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Model specific boards => Golf mk4 => Topic started by: golfyste on 16 January 2013, 15:12
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Ok just on the way to buy a new project!
Will be tarting a proper build thread in the dub rides section this time!
Going to be a k04 hybrid ( or similar) mk4 road legal track car :evil:
Will update with pictures!
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Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeexceeeeeeeellllleeeeeeeennnnnnttttttt :evil: :evil: :evil:
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Sweet man - looking forward to reading about it! :evil:
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Look forward to it! :evil: :smiley:
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Just picked it up and on the way home!
A picture from the advertisement ...
(http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa433/golfyste/045978D3-1BAB-4A6C-BDE9-0EB8BE356E6A-1096-00000101F849517F.jpg)
And on the trailer!
(http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa433/golfyste/5296C8D7-B11F-4CF8-B903-951233E874C9-1096-0000010200EF4409.jpg)
All for a whopping great £450 :grin:
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Steal !! :cool:
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Agree with that! It looks like a good base! :cool:
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It's apparently had oil starvation due to a suspected blocked pick up pipe but the body/chassis is in great nick so that's all that matters really as the plans for the engine will mean havig it rebuilt anyway :evil:
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Wheels??? Ha ha ;)
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Wheels??? Ha ha ;)
What about them haha
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Think he's looking at the steelies, did they come with alloys? Still a great deal regardless if you ask me. It has the potential to be a really fun car, sometimes I'm driving along in mine and thinking to myself should this be on the road?! It would be more at home on the track :laugh:
Good luck buddy
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Good deal there mate, it is an AGU or AUM?
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AGU or possibly ARZ?
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Think he's looking at the steelies, did they come with alloys? Still a great deal regardless if you ask me. It has the potential to be a really fun car, sometimes I'm driving along in mine and thinking to myself should this be on the road?! It would be more at home on the track :laugh:
Good luck buddy
Only see one steelie :)
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Yeah the standard wheel is in te boot as the tyre deflated from being stood.
It's a arz so has the me7 Ecu which is what I wanted.
Just got home but its a tad dark so will be having a better look round it tomorrow! Will be stripping bits of the interior whenever I have a spare few min :grin:
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Looking forward to seeing what you do with this.
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Did you get this from Northampton area as I think I rang about it ? Guy said it was sold :sad:
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Looks like a good base :smiley:
Will keep watch on the build thread too!!
What are the pros with the me7 ecu?
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ME7 is kind of a half way house, it's narrowband still, but has DBW throttle and a map sensor. Still a 512kb ECU also.
Easily upgraded to me7.5 though with the addition of the wideband lambda loom from a later car, and if you went for a BAM or AMK file you could also retrofit the EGT function which would be well worth it.
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What do you mean prawn by fitting a bam file?
Think I'm gonna drop a aum lump in depending how damaged this engine is so will be just chucking whole loom and me7.5 Ecu in it etc :smiley:
I'm gonna post this one in here but the rest of my project will be in my project thread in dub rides with the addition of bits being posted in here :smiley:
I know people who've had to cut OMP cages up and re-weld the feet back on. :lipsrsealed:
They're made in Italy. I don't like to stereotype, but....
Haha ok then :laugh:
Anyway DAY 1! :cool:
Started off the day nice and frosty at -3 :laugh:
(http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa433/golfyste/81507E24-4138-47B8-A34C-E86A278C3297-144-0000000F72101941.jpg)
Few of the car before things get crazy :evil:
Will definitely be lifting it up a little for track use ...
(http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa433/golfyste/4AA30964-E177-4642-BA86-14DE8A6CF7BF-144-0000000F7D1B6D20.jpg)
(http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa433/golfyste/3AA809A0-8E31-43A4-A13F-E8EC1F8B9BF9-144-0000000F823B28DE.jpg)
(http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa433/golfyste/5914D743-4480-4234-B1F3-F750CC114DA4-144-0000000F88C02545.jpg)
Anybody seen these seats before? They have airbags and are in next I mint condition haha
(http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa433/golfyste/C8ACC09B-3E2A-41E8-85C3-8867E300AC62-144-0000000F8D848C1F.jpg)
Started with whipping some of the seats out (which way a ton!)
(http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa433/golfyste/EBD191F5-3FA9-493A-A86E-4BD29694CB37-144-0000000F91D128A2.jpg)
And then all the boot stuff!
(http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa433/golfyste/0BB50FE1-B26F-4AC7-B123-29208478B13B-144-0000000F99DC5912.jpg)
Terrible picture haha
(http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa433/golfyste/E84C5E12-EF63-4D56-87E9-2B2AD83E5DA8-144-0000000FA0A89741.jpg)
Then sorted the front carpet and expose all the heavy soundproofing!
(http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa433/golfyste/05C575E8-7F04-44D9-87F1-81B30C22D542-144-0000000FA53F6741.jpg)
A nice pile of interior :grin:
(http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa433/golfyste/BB129835-E1CE-45E0-AE31-235456D1A477-144-0000000FAA4133D7.jpg)
Ripped all the soundproofing out and also the side panels
(http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa433/golfyste/92C4A6B7-031F-4490-A40C-2919E6B9706F-144-0000000FAFA22015.jpg)
End of the day pictures!
(http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa433/golfyste/647AA0E2-22A6-47E9-B931-C565ED8570C7-144-0000000FC095E50E.jpg)
(http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa433/golfyste/606AC6BC-CE95-4092-B36C-40B61E128DC7-144-0000000FC7CBD7E5.jpg)
(http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa433/golfyste/255E1239-FDAE-415E-8F71-53113AB81B2B-144-0000000FD3BC9228.jpg)
:cool:
Quite happy with the progress for today :smiley:
Couple of small questions.
Does anyone recommend leaving the thick soundproofing behind the glovebox you can see on the last picture incase of engine bay fires etc??
I looked at along it out and I will need to cut it up so thought I best ask first as I won't be able to put it back haha
Also how do you remove the trim and handle for the bonnet release? Tried pulling it off with no success haha
I also did a little Weighing o a few parts I took off to see what weight I'm saving
Did weigh everything but here's a little list
Front seats were £22kg each (which I think are lighter then the recaros
Back seats
Parcel shelf
Spare wheel
Some sound proofing (not all of it)
And a few bits of crap (2kg)
All added upto 45kg
So just with that I'm saving 89kg!!
And the car is still full carpet, panels and other crap! Haha
Next step is going to be to remove all the sound proofing stuck to the floor and eventually paint all the inside satin black just to tidy it up a little :cool:
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Remove all sound deadening, have you decided whether to remove the heater matrix? I would remove all sound deadening including those behind the dashboard.
(http://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/j471/6rockmonkey9/8B6CD87E-DD25-42E5-8A82-9A7F4E56B0DB-897-00000090D46490B5.jpg)
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Yeah the plan is to just ditch it all I think :grin:
Looks a lot better when it's all gone and painted!
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don't ditch the heater if you plan to drive the car to / from trackdays.
early starts with no heater don't work very well. Misted up screen and freezing cold drive to the track isn't very enjoyable!
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don't ditch the heater if you plan to drive the car to / from trackdays.
early starts with no heater don't work very well. Misted up screen and freezing cold drive to the track isn't very enjoyable!
Yeah good point may ditch the aircon though
We will see haha
Deciding weather to buy a different shifter or DIY it so it sits higher...
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Think prawny is using one of them Motorsport shifters, they are a nice bit of kit, I like the look of it very much. Unfortunately for me I'm probably going to stick to the original one for a while. Having moved the shifter up provides a much better transition from gear change to steering, I can keep both hands on the wheel longer which is nice as I don't have power steering.
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I was thinking some more like this...
(http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa433/golfyste/393BB12E-F9E2-4B2C-B665-629E94F1054D-502-000000373E927291.jpg)
I stole this of prawns thread....I think haha can't remember :grin:
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I saw one of them for sale recently on a local site.
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ME7 is kind of a half way house, it's narrowband still, but has DBW throttle and a map sensor. Still a 512kb ECU also.
Easily upgraded to me7.5 though with the addition of the wideband lambda loom from a later car, and if you went for a BAM or AMK file you could also retrofit the EGT function which would be well worth it.
Wideband lambda?? Isnt that a post cat lambda? As the ARZ has both (mine does anyway) does that mean I can just plug a me7.5 in??
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ME7 is kind of a half way house, it's narrowband still, but has DBW throttle and a map sensor. Still a 512kb ECU also.
Easily upgraded to me7.5 though with the addition of the wideband lambda loom from a later car, and if you went for a BAM or AMK file you could also retrofit the EGT function which would be well worth it.
Wideband lambda?? Isnt that a post cat lambda? As the ARZ has both (mine does anyway) does that mean I can just plug a me7.5 in??
+1 I wanna know this
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ME7 is kind of a half way house, it's narrowband still, but has DBW throttle and a map sensor. Still a 512kb ECU also.
Easily upgraded to me7.5 though with the addition of the wideband lambda loom from a later car, and if you went for a BAM or AMK file you could also retrofit the EGT function which would be well worth it.
Wideband lambda?? Isnt that a post cat lambda? As the ARZ has both (mine does anyway) does that mean I can just plug a me7.5 in??
+1 I wanna know this
Ok so been thinking about the above question!
So did a search and found my own thread! :laugh:
I think these were posted when my notifications were not working and I didn't see then ha
Anyway the arz has two lambda but it is narrowband (has four wires rather than five)
But I am wanting to convert from me7.1 to me7.5 but I also noticed the arz doesn't have a traction control button (although I always turn it off!)
Would this matter?