Another Wreck, another Race Car.....

[Peter Jones]

Zorst!

[Stiggy_21]

oh god, i may have made a mess..

this is goin to sound beasty!!!

hows the engine coming along??

[Peter Jones]

Radiator is done.

Bushes
















Dual stacked 55mm cores.

Setup to run a late model expansion tank.

The ECU can run the fan but I had a MK1 style fan switch fitted In case I need it later on.

[Peter Jones]

Flywheel is back from Crankshaft Regrinders..

It's been lightened, resurfaced and balanced.

[Peter Jones]

Now that I know how everything fits in the engine bay I can make and fit the strut brace.

I'll weld the brackets in tomorrow and make up the lower brace as well.

[Jarred]

that' radiator is mighty thick!

(it also gives away a few clues about the engine )

[Peter Jones]

Made up the lower brace and welded in the mounts in for the upper brace.

This is a pretty common bark yard design.

Wire edged a couple of places I'd had to trim too.











Lower brace painted up.

[Peter Jones]

Got the gearbox ready, It had 100mm output flanges on it so I swapped them over for 90mm ones off another box.

The 100mm flanges took a lot to get off, had to use a set of 20 tonne pullers.



Tow hooks came back form powder coating and got installed.















Made up brackets and mounted the expansion tank.





Engine bay is starting to look pretty busy now.





Those BFI engine mounts are a joke. They seem to be made from reasonable materials but the dimensions are all wrong. The bolt hole was too small for the bolt to pass through and the whole thing is too wide.

The drivers side one is notched to clear a bolt but the notch is in the wrong place.

Don't buy them unless you've got access to a lathe and linisher to fix them.

[Petska84]

Nice one Pete, keep up the good work.

[Jarred]

Nice one Pete.

I recall Tim Bailey having similar troubles with the BFI inserts

[Peter Jones]

Same ones, I bought these off Tim

[Stan]

looking good Pete. Lots of nice attention to detail, but kept functional.

[alex g]

I've got nothing but good things to say about the BFI mounts I have fitted a treat.

Looking great Pete.

[Peter Jones]

Just had the CAMS scrutineer out to check things over and it's all smiles.

One minor technicality to do with not running bumpers, but should be able to get an exemption as its a replica, he didn't seem to think it was much of an issue.

Certainly all the safety stuff is on track to pass without issue.

Just need to put it all together to get the logboook.

It will be log booked as a sports sedan which may be a first for a MK1 Golf. Certainly to current regs at least.

[Water Boy]

U2ltr SS here you come Pete!