'83 Mk1 Golf Driver - Manifold back in paint... :-)

excellant work!!!

HOPEFULLY your new manifold will fit!! it does look a bit tight!

nice one bruva....

that reminds me i need to do the wishbones on mine

A parcel arrived today !!

Whats this ??



Its my spanking new exhaust manifold...



Although Im not all that plussed with the paint finish on it, so , going to make sure it fits ok, strip off all the paint it came with and coat it with some PROPER thick exhaust colourage - suggestions please, need something that sticks like excrement to a blanket.

mmmmmmmmmmmm sexy

hope it fits for you

Had it media blasted today ( for the cost of a few beers - result ) Got all the crap paint off it and has provided a great " key " for the probably v pricey easywood manifold paint im about to order....pics later... :-D

Here ya go, and NO, i wont be painting neon green or something juvinille like that.. :-D



and the finish, some nice thick VHT paint will bond very nicely to this ...



Tomorrow - buy a new outer CV joint and fit it, paint manifold, check anti-freeze maybe fit manifold ?? hehe, need to find a centre/intermitant pipe for the centre of the exhaust from a 1.1 mk1 - why ?? because its a straight through with no silencer......just a back box for me.

That is true...people who have neon green things are juvenile

Shelley wrote:

That is true...people who have neon green things are juvenile

or starved of colour as a child but mainly juvenile

Will the excitement never end, popped to Hemel breakers earlier and came back with a 5 speed gearbox.......how nice..

your just full of amaising aint ya paul

progress looks good man. is this gonna be slow and steady over the winter stylie or are you just messing about cos your bored? haha

progress is coming along nicely dude. keep up the good work.

Boredom, a small amount of spare cash and a very acute need to keep my mind busy right now, wait till I break out the remappable electronic ignition unit ( megajolt )

AND ! To fully answer the question, im going to get this done ASAP, but the more I think about it, I might as well put a 1.4 16v in it and be done with it - now to find one, onwards and upwards....

Messing about with gearbox, it came from a T reg polo 1.4 CL, there was a 1.0 and a 1.6 in the yard as well, but ratio wise I reckoned this was the best gamble.....he said..haha..

Removed all the polo shift stuff - which wasnt in the best shape after the yard boys and I had been at it...



Donne la poubelle... ( in the bin ! )

Next, top mount, handily, this was left on the box when we wrestled it out of the donor car, ( I just kepy quiet... lol ) Plan to weld this to my existing mount that the green golf of doom handily came supplied with from the factory.....



Finally, the beast itself.....going to gunk the hell out of it later, can't be fitting oil covered 13 year old mass produced parts now can we...




On a final note, Im almost certain the drive flanges will be different and I'll have to do something spectacular to get them to mate up ( swap my original ones from my 4 speed box he said hopefully... )

Onwards......

AND ! of course, I have to swap out the speedo drive and reverse light switch......no problem

gwan son :-)

awesome work sir


a credit to the 'do it yourself' dubber

we salute you

Another quick update and a couple of pics...

New manifold is now in paint again.....PWOAR....



and the finish, nice and matt, thats not coming off in a hurry.



and thank you all for the positives.