Bens Mk3 GTi VR6, Twin Turbo build is starting

[xxpenxx]

Very impressive mate, all those little bits make all the difference 

[Wayne]

And finally, been looking into engine conversions lately, my initial plan was a boosted vr but, thanks to Kells, I have made my mind up on the V6 4motion engine  : Not gonna bother trying to 4motion it, but thats the engine I got my eyes on

I would go for a boosted VR over the 4 mo lump or go for a R32 lump

[benvictors]

And finally, been looking into engine conversions lately, my initial plan was a boosted vr but, thanks to Kells, I have made my mind up on the V6 4motion engine  : Not gonna bother trying to 4motion it, but thats the engine I got my eyes on

I would go for a boosted VR over the 4 mo lump or go for a R32 lump

All comes down to what I can get for the right money really Wayne, A boosted VR is gonna cost somewhere in the region of £2000 doing it myself, The R32 somewhere around the £3000 (If I'm lucky)
But the 4Mo probably around a £1000, plus with some little engine mods and a re-map I can get the 4mo around the 230bhp mark 
To be honest I could probably boost the 4mo and fit it for around the same price as the boosted VR but the 4mo is a newer engine and has more valves 

[benvictors]

Me and my main man Kells started the detail yesterday, we (I should say Kells really, he did nearly all of it, cheers brother  ) got my driver door done and my front wing, the driver door had really bad oxidisation on it but has come up brilliant, need to grab some coarser pads this morning cos the roof and bonnett are a lil bit of a state  But, she looks like she's gonna come up nice and SSSHHHHHHHIIIIINNYYYY 
Also started the re-furb on the LeMans wheels, they are in a lot of a state, really badly pitted and curbed all round the edge 
I'll get some pics up once I've got a bit further with em 

[Adezmk3]

Hi
Really like what you have been doing with this car and I think if its ok I'll copy the short shift linkage idea and wheel spacers for mine. Do you have the dimensions of the spacers or did you make up any technical drawings? I can make a set no problem but it would be much easier with tried and tested dimensions. Also if I wanted to make adaptors for say a wider BMW wheel with slightly different bolt spacing, and didn't want them as thick as the say 25-30mm, how would you recommend doing this? I guess for standard VW alloys with a thinner spacer they would just need longer bolts rather than the countersunk method you have used. Obviously the BMW wheels don't line up with the hub so I can't do this. Do you think it is possible to drill and tap another set of holes into the discs, (36 degrees away from the existing VW holes, and use spigot rings?) I have seen this done with Hillman Imps.
Cheers
Adrian

[F17BAD]

Both sides of car now Corrected and detailed - its looking fantastic!!!

Roof bonnet and tailgate are going to take a alot of work, this will be next weekends work, pics to follow then.

Will leave it up to Ben to explain other stuff he has been tinkering with 

[CCGTI]

wll when u have mastered the swap, there is another on brayshaw rd you can do haha

[benvictors]

Hi
Really like what you have been doing with this car and I think if its ok I'll copy the short shift linkage idea and wheel spacers for mine. Do you have the dimensions of the spacers or did you make up any technical drawings? I can make a set no problem but it would be much easier with tried and tested dimensions. Also if I wanted to make adaptors for say a wider BMW wheel with slightly different bolt spacing, and didn't want them as thick as the say 25-30mm, how would you recommend doing this? I guess for standard VW alloys with a thinner spacer they would just need longer bolts rather than the countersunk method you have used. Obviously the BMW wheels don't line up with the hub so I can't do this. Do you think it is possible to drill and tap another set of holes into the discs, (36 degrees away from the existing VW holes, and use spigot rings?) I have seen this done with Hillman Imps.
Cheers
Adrian

Cheers bud
Adapters for BMW will be 5 x 112mm PCD I think, I can send you a drawing over for the ones I made if ya like mate, if you confirm the PCD for the BMW wheels I can put the measurements on the drawing for ya, they will have to be a minimum of 20mm thick to compensate the length of the wheel bolts.

[Wayne]

Hi
Really like what you have been doing with this car and I think if its ok I'll copy the short shift linkage idea and wheel spacers for mine. Do you have the dimensions of the spacers or did you make up any technical drawings? I can make a set no problem but it would be much easier with tried and tested dimensions. Also if I wanted to make adaptors for say a wider BMW wheel with slightly different bolt spacing, and didn't want them as thick as the say 25-30mm, how would you recommend doing this? I guess for standard VW alloys with a thinner spacer they would just need longer bolts rather than the countersunk method you have used. Obviously the BMW wheels don't line up with the hub so I can't do this. Do you think it is possible to drill and tap another set of holes into the discs, (36 degrees away from the existing VW holes, and use spigot rings?) I have seen this done with Hillman Imps.
Cheers
Adrian

Cheers bud
Adapters for BMW will be 5 x 112mm PCD I think, I can send you a drawing over for the ones I made if ya like mate, if you confirm the PCD for the BMW wheels I can put the measurements on the drawing for ya, they will have to be a minimum of 20mm thick to compensate the length of the wheel bolts.

BMW is 5x120

[benvictors]

^^ aah cheers Wayne, i knew they were bigger just unsure by how much