I haven’t really looked to be honest, I’ll take a look later. I don’t have a cat, I can’t fit a 3” exhaust through the the rack, prop at the engine unless I change the turbo to something top mount and have it run down the passenger side. In which case, it will fit.
Slowly!! You mean the inside? I’m not sure yet, I was tempted to run a bead on the inside. At worst case, I’ll run a few tack welds to hold it together as it’s double skinned then seam seal it all.
Got my PAS rack fitted today, no clearance issues which is good. I started the downpipe again as I wasn’t happy with the clearance so now it’s much better. I need to finish that off, then finish the front of the tunnel. New DP. Well part of it new lambda position for better accessibility.
Slowly chipping away at the welding, got the battery tray finished today. 3 nasty patches Started on the spot welds And she’s out! cleaned and painted. battery holder thing removed as the battery is going to be hidden in the boot. Tadaaaa
Thanks, I’ve never done anything like it before! Nope, I had the couple of bits on the OS sill, got a small hole in the strut that was patched badly which I’ve got a cut coming for and that bit.
Well I got some goodies today. That’s better, still a bit of fiddling but it’s much closer. but It’s been messed with, so I’ll have to fix that. what’s wrong with people!?
Well I’m away as of Sunday so no work can be done, but I have decided to get ready for big power now and not further down the line. So it’ll be getting Haldex, and all the associated parts. One thing is, what shafts do people use? I’ve not looked into it yet but obviously the TT rear shafts are going to be too long and the Mk2 ones will be different
Well, I’m back from Amsterdam, Covid free and on furlough! While I was away, I decided to just do it properly so I set about finding a donor car. A TT was up for breaking down the road, and we came to a deal. Today we went and stripped it down. I’m going to utilise the newer style engine mounts and fabricate them in. More to come over the next few days!
Nothing much but got a bit done, ripped out the syncro stuff and got the new engine in. Then back out, Then back in, Then back out, Then driveshaft problems.. The engine is where I want it, so now I've got to box out the chassis leg, and build my mounts, trim the subframe down, that's all for tomorrow!
She's in! Modified the subframe. You'd never know! So then I flattened the chassis leg to take the new mounts and popped it down and it sat low! Up, up and away! I made some mounts for it. And about that much on the nearside. One stand made and welded up. Then welded up and positioned. Same on the other side. Happy with that, let's tack it up! And again, the other side. Need to finish welding the flat mount up on this side but nothing major. And plenty of space! I'm going to make my own cross support up though.
It was an even slower day today but I made progress. Step 1, fitted the shifter: Although I think we've got a problem here Then I made a temporary dog bone to get the engine where I wanted for the prop. Then started on my Haldex bracket, epytec eat your heart out! Then up into a rough location Then aligned And then tacked, it's now part of the rear beam. My original mount isn't too far off. I'll have to make some stand-offs for then bolt it to the Haldex bracket. Anyone know the answer to this? The holes in the haldex, do you just drill and tap them out to m12? And 3 days later, nothing has changed..
I see you have an audi TT shifter, I was also looking at those. how do you find the gearstick position, as its shifted forward a bit compared to the usual 02j type
Thanks! 3mm, I did some research, and everyone seems to be using 3mm or less. It's adding some serious weight tho The chassis legs have box section underneath supporting it too so it doesn't attempt to bow.
I do indeed. Although i couldn't tell you yet.. I just put it in the hole. I didn't even notice it until dad mentioned.