Funkbaron's mk2 Golf VR6 transplant thread (update pg15)

Yes Baz........... you asked A LOT of questions

 

Yep, Pete has first refusal, but he'll be waiting a while!

 

Yep, I did Thanks, Steve.

 

fanfookingtastic dude

great job with no cut corners, what a stunning job mate

 

Done a DIY wheel refurb and rim polish on my Borbets, as the lacquer was cracking in places on 3 of the wheels - used Nitromors to strip the rim, then spent ages with wet and dry and polishing compound praying I wouldn't have one mullered looking Borbet - result was pretty good I think, they look great on the car. Done 3, got one more to do, but here's a shot of one of the wheels - will post some of them on the car soon, and post up about other work i've done.

 

shame they're not 9's []

Good work!

 

Pfft - 9's are just massive

 

agreed, the 9's are just tooooo big, do look cool tho

 

you want some nice 9x16 b's like me ... looking forward to making them fit

is your car just lowered on springs/dampers or do you have coilovers?

i thought those wheels were near mint when you bought them anyway?

 

I'll stick with the 7.5 A's ta Rich, 9's are HUGE At least until I get some bargain BBS RM's from ebay.de

They were pretty mint, but i curbed one very slightly, and in spots the lacquer was begining to peel and crack - they look nicer with a more polished rim too.

EDIT: yep, just springs and dampers at the mo, should get coilovers soon though.

 

For somebody that was going on about how annoying sorting the rims was to me the other week youve done a wicked job Baz.

 

the wheels do look good baz

 

Just read all this thread from start to finish.

Well done, cracking job and a bloody big project to tackle !!!

 

Well the VR fun was short lived - engines back out, I'm replacing the head gasket, cam chains, guides and tensioners. Was going to fully refurbish the lump, but time/cash won't allow that right now - maybe later in the year.

Anyway, engine ran beutifully for a while, but started developing a slight rattle sound in the chain area - thought it was probably the long upper guide broken up (common prob), but as you can see from the pics, the culprit is the tensioner plate - worn down to the rivets



Doing a few other little things I've wanted to sort out since building the car, will post up an update of everything when it's all worked out. Once thats done, I can start looking at the forced induction route again, and sort those long awaited videos Can't wait to drive it again.

 

Hows the bonnet?

 

Well, I bent the corner back into shape no probs - the car's going to go to a bodyshop to have the little dent it left under the windscreen and paint repaired. Bloody wind!

 

nice work mate, took you long enough to start tho m8 lol

 

I know mate - i dwell on these things for some time before cracking on...

Should be back together for the weekend, need a few more parts from VW, managed to snap the plastic wire guide for the injectors

 

i've thought about polishing my borbets too, they look good!