JonL's 8v budget track toy - now going to be a race car! ;-)

[Paul86S2]

Sounds like a good day. It never stops amazing me how helpful people are on trackdays with offers of tools and parts.

My abf doesn't seem to get any hotter than yours, I'll keep a better eye on it tomorrow and let you know the temps.

Keep on enjoying.

Paul

[Paul86S2]

Oil temps on the mfa today on my mk3 abf were showing up to 118 on the track this afternoon on a hot day.

Paul

[JC]

That's the plan, I just need to find a cheep Mk3 ABF to strip (as long as SWIMBO dosen't notice the new car on the drive! 

£200 cheap enough

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=156596.0

 

[johnson6672]

I want that but have no trailer at the moment and no access to one

[JC]

rent one for the day for £25 

[johnson6672]

Nothing to tow with either at the mo, ah well will just have to wait for aanother one to pop up, I hope someone does get it though and use it for a conversion If they do i may be interested in the wide track setup

[JonLeeper]

That's the plan, I just need to find a cheep Mk3 ABF to strip (as long as SWIMBO dosen't notice the new car on the drive! 

£200 cheap enough

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=156596.0

 

It's gone, just as well really as I am about to make an offer on a house for SWIMBO tomorrow morning, and we are now supposed to be on a strict budget!

I am pushing for a workshop on the drive as the first job on the house though, need somewhere for the bench, lathe, tools, etc, etc.

[JonLeeper]

Well I'm back, sort of! 

I've been told that I will definately be back in Germany early next month and should be home by the middle of the month.  I will have a few jobs to do for SWIMBO and will have to spend a bit of time with the kids but there should be time to, at least, plan the next set of improvements to the car.  I have a full set of polybushes and all the parts for a wide track conversion on the front to fit.  I am also plannning to arrange to get her trailered over to Germany when I go back as I will be serving unaccompanied and so should have some more time to work on bits.  I will also have full access to German tuning parts and scrap so will be looking at the engine change I have been promising myself.  On my last trackday i was talking to someone, and i forget which company they were from, who was extolling the virtues of the diesel conversion over the ABF as it has more torque andn is not any heavier.  It would mean swapping over the fuel system but is it worth it?  I have seen more oil burners on trackdays but am not sure that I really want to follow them.  I am still thinking that an ABF is the way to go , but also have a friend who is putting a ruddy great v8 in the back on a GT40 subframe cut to suit!  Not sure i'd go that far but it is an interesting proposition isn't it.

I am thinking that i really need a rollcage of some sort and am hoping that SWIMBO will let me keep some of my Op bonus to fund one and then I'll try and source on in Germany as i can claim back the tax, the only benefit left to us over there.  Still should be interestign times, I hope. 

Well I'll keep logging on as best I can and am looking forward to seeing rain again,

Jon

[JonLeeper]

I meant to mention that I have been getting these funny ideas, must be due to the heat and overexposure to the sun!    I'm thinking about engine choices and the relative merits of diesel, petrol, 4 cylinders, 5 cylinders,  six cylinders, forced induction, etc, etc, etc.  It struck me that light-weight was the first prioroty and then power all predicated on cost.  Now I guess that the turbo-charged 20v would be the obvious choice, but that is quite expensive, so I was thinking about v6's.  The VR6 is not as light as it might be and so someone suggested the Alfa V6 as it is light, powerful and very cheap.  I have been looking and it should fit and even comes in FWD guise in the 164 & 166.  The wheelbase of the 164 is 2660mm and the 166 2720mm so a little longer than the Mk3 at 2474mm.  I have used the Mk3 wheelbase as I have the parts to wide track my Mk 2.  Is this a really bad idea or does it have some merit?  I mean they soiund brilliant, look fabulous and should make for a lively Mk2 that's a bit different.

I think I'm either a genius or absolutally daft, but which is it?

Answers on a postcard..........

[apie2004]

Daft, ABF FTW