tassie golf

[Dub Toffee]

hi everyone this is my little project a mk1 1980 5 dr previously known as #canary# by its last owners (because of its yellow colour)...well ive got plans to take it to the lab and from my extensive research in dna, cell steming and cloning i plan to alter the make up of the canary and transform it into a ring neck parrot..... (maybe its in honour of my decesed ring neck parrot wich was also yellow funny enough, for those in the know i guess ring necks arnt as lucky as laurakeets)...so where was i yeaa! another golf out there to ring the necks of al them nissans and hondas getting around out there hehe pretty much any excuse to put a white coat on and get it all greasy will do.


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find out what the ring neck is all happy about

[Golf Loon]

Looking good in that bay. Not very yellow though!

[gtimk5]

Hi. That would be getting a very familiar 9A Twin cam (to me anyway) right?
Will go well. Never revved, only driven properly on weekends! Cheers and good luck Benniah!

[Dub Toffee]

ok i just had a week off to try and finish the car...aghhh dreaming. well i almost got close. it was the best. i have to thank Golf wise for his tech support he is so great to have down south. the little yellow golf was running up a fever in the best week of wheather ever in tassie last week...so stoked. i just wanted to get the engine in so bad i nearly comprimised on the finish of the engine bay paint work but held off to finish the strips that go down behind the engine, and i am so glad i did. i dont have alot of specs for you yet but i will do my best to give a complete list. thats right it is a 9A thanks to robinson motor sport...
the paint came from well i dont care who does? it was a bare metal respray that i achieved with a light duty sand blaster it worked so well taking off the paint in all them hard to get places that are even harder to get paint back into lol. every time i told someone that i was using a sand blaster they were like "wow! take it easy " so i did..... yep ahh..a few beers inbetween filling up the sand tank again and deffinetly between coats of paint last week.
p.s. i dont recomend mixing a few cold ones with paint fumes...it takes a while to get racing stripes looking like stripes! doh!
p.p.s. i rarely drink and drinking started after twelve o clock so im not an alchoholic.... but i cant wait till we can all go for a drive tassie boys and stop somewhere for a drink ha ha

[Dub Toffee]

sorry picture small i will work the photo thing out soon. any help anyone i couldnt get the photos of my photobucket account to load there to big even tho its the same one as i loaded last?
Cheers B

[brackie]

Compressing pics

If the pics aren't in jpg format, save them as such. (jpg compresses them.) bmp is huge.

If you are using a digital camera then change the resolution to 640 . This saves the pic as a smaller file.

Use a graphics programme (if you have one: eg "Photoshop" or "Paintshop Pro") and in the file menu go to Export. There'll be a jpg optimiser that will allow you to compress the pics to any degree you want to.

If you don't have a graphics programme go to Google and search for "The Gimp" It's free and simple to use.

[Golf Loon]

Car looking good, taking shape.
Another 16v on the way

[smithy010]

Use a graphics programme (if you have one: eg "Photoshop" or "Paintshop Pro") and in the file menu go to Export. There'll be a jpg optimiser that will allow you to compress the pics to any degree you want to.

Photobucket actually has an inbuilt size reducing function, so if you don't feel like downloading all these other programs, just hit edit on the pics and resize.

[Dub Toffee]

ok thanks heaps i think i got it the option in photo bucket works a treat

[Dub Toffee]

well here i am finaly ready to tick it over but ive had trouble getting spark.
here is some pictures of the wires. its been wire for wire not to complicated except this brown wire from the computer which used to have a lug with a 12 mm hole or so on the end of it i dont know if it was ment to be a positive or a negative. I have extended the wires from the computer to the engine by about an extra 1.5 m in an effort to keep the engine bay tidy taking a longer path around the engine i was wondering if the longer run might affect the voltage drop enough to be a problem?

[MK2 GTI]

If it's an origional vw wire, im pretty sure brown is always earth on vw's.

[h100vw]

I can confirm the wire is the earth for the computer. I am just doing Robins KR conversion and it has the same wire. It'll lead to sparks assuming everything else is good.

GAvin

[finemk1]

i dont think the extended lenght will cause much voltage loss proly none at all. probably hook up a multimeter when all connected up just to make sure all main current points are sweet,
if are having troble getting spark try taking off the starter coil lead at the dizzy end and see if it sparks against the engine when cranking if its not sparking when your cranking it and then does once or twice quickly when you stop cranking it that means earth problems and or battery problems. if it is continuously sparking when cranking turn to your fuel delivery and might even be the dizzy position or get new plugs but still should kick over with the same plugs . if it is and its not getting any spark at any time during cranking time check your dizy and starter coil, ,i found my old dizy had 2 severed wires by the metal spinny thingy inside becase the wires had been pulled so on much,
16v's are the touchyest in the buch at times, but when there going properly it will love you like you will love it!

rock on that gonna be a sweet ride when u done

[Dub Toffee]

the old gold

ok here was this mk1 when i found it an old and tired 8v 1.6 with a webber it hauled but not when i first bought it of the side of the road...sometimes it pays to just see if someone wants to sell their car with a note on the windscreen and your phone number... it worked! well im sure everyone knows what an old mk1 engine bay looks like but anyway the photos there so it was realy slow and needs new wheel bearings but it had a saas steering wheel and was in good shape. when i first took it home i straight away looked at the carbie and lo and behold the accelerator wire wasnt tightened up properly so only one of the butterfly valves were openeing then me and my girlfriend took it out for a spin to our delight!! it was realy fun for a few weeks and the sports exhaust had a realy nice note as well. before i settled into the project. you might like to know my girlfriend bought an silver mk1 with a bad engine and we put my old one with the exhaust into that for her and some of the roof and bonnet musk pink just wait for the photo before you judge how stupid it sounds. anyway she drives realy hard and the engine being old she thrashed it soon after so we had to find another engine to go in it wich is now going pretty well.

[Dub Toffee]

my girlfriends mk1