Mk1 GTi 1.8-16v track car rebuild.

Is this an immaculate conception in the making? Looks superb! Sooooo jealous!

 

Thanks

 

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The love that the car is geting is incredibul

 

Thank you

Freshly rebuilt and powder coated calipers, front -









Rear -

 

car looks fab nic

 

awesome just read through the whole thread and really really nice
i love the look of carbon roofs and i wanted one for mine but how do you stand with the msa, i thought it was a definate no go which is why chose not to

 

No idea to be honest. I wanted to get rid of the sunroof mechanism and it seemed a logical idea. As mentioned earlier a mate of mine who is a scruitineer reckons that somethings are 50/50 with regards to regs but the overall integrity of the car is good enough to pass. While I would like to enter some sprints and hillclimbs I'm not really bothered about what class I'm entered into as I just want to have fun and use the car as much as possible, I'm not taking it too seriously, as long as I can have fun

 

Having fun is what it's all about
my mate has a sunroof that i plated over on his mk1 when I owned it and wants to cut it all out and go carbon, but were unsure on the regs
they do certainly look very nice
shame you can't make it to inters in it

 

Yeah International is impossible now.







Won't be much longer now although I've been saying that for the last month!

 

Some nice sensible RS's would look pretty smart on there Nic

 

rs's look good on anything
id be tempted with a set of these




cars looking very nice

 

Cheers, it isn't quite finished yet, still lots of details to finish. I prefer the Speedline Challenge's but they only come in 16s and that's probably too big. Compomotive MO's are an obvious choice.

Nic

 

ATS DTC would suit that a treat!!

 

Looks very good

 

More good news, spent a day yesterday tidying up wiring and doing those little bits and pieces. 5 o clock last night we got to the point of turning the key, connected the battery up and no wires decided to melt, no electrical fires started and we breathed a sigh of relief.

Next up was turning the key, a disappointing click was all we got, played about with a few earths, rechecked everything and still nothing. Day was dragging on so we had to leave it for the night, frustrating.

Rechecked everything this morning, a couple of small adjustments and the starter clicked in to life, built up the oil pressure, reconnected the fuel pump relay to allow fuel in to the metering head, so far so good, turned the key and eureka first turn of the key it started!

 

good work, nothing like hearing it bark to keep you keen

 

Finally saw this in the flesh and I have to say it is a credit to Nic's time and effort. Beautiful job Nic.