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Offline Dmonday

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Onepointeight turd - yet another build.
« on: 20 January 2013, 00:31 »
Thought i may as well start a build thread for this to keep track, well..

My old piece of poop, that's now a little metal cube;

Started its life as a 1.4 8v, went through 13 cv joints with engine raised and chassis notched.. dropped a 1.8T in it with a K04-001 and ran it for a few weeks and snapped a load more so scrapped it..





Then rocked a 320, E36 for a bit then that ended up in scrappy to as i had no job to pay for sumps every other day..



Now onto the latest project, hopefully a keeper!

Picked up the 1.8turd off my good friend joerg, he already had the turbo setup which was a bonus as it wasn't even that old.

Turbo's a franken f23 which pulled all to well in his A3.



Got it back to mine and my garage wasn't in the best of states to say the least..





Stripped the very *friendly* person down.



I don't have a work bench so decided to make one.









Crackle blacked pretty much everything, can't be arsed with polished poop



Then built it back up





Pretty much ready to drop in the shell i'm picking up at the end of the month B) obviously i need to do rods and am going for large port head but i want to get it in the car and running before i do that in summer..

Got a fair bit to go before it's running but it's all $$$ and apologies for the iPhone flicks, will crack out the camera soon :)

Dan
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Re: Onepointeight turd - yet another build.
« Reply #1 on: 20 January 2013, 00:33 »
Copied that from my other thread but also picked this 1.9tdi 02J box up the other day too, had a word with Alex and Stu who run them and thought it would be the best option!



Clutch, Flywheel, Vacuum lines, Belts, Filters, Recirc valve ordered so should have the lump ready to drop in by next week  also went to have a look at the shell today and it's really tidy which is good, getting more then i expected with it but it's full of water from having no scuttle panel but i want to strip the inside out and clean it up anyway so not a big deal!

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Re: Onepointeight turd - yet another build.
« Reply #2 on: 20 January 2013, 01:44 »
Wondered what happened to, another 2 cars wrecked then.  :rolleyes:  :grin:

Looking forward to seeing what you're planning on destroying now.  :kiss:

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Re: Onepointeight turd - yet another build.
« Reply #3 on: 20 January 2013, 01:55 »
Wondered what happened to, another 2 cars wrecked then.  :rolleyes:  :grin:

Looking forward to seeing what you're planning on destroying now.  :kiss:

Haha well i postponed the E36 from getting scrapped as i bought it as a non-runner when i lost my job :grin: but was a fun car while it lasted!

I like to think this one's a keeper, especially with the amount of money i'm putting into it ;)

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Re: Onepointeight turd - yet another build.
« Reply #4 on: 20 January 2013, 01:59 »
Take it things are OK on the job front then.

Any clues on the shell?..

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Re: Onepointeight turd - yet another build.
« Reply #5 on: 20 January 2013, 02:14 »
Take it things are OK on the job front then.

Any clues on the shell?..

Things are well :) starting my own business at the moment along side my current job so hoping to be self employed by summer!

Ahh, can't be giving that away! Back to VW though ;)

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Re: Onepointeight turd - yet another build.
« Reply #6 on: 20 January 2013, 02:24 »
That's good then.

Something you haven't had before?

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Re: Onepointeight turd - yet another build.
« Reply #7 on: 20 January 2013, 02:58 »
That's good then.

Something you haven't had before?

Nope never had one, don't see many about.. especially running 350 horses ;)

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Re: Onepointeight turd - yet another build.
« Reply #8 on: 20 January 2013, 08:08 »
Perhaps with all the trouble you've had with the last two, it might be an idea to............

I dunno, keep it to a reasonable hight?  :whistle: :shocked:
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Re: Onepointeight turd - yet another build.
« Reply #9 on: 20 January 2013, 13:05 »
Perhaps with all the trouble you've had with the last two, it might be an idea to............

I dunno, keep it to a reasonable hight?  :whistle: :shocked:

Was thinking exac same mate. Unless you save up for bags.
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