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just a little update

I fitted the rear drivers window and although dirty in the pic i did clean it up.

The boot lid is p***ing me off, it needs a bit more work before i will be happy but the weather is not playing ball, -6 here tonight.

Refitted the roof gutting on the drivers side too. starting to look like a golf again. took me ages my fingers were freezing.

Also came up with a solution to the carbon door cards, the door opening handle sits inside the panel, not flush with it. looks a bit naff in my opinion. So i modded the carbon and made it so the door pull sits flush with the panel, well chuffed. panel is still a bit dusty

here are the pics/evidence







Thanks for looking

cool coming together now, like the last pic

Love this thread, nice to see the car coming along


....that last pic is awsome

yer top marks on the sig pic!! looks wicked!!

cant wait to see this!!

haha loving this thread tho!!

well i have tried to start it tonight.......



BANG

massive backfire. One of my mates works for Audi and the mechanic there will come over mine and set it up. Hopefully next week.

Dash will be picked up next week too, off to be flocked, and i will order my dash gauges tomorrow.

lots will be happening.

Booked the MOT for March 10th too

but i have been working on the car tonight, figured out how to open my boot lid the other day so i am in the middle of fabricating the bits i need to do that, also made this



Its my very own camber gauge, i will explain how it works when its finished for those that want to know or look on clubgti. coz thats where i stole the idea from

also picked some bits up for my wheels, filled the coolant tank up, clipped brake pipes, clamped gear rod and got some 2 1/4 inch exhaust pipe to finish my exhaust system.

will have a proper update next week when things look alot better

thanks to those that keep tabs

coolio look forward to update

cheers people, comments always welcome

You know i have shaved my boot, well the commom route for popping it is solenoid off the wiper electrics. i decided i wanted an easier solution so came up with a manual popper. I think its a bit different too



I have also received my guages today, so i made a push to finish the panel for them. hope you like them. just need to cut one more hole and take delivery of the oil temp gauge, then i have figure out the wiring loo for these babies.









the blue tape is the last remaining hole to cut, protects the carbon a bit.

sending my dash off thursday to be flocked then its fit up time

cheers all

Looking good dude, love these updates, gonna be one cracking motor.

sweet

wired up the clocks



tested them too





hope you like

Very nice, wow a speedo that starts from zero.

cheers dude

little update

windscreen fitted along with areo wipers



connector plugs fitted to wiring on dash clocks

still waiting for oil temp gauge



till next time

Getting there dude, must be getting excited now.

Right Its alive.....

I managed to start the engine on about the 10th attempt. Still needs to be fine tuned, which the audi tech will do, but it runs and i have oil pressure.

excuse the belt squeel didnt tighten the aux bely properly

not bad for my first engine build !!!

result, nice one mate

Sounds fruity dude, good one.

proper progress

i will let the pics do the talking











cheers for looking

Cheeky interior dude, coming along nice.

well what an emotional day

i had the bloke from audi come round and he set up the cam timing properly and the same with the ignition timing. brilliant.

next he hooked up some sort or engine monitor, he called it a heartrate monitor :? dont ask me, i dont know.

started the car, kept the revs to 3-4k to warm it up. and it wouldn't hold an idle.

sucks

removed the carb and checked everything for air leaks, or something i may have overlooked, all ok, i credit myself for that

blocked off the brake servo pipe, refitted the carb and tried to start it again, started but still wouldn't idle.

Checked manifold..........was ok

Audi man (andy) had to leave but gave me some advice what i should do next, which involved removing the carb again and checking all the jets for blockages, bearing in mind the fuel is over a year old and could be stale, this was also a concern. Andy still thought it was an air leak though.

So with Andy gone me and my mate Steve decided to remove the intake manifold preheater, found it had the required seals but the flat fibre seal looked a tad flat. made one out of thick rubber and fitted it.

started the car and instantly sounded better

connected the brake servo again and still sounded ok

wound the idle screw out slowly and maaged to get the car to idle at about 950rpm quite smoothly, just need Andy back to set emissions as he has an exhaust gas anayliser. RESULT

here is a vid of the final result



also done a vid of the interior gauges while it was running, note the test of the tell tale warning lamps on the dash panel,
green = indicators
blue = high beam
red = handbrake/brake fluid low level



Got great oil pressure too

thanks peeps

good work not far to go now, looking forward to seeing it

Getting close now.

Wow its gettin there now fella! been very good seeing ya project evolving into something we can now recognise.... top work!

MOT ......done

TAX ......done


Car is road legal and driving nicely.

BUT i dont like the finish of the paint on the rear quarter, so im in the process of re-sprayung them.

will post pics soon

i will be at santa pod on the 29th


dont expect to much from this car.....its not meant to be a show car, im worried thats what people might think and critise it

but on the whole happy days

NO worries dude, Its your car you built for you, as long as you are happy with it, and you enjoy it, it really doesn't matter what others think. I have to say much repsect for effort you put in. Personaly I think it looks good.

Just read through the whole build thread fella, Im looking forward to seeing it in the metal.

Glad youve got the running issues sorted and its nothing more serious than an air leak.