Spent a couple of nights working on the GTI. The end result is a much cleaner car with a working wash/wipe system (replacement water bottle and pump) and a new cambelt. The latter was a much longer job than I'd been anticipating because: I had to go out and buy a 16mm spanner to loosen... Continue Reading →
Chopped another 10kg out of the interior of the Rallye. Still more to come, but it's going to need that spot weld drill to shed more weight in the form of steel brackets. A few challenges are to come in terms of sorting the plumbing and wiring for the relocated water bottle and fitting the... Continue Reading →
Earlier in the week, I had a play with the rivnut gun and have prepared the front doors on the Rallye for the new carbon door cards. I found some yellow rubbery plastic draw handles in B&Q last year so bought a pair for door pull closures. I ordered some titanium and alloy fastners from... Continue Reading →
Big push on things today. Finally finished moving the interior from the Rallye into the GTI. It's taken ages, but has been worth the wait as the car is transformed by having a clean interior and a decent four speaker stereo. A few things needed to finish it off, like the roof lining and a... Continue Reading →
Finally found time to make some progress on the GTI side of things. The cam covers have been taken off, cleaned up and then sprayed with some high temperature paint. Black HT paint always seems to finish in a graphite matt black. It's a 100% improvement over how they looked before. From this: To this:... Continue Reading →
Work Completed Stripped out old GTI interior which was filthy, badly damaged and incomplete. Fitted Rallye interior. Fitted aerial. Moved cable and antenna over from the Rallye. Replaced head unit. Sony headunit replaces faulty Peugeot Unit. Solved rattle behind the dash. Tidied up and cleaned. Repaired wiring to door speakers. Replaced both speakers with Alpine... Continue Reading →
Rallye is booked in with Ghost Developments for the end of May for some prep work and repairs... best get saving now then. 1. Weld in spreader plates and attachment points for Safety Devices 106 Cup Cage. 2. Weld in appropriate spreader plates and seat rails for driver and passenger seats. 3. Weld in front... Continue Reading →
Having tidied up a host of wiring issues behind the dash of the GTI (it appears to have had two different alarm systems installed in its life in addition to the stock immobiliser), it was time to refit it today. All went well until it came to putting the glove box back in place when... Continue Reading →
Both the Sparco Revs were filthy and have been washed and have come up much better. The shoulder and seat sections had faded slightly particularly the sides that had been nearest the windows. Sprayed these withe some matt black acrylic paint and they've come up a treat. Very pleased with the end results.
The Sparco seats are filthy dirty so they're due for some TLC. The covers are removable off the Sparco Evo's, so they're going into the washing machine for a good clean. Alloy OMP side mounts for them are on the shopping list. The flocked steering column surround is back from Raj at Autoflock too. I've... Continue Reading →
Spent almost the whole weekend working on the two cars. Both are now in bits without their respective dashboards, the GTI needed a new section putting in the dash which is now done. It just needs the new head unit wiring in and some general tidying up and securing to cure the mystery rattle from... Continue Reading →
These turned up in the post today... Suzuki GSXR 1000 K2 Independent Throttle Bodies (48mm tapering to 42mm). These will form part of a long term strategy for the engine development. There are some notes and threads on t'Internet about converting motorbike ITBs for car use. I'm planning on a Colin Satchell inlet manifold, Sandy... Continue Reading →
