My Mk1, Low Wide and Lumpy

[Jarred]

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Thanks jarred, pulls up so well, pedal is soft then all of sudden your head butting the wheel!

I've had a few passengers nearly faceplant into the dash, good times!

[GRN_VAGN]

got someone interested in the old engine Josh

[GRN_VAGN]

OM NOM NOM NOM

[killingwithasmile]

streeeeetch

[Jarred]

yea, nice.

as steve once showed, these can work very well!

[GRN_VAGN]

yeah im a sucker for pumped/flared guards and 13's

Was lucky to find this set, most ive found are basically 0 offset,
the ones i got are 13x7 rear with roughly + 8
Fronts are 13x6.5 with +16

Rear rim just sits inside guard, fronts a little out

Thanks to Peter For the wheel nuts,

[GeorgeMK1]

That does look pretty darn nice, cant wait to see some tyres on it!!

[thestu]

Nice!!!!!!

[GRN_VAGN]

Thanks mate!

Todays lesson, You can remove a engine without a hoist, and by your self

Step 1, jack up front, take wheels off, lower car down with 1 brick under each lower arm. Make sure you got a tyre under engine/box.
This is a good idea to remove your lower brace if you have one, as i learned its hard to drop a engine with that in the way

Step 2, undo all mounts, caution, engine may jolt a bit.

Step 3, jack car up and put wheels on with 2 nuts each, then jack even more up onto car ramps.

Step 4, slide engine out underneath!!!

DONE!!......

[Jace]

That's actually good to know.

What ever happened to this car being "low, wide and lumpy"? Haven't seen much of either!

[GRN_VAGN]

Well i thought was reasonably low when i first got it
And it Used to be lumpy when it had bigger cam...
And well, the wide part is nearly done

Trying to keep everything stock mechanical wise now, i really enjoy dailying it, so i dont want to rev the snot out of it, ect ect.. So have gone for better brakes, so cool looking wheels, and will be low as soon as i can afford coilovers... engine swap is taking a toll on my bank account

[Jace]

Ah that sucks. Those wheels are gonna look great! You've colour coded them right? Maybe I'm imagining that bit...

[GRN_VAGN]

was going to yes, but got something different in mind, stay tuned