Date: 5-18-08 05:37 From: bingbong in Sydney - Australia Subject: Re: UPDATE
heres some more pics of the motor complete, just doing the finishing touches before I drop it it.
_________________ I dont understand the german gauges!
'75/74 2002 Golf Yellow running!
Date: 5-18-08 05:40 From: Biscuit3 in Sydney, Australia Subject: Re: UPDATE
If I didn't know better, I'd say that was a brand new engine. Looks good! You know I wanna be there when you turn the key for the first time! _________________ "It's what you feel, not what you ought to. Reasonable and sensible."
Did you paint the rocker cover with wrinkle coat or did you have it powder coated? I'm thinking about getting mine done. _________________ 1973 Chamonix auto squarie
Date: 5-21-08 03:00 From: bingbong in Sydney - Australia Subject: Re: UPDATE
it was wrinkle coated, Started it up today and boy oh boy, sounds bloody brilliant. Only a few little things left to do now will probably have it for the weekend! _________________ I dont understand the german gauges!
'75/74 2002 Golf Yellow running!
Date: 5-21-08 03:28 From: bingbong in Sydney - Australia Subject: Re: UPDATE
here are some more photo's, also a dummy fit of the new seats ive got.
_________________ I dont understand the german gauges!
'75/74 2002 Golf Yellow running!
Date: 5-21-08 04:55 From: oz_tom in Melbourne - Australia Subject: Re: UPDATE
Oh man... that motor looks sweeeeet! _________________
72tii - Whitey
74 - Blacky
Date: 5-21-08 04:56 From: bingbong in Sydney - Australia Subject: Re: UPDATE
I cant wait to take it out on the track, that will be the best part. _________________ I dont understand the german gauges!
'75/74 2002 Golf Yellow running!
Date: 5-21-08 06:18 From: oz_tom in Melbourne - Australia Subject: Re: UPDATE
Hell yeh!
How many k's do you need to run it in for? Its going to be so annoying not being able to explore the upper rev range with those carbs! _________________
72tii - Whitey
74 - Blacky
Date: 5-22-08 12:25 From: bingbong in Sydney - Australia Subject: Re: UPDATE
well Im gona wait around 3000kms, but that may be a bit too much but I would prefer to be safe than sorry. _________________ I dont understand the german gauges!
'75/74 2002 Golf Yellow running!
Date: 6-15-08 02:44 From: bingbong in Sydney - Australia Subject: Re: UPDATE
just doing a bit of an update for the blog, car is on the road and has being for the past 3 weeks! Not too many dramas as of yet but I have got a pretty big list of things to do! Major things to do: Rejet carby's, fit vacuum advance, fix heater box, get 5spd box and some bigger wheels. They are the major parts but I also have more future performance mods and hopefully some better body mods! LSD, EFI, BOOST, Suspension work and of course turbo body kit!
When the weather clears up here I will get out and get some decent pics of the car. _________________ I dont understand the german gauges!
'75/74 2002 Golf Yellow running!
Date: 6-15-08 03:36 From: oz_tom in Melbourne - Australia Subject: Re: UPDATE
bingbong wrote:
just doing a bit of an update for the blog, car is on the road and has being for the past 3 weeks! Not too many dramas as of yet but I have got a pretty big list of things to do! Major things to do: Rejet carby's, fit vacuum advance, fix heater box, get 5spd box and some bigger wheels. They are the major parts but I also have more future performance mods and hopefully some better body mods! LSD, EFI, BOOST, Suspension work and of course turbo body kit!
When the weather clears up here I will get out and get some decent pics of the car.
Does bavariacars have any lsd's hanging around? 320 or 323?
Any details on your turbo plans yet? _________________
72tii - Whitey
74 - Blacky
Date: 6-15-08 05:24 From: bingbong in Sydney - Australia Subject: Re: UPDATE
They dont have any but they can bring them in from the US, normally they buy a palate of say 5 or so diff's then sell them off. If we can get enough interest around I'm sure I can have a word to Erik about it. As for turbo plans first EFI then I will really start thinking of turbo but as of now, I've got another 2 and a half years before I'm legally allowed it! But EFI with will ITB and then also rework the head, larger valves, double valve springs and a port of course, cant forget the extractors! _________________ I dont understand the german gauges!
'75/74 2002 Golf Yellow running!
Date: 6-16-08 01:35 From: sam_z in Melbourne, AUS Subject: Re: UPDATE
Hey bingbong if you're still looking for a 5 speed you could expand your search to include E30 M10 5speeds, seeing you've got custom gauges anyway it would be easy to adapt an electric speedo.
EDIT: OK that wasn't your car you were referencing in the other thread but just 1 from bavariacars site....you probably have stock gauges.
Date: 6-16-08 03:00 From: bingbong in Sydney - Australia Subject: Re: UPDATE
yeah stock gauges! _________________ I dont understand the german gauges!
'75/74 2002 Golf Yellow running!
Date: 8-6-08 10:12 From: bingbong in Sydney - Australia Subject: Re: UPDATE
Heres a new update, still looking around everywhere for parts and now have a nice 5spd OD gearbox, plus some extractors!
The extractors will probably get a ceramic coat and maybe some of that sexy exhaust wrap stuff, keep the heat down as much in the engine bay.
Now I need to find a 3 pin front half shaft, wont be that easy from what I hear! _________________ I dont understand the german gauges!
'75/74 2002 Golf Yellow running!
Date: 8-6-08 10:39 From: oz_tom in Melbourne - Australia Subject: Re: UPDATE
Were those extractors previously on a Qld race car? _________________
72tii - Whitey
74 - Blacky
Are you going to bead blast the extractors or just hit it with a wire wheel? _________________ 1973 Chamonix auto squarie
Date: 8-6-08 11:04 From: bingbong in Sydney - Australia Subject: Re: UPDATE
Yes I do believe that is true, I picked all these items up from Skippy on this forum. (good guy++) I'm not sure how I will do it yet. May just hit them with a wire wheel as I have a new one waiting to be used! _________________ I dont understand the german gauges!
'75/74 2002 Golf Yellow running!
Date: 8-6-08 11:26 From: oz_tom in Melbourne - Australia Subject: Re: UPDATE
aaah yeh, i thought i remembered them. I saw them at RX when i was up in Queensland and Andrew showed me his M2 _________________
72tii - Whitey
74 - Blacky
Date: 8-6-08 11:46 From: bingbong in Sydney - Australia Subject: Re: UPDATE
next time your in sydney I can show you the car that has no traction in wet! _________________ I dont understand the german gauges!
Glad it all arrrived safely. I was a little nervous shipping it in the old dog crate.
One thing I forgot to mention is that you will probably want to replace the rubber o-rings on the selector rods as I think they had stretched and gone out of round.
If you need any photo's of the headers mounted/mocked up, drop me a line. _________________ "Why is one of my reverse lights on in 4th?"
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