Barrylongdong Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Still I'd leave them as the glue will leave a mark and a stain on the leather. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bodgemonkey Posted February 6, 2013 Author Share Posted February 6, 2013 Ended up getting my money refunded on the seats as the seller was being a bigger pain in the rear then Ron Jeremy! ( wanted me to get out of bed at 5:30am to meet him) Nevertheless, a bloke on the RSOC is giving me a mint recaro drivers seat and pair of door cards.... For free! Now the interior is sorted I've focused my attention on the engine side of things. The boost ECU shorted out last time I was out in Cyprus, so I've got bought a pair of Power Engineering ECUs to get me going, along with a new boost controller and 38mm external wastegate. Together with the rest of the parts that are going on I'm going to turn down the boost pressure (bigger turbo will flow about the same at a lower pressure than the smaller unit it had fitted) to around 1 Bar, should see around 170-180 bhp, and it should have next to no wastegate creep, so less lag Also need to pick up the wheels from my uncles in Leicester and start thinking about rubber. Pics soon, promise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bodgemonkey Posted February 7, 2013 Author Share Posted February 7, 2013 ECU arrived today, turns out its the wrong one so ill need to de solder the chip from it and stick it in my old ECU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bodgemonkey Posted February 9, 2013 Author Share Posted February 9, 2013 Picked up some bits today Momo competition leather steering wheel And a drivers side recaro Picked up a pair of 80 spec door cards too in great nick but the fabric had become unglued, so I've taken the fabric off to reglue it. Oh and an inlet manifold and cylinder head to try my hand at porting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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cerbrus2 Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 you cannot do that to a classic icon nos. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyllewellyn Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 mmmmm nice turbo which one is it, t3 t4 or hybrid?? cheers andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bodgemonkey Posted February 16, 2013 Author Share Posted February 16, 2013 Stage 1 T3 Andy. Cerb, I could understand if it was an S1, but I wouldn't really classify an S2 ERST as a classic icon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bodgemonkey Posted February 19, 2013 Author Share Posted February 19, 2013 Little update Managed to swap my late spec ECU for a Bayjoo chip and won a ported cylinder head with a piper can for 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bodgemonkey Posted March 5, 2013 Author Share Posted March 5, 2013 Picked up a couple of parts this morning, 90 spec spoiler and a spare body kit. Will be fitting the 90 spec kit on as i prefer the looks of it compared to the 80 spec IMHO. Oh and the exhaust is wrapped and ready to be shipped next week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bodgemonkey Posted March 10, 2013 Author Share Posted March 10, 2013 Another day another trip to the garage, had some polish on hand so I gave the 3.0CS' bonnet a quick polish to see how it was, came out ok actually and somehow it's not rusted Got some pics of the golf as she is at the moment too Original paint on pretty much all the panels, and it's in decent nick too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bodgemonkey Posted March 26, 2013 Author Share Posted March 26, 2013 Got the cylinder head cleaned a bit. Inlet valves cleaned and decoked, cleaned the ports up a bit too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazzokajoe Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Looking good Ahmet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bodgemonkey Posted March 27, 2013 Author Share Posted March 27, 2013 Cheers Jojo! Took off the Rocker arms, lifters and camshaft to check and clean everything. Lifters and camshaft look damn near new, not that you can see due to my iPotatocam Will probably take the valve springs and valves out tomorrow, maybe re lap then and finish decoking the exhaust valves depending on how much time I have. Got all the gear for doing it in the garage so that should help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan_bench10 Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 You cars are started to come a long way :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vdubdave Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 some nice cars you got there especially that mk1 gti, im a mk1 gti fan, had lots of them some years ago. Last one i had was a 1982 convertible, loved it it was white and i put a blue mo-hair hood on it. It was almost concourse, we used it as our wedding car. Hence i acquired the nick name vdub dave from my mates, as i used to be vdub mad. still got a passat lol. anyway i will stop reminiscing, keep up the good work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bodgemonkey Posted March 28, 2013 Author Share Posted March 28, 2013 Cheers guys, not much progress today as i was pretty busy ( had to make dessert "from scratch" today otherwise i would get a right telling off. So instead of cleaning up the valves i ended up making about 10 of these instead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arogon1235 Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bodgemonkey Posted April 2, 2013 Author Share Posted April 2, 2013 Right, managed to get some time to myself today so I got busy removing the valves off the CVH head. Decoked the exhaust valves and remapped them with fine and coarse grinding paste and a valve suction tool. Took me 2 hours to do them all by hand, so glad it's not a 16V Also managed to degrease the mk2 golfs engine and steam cleaned it ready for the electrician to come round and sort the alarm out before it goes back on piston heads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoryW Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 Proper car! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bodgemonkey Posted April 3, 2013 Author Share Posted April 3, 2013 The aRSe Turdo or the golf? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoryW Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Rs I remember lorries turning up full of them for my dads company. Random fact. His company designed and made the 1st body kit for the pug 205 and 1st company to turbo one. 80's car even if they're slower than newer cars were and are always more fun. No computers to sort you out, body's that flex to buggery make it far more fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoryW Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 80's styling lol Corsica logo was purely to get the name in large print http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb152/flickyblade/e6def706.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bodgemonkey Posted April 3, 2013 Author Share Posted April 3, 2013 Do like the old 1.9 gtis, bet a turbo'd one would be rapid! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoryW Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 It was ridiculous. 1st one was just as the 1.6 was released, it was written off whilst being driving by a journalist. They made 25, I've found 2 left. In contact with 1 of the owners but he isn't selling it currently. I have a real hankering for a Renault 5 GtTurbo. Standard of course Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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