MK1 Ragtop

[MarcusAurelius]

Ive been focusing my spare time (barely anything ) on the engine. Replacing every gasket, checking every clearance.. to insure as much reliability as possible

[Petska84]

Love your work Marcus, keep the progress up mate. Also still need to get the lock and key for you mate.

[sports racer]

Why are you working on a 1.6 when a 1.8 perks up a Golf really well and they are cheap?

[MarcusAurelius]

Low kms and Mechanically in good nick. Gives me a chance to enjoy driving the car around until i get a proper engine ready for her

[MarcusAurelius]

Love your work Marcus, keep the progress up mate. Also still need to get the lock and key for you mate.

Thanks peter, much appreciated!
All good, no rush

[MarcusAurelius]

So this is the shround that sits on mk3 oil pickups. What is it here for and is it worth keeping??

[abreut]

You definitely want to keep that - its a baffle so that your oil doesn't slosh away from your pickup during cornering. Also helps prevent windage

[MarcusAurelius]

Slow progression!
Wanting to starr her up once the sump gasket gets here

[MarcusAurelius]

A tad more progression. Trying to sort out the wires and tucking them all

[MarcusAurelius]

[Preen59]

Good progress here, mate. Well done! Keep up the good work.

[MarcusAurelius]

Good progress here, mate. Well done! Keep up the good work.

Thanks buddy just have to sort out my seat upholstery skills haha
Absolutely love how easy door cards are to make. Now contemplating installing a stereo or leaving it out..

[MarcusAurelius]

So ive come across these 2 canisters. One ive identified as a porsche 914 oem evaporative canister and the other as a vacuum canister in the front right guard. What are their purpose and can i delete them?? Cant find anything in my haynes manual about them

[sports racer]

They are part of the anti-pollution gear originally fitted to the car. Very old and antiquated system, best to leave it off.

[Shadow_Rusty]

Inner cv are triple square as standard, size 8 iirc.
Assume your brakes are solidddisk, if so can't comment. However 239mm vented are more than adequate for road use even if running with more power. Mk3 booster and 22mm mc is a worthwhile upgrade, makes a big difference.
Gav

Yepp solid disc, however a gti system seems hard to get a hold of. I'm planning on running the 1.6 for a while so I'll look into calipers and discs later.
But definately going down the road of a mk3 booster and mc

From what I've been able to work out, if you already have 239mm disc's, then changing to vented disc's is as easy as just putting them on the hub, and fitting the correct pads (or 20% worn solid disc pads will work too).
Both brake setups share the same caliper...