Mk1 golf gti, 2L 16v, R1 Carbs. Nurburgring Nordschleife

l yeah still havent put carpet in yet but ive used some well expensive heat shield stuff underneath. may have to use some tin aswell. im still to time it up properly should be sorted tomorrow, im only concerned about the heat because ive run my break lines through the inside of the car along the top of the tunnel , hopefully sort it tomorrow, my mates manifold glows when hes been giving it some so i reckon ill be ok for now.

Might be a bad idea to weld those baffles in, considering that you are expecting the bottom to be hit. Its going to cave in and push the baffles up.

Love this car
Just wondering what tyres your running on your oz turbos?
Dave

lukeybabes said

Might be a bad idea to weld those baffles in, considering that you are expecting the bottom to be hit. Its going to cave in and push the baffles up.

I expect it to scrape from time to time, not hit mate. The baffles are only made from thin sheet steel anyway which will give before the crank mashes them up lol.

daveformale said

Love this car
Just wondering what tyres your running on your oz turbos?
Dave

Cheers mate. The tyres on the oz turbos are 185/45/15 nankang ns2's. Gives a nice little stretch.

They'll be replaced soon for 195/45's soon though. Loosing the looks in favour of better grip  

Been collecting up parts over the past few weeks ready to upgrade my 256mm brakes to 280mm.  In good time too as my audi 256mm stuff sold today.

Black diamond dimpled and grooved disc's, G60 Black diamond predator pads.
Early VR6 calipers and carriers(same as G60).
Adaptors

Also picked up a pair of Scirocco 16v handbrake cables today, ready for when i do rear disc conversion. I already have the other bits.




Think i'am going to get all the calipers powder coated and maybe get my sump done in the same colour

Eup mate, looking good! What size wheels do you plan on using with the big brake kit?

Still going to use the oz turbos mate . 15's fit over 280mm brakes

I only asked because I had set of big brakes and my 15" wheels wouldn't fit. I think it's because I had 15" P-slots and the inside of the wheel is machined funny.

Love the look of this car, serious inspiration!

I have the same spec wheels, abf, jenveys, dta and quaife diff ready to go into a mk1, just looking for the right car, hope to have one by the end of January!

Good luck with the rest of the bodywork, you're doing great work so far!

machine said

I only asked because I had set of big brakes and my 15" wheels wouldn't fit. I think it's because I had 15" P-slots and the inside of the wheel is machined funny.

I know what ya saying mate. ats cups dont fit over 280 brakes either

Dirrt said

Love the look of this car, serious inspiration!

I have the same spec wheels, abf, jenveys, dta and quaife diff ready to go into a mk1, just looking for the right car, hope to have one by the end of January!

Good luck with the rest of the bodywork, you're doing great work so far!

Cheers man. Yours sounds like it'll be a little animal too. I'll keep my eyes open for your build thread when you get a shell  

Hoping to get time and do some more welding during the xmas hols. Maybe have the arches finished so i can pop the rear panel on

Smoothed my ABF rocker cover today as i'll be getting some parts powder coated soon.

I cut the tabs off the sides then smoothed down the casting marks. Finished off with a quick sanding. Shot blasting will do the rest


Also chopped in a section into the drivers side quarter panel that i did'nt like


Tacked in. Also welded a bit from the inside so theres less to grind down smooth  


Will fill in the gaps in stages so that i dont produce too much heat and warp the panel.

I did start on cutting a piece to do the section thats a bit lower on the panel but was time for tea so i packed up

Rear panel is on

looking forward to seeing this finished.

looking very good so far, looking forward to the finnished product, this is a conversion, that ill be looking to do myself hopefully in the next year or so

First batch of a few things i've had blasted and powder coated.

A bit too flash for my liking…








:-)

MK1G60R1 said

A bit too flash for my liking…








:-)

Maybe should've done them orange  

:-) Guna look real good all black dude!