got home from work today hoping a couple of parcels had arrived during the day but unfortunately not, it looked like i was getting nothing done today so i took my gearbox down to the shed to start cleaning.

i'd just got down there and i got a call saying my other pipe was now ready for collection, so i popped over and collected it, i must say i'm happy how it's turned out,

he replaced the silicon bend and ally joiner pipe with stainless and TIG welded it together

nothing done at the weekend as usual, was busy saturday and was at Dubs at the park meet today before it rained

i did manage to go and collect my steering wheel that should have been posted out to me last week but he refunded postage and went and picked it up. it was raining fairly bad but i still had to fit it.

quick pic of the wheel (with rain drops on it) incase you'd never seen an R32 wheel before....

old sport wheel

and the new one

Super nice ally welding on some of those bits. Really good build.

High five for you sir.

thanks bud, he does work for prodrive, F1 and aston martin so is pretty good. :)

no progress, waiting on parts and money now before i can get going again. just a few pics of the intercooler refitted to the front panel

I need that steering wheel in my life!

nice nice nice, intercooler fits like a glove

nice OEM steering wheel :)

Where's the updates at dudeee

thanks Dirt monkey and Dale

no real progress of late, still waiting on parts and moneys to buy more parts but today i took a trip to the scrappy to pick up a punto bonnet so i thought i'd have a browse around the vw section. there i saw an immaculate black bora which was complete as it'd only just arrived. it had Y REG written on the side in yellow wax but on closer inspection (a parking permit) was a 52 reg so i got a few goodies.

pair of aero wipers, pair of ally bootlid struts and an ally bonnet lifter. also i noticed a mk5 tdi golf which still had the interior so a few mins later had these out

i managed to sweet talk my mate at the scrappy, he wanted £40 for the bonnet and a tenner for the rest! so i came home, fitted the punto bonnet - then popped to my mates and fitted a clutch to an octavia tdi.

once that was done i came home and fitted my struts

then my needles

yesterday i went to my mate Pete's to collect my stainless heatshield for the bulkhead.

i gave him a cardboard cut out of the shape i wanted him to make into a stainless shield, even got my protractor out to make sure the creases were bent to the correct angle.

well i got it and the size and shape are all spot on but due to a mis communication the front and rear faces got mixed up so the pretty side is on the back, i'd planned to have it mirror polished anyway so it's worked out fine.

tried to hold it in place and get some pics

then gave up and taped it

lol@tape. Looks cool mate

hardly progress, i still need a few parts before i can get cracking - my mate the polisher is on holiday so i'll have to wait for him to return before i can get the heat shield polished, that means i can't refit the engine until i have the shield back from the polishers

had a few other bits to sort tonight so set about sorting mounting points for the heat shield, i knocked up the first bracket from a spliced piece of 2" box section - cut, folded, welded and nuts welded on the back

once that was the right size and shape i gave it a squirt of gloss black and welded it onto the bulkhead in position

i need to sort the top brackets now then wait for the polisher to come back off holiday

Should all come together nicely good job

This thread is awesome! I was gonna wait till winter to do the engine conversion in the mk3, but it might have to happen sooner now, I've been inspired for this i thank you and blame you for what is going to start as a little engine conversion and will no doubt end up in an epic refurb :)

hadn't noticed tese last few posts - right bank holiday went like this;

saturday;

mk4 golf topmounts, bearings and uprated arb fitted

mk4 golf bumpstop removal / trimming and chassis notch

mk5 polo service, lambda and front hub / brakes upgrade

mk3 golf vr6 rear wheel bearings

sunday;

mk4 golf v6 4mo clutch master cylinder fitted and pressure bleed.

citroen ax (with 106 gti engine) gearbox fitted

peugeot 306 converible rad fitted

polo g40 remove alarm system and rewire

monday;

volvo s70 20v turbo remove engine, box, subframe etc build ancillaries onto new block and refit

tuesday; day off!

wednesday;

megane 19dci head gasket and remove broken glow plugs from head

thursday;

mk1 golf 1.3 remove engine

mk3 polo 1.3 remove engine

mk1 golf fit polo engine into mk1 golf and convert golf to injection with full loom, fuel lines and fuel pumps with 5 speed conversion.

so you'll have to excuse me for the lack of bora updates

the main reason i've been working my balls of is;

i've just ordered my new wheels! :biggrin:

got a couple of pics of the cat back stainless exhaust i got for as much as it cost me to make my existing one - if i told you how much that was you'd laugh!!

also went and picked up my inlet that i had, had a threaded adaptor welded on in place of the servo vac outlet and had it vapour blasted

i had a thread helecoiled in my 6 speed box, so i got the bell housing back tonight and rebuilt the box and gave it a lick of paint.

and a little pic of the wheels i've ordered

Lush wheels mate, love um.

Busy busy then!

Everything is loking very fresh indeed.

Superb work as usual . Been damn busy ripping some cars apart havnt you !

I tend to fill my time detailing cars and doing bodywork only really touch a spanner on my own .

Practical choice of wheels as we all know they will look good .

I wish i had a mate who could weld half as good as that . I struggle especialy on bodywork Practice makes perfect tho

thanks Dale and Stealth - had to raise the obscene amount of cash for the wheels somehow....

hopefully my polisher is back from holiday soon so i can get my bits polished, once they're done i can get cracking and bolt the lump back in. :-D

got back from Spain at 4am this morning so best update and catch up on things.

got home this morning to find a couple of parcels waiting for me in the shed.....

my wheels had arrived!

the rear

9.5 with 225/40/18 - suprisingly little stretch

front

8.5j with 215/40/18 - again not a massive amount of stretch

and the new (free) bolts with some fairly budget lockers

so like a kid at chrismas i took a front and rear up to the car with a couple of bolts to trial fit - mainly to make sure the fronts clear the porscheys

all is well on clearance side of things

popped the rear on too

and to my suprise i can still see the red of the 256mm calipers

high roller - still on axle stands (all i need now is an engine [:DD] )

got a few more goodies a day or two before i went away

clutch slave cylinder for the 6 speed

clutch

inlet gasket, exhaust gasket, washers / gasket for the turbo and new injector seats for the inlet mani when i get it back

Looking pimp my friend!

then

everytime i check always so much progress. this thread really puts so many outhere to shame!! love it.

oh and pm coming your way :)

thanks fellas, replied Ed. :-D

ooooooo-eeeee.

looking good!

:thumbsup: :-)