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Hi,
I'm after a k03 turbo from a Passat/A4. It's only to mock up a manifold, so it doesn't matter if it's completely buggered.
Thanks
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Jan 17, 2015 21:19:13 GMT
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Likely to be the coil, for £25 it's worth a go.
My friends mk2 did the same thing, and was fine with a new coil.
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One thing that I can never understand, when someone is selling a car or bike, is the whole 'offers around £xx' thing.
Why ask people for offer around, say, £500? You've basically just told people that you'll take £500 anyway.
I just saw a motorbike advertised, with the price as follows; '£1000, £950 is the lowest I'll take'- does anyone else find that really stupid? I've always gone by the rule that negotiation is expected- if I want £1000 for my car, I'll price it at £1100 and take an offer.
I also agree with the previous post about the 'if gone by tonight' thing. Does the price really go back up tomorrow? What if the buyer can't make it that day? Just seems like a desperate thing to say, which isn't good when you're selling something.
Ugh, I'm ranting. I hate rants.
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Last Edit: Jan 17, 2015 2:36:38 GMT by Fungus
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Your bike is SICK! I love the style that you've chosen and I love little bikes bikes that have been tweaked just the right amount! This is exactly the kind of project Ive been planning to do for myself but Uni, Work and other projects always get in the way! Wishing you the best of luck with it! hope the oil issue isnt too tough of a fix. it'd look pretty cool with an oil cooler in too I should think. Thanks a lot, I appreciate the kind words Which Uni are you at? I'm in my first year at Plymouth, I'm hoping to get the bike down here soon.
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Jan 16, 2015 22:31:44 GMT
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Panelwipe on a paper towel, wipe over it. It'll take the mess off and slim it down too, makes for a really neat job.
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Jan 15, 2015 23:22:56 GMT
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I've just been looking around various forums to try and find some advice on storing a rebuilt engine, but i'm not really getting anywhere apart from the 'It might be okay, probably' kind of answer. I'm planning on rebuilding a new engine for my Mk2 Polo but i wont get a chance to put any decent mileage (if any) on the car for the next year or two. The engine will be getting new shells, thrusts washers and rings, as well as hone/degalze and a head-skim. Would there be a problems in leaving the engine in my garage after the rebuild? I was hoping it will just be a case of oiling everything heavily when rebuilding (although this would happen anyway) and turn it over every now and then. It would be all timed-up and ready to go, so another thing to consider would be tension in the belt and in the valve springs etc. I'm not sure if that would cause any issues. Any thoughts? Thanks
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Jan 13, 2015 23:08:47 GMT
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The underbody looks absolutely superb on that. I've heard good things before about Gravitex, did you have to bare metal everything before applying? Is that a special type of paint you have used on the colour coats? I'd love to do mine like that, very nice work mate. Thanks, it's a really solid car. I didn't bare metal the entire thing, just quite a lot. Everything was thoroughly prepped with 240-grit and degreased, and then epoxy primer was applied. The Gravitex went over the Epoxy primer. Once the Gravitex has cured, it can be overpainted with anything really. I gave it a day to cure and i didn't have any problems.
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Jan 13, 2015 12:37:03 GMT
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It was an ABD with some head work, a GT cam, GK inlet and a 32/34DMTL
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Really loving this bike mate - keep up the great work! Thanks a lot
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+1 for Chinese quality control I'm afraid mate. However, now its been rebored and if you cut the valves in yourself you will have removed the most common errors found in the J-copy engines. Also, am i right in guessing the oil you mention isnt specificly for bikes? If so it will be turning thin; water cooled cars don't put as much load on the oil and keep it at a fairly regualr temperature, plus you don't have the shear forces a gearbox puts on the oil. Try proper bike oil, chances are it will fair much better. Lovely looking bike and its givewn me somke real motivation to get a project thread going for my Honda 200 I use Putoline DX4 which is made for bikes with shared engine/gearbox oil. Interested point about air/liquid cooled though, i hadn't considered that! Thanks for the kinda works. Hurry up with the project thread!
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Jan 12, 2015 23:45:07 GMT
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Looking good mate, look forward to seeing the progress on this build Thanks, i'm hoping to get the engine built next time i'm home
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Jan 12, 2015 21:28:50 GMT
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Looking good I really like that colour on Breadvans. It looks like you have one of the earliest Mk2's and i have one of the latest ones!
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Jan 12, 2015 21:23:30 GMT
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My new (to me) VW2 calipers were rebuilt and painted, ready to go on the front along with vented discs and HEL braided lines; And finally here's a picture of everything bolted up! That's it for now! I'm back at uni now so progress will halt for a little while. Sorry again for the quality and quantity of photos; by the time the workshop was ready for the car, i had 6 days to do all the work! All 6 days at the workshop were about 16 hours long. All i can say is thank god for good mates a local specialists. Hope you enjoyed the read.
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Jan 12, 2015 21:18:06 GMT
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The parts came out absolutely great, and were swiftly assembled, bushed and installed; The rear beam was built up with Mk2 Golf GTI stub axles, discs and wheel bearings ready for the calipers when i can afford them TCA's came out especially nice;
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Jan 12, 2015 21:14:59 GMT
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All 4 arches were eventually stripped and prepped, and then sprayed with 2 coats of UPOL Gravitex (Excellent stuff) I also did the boot floor later on (after realising i had just enough time) but i don't have any pictures of that. When the Gravitex was cured, i put on 3 coats of Tornado Red (ignore the rattle can in the photo, would've taken an eternity to do it with those things) I love the finish left by the Gravitex I had also been prepping all the suspension parts, which were dropped off at a local bodyshop for Etch primer and Gloss Black
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Jan 12, 2015 21:09:03 GMT
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The next week was spent clearing out an old unit on my friends farm, which is where the car now lives. It actually made for a pretty nice workshop, although it was a tad cold! Once the car was in the 'workshop', i began stripping the suspension; As well as getting the inner arches stripped Meanwhile, a mate of mine took care of the only rust on the car, which was at the end of the passenger sill/inner wheelarch We decided to leave a lip sticking out to roll over with a hammer, to match the rest of the arch panel. After the edge was rolled, i gave it a few coats of epoxy
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Jan 12, 2015 21:04:42 GMT
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I thought it was about time i posted on here about something other than my bike. I've had my '90 Polo for just over a year now and i'm finally giving it all the work it needs. I ran it as a daily up until last year with a fairly tuned 1400cc and a short-ratio 5 speed, but it was never as nice as a knew it could be. I'm at uni now, so all of my time back at home is spent on the Polo! I sold the engine and gearbox to a mate of mine the day before i left for uni, as I've got another one to build up. Most of the pics are from my phone so they're not great. So anyway, i got home on the 19th of December and set to work (almost) straight away. The front panel was a mess from my mate trying to top the car when the alternator died, as the towing eye ripped out and ruined the panel (it was rusty anyway so there were no hard feelings). I got a front panel for christmas (VW Heritage and one left), so i got the old one off fairly quickly; The new panel was offered up and it actually fit really well No pics of the welding yet but i was really pleased with how it came out.
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Dec 30, 2014 22:39:00 GMT
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What engine oil are you using, bike oils use different friction modifiers to car oils to prevent wet clutches slipping, it's possible someone has used the wrong stuff in the past? One flat out ride shouldn't do that much damage it needed a rebore unless the mixture is completely wrong, it's probably down more to poor quality control in China than anything you have done. At decent speeds you should have plenty of cooling from the passing air so its doubtful an oil cooler would have helped. I use Putoline DX4 which had always been fine in my wet-clutch bikes. It turns oil really thin even after a few short rides, which is to be expected of an engine that shares oil with the box, so that's why I really want an oil cooler. The inlet valve is also ruined upon inspection- the contact area had a huge step/groove in it, rather than a consistent 45-degree surface
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Dec 30, 2014 20:28:33 GMT
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So I'm back from uni for a few weeks and naturally I decided to fiddle with the Honda. The ride from Essex to Bedford in the summer didn't seem to do the bike any good (flat out the entire way and no oil cooler or air filter), and as a result the engine was sounding a bit ropey. I was hoping it was just the tappets but they were fine, so the next step was to have a look at the top end- not good. I'll get some pictures up when the barrel is back from the engine builders, but basically it needed a rebore so I went for a 2mm oversize, giving me about 220cc from the Lifan 163fml. The clutch has always slipped pretty badly, so while the top end was off I thought I'd investigate. The EBC heavy duty clutch plates were like new in terms of thickness, although I have a feeling the are contaminated (bad oil) so this happened; Hopefully they'll dry out for the morning as I want to get it all put back together again. I'm also going to shotblast the steel clutch plates and get some stiffer springs, so hopefully the clutch will bite nice and hard. For now though, the bike looks like this; I'll get some pictures of tomorrow or thursday of the engine rebuild with new parts, and hopefully a GoPro video of a few short run-in rides fairly soon.
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Last Edit: Dec 30, 2014 20:37:19 GMT by Fungus
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Dec 28, 2014 20:03:41 GMT
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I liked the idea of an aftermarket one as it would allow me to adjust the balance, I don't really see how a standard golf one would work on the polo with its different weight distribution.
Would blanking off one M/C output and feeding the other into a valve and then teeing it off work properly? My idea was to tee both rear MC outputs into the valve, and then Tee it back into two lines after the valve. I'm not sure if there would be any different with these two options
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