build thread :)

[Pilks]

I drive around in wanniassa every day mon-fri. Just had time to think about it, does your Mk1 have P's on with a pink P-plate holder hanging around on one of the streets of Wheeler?

And my plan is to see if I can get mine running and in such condition that it can pass rego, then it will be cruising time over weekends.

ill probably see your driving around once your build is done haha, if i could do anything to the car regardless of money i would do a vr6 swap, many horses come from that engine

[Shadow_Rusty]

My ultimate Mk1 Engine would be a supercharged VR5.
A little lighter, and a little smaller than a VR6, but it still puts out 125kw in standard 20v 2.3L trim + ~40% for the supercharger...

The VR5 in standard trim would still be a great drive too.
So much so, it's been done and loved by a few people already...
VWVortex.com - F.S.- One of a Kind 4 Door Oceanic Bleu 20V VR5 Swallowtail


But what I'll probably end up doing to mine will be to add the supercharger off of a 4AGZE on to my standard 7.0:1 1.8L JH engine...
This should provide some nice usable power with minimal changes to the car.

[Mk1@4Motion]

If I could build what I want and money was no object:

Mk1 2door with a Audi S3 quattro transplant making it a good track/street car to use.

[Pilks]

My ultimate Mk1 Engine would be a supercharged VR5.
A little lighter, and a little smaller than a VR6, but it still puts out 125kw in standard 20v 2.3L trim + ~40% for the supercharger...

The VR5 in standard trim would still be a great drive too.
So much so, it's been done and loved by a few people already...
VWVortex.com - F.S.- One of a Kind 4 Door Oceanic Bleu 20V VR5 Swallowtail


But what I'll probably end up doing to mine will be to add the supercharger off of a 4AGZE on to my standard 7.0:1 1.8L JH engine...
This should provide some nice usable power with minimal changes to the car.

that 4 door is beautiful, its really all down to how much work you want to put into the swap to be honest. If i ended up doing a swap i would probably try to fab up all the mounts myself and knowing me they would all be just a few Mm's off what theyre supposed to be hahaha

[Pilks]

If I could build what I want and money was no object:

Mk1 2door with a Audi S3 quattro transplant making it a good track/street car to use.

i wasplanning on swapping an audi 80 motor in because they require minimal changes to the bay and they put out quite a bit of power. didnt do it though because they were around $1500 for a pretty crappy engine

[Pilks]

Got the "Homemade" false floor covered in vinyl the other day, everything is ready to go in its just im on holiday so everything is on hold, sadly

I really want to get multicoloured bead seat covers and a 70s style woolen shawl for the back seat, dont know where to get either though haha

[Shadow_Rusty]

Vinnies / Salvo's could be a good spot to get the shawl from...

Maybe you could ask your local taxi driver for where to get a beaded seat cover? lol.

[Pilks]

Vinnies / Salvo's could be a good spot to get the shawl from...

Maybe you could ask your local taxi driver for where to get a beaded seat cover? lol.

ill go check out the salvos in tuggers when i get back, are they open sundays? should be since theyre a charity organization

ask him where to get it imported haha

[Pilks]

Alas I am back in the land of public servants and round-a-bouts. nothings happened since last week because ive been gone however plan to get the driveshafts back on during this week and the rest of the interior in aswell, just waiting for the new seat glides to come.

still need the radiator hoses however i dont know what hoses to buy from gap, i was getting 4 of the hoses from redmk2gti however i think that has fallen through because the reception was so bad where i was that i couldn't receive the bank security code so ive now been locked out of internet banking... any help with the hoses is much appreciated

Cheers

Reid

[sports racer]

Ring your bank to get the lock out cancelled. The same thing happened to me last week and 10 min later all was OK.

[Pilks]

well lockout was sorted today, time for parts could someone please point me in the right direction for what hoses to buy, do i buy all the hoses that say they're for a mk1? from GAP

[RedMk2Gti]

Sent you PMs, you don't need that many hoses, some of them are for GTI only.

[Pilks]

Sent you PMs, you don't need that many hoses, some of them are for GTI only.

Hopefully have majority of the hoses coming soon thanks to RedMk2Gti! life saver

[Pilks]

a fairly major update (in my eyes)

front seats are in!



i dont know why but i just feel like i accomplished something today haha

a few friends are coming over on saturday so driveshafts and exhaust headers should be going in, hopefully! well thats it for now

[Pilks]

well got the fenders and centre console in



thought id try out some car photography

shot my friends forester





driveshafts and most of the internals in tomorrow hopefully, stay tuned