an exhaust place to have a c clamp put on the exhaust, one rubber an it alinging properly, after enquiring at hyde road tyres about a decent exhaust place, a mechanic offered to do it for me, and for a tenner he disassembled the exhaust, putteyed all the joins, put 2 new c clamps on and the new rubber. happy days After that i went over to GSF to pick up some goodies Gearbox Oil Gearbox Shift Repair Kit Timing Belt Timing Belt Tensioner Oil Pump G12 Coolant Injector Seals So off to Derby I went, got to the unit to see Karl & Yeti man. Fitted the Injector Seals & Cleaned up the injectors, should have checked the spray pattern really but ill get round to it when i get some jars to measure the fuel volume to ensure its within specification. Dropped part of the coolant to top it with G12, i say part of the coolant, because i was too baked and forgot about dropping the thermostate to get rid of the other 3 litres of water hahaha! doh job for another day then, but at least theres some fresh g12 in there anyhoo and that ensued the days missions to a close. Saturday we met up with Schneil & Rach to go to the unit and fit a new bootlid on neils GT. I decided it would be a perfect time to fit my missing linkz short curse word kit off the deceased muppet along with the gsf shifter rebuild kit. Did the front half rebuild, leaving the gearstick side till the sunday. Didnt manage to get the gearbox oil done as the traveller'd tool for the job got merked under my hands of steel hahaha. not to worry thats a job for this week, as ive got the proper gearbox drain tool from GSF a while back when i dropped teh oil on beena. anyway some piccies from the first wash and semi arsed wax after 750 miles of driving. Came up well, better than i thought it would be. There are obivioulsy a few points on attenion rust wise, underneath thte car is remarkably solid, i made a point of poking aroun everywhere when it was up on the ramps, the rear beam mounting points are perfect, the jacking points could do with more underseal as some looks like its chipped off recently and i think the passengers inner sill section requires a small patch. the front valance where the chin splitter fits on the passanger side has rotted under the trailing edge which is also where the bottom 10mm self tapped holds the bottom of the wing in place. should be too difficult a job to replace and teh rest of the front panel is solid. I'm happy enough with it anyway, its never going to be a show car, and thats not what i want either, i just wanted a sweet daily, and i do love my mk1 gtis. anyway some piccies Schniels GT Looms mission - Side Stack Breadvan Exhaust =D a saf-tech production Charlie Murphaaaaaay
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now done 2500 miles =] Since ive last updated the thread ive given the car a general service new fuel pump relay new leads new plugs new air filter new rotor arm new dizzy fitted a single wiper with a mk2 mechanism so its not longer painfully slow! Removed teh precarious ariel and just routed it internally as the itrip thing still works with it inside Fitted blanks on the ariel and wiper holes removed the crazy led purple brake light that was connected and it would flash and was distracting me let alone other drivers fitted a polished top rad cover and nearly set the car on fire as i forgot to remove the postive from the battery and short circuited the rad cowling off the power lead to the starter haha, its amply insulated now fitted a new earth wire on the alternator to block as it was broken =/ set up the static and ignition timing to tdc. Also got a 610 quid tax rebate this week = WIN so theres a few plans for the golf Rebuilt 1.6 EG Head & Block - Cost 65 pounds = WIN New Oil Pump New Cam Belt New Cam Belt Tensioner New Water Pump New gaskets all round baffled aluminium sump windage tray magnetic sump plug black diamond 239mm drilled non vented ferrodo pads got all the above service bits in the house, and ill be cleaning up and painting all the engine parts before they go back on. Anyway the free tax rebate jobbie is going on the following Coilovers - Ideally Wietecs/Fks/KWs or GAZ 15x7/8 Borbets Welding I also want to get a set of pressed plates, tint the reverse lights red and remove the rear fog light although i like using it to show fuckers my dissappreciation of them using thier high beamers behind me! a cool rolling shot char got also getting hold of some the silver gti lower side decals as mine as missing w00t which will tidy up the outside appearance a bit, especially after i swap the bonnet over for another black one we have in stock thats in far better nick paintwise (both are free of rust) and its had a good polish with some g3. oh and last but not least, new windscreen should be fitted wednesday, ive enquired about green glass adn I'm just waiting for them to get back to me about it =] woop woop
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Well Charlie Murphy has now covered 129k miles, 4k under my ownership and its been particularly uneventful, infact the longest time I've driven a little gti around without it beruiting itself on me hahaha. Heres a list of whats happened 126k GSF Shift Linkage Repair Kit MissingLinkz Short Shift Kit 15x7 Lorbers Oil Filter Oil Change Coolant Change Tracking Magnex SS Exhaust TSR SS 4 Branch Corbeau Reclining Bucket Seats Single Wiper Fuel Pump Relay 93590 19.80 Plugs SB95015 x 4 5.00 Air Filter MMC2860 6.50 Leads 92630A Top Radiator Cover Remove Brake Light Fuse box Wiring Rust Por-15'd Removed Ariel Blanking Grommet for Ariel Blanking Grommet for Wiper Clutch Cable Throttle Cable Throttle Pedal Teflon Bush 127K - 06/03/2009 (2k) - 12/03/2009 Earth wire for alternator Static Timing Set Fuel Pump Cut Off Switch New Green Tint Screen - 18/03 Replaced Bonnet - 18/03 False Floor Fitted - 18/03 128K - 20/03/2009 Gearbox oil Lithium Grease on Gear linkage 128339 (3k) - 25/03/2009 Rotor Arm - 26/03/2009 CO Checked - Fine Armoured Door Plates 29/03/2009 Fuel Filter 29/03/2009 New Battery 29/03/2009 Coil Wiring to Fuel Pump Relay 29/03/2009 TSR Airbox - 30/03/2009 K&N Panel Filter - 30/03/2009 TB Gasket Kellogs - 01/03/2009 129k - 03/04/2009 New Oil Pump New Oil Filter 15w/40 oil New Rocker Cover Gasket New Sump Gasket Baffled Ali Sump & Gasket New Screen Wash Pump New Radiator Cap Leather Interior New Alternator Belt Phew! Just a bit then! hahahaha Picked up a new engine off a friend, we both assumed it was a 1.6 GTI EG block, but upon stripping it down, I came across a few concerns. First off, is that it is actually an FP lump, which was a 1.6 Carb engine fitted to 75-77 golfs, so proper early beasts. The Head cannot be used with the GTI injection setup as its for a carb, it has no injector holes. The main reason I picked up the engine was because my own EG gti head is due a rebuild as the tappets are noisy and I suspect the valve stem seals need replacing as a matter of course. However as I now cannot use the rebuilt head, I will have to purchase another. That leaves me at a quandry. Does anyone know the Bore stroke and compression ratio of the FP block. Will an EG 1.6 GTI head fit on the 1.6 FP block, and still produce the same power of around 113bhp. If I cannot use the block, can I at least use the pistons in an EG block. So the rebuilt LS 1.6 head is for sale, and the bottom end complete with brand new pistons may well be if i cannot use it for my own application. Freshly rebuilt Head Brand New Pistons, you can still see the part number stamped on the top Random pic of the car Taino & Jamesface picked up my new interior for me from cheltenham and me and chazbot embarked on an epic journey on saturday night to collect it from evesham, fuelled by pot, the worlds best fish and chip supper, ridiculous amounts of munchies, mad mooney mobster and some rude tunes, we were set! Got back early sunday morning, had a dope sleep and fitted the interior the next day. New interior Also been stocking up on repair panels for when the golfs goes in to get welded up. Currently i have Passenger Outer & Inner Sill Drivers Full Rear Arch Repair Panel I need to get hold of the following and then its ready to get weldamathoned Front panel, either lower valance or complete Rear Panel, either lower valance or complete Passenger Rear Arch Repair Panel anyway thats all for now, jobs for this week include fitting the following New Black Diamond Discs New Pagid Pads New Fuel Pump New Cam Belt New Cam Belt Tensioner
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Mike
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Interior looks good! Thats a long list of stuff you've done to it, I'd have thrown a paddy and stomped off long before you've got to where you are with it now.
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hahaha, ive had my fair share of tantrums with most of me cars but it doesnt last for long cos things need done. och well 130k - woohoo =D fk konigs sprayed with zinc phosphate, febi top mounts cam cover inlet mani thank you mr postie chromed brake linkage 16v 9" servo and 22mm mc laser cut 10mm exhaust mani flange Hoping to get the following done over the week/weekend Fit coilies Fit Borbets Fit new magnex exhaust 4 branch Fit painted inlet mani Fit new cam belt/tensioner and cam cover eek! lets hope nowt goes wrong hehe
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Apr 16, 2009 19:30:01 GMT
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