Mk2 Golf IHI track car... Rear body work and door catches

Cheers dude

Yes, Dave mapped it and was totally wrong for the engine spec. From what I could see he had changed the fueling slightly and then just ramped the boost up. No joking about I could have spent 200 on fuel and done a better job on the road!

P.s.

Little update on the cage fitting...

Main hoop and A pilars are in, both roof diags in, rear foot plates in and have started cutting the bulkhead to get to the front struts. Should also be able to work a little quicker now that we are back to work and the heater is on once again!

 

Time for a little flashback while I've not had a chance to get on with the cage install.

All this was done about 2 years ago.

Started by cutting off the outer arch


Then I had to trim back the inner arch and join them back together












Copy and paste to other side


A splash of paint








Front arches were just a case of removing the arch liner and cutting back the arch.

Took about a week of evenings and one sunny day for painting.

Will be back on the cage tomorrow so should have another update. Looking to make the first CGTi sprint of the year so I need to pull my finger out and get back in the cold Saw -5 degrees on the thermometer inside the garage the other night!!

 

Getting on ok with your cage then!

I'm having problems with custom cages not answering e-mails or phone calls regarding the missing parts to my cage. So having to go through my credit card company to get the money back! worst company ive ever dealt with.

 

Really nice job u got there mate. Next step 6 speed box maybe?

Best for me, new dash and fantastic engine work. Welldone!

OEM or N/A inlet camshaft?

 

Yeah not too bad so far haven't had much time to spend on it but fingers crossed I should have it in by the end of the week. Can't belive how different your experience with them has been. Hope you get it all sorted!

Cheers dude!

Just looking at getting it back on the road for now Then I'll look into changing the gearing / gearbox to suit. Will still probably get a motorsport style shiffter whatever I go for tho.

The cams are OEM AGU at the moment. I have a JP racing small port head with Ferrea valves and Supertech springs to fit at some point. (not going for big power but more response) I do have another set of cams but I'm not sure what they are. I got them when I bought a brand new big port head but there are no engine codes on the head. If I cant work out what they're from I'll just buy a new N/A inlet cam and be done with it.

 

Build thread

OK this is as of this 12 '0' clock today, hoping to get quite a lot done today so should look a little different by the same time tomorrow!

 

With progress a little slow due to work being really busy at the mo, I aim to go all out and finish fitting the cage today no matter what time I finish!

Start the clock!

 

Cage, done!

All the main bits are now done, just a few little bits on the bulkhead to finish off then it's time for a coat of paint.




Also....

This is the other half of the dash i've been messing about with on and off this week as well



(Sorry about the quality of the photos iphone camera is rubbish in poor light )

 

Really really nice. Starting to seem like a beast that will come out in a bit

Really nice cage. Custom cages top job

So how long did it take to be welded?

 

looking good! I like that dash panel.

 

Fingers crossed I'll have it ready in March. Took me about a week in all to fit the cage. Took a while getting it to fit nice but once I had it all sorted in only took about a day of soild welding.

Cheers dude, nice one

 

Is that a roll cage or a kids climing frame?

Can't wait to see this at inters if it's there, looks a monster!

 

Wow that cage is pretty full on!! Love it, gona be a phat snarling fast as fook (but safe) beast of a mk2 this!!!

Good effort mate

 

Now you mention it, there was a big plastic slide that came with it. Thought it was just packaging!

I can't wait to drive it to Inters!

 

Cheers dude

 

Right, I think I have finaly finished all the welding at last and have now moved on to all the boring little jobs that take ages and offer little reward when compleat. Been a cold one today which hasn't help much either. Should be ready for paint by the end of the week finger crossed.

Also been reading a lot of other members build threads and getting a lot of motivation in the process! Lots of impressive work going on should be a good year by the looks of things! Keep it up guys!

 

Got a few more bits done the last couple of days while waiting for parts to turn up.

Had a trial fit of the seat and dash



Little idea of how the dash will look when done



and also started the prep work for the painting that should be done this weekend (with a bit of luck)

 

Primer is on but I didn't have enough base coat to paint the whole of the inside so I'll sort that out this week.

 

Not a bad day today, work was all sorted by lunch time so had a little spare time....




(sorry about the pic quality doesn't do it justice )

 

Nice, love to see body coloured cage tubes.