MK3 8v Track Car Das Frankengolf

Slow but steady progress

 

It's going for a Roll Cage in a couple of weeks, When I've got it back there's some welding to do at the front and swap the engine

 

All that nice clean rear beam / brakes and you haven`t cleaned up the caliper carrier ! Give it a wire brush at least... lol

With it being a track car, I`m curious why you fitted new rubber brake flexi`s and not braided ??


What`s your target for getting it on circuit ?

 

Budget is the reason I didn't go braided, between the 5 of us doing track days together we've got 1000 budget for track mods (cage and tyres not included) I've got another pair of carriers that I'm going to get blasted I'll swap them later I had got a pair of Mk4 carriers but they won't fit the polo stub axles. It needed to be back on the floor this weekend so it's ready for the Roll Cage. First trackdays this year will be March all being well.

 

Took it for a spin around the block and apart from one ABS Sensor showing a fault its all good ??

 

You may want to remove the paint from the rear beam where the stub axles bolt too. With the heat you will be generating it may melt the paint thus removing the torque from the bolts letting them work loose.

Pic of my beam when I had it blasted and powder coated I asked them not to paint the hub faces

 

I ran the flap wheel over it before I put the stub axles on

 

Know it all lol

 

There are some people that seem to know what there doing even though they drive mk3 's lol

Looking good Adey lol

 

MK3's Rule

 

Packed it off for its Roll Cage today. I'm tempted now not to fit the V5 straight away, I'm interested to see the lap times with the rear axle work and the 888's

 

Good idea. I always find it helps to do a mod and see what effect it's had to the car... That way you know where any improvement has come from rather than doing loads of stuff and wondering what made it work so well

 

Plus going for power will take the edge off trying to squeeze the last few 10ths out of the chassis

 

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You've probably already done it or going too, but there is some nasty looking bits of metal sticking out fr where the dash was. You putting the dash back or leaving it out?

 

Stupid double post.

 

Mike, initially I thought the same, but I suspect if he`s going to the lengths of powdercoating the rear beam, he won`t leave it looking as shabby as that without a dash ! It looks like it needs trimming around the cage, probably why it isn`t in yet


However, you`ve still left the sound insulation fastened to the bulkhead ! get that stuff removed whilst the dash it out

 

The dash is going back in, I've left it out for a while so I can get to the wiring easier and to convert the clutch pedal and to remove anything from behind there that doesn't need to be there

 

Not much progress over the last few weeks, but the wings are off now as the sills need work at the front and the passenger floor needs attention.