Golfyste's road legal mk4 "project track car"

[golfyste]

Ok I haven't update for a while but there has been a reason! 

Me and a few friends went to a cafe in the peak on the morning of Friday the 22nd...then went for a little walk...nice little place



On the way back had I stop a couple of times to dig the car out due I the snow getting worse!


Then came down a road to this!



Yes there is two cars there!
The snow was drifting really bad and to cut it short we got the car turned around but couldn't get off the road so had to abandon the car.

Couple of 4x4's give us a left to a nearby pub
Can to pick the car up a day later and was met with this....



The whole road for 500m was 4-8foot under snow 

Spent a pod while digging over the next few days!



Went back in Thursday after reporting to council/highways as we met a guy who lived on the road and couldn't get to his house!
As a jcb had been down 





Did some more digging!


And hallelujah!
http://youtu.be/JoOTzNvxaCc

Well that was a fun week 

[Diamond Hell]

Your other half's good with her finger and the lens, isn't she?!

The snow thing happens to the best of us:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEsrpcEx_J0

[golfyste]

That's my mother! 
Not the best with a iPhone 
Good effort there what car was it?

[Diamond Hell]

That's my Passat 4Mo.  It's f*cking great in snow, until it runs out of ground clearance..... in a 4' deep drift.

[golfyste]

Haha could tell it was doing well but even the landys I had helping me recover the car couldn't get trough it!

[golfyste]

Ok time for a update
Not been on top of this due to some other thiga getting in the way and tryin to source bits!!

But in the little spare time I have had I have manage to do a few bits!

So got aroun to sorting the cupra r wishbones!
Removed all the old bushes ready for the polybuhes I need I buy.








Then got around to giving them a coat of paint...





Then Give them another



Then cleaned up a spare subframe I had and removed the bushes



Then painted...



Now I just need to order the bushes for everything caster increase for the wishbones and solid fr the subframe.

Also had a pair of seat mounts arrive. Just need to make a angled piece of plate to use them with my bottom mounted seats....

[golfyste]

More bad news! 
Looks like the diff has gone on my daily so going to have to find time to switch the gearbox on that .....BUT! There is some good news......

More car parts 

Agu large port head arrived today 


Along with the Cupra r rack and hubs 




Have a steering wheel an boss comin soon too 

Sent the welder off to try and diagnose what's wrong with it

Jobs on the todo list are to strip the hubs and refurb them with new bearings and also drop the sump on the current engine to try suss the damage that had been done so I can fix it up and sell it to make room for the aum engine I will be rebuilding with all the uprated parts 

[golfyste]

Wheel and boss cane today 

Just a cheap wheel for £20 to get me going 


And a momo boss for a amazing £12 

[golfyste]

Ok time for another update if anyone is reading 

Sent the welder to get fixed on the weekend (came back today)
So while that was gone I decided to start striping the cupra r hubs ready for new bearings and a lick of paint.

Did the usual pushed the centre out....



and of course the inner race of the bearing went with it  ..... on both! 




So anyway set about getting it off so whipped the grinder out! And cut as close as i dared to the shaft 



I removed the inner races and then tried removing the rest of the bearing and failed miserably haha so my dad took it to work with him and used the hydro press ... took a full 10tonne!  so no wonder i couldnt getting it out with a hammer, socket and vice 
My dad also took the agu rocker cover with him to sandblast as it was in a sorry state 

Me and my mate (rylarr off here) then set about stripping the engine to find what was wrong with it
When i originally bought the car the seller wasn't very specific he just said there was some sort of engine damage due to a shortage of oil......What he did say that i didn't acknowledge/forgot about was that it did start but would need trailering......so

we removed the sump and i checked the bigends and the main bearings which were completely spotless with no wear 

sump off


I also checked the bores with a torch and there were no marks or ridges. nice and smooth 

we then had the rocker cover off and checked the cams were again were completely fine with not much wear  (only got one photo  )

ryan removing the rocker cover



So the conclusion was there is no engine damage which i when i actually rethought about what the seller had said (starts etc) and realised i was thinking in the wrong area......so we started to remove the turbo 

we managed to get the turbo out

and found this 
http://youtu.be/C6xfI71HBek

So this is where i stood as the start of another day



Agu head with SB rocker cover




Cupra r hubs with bearing removed




The car with its thinking face 





the the turbo was out i removed the downpipe so i could remove the shifter that i have been waiting to remove for a while ha






The next day I felt like starting another little job before going back outside so i decided i would modify my door card.
i had to remove it due to it not allowing the door to close with the cage in sooooo i took a few measurements and started chopping 

Before 


Peeled back the foam/fabric


Measured/marked and cut 
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I then cut another line (forgot to take a photo) about 75mm to remove a section
I then used small cable ties to stitch  the two pieces back together 


And then used some tiger seal to smooth it out



I then left that dry and set about putting the spare turbo i had onto the car so I could test fire it! 
I didnt get any pics putting the turbo back as i was alone and its a simple process haha but here we are afterwards


Just needing some oil and a start.

So today was D-day 

I filled the car with oil and went to start it......Only to find the immobiliser was activated!! 
Although the car did start straight away (then cut out due to IMMO) and it sounded good.
But i didnt know where to start with the immo so did some reaserch and tried a few things like checking the plugs on the clocks discharging the circuit from battery etc etc eventually what worked was leaving the battery on charge while connected to the car and leaving the ignition on for about 45 min and the immo light stopped flashing 
so started her up and it seemed ok 
no knocking etc but as i had expected as soon as i touched the revs there was low oil pressure so i shut her off.

the pick up pipe was a bit dirty when i dropped the sump but i cleaned it out so im thinking it may be the oil pump so gonna have to get it switch as the next job 

I left it at that and decided to finish my door card 

The new shortened door card with the fabric stuck back on using fabric spray adhesive


And the excess cut (Not the neatest but its strong stuff!  )


I then set about gluing it back into the door card with some assistance from the missus 






I think it looks pretty tidy for a bodge job 


I then got it installed back into the car and it fits mm perfect 


It still touches but only ever so slightly with no actual pressure 





Thats it for now next jobs are change the oil pump in the engine and also the welder came back so finish the feet for the cage, do the shifter frame and also the seat mounts 

[Rylarr]

Cheeky photo doing the rocker cover