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General => General discussion => Non-Golf gallery => Topic started by: mk2 helper on 18 April 2011, 09:08
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wish me luck everyone as i embark on my 250 mile round journey to pick up a beatifull red vw scirocco gt2 .....
i will be posting up some pictures when i'm back tonight...
and the modifying will begin
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Good luck mate, hope it makes it home! :laugh:
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hope the trailer doesnt break mate. daves dodgy trailer n that
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Good luck mate, hope it makes it home! :laugh:
haha thanks and i have planned ahead for this and i'm trailoring it hehe it will make it back
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hope the trailer doesnt break mate. daves dodgy trailer n that
dont say that lol it'l all be fine touch wood :/
cant wait
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Good luck! You going home via the doc's place? :grin:
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Good luck lad, pics on BCD first obv
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Hope ya got home safe
Pics soon?
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thanks for the posts every1 and i got back fine and i am now the proud owner of quite a tidy gt2 happy days i will get some pics up when i've foubd the cable for my phone
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got myself a cable for my phone now thanks to martin :)
so here goes .......
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/Photo0251.jpg)
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/Photo0252.jpg)
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opinions welcome what do you all think ????
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Looks very clean and tidy :cool:
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Looks very clean and tidy :cool:
cherz wayne it is verry good for what i payed for it and will be cracking on with a few little things it needs before i get tax and insurance ...
but in all a verry happy chap :)
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I always felt the scirocco was like the shunned child whos older more popular sibling got all the attention. :grin:
do something cool with it.
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I guess it had to be RED! :grin:
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atleast it is stil red. It ties in with ur red mini aswell ian
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I like it.. seems to have been pretty well kept and still red instead of pink!... :cool: As time goes by I like these cars more and more.
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naff wheels but looks good other than that :smiley:
I take it it's carb'd being a GT2, if so is it webber converted or the OE peirburg crap?
my old GT2 flew on the webber carb :afro:
oh and insurance is pretty cheap on these
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I can get you a WEBBER if you need one ian for very cheap. Now... coilovers and wheels. Bish bash bosh job done. There are a few little jobs that you are 'meant' to do to rocco's straight away. Ask Ash cos I think he has done most of them. For a start the rocco wipers are the most horrendous creations ever, swap to bosch aeros and your laughing. They also have the classic headlight problem which will be fixed with new loom. Check where the clutch cable goes though the bulkhead as this is prone to rust and bend when the clutch is pressed in and the brakes are hyper wank.
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I can get you a WEBBER if you need one ian for very cheap. Now... coilovers and wheels. Bish bash bosh job done. There are a few little jobs that you are 'meant' to do to rocco's straight away. Ask Ash cos I think he has done most of them. For a start the rocco wipers are the most horrendous creations ever, swap to bosch aeros and your laughing. They also have the classic headlight problem which will be fixed with new loom. Check where the clutch cable goes though the bulkhead as this is prone to rust and bend when the clutch is pressed in and the brakes are hyper wank.
Just like a mk1 golf. :lipsrsealed:
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personally i think they are ugly cars BUT coilovers, BBS wheels and tidy exhaust will make it look smart. :smiley:
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thanks for the feedback everyone and sam rubbish doesn't describe my brakes they need allot of attention....
and chris u guess rite and it is the gt2 and allready has the webber carb upgrade ( no sales for u sam :) ) and cheap insurance pah its cheap compared to the gtx and scala but its still round £2000 in all i have to pay....
i have some coilovers i have an eye on and the wheels are going soon as i am borrowing some bbs of martin untill i have more moneys....
hoping to have some tax at the end of the month so i may be at the next bcd meet if all goes well and i will speek to ash then thanks all :)
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and chris u guess rite and it is the gt2 and allready has the webber carb upgrade ( no sales for u sam :) ) and cheap insurance pah its cheap compared to the gtx and scala but its still round £2000 in all i have to pay....
my GT2 on webber carb was as quick as my old mk2 8v GTI digi :smiley:
You must be a young'un if you're insurance is that high! :laugh:
Other than a drop and some nice wheels, I like roccos with a single pair of lamps (and matching badgeless grill), tinted or clear indicators, and tinted rear lights. I see the front fogs have already been removed :afro:
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and chris u guess rite and it is the gt2 and allready has the webber carb upgrade ( no sales for u sam :) ) and cheap insurance pah its cheap compared to the gtx and scala but its still round £2000 in all i have to pay....
my GT2 on webber carb was as quick as my old mk2 8v GTI digi :smiley:
You must be a young'un if you're insurance is that high! :laugh:
Other than a drop and some nice wheels, I like roccos with a single pair of lamps (and matching badgeless grill), tinted or clear indicators, and tinted rear lights. I see the front fogs have already been removed :afro:
yer i am only 20 and havn't been driving a full year yet so that explains the insurance...
and i was planning on removing the front fogs but then when it came to piking it up the fogs dint come with the car so that saved me a job....
i've got some coilies i'm picking up on friday fingers crossed and the wheels are going as soon as . fox racing wheels on a rocco is just not cool but they have good tyres for mot time atleast....
i took it for a little spin when i got it home and it pulls really well from low revs but couldn't open it up properly in my estate :(
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and chris u guess rite and it is the gt2 and allready has the webber carb upgrade ( no sales for u sam :) ) and cheap insurance pah its cheap compared to the gtx and scala but its still round £2000 in all i have to pay....
my GT2 on webber carb was as quick as my old mk2 8v GTI digi :smiley:
You must be a young'un if you're insurance is that high! :laugh:
Other than a drop and some nice wheels, I like roccos with a single pair of lamps (and matching badgeless grill), tinted or clear indicators, and tinted rear lights. I see the front fogs have already been removed :afro:
yer i am only 20 and havn't been driving a full year yet so that explains the insurance...
and i was planning on removing the front fogs but then when it came to piking it up the fogs dint come with the car so that saved me a job....
i've got some coilies i'm picking up on friday fingers crossed and the wheels are going as soon as . fox racing wheels on a rocco is just not cool but they have good tyres for mot time atleast....
i took it for a little spin when i got it home and it pulls really well from low revs but couldn't open it up properly in my estate :(
they open up really well past 4k rpm :smiley:
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i will have to take your word for that and i will let u know how it goes when i'm insured and have brakes as i see them being quite important atm
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Looking good Ian - like the others said, coilies and new alloys and you will be good! Got any questions just ask!
I can get you a WEBBER if you need one ian for very cheap. Now... coilovers and wheels. Bish bash bosh job done. There are a few little jobs that you are 'meant' to do to rocco's straight away. Ask Ash cos I think he has done most of them. For a start the rocco wipers are the most horrendous creations ever, swap to bosch aeros and your laughing. They also have the classic headlight problem which will be fixed with new loom. Check where the clutch cable goes though the bulkhead as this is prone to rust and bend when the clutch is pressed in and the brakes are hyper wank.
Just like a mk1 golf. :lipsrsealed:
It is effectively a MK1 golf, a lot of the parts are from the mk1 and need modifying just enough to be annoying!
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chers ash and i'm sure i'll be picking ur brains at some point and asking some questions...
are u at the next bcd meet as i will hopefully be there maybe in the rocco aswell :)
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little update for today..
got myself some coilovers for the rocco so started on that today and got them all fitted and lowerd allot on the front :) but the back is still sitting quite high buts its all on and fitted....
next job is to get the back end lowered and then properly sort the camber and get the stance nice and evenly set up from side to side and then get the back sorted....
pics tomorrow as was pissing down with rain when i finished up today
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as promised some pictures with the coilovers fitted..
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/Photo0272.jpg)
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next job level the front end out then lower the rears and get the wavy bumper sorted
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I like!
Oh and loving the doggy! :cool:
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thanks chris and the dog is awsome...
today i thaught i would sort out them awfull wheels and as i dont have enough money to buy some new alloys at the moment, so i thaught i would try out painting my current alloys.. so here is the outcome....
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(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/Photo0286.jpg)
there not awsome wheels i no but i think i can live with them now they look a bit better in white
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scrapped the idea of keeping the wheels now ther painted as they rubbed really badly on the shocks even with 10mm apacers and no camber so i've changed them for some bbs alloys wich fit beautifully and suit the car nicely..
also today i have unseized the coilovers and lowered the front end a bit more and evend it out...
got the rear a bit lower now but i idealy need some coilovers for the rear so i can sort it properly.....
got a new backbox for her and it fits nicely and sounds sweet so happy days for that aswell.
pictures tommorow :)
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Yeh boi. I've already seen it but its awesome.
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as promised yesterday i have some pictures to go with the update....
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/Photo0308.jpg)
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/Photo0309.jpg)
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(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/Photo0311.jpg)
and the zaust :)
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/Photo0314.jpg)
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Not sure on the wheels :undecided:
Also you look to have too much front camber
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Not sure on the wheels :undecided:
Also you look to have too much front camber
the wheels are getting revamped soon and i like how the camber is i no its not practical but i like it
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much better!
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tax and insured :) happy roccy...
but tracking needs sorting now as its well out and my coilovers need adjusting as now the suspention has settled properly its too low on one side and handles silly and looks stupid so thats thursdays job when i get back home after work
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Wheeeey. Well done mate
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congrats dude
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It seems ian has broke it. By ian i mean me. 400 yards and it broke down. Now outside the garage while we see whats up with it. Damn carbd engines
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It seems ian has broke it. By ian i mean me. 400 yards and it broke down. Now outside the garage while we see whats up with it. Damn carbd engines
Is there a car you've been near which you haven't broken? :grin:
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Ummm... Nope.
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Ummm... Nope.
:grin: :grin:
How'd you break the rocco then?
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It cut out. Mechanical fuel pump or/and in tank lift pump have given up. Got spaires so gunna fix it saturday and she'll be sweet again. Got a facet pump sat at my mates for his so it'll be fixed
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sad face :sad: rocco brokend but all will be forgotten on saturday with new pumps :)
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seems i had forgotten to update my thread and a fair amount has happened in the past week or so...
firstly got a fuel pump donated by martin i popped that on and jobs a good'n seems the diaphram had gone on my pump so back on the road :)..
also got some cool pics of the rocco after fixing it.
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/Photo0325.jpg)
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/Photo0331.jpg)
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/Photo0335.jpg)
then i piked up some nerly new reclining bucket seats that were given to me by a friend and started on fitting them..
but as i only had one seat harness i was only able to fit 1 of them so now i'm rocking around with one bucket seat and one standard untill i have a set of harnesses..
but the pictures were taken with the other bucket seat placed in there as if it is all fitted properly :)
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/Photo0349.jpg)
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/Photo0354.jpg)
then i had to strip out the rear of the car to suit the look and save what weight i can wich caused problems as to were i can put my vibe slicks so i decided to mount them upside down in the bak above the standard 6x4 speaker holes and it turned out okay...
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/Photo0358.jpg)
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also fitted some new clocks (kindly donated to me by liam ) as none of the warning lights worked on mine soi fitted them to find i had the same problem wit the new clocks but noticed a split in the curcuit board on the back of the clocks so 2 pieces of wire and some carefull soldering later and the job was done and i now have a set of working clocks....
next job is to fit a newer ( working ) brake servo donated to me by dave from his old gti wich will sort out the brakes and shoud make the rocco passable for its mot thats due in 2 weeks time
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Looking good :afro:
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cherz :)
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so the rocco is off the road again due to the lack of an mot that ran out last saturday :(
but however this did give me time to sort out a few little jobs that have been bugging me so started on them.....
first job on the list was to get rid of the old alarm that didn't work and was making my bay look a mess so i removed the alarm box and traced the wiring back to a point in wih i could cut it off and remove the loom from my bay..
this gave me loads more room and made things look much better and less crammed in.
then i decided to fit the k&n air filter that was given to me by lemski so i got that fitted on to get rid of the massive space waisting air box then decided to paint up my rocker cover to give it a frsh look.
also moved a few wires about and re-routed fuel lines and cables to tidy up the bay and this was the outcome...
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/Photo0372.jpg)
then as i cant drive the car i thaught there is no better time than now to take off the carb and give it a good strip down and clean out so i removd the carb from the manifold and took it to the shed so i could do the job properly without the risk of loosing bits..
this is how the carb looked when i took it off...
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then the strip down commenced so i started taking the carb apart keeping evrything in order and in a safe place untill it was fully apart.
then i got a tub and half filled it with old petrol , got an old tooth brush and started cleaning all the individual parts
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whilst going through the cleaning process i only came across 2 problems.. one of which was two small jets were slightly blocked and thus restricting fuel flow so i took a peice of wire from a wire brush and cleared them out..
then the second problem was that i wasn't getting ful throttle as the throttle mech was fouling the chocke mech with the throttle fully open so i adjusted that and then all was sorted....
and some pics of the finished item all cleaned up and ready to go back on...
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/Photo0381.jpg)
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so i took the rocco in for its mot today and sad to report it failed but it failed on things i thaught were fine and evrything i expected it to fail on got passed...
however it only failed on 1 ball joint, 1 c.v boot, a seat runner rubber and a tiny patch of rust that needs repairing around my front jacking point...
so in all quite happy with the outcome considering what i paid for the car.
i allready have a cv boot waiting to go on and i can get some seat rubbers without a problem so i only need to buy a ball joint then weld up around the jacking point and job's a gud'n.
updates on tommorow's work to come though as i may be hopefully starting a grille idea that has been thaught of so gunna give that a try in the morning
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Not too much needed for the mot then, :afro:
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it must go better after sorting the carb out?!?!
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Its not too bad at going any way
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Its not too bad at going any way
yeh as i've bleeted on about time and time again, my old GT2 with weber carb went like stink :cool: :grin:
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I would say its quicker than a standard 8v gti
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I would say its quicker than a standard 8v gti
tbh mine felt as fast as my old 8v gti, even though in standard form they have 90bhp compared to 112bhp in the golf. I'm guessing the rocco is a bit lighter plus the weber carb sh!ts all over the pierburg original one.
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I would say the rocco is a bit more streamline with its low roof. There nice but I preferre my golf.
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got the cv boot and seat rubbers done today now all thats needed is the ball joint wich will be here tomorow then weld wich is tommorow...
and chris it definatey sounds allot more throatier but i hav'nt had a chance to see if its any quicker yet as i had a fuel problem yesterday so couldn't open it up without it dying......
also fitted a swirl pot today wich has help allot as my fuelproperly primes now and the air has gone from the filter aswell as now i have a fuel return my pump isn't having to struggle and force fuel thru my carb when its not needed
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got my new ball joint fitted wich was a pain in the ars as it was rivitted on so had to get out the grinder and sort that out and my new one is now fitted with bolts so thats now sorted...
seats fixed, c.v boot fixed but unfortunately i didn't have enuf time to get the welding done and be at the test station before it closed so still not mot for me :(...
however its gave me the time to get the welding done without a rush job so happy about that but because of it being a bank holiday weekend i can't get in for a re-test untill i'm back at home from work on friday.....
so all being well and if there is no more complications i will be back on the road friday and ready in time for a day at skegvagus
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and the rocco is back on the road with a full mot happy dais :)
just in time for skegvagusin the morning
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nothing new for the rocco atm but got some nice 15's coming soon so loking forward to getting them on and just some pics of my front after i tried some aoutoglym free polish samples and think i'm gunna be buying some now as i didn't expect it to bring my paint out as good as it did...
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I absoloutley love this! :cool:
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Sort the wheels out merty :smiley:
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Cherz dude and the wheels are borowed off a mate i got some tidy clean 15's coming soon...
I'l post pics up when there painted, polished and on..
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just cos the wheels are borrowed doesn't mean you cant refurb them :grin:
i think orange wheels would suit your care perfectly :grin: :cool:
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Lol at this. I wonder y orange would suit
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i think he should some nice track tyres on aswell as a thank you to the very nice friend who lent him them :grin: :tongue:
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Thet would be quite perfect thinking mate. Haha
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right its been a long while since i've posted on here so think an update is in order....
since i got an autoglym polish sample as was well chuffed with it i went out and got some car care stuff and sepnt a small fortune and got all i need and set at it one saturday with a clay bar and polish and wax and lots of time spent but the outcome was much worth it...
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/DSC_0073.jpg)
then the time came to sort out my stance as having that much rake and un-even camber wasn't doing the handling of my car any good and it dint look too awsome either.. sooooo i got straight on ebay and baught a nice new 'full' set of coilovers and got them fitted with the assistance of martin and his compressor :) and sorted out the camber...
also chucked in a set of 10mm spacers all round to ad more stance and get the front wheels off the coilover springs and the result was.....
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/DSC_0083.jpg)
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after fitting the coilovers my handling was instantly improved of course and was feeling much more stable at speed wich is nice and then i thaught i'de spend some of then paypal money's on a few stickers to add a bit of personality to the car so i got these..
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/DSC_0095.jpg)
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/DSC_0096.jpg)
but after all this ther was still a missing link wich was my faded and dull spoiler wich was letting the car down so i went to my nearest motor stor and found some trim wax wich they said would do the job perfect so i baught some and this was the outcome...
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you can see the difference instantly...
and 2 weeks later its still lookiing nice and fresh we shall see how long it lasts before needing another treatment
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and a few weeks passed with no issues besides a wheel wobble from the shocking spacers untill my travel back to grimsby after work in louth and s**t t the fan when my clutch went on a busy crossroads at the front of the cue when the lights went green so i managed to finaly get my car home and look at what it was to find a nice hole and split in the bulkhead were my clutch cable used to be :(
wich now looks like this.
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/DSC_0115.jpg)
also thaught i'd add in a picture that dave took without me knowing when leaving to maccy's from one of our BCD meets cuz i think it looks awsome
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Love it! Looking ace, can't wait to see this in October :cool:
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Looking good :afro:
What are you planning with the bulkhead.
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Love it! Looking ace, can't wait to see this in October :cool:
cherz bud and i can't wait to be ther and see all you guya again and get a dyno graph for the rocco :)
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Looking good :afro:
What are you planning with the bulkhead.
throw many blunt objects at it :rolleyes:
erm taking my front carpets out tommorow for fire reasons then i'll be making up a plate with mounts for the clutch cable and holes in the ryt places for the speedo and throttle cable to weld in place on sunday aslong as rain doesn't come to hard and all goes well
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little update for today...
i've got all my interior stripped out and got rid of any chances of it setting fire whilst welding....
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and a picture of the damage from the inside of the car
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also got a plate cut out and just need to put 3 holes in the right places and its ready for welding in the morning when mr dave drops off his welder for me to use so loocking good to be fixed and back together on sunday :)
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Good luck with the welding :smiley:
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Good luck with the welding :smiley:
chers wayne i'll be making an erly start in the morning so i'm hoping to have an update at lunch with good news :tongue:
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Might be worth getting some more of the sound proofing off as heat travels.
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love it, one of my fave dubs behind the mk2 golfs.
yours looks lovely though, what they like to drive btw as tempted to get one later in the year as got a thing for white ones lol
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love it, one of my fave dubs behind the mk2 golfs.
yours looks lovely though, what they like to drive btw as tempted to get one later in the year as got a thing for white ones lol
thanks rich and i think there beautifull cars aswell and i saw a white one in grimsby a few months back and it was awsome..
and to drive i love it its really forgiving and easy to drive verry comfortable ( unless you go too low on the coilovers and dont adjust the bump stops :/ ) but there is a problem caused from the low roof line wich means if ur anywere near 6ft tall ur head will become part of the roof lining but i fitted some reclining bucket seats and now theres loads of head room....
i think you should get one as i dont see enuf about tbh
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Might be worth getting some more of the sound proofing off as heat travels.
yer he picture taken wasn't quite when i finished as i did remove all sound proofing so the risk is lessened and tbh i dont intend on putting it back in anyways only the front carpet is going in as sound proofing weighs too much for my liking
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Might be worth getting some more of the sound proofing off as heat travels.
yer he picture taken wasn't quite when i finished as i did remove all sound proofing so the risk is lessened and tbh i dont intend on putting it back in anyways only the front carpet is going in as sound proofing weighs too much for my liking
:afro: hope it all goes well.
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chers updates tomorow
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Car looks amazing now polished up! :cool:
Shame about the clutch cable eating your car, I though it was only MK1 golfs that did that!... My last one did, put the extra repair piece in this one before it had a chance to do it!
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ts a scirocco thing aswell but i was warned before to be carefull by it but there wasn't any rust there so i dint expect it to go how it did...
either way though it'l not happen again after todays welding session
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love it, one of my fave dubs behind the mk2 golfs.
yours looks lovely though, what they like to drive btw as tempted to get one later in the year as got a thing for white ones lol
thanks rich and i think there beautifull cars aswell and i saw a white one in grimsby a few months back and it was awsome..
and to drive i love it its really forgiving and easy to drive verry comfortable ( unless you go too low on the coilovers and dont adjust the bump stops :/ ) but there is a problem caused from the low roof line wich means if ur anywere near 6ft tall ur head will become part of the roof lining but i fitted some reclining bucket seats and now theres loads of head room....
i think you should get one as i dont see enuf about tbh
its def on the cards want to get one before they dissapear and theres no decent ones left
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Thers a few hal decent ones on the bay and good news the clutch is sorted and it feels better than ever so many smiles per gallon ahead
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well i've done it again and not updated my thread for ages like usual and suprise suprise its gunna be another update including the work done due to yet another break down but this one being on a lager scale so here goes .....
well since i sorted out the clutch cable eating my bulkhead situation my car had been fine for a good 3 weeks ... them 3 weeks in wich i was using my car for dragging work equiptment about as my boss was on holiday and it had a pronound effect on many things and braught on a brake down ....
so to cut a long story short i was home to grimsby from louth 3 maybe 4 weeks after fixing the last problem and my clutch went slipping like mad with no adjustment left on the cable to a limped my car home the 18 miles that were ahead of me. luckily for me though a good freind martin had a spare clutch i could have so he donated it to me with a spare gearbox he had wich would then put my engine back on the box it should have in it so we set to work getting it sorted....
so here goes with some pictures ... starting with the donated clutch and gearbox removed from martins old engine...
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/donorgearbox.jpg)
then the driveshafts disconected and suspention half removed for later bumpstop adjustments
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/driveshaftsoff.jpg)
and gearbox supported ready for final removal
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/startofgearboxremoval.jpg)
and the gearbox is out and new clutch assembly fitted :)
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/newclutchassy.jpg)
then randon and probably not relevant but a wasp claimed martins drink so thaught y not take a picture
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/thewaspthatclaimedmartinsdrink.jpg)
then after getting the new box in and set up we then had to tackle my completely shot bushes and i dint see any point in replacing with sh!tty standard bushes so i baught myself a full set of pollybushes and set to fitting them..
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/DSC_0203.jpg)
then the time came to 'adjust' my bumpstops and roll my arches so i could go lower and after the rolling but before the lowering i tried on martins 13's to see what they look like on my car and i do rather like them allot and a quick picture...
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/martins13s.jpg)
then a picture of the massive arch gap i have after lowering another 20mm and putting my wheels back on ...
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/lowered.jpg)
and another lowered pic cuz i like it :)
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/weremycarlayedfor2weeks.jpg)
then before going for a test drive to make sure verything is good my wheel bearing locked up sollid and i thaught it was f**ked so baught a set of bearings and set to changing them..
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/DSC_0202.jpg)
but on removal of the hub my bearing was fine it was the circlip that had came loose and the bearing worked its self out of the hub and pulled everything tight so we fixed that and back on the road i was again :)
all up untill about 3/4 hours later when i broke down again with carburettor issues and had no choice but to push my car in a random estate in grimsby and leave it there over night :/
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/andmebreakingdownagainatnightonlyafew3hoursafterfixingthelastproblems.jpg)
but got my car back the next day cleaned out my carb and all is well again ....FOR NOW
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You whore. :)
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haha cherz dude :laugh:
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Check you and your pimped out delorian :evil:
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Check you and your pimped out delorian :evil:
my delorian does well thankyou and it had to be pimped out so it could handle time travel with a bit more stability in the corners :)
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the time has come... :cool:
for some new wheels and tyres :) what do you all think ??? i've got the rears fitted but need to wait for the delivery of longer wheel bolts for the fronts then she be sat low on all four corners...
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/P290911_1919.jpg)
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/P300911_0949.jpg)
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/P300911_0950.jpg)
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/P300911_0951.jpg)
commenmts welcome.
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Love the look of those wheels... I want them as a second set! :cool: What size are they? 14s?
Not keen on the stickers though. :undecided:
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mmm stickers are a bit overdone, i'd have stuck with a couple of novelty ones (VTEC this :grin:) but loving those BBS mahle wheels :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool:
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Those wheels are gorgeous :shocked: :drool: This is a seriously cool car man, it's great to see some mk2 Rocco love :cool:
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chers guys and i dont intend on getting anymore stickers now and i'm still unsure with the one on the wing mirror...
and soundillusion there 13's :)
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chers guys and i dont intend on getting anymore stickers now and i'm still unsure with the one on the wing mirror...
and soundillusion there 13's :)
13's? :cool:
Yeah that mirror one IMO is the one that looks the worst... I'd say loose it.
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i'l be keeping it on for now untill the end of the month when the tax runs out then i'l decide what to do with it as i'm taking her off the road for a new engine so no point taxing it untill after the conversion
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Take all the stickers off dude, you have a lovely car that doesnt deserve to be subjected to 'scene' stickers. Leave them to the 'down and out' but still have arch gap lupos
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Take all the stickers off dude, you have a lovely car that doesnt deserve to be subjected to 'scene' stickers. Leave them to the 'down and out' but still have arch gap lupos
TBO I have to agree with this.
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i do get were your coming from and i understand but i'l not take them all off as i ilke novelty things like v-tech this and get low but i may consider taking a few off as ther is allot on there
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i do get were your coming from and i understand but i'l not take them all off as i ilke novelty things like v-tech this and get low but i may consider taking a few off as ther is allot on there
Its just because you often see this kind of excessive sticker business on sheds, this car is certainly not that.
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ian, keep the stickers, maybe get the rac number. itll help in the breakdown case :laugh:
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ian, keep the stickers, maybe get the rac number. itll help in the breakdown case :laugh:
haha thanks liam but fed up of breaking down and epicly bad mpg hence the engine swap and its the with mirror one wich is my main concern as i was never sure on it probably as i painted up the wing mirrors really nice then slapped a massive sticker on it but i do like my bonnet stickers but i wunt put more on the bonnet but gunna have a few changes as of next month anyways with many things being done....
gunna take advantage of it being off the road and get everything painted up and refurbed
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i do get were your coming from and i understand but i'l not take them all off as i ilke novelty things like v-tech this and get low but i may consider taking a few off as ther is allot on there
Its just because you often see this kind of excessive sticker business on sheds, this car is certainly not that.
thanks :smiley: and i wunt be putting more on in the slightest but i wunt of baught them if i dint like but as said from liams comment gunna sort loads out from the next month so many updates will be coming forth
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well finaly got all my wheels on with the aid of longer bolts and wheel spacers to clear the callipers so what do you think,..???
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/P041011_1651.jpg)
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/P041011_1651_01.jpg)
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/P041011_1652.jpg)
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/P041011_1652_01.jpg)
comments welcome
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Looks spot on mate! I think the stickers on the bonnet look good tbh. Mirror one maybe not though.......
I love this car! Proper retro :cool:
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get spacers for the rears too, will look big pimpin then :evil:
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yer i have spacers for the rears but i couldn't pick them up as it ment going too far out of my way and risking overheating but i'll be getting them this weekend as there at a m8's house
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Looks fookin ace. :cool: Sits so well on those wheels, I want them! :drool:
Rear spacers will really finish it's stance nicely. :afro: If you have to keep the stickers at least loose the one on the mirror.
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Now that is cool :cool: The wheels are retro but with just enough tyre to look beefy and mean :evil:
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I need to go change my pants... :tongue:
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Looks ace but lose some stickers. :cool:
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chers guys i love the wheels i'm so glad i dug deep into my pocket and baught them and the bonnet stickers are defo staying but still unsure on the wing mirror one and u may have persuaded me to loose it
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Looks fookin ace. :cool: Sits so well on those wheels, I want them! :drool:
Rear spacers will really finish it's stance nicely. :afro: If you have to keep the stickers at least loose the one on the mirror.
getting my rear spacers back tonight as long as they are at martins wher i think i left them :/ then i'l have pics up as soon as i can
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Loose all stickers :wink:
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Loose all stickers :wink:
haha neverr :cool:
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those wheels look horrible,but on the plus side i will dispose of them for you for free :grin:
also im home now if you want to pop round
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those wheels look horrible,but on the plus side i will dispose of them for you for free :grin:
also im home now if you want to pop round
haha cherz martin :laugh:
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ian ian i like the wheels, they got some dish. are u lowering it some more. or have u and not put piks up?
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ian ian i like the wheels, they got some dish. are u lowering it some more. or have u and not put piks up?
tbh lem i've had to raise the front by 10mm to pic it up off the floor and as it is now its just drivable as it hits the floor going thru town so cant possibly go lower now
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quick update on stance :)
tried and played around with wheel spacers on the rear and i've got the rear wheels spaced out 13mm and it looks good imo its braught the wheels out just enough and i'll post up some pics when i get a chance to take a decent pic
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got stance.....
had a great photo oportunity today when walking out of my mums work and couldn't resist taking a photo..
so its the latest photo now with the rear wheel spacers on giving better stance and notice the grill.... i've finnaly got it sitting straight and its loads better for it :)
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/P151011_1701.jpg)
comments welcome ...
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Looks fantastic :cool:
The stickers ruin it for me though.
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Looks fantastic :cool:
The stickers ruin it for me though.
Well the stickers have come up quite a bit for this car...........
Must say though besides that its sitting very well and those wheels look fantastic on it. :cool:
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Looks fantastic :cool:
The stickers ruin it for me though.
Well the stickers have come up quite a bit for this car...........
Must say though besides that its sitting very well and those wheels look fantastic on it. :cool:
thanks and yer the stickers do keep getting mentioned lol .. :/
and thanks soundillusion but if i'm honest i ideally need some hubcentric spacers on it especially for the rears as 13mm realli isn't enough and there not the best spacers in the worls that i have on now....
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Lose the stickers and it would look loads better :smiley:
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Loving the 'Rocco mate! Keep up the good work :smiley: And loving the stickers!
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Loving the 'Rocco mate! Keep up the good work :smiley: And loving the stickers!
yay :) lol
and chers guys more updates to come hopefully sooner rather than later
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New Sig required now me thinks. :cool:
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New Sig required now me thinks. :cool:
haha yer definately its a bit out dated now to say the least :rolleyes:
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looks ace mate, I'm also saying loose the stickers :cool:
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looks ace mate, I'm also saying loose the stickers :cool:
dayumn lol i will think about maybe removing 1 :)
and u will hopefully see that engine going into a nice shiny red home aswell :tongue:
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dayumn lol i will think about maybe removing 1 :)
The Mirror Sticker!
Do us a favour, next time you take a shot of your car, do one of just the drivers side from low down (does that make sense?) bet it will look ace and i just wanna see it.
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yes the mirror sticker and i have a shot of the car like that and it's a good shot but its an old one... i'll try getting one taken but i only have a mobile phone camera atm so they rarely come out good enuf for the forum...
and new sig :)
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The Mirror Sticker!
Do us a favour, next time you take a shot of your car, do one of just the drivers side from low down (does that make sense?) bet it will look ace and i just wanna see it.
did u mean something like this...
and i verry liked ur idea though good outcome imo
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/P171011_1634.jpg)
or this
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/P171011_1654.jpg)
or that
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/P171011_1654_01.jpg)
and it would look better if i had some bigger spacers on the rear but i darn't go bigger than 13mm on normal spacers so its stuck like that untill i get some hubcentric 20mm :)
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Nice shots, shows how low it is but I meant this angle but low down getting the whole side of the car in with its new wheels.
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/Photo0335.jpg)
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ahhh right i see now.. i'll get on it tommorow if the weather holds up.. cherz
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quick little update...
money not being good at this moment in time i've been thinking and looking for a cheap enough way of getting the rocco's engine sorted and i've now sourced a good cylinder head to replace mine wy nakered one with and to go with that i've just made a bargain dirt cheap deal on a mk3 gti 8v engine so i'll be getting a nice 2 litre bottom end to go with it...
so next month the engines getting a rebuild and i'll be back on the road in no time :)
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another update with bad news....
the rocco has died after squeezing every last mile out of the overheated engine
and now it looks like this with a portal to another world that has openned up between my cylinder head and engine block
the dame :
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/P251011_1652_01.jpg)
comments welcome
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Engine transplant time???
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Comments welcome:
Time for a 1.8T conversion :evil:
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Comments welcome:
Time for a 1.8T conversion :evil:
This.
It's the only sensible thing to do! :cool:
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I definitely agree! :cool:
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Comments welcome:
Time for a 1.8T conversion :evil:
i'de love to thanks for offering to donate me a bam engine :)
would like to do it but money permits and need the car back asap as its my daily driver and i need it for my 36 mile commute to work so a rebuild is in order with some extra power but not the ideal conversion i'de like to do
got myself a simple 2 litre bottom end and going to port an 8v cyliner head and bang it all together back on my webber unless i get my arse into gear and slap on the bike carbs ....
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and he wins :)
i'm now the proud new owner of a mk2 gti valver cylinder head :grin:
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thought you brought toms gti anyway? would have saved you loads and you could have gone injection
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thought you brought toms gti anyway? would have saved you loads and you could have gone injection
i have baught his gti lump and thaught about injection but i was watchin an 8v crossflow head on ebay that was too expensive then martin found this jem and i won it for £56 posted so going 2 litre valver on carbs now cuz it sounds interesting
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with kims botom end? pm me
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with kims botom end? pm me
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oh massive fail on my part there i'll start again cuz hant explained properly
the deal on toms gti fell thru because of money then jim offered me his mk3 gti lump for £65 and i've just won a mk2 gti 16v cylinder head on ebay for £56
so i be 2 litre valver on carbs
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with kims botom end? pm me
oh massive fail on my part there i'll start again cuz hant explained properly
the deal on toms gti fell thru because of money then jim offered me his mk3 gti lump for £65 and i've just won a mk2 gti 16v cylinder head on ebay for £56
so i be 2 litre valver on carbs
(http://www.madtomatoe.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Facebook-Like-Button-big.jpg)
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well the rocco has had her last run this year with her 1.8 8v heart and is having her suspension raised in the morning to get her sitting comfortably on my driveway
had a good run to lincoln for a meet and it turned out well and she did good all the way besides a few clouds of smoke and a nasty smell coming and going so watch this space now for many updates with many pictures....
also a random picture i took in macdonalds carpark with martin ( I_AM_ME )
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/P301011_1623_01.jpg)
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thaught its about time i did an update on this thread as a few things have happened and progress is being made...
to start with i'm out of road tax aswell as insurance now so i have plenty of time to do things that have been a long time coming. starting with the engine :)
to cut a long story short my engines coming out and another is going in but its no simple engine conversion from another car cuz lets face it that be too easy..
basically i'm building up a 2 litre 16v bike carb powered beastie and i have nearly everything i need now waiting for me just need to make an inlet manifold , finish cleaning up engine parts , jet my carbs and bolt it all together so here goes with some pictures...
to start with i'll be using a mk3 golf gti 8v engine block for the 2 litreness but no pic as it hasn't been delivered yet...
so that i get clearance for my many valves i've baught a set of second hand abf pistons from a mk3 valver
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/P051111_1109_01.jpg)
as you can see there caked up with crap so thaught best to clean em up and check everything fine so...
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/P051111_1158.jpg)
also noticed all oil holes in the oil scraper rings were blocked so came up with an idea that did the trick
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/P051111_1539.jpg)
and all cleaned up and back together..
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/P051111_1543_02.jpg)
then came the delivery of what i'm using to fuel the engine with. in the form of some yamaha R1 carburettor awsomeness!!!
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/P101111_1143.jpg)
and they'll be getting stripped down cleaned up and jetted accordingly
and a few days later came some more powerfull awsomeness being a mk2 gti 16v cylinder head :D
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/P111111_1339.jpg)
and some pics with the carbs infront of it cuz i can really
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/P111111_1501_01.jpg)
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/P111111_1552.jpg)
and soon set to dis assembling the valver head to clean it up get it skimmed and re-seat all the valves .....
the head nerli stripped ...
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/P141111_1037_01.jpg)
3 out of 4 valves lapped and re-seated on cylinder 4
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/P141111_1436_02.jpg)
a before and sfter shot
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/P141111_1438_02.jpg)
and the bits i can do on the head are nerli done now then its getting sent off for a skim.
and today came a parcel :D in the form of a 4 branch stainless steel exhaust manifold
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/P181111_1951.jpg)
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/P181111_1954.jpg)
and i then broke out the heat wrap and wrapped the manifold up nice before running out :x
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/P181111_2156_01.jpg)
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/P181111_2156.jpg)
then after heat wrapping i realised it was a bad idea as the manifold will most probably need modifying as i've had to buy a mk2 golf 16v mani to fit the engine as they dont make them for the 16v scirocco as there so damn rare so the mani will prob need to be modified to fit with the 2 litre block being taller than my 1.8 aswell as havving an anti roll bar in the way or the zaust...
tahts about it for now really but i'm, sure they'le be more to come
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Might be worth checking, but will a 1.8 16v head fit and work on 2.0 8v bottom end. :undecided:
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Might be worth checking, but will a 1.8 16v head fit and work on 2.0 8v bottom end. :undecided:
not if i used the 2.0 8v pistons as they woul the valves but thats why i baught the abf pistons from the mk3 16v so put the 16v pistons and rods in the 2.0 8v block then all will be fine
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Might be worth checking, but will a 1.8 16v head fit and work on 2.0 8v bottom end. :undecided:
not if i used the 2.0 8v pistons as they woul the valves but thats why i baught the abf pistons from the mk3 16v so put the 16v pistons and rods in the 2.0 8v block then all will be fine
I just wondered if the block was all the same etc also will the 2.0 head gasket mate up all ok.
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Interesting project dude! Hope it all goes well :grin:
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i like this dude,good luck with all the work need doing.
anthony
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chers guys and just waiting for the mk3 gti lump to be delivered then i will get a mock build done to check tolerences ect then a final deep clean and a paint up then put it together for the last time
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cool rocco mate the r1 carbs look fantastic :smiley:
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cool rocco mate the r1 carbs look fantastic :smiley:
cherz dude hopefully the engine will be built up and in before the new year
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and a little picture with the head, exhaust manifold and carbs layed out just cuz i can really
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/iansengine.jpg)
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/iansengine2.jpg)
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Like! Its about time you spend some monies on her to get her to what you want buddy, you half been talking about doing stuff for aaaagggesss but have always lacked the funds :embarassed:
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I reckon your gonna be lacking funds to run it with those carbs! :grin:
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I cannot wait to hear it when you get it fired up! glad it's all going well so far :afro:
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Like! Its about time you spend some monies on her to get her to what you want buddy, you half been talking about doing stuff for aaaagggesss but have always lacked the funds :embarassed:
yer i agree sam but i got things together now and funds back on track so i'm building her up just how i like it...
also be fitting the rest of the pollybushes and finding me some brakes that work as dont fancy running standard rocco brakes with my new motor :grin:
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and seanl it was running poor mpg with the old engine anyways i.e about 18 mpg and set up righ tit shouldn't be too bad but i'm buying another hack for my commute to work to save moneys for the rocco :) 36mile a day would be quite costly :rolleyes:
and to dom i'll be posting up a youtube vid when she's done then getting her set up and rolling roaded to get the best out of the carbs setup
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another little update on the engine build...
finished reseating all the valves now so that job's done now then thaught its time i properly cleaned up the head so out came the degreaser and the use of a freinds sand blaster and the result is...
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/P051211_1646.jpg)
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/P051211_1645-1.jpg)
i was rather happy with the outcome and decided to blast the cam pulley aswell but no picture of that at the moment..
also fitted some new clocks into the rocco so i have the correct clocks in now for a start ( bye bye 120mph speedo and a clock ) so i now got the 140mph speedo it should have and a rev counter again :cool:
then took a randon pic of her raring to be tripped...
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/P271111_1329.jpg)
comments welcome
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and a little picture with the head, exhaust manifold and carbs layed out just cuz i can really
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/iansengine.jpg)
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/iansengine2.jpg)
Good lad nice wrapping you know it makes sense!
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cherz man :smiley:
shame i only baught 10 meters of the stuff and ran out half way down the mani :sad:
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My brother had a GT2 and it was quick I had to fix the fuel tank for him its a weakness on the welding seem they tend to bubble and split watch out for it and dont try and weld it up LOL. You have to drop the axle just to get to it!
Getting rare I haven't seen one for about 3 years and that was a show!
Love to G60 one, but fear of killing myself!
The dash is pure class IMO! :cool:
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My brother had a GT2 and it was quick I had to fix the fuel tank for him its a weakness on the welding seem they tend to bubble and split watch out for it and dont try and weld it up LOL. You have to drop the axle just to get to it!
Getting rare I haven't seen one for about 3 years and that was a show!
Love to G60 one, but fear of killing myself!
The dash is pure class IMO! :cool:
i checked over the fuel filler when i went to collect the car and it was fine then and yer mine is rapid ino its not the quickest thing in the world but its had work done to it before i took ownership as it a verry hugh compresion engine asif its had some old school tuning decked block and skimmmed head mods maybe a cam as its running upto 14 bar compression a damn site faster than 'the book' says it should..
i liked the idea of g60 but i'de rather go carbs for now and been looking into bike carb turbo set-ups aswell.. would like to do it but not for a long time yet...
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Wow!... :cool:
I've somehow missed some progress but now all caught up... This is great. Loving where it's going. That manifold looks beastly. :evil:
Great work so far, keep it up.
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:smiley:
cherz maaaan !!
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little update as i have just purchased some new wheels as i couldn't give up the offer..
they need a good refurb but after that they'll be sweeet!! :cool:
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/cookiecutters.jpg)
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/Wheels.jpg)
comments welcome...
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I think I prefer what you're already rolling with, plus you need adapters which Im not a fan of but that's just me...
could always do them up and make some money :grin:
If you like them though would you keep your current wheels?
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I think I prefer what you're already rolling with, plus you need adapters which Im not a fan of but that's just me...
could always do them up and make some money :grin:
If you like them though would you keep your current wheels?
i love the wheels that are allready on her but i've picked these up for peanuts so i could easily sell them on after refurbing them...
and yes i'll be keeping the 13's still and if i decide to run these wheels i shall keep both sets and swap between the two depending on time of year and if/when i fancy a change.
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I think the wheels look retro :cool:
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I think the wheels look retro :cool:
i do and old school is the way forwards imo
i can't say how much i payed for them but to show the bargain i got them for i can say that the wheel pcd addaptors definately cost more than what the wheels cost me... and thats including delivery from 265 miles away :laugh:
they should be here saturday depending on how busy dhl are
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I have a soft spot for cookie cutters :) I look forward to seeing them fitted! What is the standard Scirocco offset, what sizes and offset are the porker rims and what size adapters are you going to run?
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I have a soft spot for cookie cutters :) I look forward to seeing them fitted! What is the standard Scirocco offset, what sizes and offset are the porker rims and what size adapters are you going to run?
standard rocco wheels are et38 i think and the 13" bbs im running atm are 13x6 et13 and they sit fine but are on 13mm spacers so et0
the porche rims are 15x7 and an offset of et23 and not %100 sure what size adaptors to get yet untill i see were the wheel sits from the face of the hub and depending on how m=much arch work i want to do :rolleyes:
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This is looking epic as always. If i end up with a rocco, it's because of you! :grin:
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This is looking epic as always. If i end up with a rocco, it's because of you! :grin:
haha thanx maan and i think you should get one.. get on ebay and in the clasifieds i say :grin:
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also a small update i had 10 minutes spare today so decided to get my cross-overs fitted properly for my door speakers...
there nothing special but they do the job and look oki so i'm happy with the outcome
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/P221211_1459.jpg)
and a picture i took today of the rocco as i couldn't resist :tongue:
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/P221211_1505_01.jpg)
and the porsche rims are on there way :cool:
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GOOD NEWS!!!!!
the porker rims are here :laugh:
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/P291211_1847.jpg)
find some adaptors, get them refurbed and wrapped in rubber and see how she sits...
comments welcome.......
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Get them on! :cool:
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Get them on! :cool:
going to sit one again my hub today to see how big adaptors i can get away with but will post a pick up..
and sandblasting later on today
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What tyres u want ian. I'll get em for ya through work
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What tyres u want ian. I'll get em for ya through work
going for 195/50 15 i reckons m8
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as promised got a few pics of the wheels offered up to the hub and a picture with it 'poking out' of the arch were it may end up sitting with thick wheel pcd adaptors..
so here goes....
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/P301211_1004.jpg)
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/P301211_1005.jpg)
and finally..
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/P301211_1006.jpg)
comments welcome.
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Now I've seen them like that I like them a lot. :cool: problem is how much poke are you going to have with adapters?
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Now I've seen them like that I like them a lot. :cool: problem is how much poke are you going to have with adapters?
hmmm well... :laugh:
i definately intend on doing allot of arch work so the amount of poke i'm going for would be ( in technical terms ) rather allot :cool:
but not too much as i really dont want to over do it
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:undecided: on the Porsche wheels, what colour are you having them painted
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I reckon they will look really lovely man! I reckon polish up the lip with solid black centres for the win :)
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Porkers look ace man.. deffo liking them on this car :smiley:
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chers for the comments guys and i have a refurb idea in mind :cool:
and a quick update as havn't been on here for a while so here goes ...
so wheels aren't finished yet as there not quite on the top of my to do list but i have now got my old cylinder head removed . then placed the valver head ontop of the block to see how things fitted as to check the room for the carbs also i wanted to see what it looks like of course :tongue:
so a quick sneak of how it should look hopefullly sometime soon...
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/P020112_1248.jpg)
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/P020112_1247.jpg)
but less of a mess when its finished :grin:
also a rainy windy day left without things to do so i got productive with some stickers :rolleyes:
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/P040112_0103.jpg)
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/P040112_0104.jpg)
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/P040112_0109.jpg)
comments welcome...
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Nice touch with the sticker bombing :) you will probably get stick from some people though lol!
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Ian stickerbombings gay, raise the car up and bike carbs are sh!t compaired to tbs. What a waste of money this is...
All of the above am jokin bud, good work on your sticker bombing I saw it. On facebook.
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Nice touch with the sticker bombing :) you will probably get stick from some people though lol!
cherz dan and yer i'm expecting someone to come allong with grief but will wait for that quietly :tongue:
and lem i think you should try out the carby's on ur valver u will soon see how good they are when i'm infront of you on riby bypass :grin:
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Dream on mate. The only way ud be infront if u were bein towed by an evo. Haha ill get my honda out and blow u all
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Dream on mate. The only way ud be infront if u were bein towed by an evo. Haha ill get my honda out and blow u all
:huh: :shocked:
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Honda civic. If I wanted to sell my golf there an eg for sale cheap, and I know someone breking an imported integra so it just be like my golf just with v-tech
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Honda civic. If I wanted to sell my golf there an eg for sale cheap, and I know someone breking an imported integra so it just be like my golf just with v-tech
I think the shock is that you are offering to give out blowjobs not driving a civic
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Ian gets them all the time anyway so that would be y he's not sshocked
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just think its funny liam .. u no what the sticker says on my bonnet ... if u got a vtech then u'de just be further behind me than u was before
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Ian don't make me prove you wrong mate. Haha. Can't v-tech a middle finger :p
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Ian don't make me prove you wrong mate. Haha. Can't v-tech a middle finger :p
u can try it m8 haha.. not yet though as i'll need a tow if you do :drool:
also looking into megajolt not sure if i am going to fit it or not yet but its just a thaught atm
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Y not megassquirt?
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because ive got carbs you tool :laugh:
i only need megajolt to run ignition,.... megasquirt is for running injection aswell so it would be wasted money and time
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Nice touches with the sticker bombing...
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Nice touches with the sticker bombing...
chers dude got more goodies to post up but need a decent picture first :cool:
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hurry up dude,wanna see some photo's :evil: :grin:
anthony
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another update as i've pulled my finger out and got some more done to the rocco....
firsty i've baught myself a nice shiny rear strut brace ..
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/P120112_1331.jpg)
but shiny polished alluminium in the inside of my car just doesn't cut it for me so out came some more stickers :rolleyes:
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/P130112_0024.jpg)
then got to some propper work and started on pulling out the engine . it didn't take long as the head was off and its a carb so wasn't loads of nasty wiring. besides not having an engine crain it went rather well
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/P280112_1412.jpg)
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/P280112_1410.jpg)
then out came the gearbox leaving a messy oily engine bay. so i started cleaning it up and this is how i left her 2dai
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/P300112_1421.jpg)
comments welcome...
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Yes! Glad to see this started :)
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:) so am i... And tommorow il be striping the block down ready for blasting and painting
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:) so am i... And tommorow il be striping the block down ready for blasting and painting
Nice going.... looks like your steering boot has been melting like mine was, you'll want to get that sorted before the new motor goes in... I replaced and heat wrapped mine. :wink:
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Yer it had gone brittle and when i was cleaning around it it started falling to pieces iv got 1 cuming in the post
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Yer it had gone brittle and when i was cleaning around it it started falling to pieces iv got 1 cuming in the post
Cool, make sure you wrap it, especially if you're going to run with a four branch. :wink:
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time for another update i think starting with the slight change of plan with the engine thats going back in...
still struggling to find a 2litre block within budget so for now the rebuilt 8v engines going back in so that i can get back on the road and driving again..
so basically i've stripped the 8v engine down checking over evrything and rebuilt it back up again with new headgasket and all other gaskets sealed up when needed. also fixed the webber carb from hell so may have less problems with that now and hoping that with the new head gasket will do the trick.. also painted up the engine block purely for looks...
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/P250212_1647.jpg)
then finnally finishes off cleaning up the engine bay and tidying up the wiring and i've only got one more thing to do there wich is remove the quickly slapped together bulkead repair from my clutch cable pulling through and do a propper job if it and fit a new steering column boot
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/P260212_1706_01.jpg)
also got myself a new steering wheel but want to sticker bomb the cheap looking chrome centre of it to brake it up abit.
and egnore the mess that has accumilated in the footwells :rolleyes:
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/P270212_1419.jpg)
and to finish it off i'm fitting a new engine mount as my old one had the bolt seized inside it so need a new one there aswell as replacing the old fuel lines and i've made myself a single lamp 5 slat badgeless grille....
and my dog posing in the 2 pictures of the grille :grin:
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/Photo0220.jpg)
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/Photo0227.jpg)
comments welcome.
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oh and fitted a full gear linkage repair kit so i'm no longer relying on my taped up linkage to find gears when i want them :cool:
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can i have it ? :)
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can i have it ? :)
:grin: haha i'de never get rid of this gem
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can i have it ? :)
:grin: haha i'de never get rid of this gem
:grin: :grin: :grin: :grin:
its spent longer broken at the side if the road then it has on it :tongue:
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can i have it ? :)
:grin: haha i'de never get rid of this gem
:grin: :grin: :grin: :grin:
its spent longer broken at the side if the road then it has on it :tongue:
so true u'de soon get fed up of the awsome :rolleyes: reliabilty
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can i have it ? :)
:grin: haha i'de never get rid of this gem
:grin: :grin: :grin: :grin:
its spent longer broken at the side if the road then it has on it :tongue:
Meh.. no harm in that if it means it returns with a vengeance. :cool:
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oh it tries returning with avengance but then it it breaks down again before it gets a chance to show it :angry:
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oh it tries returning with avengance but then it it breaks down again before it gets a chance to show it :angry:
Kind of know that feeling.
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oh it tries returning with avengance but then it it breaks down again before it gets a chance to show it :angry:
Kind of know that feeling.
think i will have sorted that problem now though as its allways my carb that lets me down because for some strange reason its been cut and mullerd by a previouse owner and is missing bits of gause filter over the float bowl
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WOW!!! five months since i've posted on here and done any work on the rocco :/
so havn't been able to work on ruby for a while due to circumstances but I'm back now and have started again with my build.
over this weekend i've dragged my engine out again to sort out my tired engine bay so friday the engine came out giving me room to clean things up.
so i started with the wire brush and got cleaning things up.
first was the radiator cowling so painted that up and the result speaks for its self
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/DSC00014.jpg)
then made a start degreasing and sanding the gearbox and i got as far as spraying one bit with the paint a baught then got put off doing the rest as the colour on the can was nothing like the colour it came out like so did no more of that .
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/s.jpg)
so to get the stress off the wrong paint out of my mind i set about upgrading my rear brakes to something more substantial so here goes some disk brakes to replace the drums with.
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/DSC00016.jpg)
then started on the engine bay grinding back all the rust bubbles and blemeshes and giving whats left a key for the paaint.
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/w.jpg)
then on goes the primer.
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/q.jpg)
then laid some colour down and thats about it so far untill i get onit tomorow and start on the next thing (http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/DSC00002.jpg)
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Nice work, thought it had been a while since you posted, weren't you planning on selling a while back?
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yes i did have it up for sale breifly. i had an operatiuon on my spine 5 months ago and couldnt get sick pay or any benefits so was struggling to pay bills and ran out of money but finally found some income b4 the rocco went so i got to keep her :grin:
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yes i did have it up for sale breifly. i had an operatiuon on my spine 5 months ago and couldnt get sick pay or any benefits so was struggling to pay bills and ran out of money but finally found some income b4 the rocco went so i got to keep her :grin:
Yeah I remember reading that somewhere, possibly FB..... Close call... Hope you're better now mate.
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yes is was on fb and yeah i think i'm all sorted now :)
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yes is was on fb and yeah i think i'm all sorted now :)
nice one.... :cool: Crack on then. :grin:
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dont spend allot of time at home where the car is but i've got a few little bits painted up nicely
wasnt happy with the look of the radiator having a nice freshly painted cowling and crappy fan motor sticking through it so i took it apart again and painted the motor.
before
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/555818_10151110040538973_1061404159_n.jpg)
then painted motor
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/578843_10151112639573973_1146068583_n.jpg)
and finished item
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/165947_10151112644563973_766828821_n.jpg)
then moved onto the gearbox cleaning it up and painting it so before
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/f.jpg)
then after
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/524259_10151112639958973_189468408_n.jpg)
and finnaly the starter motor got some tlc aswell as was looking verry ruf
before
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/380615_10151112783858973_1469512352_n.jpg)
then the finished product
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/487306_10151112784003973_1016164216_n.jpg)
dont get allot of time working on the car so thats it for now...
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managed to squeeze in some more work on ruby so i'l let the pictures do the talking here goes....
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/DSC0000017.jpg)
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/DSC0000012.jpg)
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/DSC0000048.jpg)
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/DSC0000023.jpg)
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/DSC0000022.jpg)
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/DSC0000018.jpg)
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/DSC0000016.jpg)
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/DSC0000015.jpg)
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/DSC0000044.jpg)
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/DSC0000046.jpg)
thats it for a while now untill i find some more moneys to put into it to get her finished :) ..
comments welcome.
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It looks great keep up the good work :smiley:
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loving the attention to detail with engine bits, what paint are you using for the grey/silver btw
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Great work bud! I would love to take my engine this far, but this time round it has to stay in the bay. Keep it up mate, it will be awesome when its back on the road :)
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thanks for the comments guys i can't wait untill its finished.
rich its hycote paint and on the can it looks like an awsome anthracite colour but it turned out a kind of light blue colour with a rubbish finish so may be changing them coloured bits.
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not been able to do much lately as been away for a little while but i'm back now and thaught i'de make a slight exterior change and remove the rubber side strips from around the car and here's how she looks now...
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/557555_10151238373978973_1164254731_n.jpg)
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/185225_10151238374183973_299393485_n.jpg)
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/304087_10151238374293973_1371678922_n.jpg)
what do you think???
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Looks much smoother /cleaner :afro:
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Looking good mate :)
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Really nice touch :afro:
were they easy to get off?? I had a bit of a nightmare when I did the Corrado :sad:
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Really nice touch :afro:
were they easy to get off?? I had a bit of a nightmare when I did the Corrado :sad:
chers dude and yeah they were pretty easy. just pulled them off and then used sticky stuff remover on the glue that was left behind and it scraped off easily using the clean straight edge of a plastic lottery card :cool:
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a bit more progress has been made.
finally got some rear brake disks fitted and nw she's on all four wheels and done allot of re-wiring and general tidying things up.
also i've recently started a new job so now i can get theem last few parts orderd and have the rocco built back up and on the road again i cant wait :laugh: and some cheecky pics after giving her a clean....
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/untitled_zpsab238383.png)
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/untitled2_zps3f6f7aea.png)
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Looks like it's doing better than the Mini Mate :afro:
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yer haha lost the love for the mini around about the same time i got the rocco haha
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well!!!! been a while since ive been on here lol.
thaught its about time i updated my build thread as its clearly been a while and its verry outdated now so here i am ruby's back on the road better than ever and lots has happened since last time.
so...
shes road legal and driving around again :grin: yaaaay!!! been a tough long jouney but we made it. i wont bore u all with a massiive write up just some pictures and explanantions on the way.
to start with the valver i had nearly got built up went bad :cry: a leaky ( now rebuilt ) garage made for a verry water damaged engine so i decided to go back to the dark side and drag out the blown high compression carbed 8v. rebuilt with a lick of paint.
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/528230_10151639953388973_1732440793_n_zpse17a8cc1.jpg) (http://s1184.photobucket.com/user/ian_barker91/media/528230_10151639953388973_1732440793_n_zpse17a8cc1.jpg.html)
then got her fitted over nigh with help from a friend and shes in
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/942147_10151694582933973_80269891_n_zps386ff4eb.jpg) (http://s1184.photobucket.com/user/ian_barker91/media/942147_10151694582933973_80269891_n_zps386ff4eb.jpg.html)
th
got her all up and running and decided i wanted some auxilary guages and wanted to have a go at making my own pods for them to have them fitted in my centre console so here they are.
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/945874_10151651980343973_1638206202_n_zps8d74e9c9.jpg) (http://s1184.photobucket.com/user/ian_barker91/media/945874_10151651980343973_1638206202_n_zps8d74e9c9.jpg.html)
then finally got her mot'd and taxed and back on the road again :)
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so shes on the road again :smiley: and since getting a new job i had a fully equipt workshop with a ramp making so i set making up a new exhaust as couldnt afford a shiny off the shelf item so i decided to make my own and free up some lingering exhaust gasses that were slowing me down.
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/1010685_10151784215273973_473059822_n_zps3cd1b7b2.jpg) (http://s1184.photobucket.com/user/ian_barker91/media/1010685_10151784215273973_473059822_n_zps3cd1b7b2.jpg.html)
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/1045260_10151784215518973_769423416_n_zps7adca898.jpg) (http://s1184.photobucket.com/user/ian_barker91/media/1045260_10151784215518973_769423416_n_zps7adca898.jpg.html)
after this ive had a few issues with second hand untested gearbox's and such but finally got myself a good one and went out for a night seing people in hull and thaught ide give ruby a treat and put some nice expensive v-power in her. wich ended badly burning up my cylinder head and generally breaking things. so was time for a new head.
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/1476243_10152133136213973_302663599_n_zpsd779fcde.jpg) (http://s1184.photobucket.com/user/ian_barker91/media/1476243_10152133136213973_302663599_n_zpsd779fcde.jpg.html)
decided it was time for an upgrade whilst i had her in pieces so i ditched the carb and went injection :smiley: for reliability a bit more economy and having a car that actually wants to start when its cold.
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/1472918_10152133818488973_597296698_n_zps76d30276.jpg) (http://s1184.photobucket.com/user/ian_barker91/media/1472918_10152133818488973_597296698_n_zps76d30276.jpg.html)
started her up and the ran a dream for all of around 30 seconds untill i noticed exhaust gasses bubling there way through the expansion tank :angry:
so another cylinder head this time a painted and cleaned up one was fitted and all was well again.
in between all of this changed the seats to some comfy leathers as the buckets were too much for this time of year
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/1379480_10151981682933973_681236392_n_zpsea7efbeb.jpg) (http://s1184.photobucket.com/user/ian_barker91/media/1379480_10151981682933973_681236392_n_zpsea7efbeb.jpg.html)
all that and a different set of wheels rolled and stretches wheel arches and more lows and here is how she stands now after another night out playing in hull and coming across an abandoned lorry trailor :)
(http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z328/ian_barker91/902040_10153658250960074_696005796_o_zps00fa5a79.jpg) (http://s1184.photobucket.com/user/ian_barker91/media/902040_10153658250960074_696005796_o_zps00fa5a79.jpg.html)
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Now then bud loving the pic of your car under the lorry. That engine looks sweet :wink:
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Cheers dude :smiley: it was loads tidier when was running a carb now need to get all clever again and tuck away all that messy wiring for the injections s have her looming epi. Again :)