When I scrapped the Silver GTI back in 2016, I chopped out the nearside wishbone mount as a whole assembly knowing that I would need it to repair the modification I made when the 1.6 engine and gearbox was fitted back in 2013. Wow 10 years ago. That time has gone quickly. Time has come... Continue Reading →
I imported a Polyvance plastic welder from the US - they do one with a European style plug which is fine as a I can use that with a European Style cable reel that I have. I bought it for doing a bumper repair on the Audi and as the wheel arch liners can't be... Continue Reading →
This cpost covers chopping out the seat rails that came in the shell, increasing the tunnel width and welding in new FIA-spec removable seat rails. The original fitment of the seat rails had retained the central tunnel support which meant that I couldn't mount the seats - there just wasn't enough width between the sill... Continue Reading →
To make it easier to do the work to replace the sill on the series 1 Rallye, I wanted to make a new chassis dollie to raise it up to a good working height, to bolt on to the suspension mounts and to have long-term value as a means of moving cars in the garage.... Continue Reading →
Headed down to Oulton Park and had some coaching in hooning around in the M4 Competition. Twin-turbo six-cylinder engine thumping out 503bhp and 650Nm of torque to the rear wheels via an eight-speed auto. Something a bit disconcerting about the weight shift of 1775kg when you're chucking it about but no where near finding the... Continue Reading →
That's the plan for 2022, let's restart the work get this thing running again....
Other projects around the house and workshop keeping me busy but did manage a bit of progress... Painted up the catch tank and the coil pack brackets and fitted that back in.. Fitted those and then put in an insulated bulkhead fitting for the battery cable. In doing some further fettling, I came to the... Continue Reading →
Wanted to find a way to get the oil catch tank in. Spoke with Sandy Brown to confirm positioning. Didn't want to do something conventional above the gearbox mount so made this instead. CAD template design converted to mild steel Test fitment on the car Just needs a lick of paint...
Passenger door has always had check strap issues so decided to do something about that and treated the car to a brand new part. Comparison of old vs new and there are a few subtle differences... The result... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83PiL39fyrc?
Engine's swapped over time to cut the scuttle... Lots of marking up... Chopped the scuttle to create a letterbox for the bodies: Top down view The bulkhead face of the scuttle is shaped and for what I want to do I needed to smooth it so a bit of chopping and welding needed. With the... Continue Reading →
Footrest is in. It was a mission, but second time lucky on the welded in captive nut mountings. Should make it nice and easy if I decide to run carpet and gives me more confidence than the threaded rivet inserts. Powder coat is going to need to be re-done. It cracked and peeled off as... Continue Reading →
Before I scrapped the silver GTI I chopped this out: This was because I had realised the I'd was going to put the EW back in the Maxi so I'd need to repair the cut out I'd put into the chassis and I'd need a donor section. Now when I've been working on the Rallye,... Continue Reading →
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