Welcome to my build thread its not going to match up to some of the threads I've being reading through,

Some have alot of dedication and money spent personal favarote is the mk2 berg cup rally car :)

Anyways back to me.

Bought my mk3 breadvan in march 09 for £650 12 months m.o.t,6 months tax and 83,000 miles on the clock (Bit of a rip off compared to what I've found on this forum ) BUT Hey its my 1st car

It Was completly standard execpt a cd player and some speakers in the parcal shelf but to me that does,nt count and this is what it looked like...

Now the current SPEC of how it stands now.

Suspension: Uprated shocks & springs at 60/40 drop Phil J kit

ARB: Polybushed with powerflex bushes

Brakes: Standard Vw1 calipers etc & Greenstuff pads

Wheels: currently running Vw Tranculors 13x5.5J Front tyres 146/80/13 rear tyres 175/65/13

Engine: Was a 1L SPI But thats been taken out now

Gearbox: 4 Speed box

Exhaust: Standard mainfold ,Peco backbox twin 3 inch tailpipe and the exhaust pipes tucked!

Bodywork: Blue striped bumpers,De-trimmed,De-badged grill,Smoothed boot (Yet to be sprayed),Clear front & side indecators,Seat ibiza splitter(from a desial) ,DTM mirrors and tinted rear lights

Interior:Standard interior execpt i cut the mirror adjustor holes off the door handles

ICE:Cd player and small speakers in the parcal shelf

And now to the pictures of how it stands at the moment...

On going plans are:

1.4 8V AEX engine from a seat ibiza (same as a 6N I'm told)

kawasaki 750cc bike carbs

hoping to get all this running soon I've been off road to long now and I've had enuff so I'm getting onit now

And ill leave you with some pictures of when i got the engine & carbs and how they are after I'm cleaned them up

BEFORE:

AFTER:

BEFORE:

AFTER:

Comments and any advice is much apreciated and.........

ENJOY!

Martyn.

Edited 9 May, 201115 yr by 01mlacey

Haven't you already got a build thread?

Plans sound good, though i hope you have given that engine a service?

They are quite temperamental compared with their earlier equivalents (AAV, ABD etc)

You should be seeing around 80bhp with that set-up if you added the GT cam.

Breadvans are win :-D

You managed to get that tach in the car?

Haven't you already got a build thread?

Plans sound good, though i hope you have given that engine a service?

They are quite temperamental compared with their earlier equivalents (AAV, ABD etc)

You should be seeing around 80bhp with that set-up if you added the GT cam.

Breadvans are win :-D

yeah i had a build thread but i told a mod to delete to start fresh

the engine will get a good service once its running

I've bin told i can use my mk3 parts insteed of mk2 but I've not seen it done so may need to source the parts soon

and cheers ill upload the rest of the pics in a sec once I've sorted through them

You managed to get that tach in the car?

haha no i gave up on tht idea and got rid of it

ill go for gt clocks i reakon once its all up and running

So i dropped the engine in 2 days ago 1st time I've ever done it and i think it went quite well

still need to put the drive shafts back in and do the gear linkage etc

cheers

Edited 17 March, 201115 yr by 01mlacey

Don't like the purple cam cover but the rest looks sweet.

When you hoping on getting it back on the road?

You getting it set-up?

M

Don't like the purple cam cover but the rest looks sweet.

When you hoping on getting it back on the road?

You getting it set-up?

M

ahhh that can be sprayed

umm well my mates guna balance it and set it up so its fine to drive then when i get some extra dollor ill get it rolling roaded i reakon

Why does bogg bros av to be so far away :(

put some new fuel line on today with a filter and t-peice ..................i hope its right

connected few pipes and electrics to seems alot of it needs shot of

cheers

Edited 17 March, 201115 yr by 01mlacey

cool progress, but i really dont like the look of your intake manifold?

As much as I hate to jump on the band-wagon it does look slightly ropey.

Could you get some pics up from the side or the mounting face?

I don't think it's going to be very flat, If you find it isn't then i will happily skim in up for you?

Also, You need some bosses welded or tapped into it for the servo and vac advance, again i can do this for you if you wish.

M

cool progress, but i really dont like the look of your intake manifold?

cheers fella

tbh i dont like the look of it but the engine,carbs and manifold for £50 i cant complain :)

As much as I hate to jump on the band-wagon it does look slightly ropey.

Could you get some pics up from the side or the mounting face?

I don't think it's going to be very flat, If you find it isn't then i will happily skim in up for you?

Also, You need some bosses welded or tapped into it for the servo and vac advance, again i can do this for you if you wish.

M

i just PM'ed you mate

i meant just the general construction of it and craftsmanship, not its actual appearance, just thinking it might not actaully be up to the job?

i meant just the general construction of it and craftsmanship, not its actual appearance, just thinking it might not actaully be up to the job?

It's all ready bin up to the job by the lasy guy who ran this exact set up in his mk2

must admit it could be beta if you put it next to a bogg bro manifold mine loos like trash

I'm just picky :p just looks a bit of plate cut out with a hacksaw lol thats all, but hey if it works

I'm just picky :p just looks a bit of plate cut out with a hacksaw lol thats all, but hey if it works

Haha yeah it looks pritty gash

but yeah it works

cheers matey

Got fed up with seeing my car sat on tranculas (how ever you spell it)

so i flogged them and just paid for a set of standard mk4 5 spokes

i plan to prime and spray them up gloss white

will get some pics up when there all sorted

thanks to 13kpologt for the wheels <<<<<<<< His GT is pure mk3 porn :)

Also got some spray & filler coming for all the bodywork to be sorted

So will be some updates soon

Edited 25 January, 201115 yr by 01mlacey

Cool project. The flange on the inlet manifold looks far too thin though, might be worth making a support bar up for the carbs as it's gonna flex like Mr Motivator.

Matt

Cool project. The flange on the inlet manifold looks far too thin though, might be worth making a support bar up for the carbs as it's gonna flex like Mr Motivator.

Matt

yeah it does mate ,it will do for now ,my mate said for £20 hell make me a better one thicker flange etc

UPDATE:

manifolds gone for welding the brake survo vacum tube

UPDATE!

the exhausts all fitted now the bays finely filling out a little

drive shafts are in ,basicly had to put the engine back on the crane to get them in

awaiting parts:

temp sensors

metre of 30mm rad hose (for the bottom as mines yo short)

back and middle exhaust hangers

2 alloys (2 have been delivered today)

gear linkage finger (threaded mine)

Got one of the alloys primed and sprayed today i f**ked the other one up it really is to cold to spray i think

but heres the finised product

mk4 polo SE wheels btw 13X5.5J , tyres: 175/65/13

Hope to update more soon got alot bodywork to do at the moment aswell which i hate but its gota be done

ENJOY

looking good buddy!!! shes almost finished!

cheers eddie shunt be to long now if i source all parts needed

I've mis placed so much stuff bolts etc need to go on a search tommorow :-D

Welcome to scrubville!

Welcome to scrubville!

indeed I'm lowering the back another 10- 20mm aswell

Edited 4 February, 201115 yr by 01mlacey