got a few bits and pieces done today :)

fly eyes kit arrived:

before/after:

repainted grill and badge in sating black:

grill and lights fitted together:

fitted goodridge hoses witch arrived today along with g40 'custom' calipers and black diamond rotors and pads and bled the full system

thats it for today :)

dude whats them thing u got for headlights send link so i can have a look wuddnt mind them for mine

dude whats them thing u got for headlights send link so i can have a look wuddnt mind them for mine

its a fly eyes kit just so everyone else knows :)

few more updates

started slowly rebuilding the engine a little bit at a time:

and then these little beasts arrived! reprofiled stage 3 piper cams, fuel economy = out the window :( power = win

Some serious fundage and love going into this and i am impressed. Not far from me either. Have to try and catch you at dub pres or similar when you got it back together :-)

Nice work!!

Also are all those emptys from your engine building beverages??

Also are all those emptys from your engine building beverages??

some thing like that... haha

yeh bud when its done ill give you a shout, ime only in kirkstall, leeds.

i was at the dub pres meet at squires not long before it came of the road, you might have seen it there?

craig

orite mate I'm also building a mk 2 saloon from ground up,not far from you either only in shipley, just wondering where you got yours cams from and if you dont mind me asking how much.it did have a gt engine in but i have a couple of valver engines with I'm toying with

any info would be great.

cheers

craig

orite mate I'm also building a mk 2 saloon from ground up,not far from you either only in shipley, just wondering where you got yours cams from and if you dont mind me asking how much.it did have a gt engine in but i have a couple of valver engines with I'm toying with

any info would be great.

cheers

craig

i just rung piper and sent them back for reprofiling, although it did cost £261

finally got an inlet manifold sorted out which should be here tmoz, cheers phataz1!!!

only need a few more bits and bobs now...

new timing belt, headgasket, inlet gasket, exhaust gasket, head stretch bolts, mk3 relay, afh downpipe, coloured radiator hoses etc

ill more then likely come across a few more bits and pieces but nothing particularly major left :)

just need payday now!!

craig

well the engine is finally back in the car and all hooked up with ASH blue hoses (looks very nice indeed!) :p

i shall upload pictures asap!

just have a few problems with the carbs leaking fuel from somewhere...

but other than that there's not a huge amount left to do before i can take it for a spin and get it setup at bogg bros

craig!!!

well shes on the road now!

need the carbs seriously setting up though as when the cams kick in at around 2500rpm its gets starved for fuel and judders

but by god does it pull well until then!!! :D

Strong work man!! get some pics up :)

Strong work man!! get some pics up :)

i will do as soon as i have a chance!

couple of teaser pics now veronica is back on the road :p

mmmm

craig

btw i do have jubilees on the carbs and mani, i just mocked it up for the pics a few days ago

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Pimp work craig .. would love to take a drive down to you one day and have a look around this!

tooo many blue hoses for my liking, is it running?

tooo many blue hoses for my liking, is it running?

yeh its running, but with a badly blowing exhaust and carbs that are too lean, which is why its booked in at bogg bros next week and ime going for an exhaust quote tomorow :)

epic! big inspiration this is! where did you get the fly eyes? what is it and how is it fitted?

epic! big inspiration this is! where did you get the fly eyes? what is it and how is it fitted?

fly eyes!

simple as that :) lol

thanks for that, ime glad I've gone through with it as i did have my regrets when i saw it with no engine but its definitely being worth it, even not running correctly there is soo much torque (accelerating up a fairly steep hill in 5th!)

puts a smile on my face evertime i open the bonnet :p

i should imagine it does knowing you did it all and how much effort you put into it mines coming off the road after tatton i think so work can start on my loon I'm keeping my cards close though all will be revealed next show season

one way to think of your car now is loon certainly describes it well with the amount of power you have i should imagine once its been setup correctly your going to dyno it

yeh i shall definetly be dyno'ing it, i think the session at bogg bros might include a dyno power run...we'll see next week i suppose

get the results up when you find out bud really wanna know what that motor puts out now as I'm sure you do

Sweeetness. Agreed black hoses in there would have looked better but meh....details. The engine is sweet. That car actually pulls off having no bumper and a big mk3 golf splitter wanged on :-)

high five!!

You going to be at VW festival at harewood?

You going to be at VW festival at harewood?

yes i will be at harewood, cya there!