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Feature Car of the Month - March 2011 (paul parky)


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Right enough of the shiny and showy stuff for a little while.... we'll have plenty of all that in the next few months, it's on with the serious business.... I'm pleased to announce that this month's feature car belongs to paul parky. :-) Paul is well known to most for his helpful advice on the forum and is a permanent fixture of Team South, he is always more than willing to help out a needy VR owner including near full engine swaps whilst cheeky members disappear for personal appointments...

Even after those sort of happenings Paul seems to keep a constant smile on his face, he's been very welcome on the forum for two years now (Happy Anniversary Paul! - 5th March ;-)) and has been working on the VR for three and it's not over yet! Watch this space for updates. Most will have had a browse through Paul's truly awesome build thread (here http://www.vr6oc.com/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?280459) and as you will see this is a man who takes modding his cars very seriously, has a wealth of skills and some top class ambition. Respect! (Sorry blame the other nights Ali G rerun..) it is due though! Some even say...



you're like a VR6 god or something ^o)


His inspiration for the project is down to one thing "it started out pretty standard....I soon wanted more power so started looking at going the supercharger route. At that time, I had a friend who bought a mk2 golf with the intention of dropping a 1.8t 20v lump into it, and fitting it with a modified syncro/haldex set-up" a modification rarely seen on these pages. Paul soon realised that a measly supercharger wouldn't satisfy his quest for more horses or do the syncro/haldex modification any justice "I decided to change my mind and fit a turbo instead!" Paul then got quite lucky in his search for some uprated parts that could handle the increased power and led him to find suitable gearbox on ebay "Aswell as the gearbox, he had most of the rest of the drivetrain from a mk4 golf r32 for sale!... I'd already helped my mate convert his mk2 into a haldexed golf, so didn't really think twice about doing it for a second time." As you do!?! "as luck just happened to be on my side at the time, a complete syncro rear subframe came up on the weekend i'd planned to collect the haldex system! Bonus!" What a result!

As you can see from this list of mods some serious work has gone into his project:

Full rebuild vr6 engine with genuine parts.
3.0l vr6 with Wossner 83mm pistons and rods, and arp rod bolts.
Rebuild head with vr6 turbo Cat cams.
Custom inlet manifold
Custom exhaust manifold bolted to ported vr6 headers.
Garrett t60-1 turbo .83 a/r
3" downpipe and exhaust, 12" silencer, 3" oval Simmons back box.
Twin Turbosmart 38mm wastegates
2.5" aluminium boost piping.
Modified rocker cover.
Tial BOV
FMIC
4" inlet K&N air filter
16 row remote oil cooler.
Gruven crack pipe.
Mk4 4 motion thermostat housing.
Custom coolant pipes.
Emerald K3 ecu, 3 bar mab sensor, vag N75 boost valve, vag EGT sensor
Push button start.
FX afpr
Custom aluminium fuel tank with standard vr6 pump and sender.
Fuel swirl pot.
Walbro 255lph fuel pump and extra filter mounted on custom bracket.
Original fuel flap deleted, replaced with flush fit fuel cap mounted above.
Solid front engine mount, custom gearbox mount.
Helix single mass flywheel and clutch.
R32 o2m gearbox, driveshafts and propshaft.
Mk4 shifter mounted on top of tunnel.
Custom made short shift.
R32 front and rear brakes, with ebc turbo groove front discs and ebc red stuff pads all round.
Dot 5.1 brake fluid.
Willwood bias valve.
R32 Goodridge braided hoses front and middle, standard R32 rears.
Powerflex bushes throughout.
Mk2 golf rallye handbrake cables.
Mk2 syncro rear subframe modified to accept Haldex differential.
Spax RSX Mk3 golf syncro coilovers front and rear.
Modified boot floor to allow room for rear subframe.
Rear strut brace and diff/subframe support.
Custom battery box mounted in boot.
Fully stripped interior.
Roof aerial hole deleted.
Early wing aerial hole deleted.
Late bumpers and side strips.
Painted satin black.
Sunroof deleted with aluminium plate.
Side skirts removed.
Carbon fibre bonnet raised at hinge end.
Votex rear spoiler with central brake light.
Audi TT Ronal 17" 7.5j alloys
Flocked dash with custom vent blanks, oil temp + pressure, afr, boost gauges.
Sparco 4 point harnesses.
Corbeau Forza 2 seats.
Momo Race steering wheel.
Polycarbonate windows.
Rolled and flared arches.

A handy welder, Paul made most of the other parts himself and the car is already running 273 bhp and some good 1/4 mile times and this is just the start. He's not one for polish and the clay bar though he did win a trophy last Billing meet! ;-) This was for the best modification and I'm actually not 100% for which one as everyone was so impressed with his work!

I asked him which shows he enjoys and Paul says "I haven’t been to many shows, but i did enjoy the annual meet! The weather and the company were brilliant, and really enjoyed just having a weekend away with like minded people" He's certainly more at home with the smell of fumes and I expect you'll find him at Santa Pod this year blasting up the strip "One of the first meets (can't really call it a show) was the rwyb night racing at Santa pod. It was my first time to put faces to names! And what a cracking night we had! Well it was until getting woken up in the morning by someone (Jake) shouting "its bloody snowing! come on people get up, we need to leave NOW before we get snowed in!" and as I've mentioned he regularly meets up with the ever increasing Team South contingent led by our mysterious and illusive Stig "the local meets are a good place to catch up with other members (and ex owner members!) and see how their projects are progressing"

The VR bug has been spreading contagiously in the Parky household as Paul recently bought his girlfriend a gorgeous Mulberry Highline (slight bias there) named Harry... there's a lesson in that boys! ;-) http://www.vr6oc.com/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?369103.0 His other half Katie has got well into the maintenance of her new pride and joy and I'm not sure who's been driving Harry the most recently... Paul certainly gets the best of both worlds! :-)

So enough from me I will let the pictures do the talking and Paul has answered the following questions so you can learn a bit more about the 'VR6 God' himself...

The person behind the car.

Name: Paul Parkinson
Forum user name: paul parky
Age: 27
Occupation: Welder/Engineer
Location: Droxford, Hampshire
Hobbies: Mechanics, socialising, having a good drink!
Likes: Meat, going fast, music, spending money on my car
Dislikes: Horses, horse boxes, needles, gypo's, cheap tools

Car questions

First car?: Mini 30 Limited edition
Current car?: Mk3 golf vr6 (of course!)
Dream car?: Ferrari Enzo
Other cars owned?: 3x 205 gti, clio 1.8 16v, Ford rst s2, mk1 golf, Renault 19 16v, Peugeot 306 td, Corsa td, Nova gte
What got you into Dubs?: Lack of faith in french cars!
Best feature on your car?: 4wd
Future modifications?: Rollcage, new inlet manifold, different seats, change wheel colour, more mapping
Favourite other member's car?: dub 25 black syncro

General Stuff

1. Blonde or Brunette? Blonde
2. Takeaway or home cooked? Home cooked
3. Tea or Coffee? Coffee
4. Euro look or USA look? Um Euro?! (the power boys never get the point of this question!) ;-)
5. Soap or Documentary? Documentary's any day of the week!
6. Mates or Dates? Mates
7. Pubs or Clubs? Pubs
8. Sun seeker or Thrill seeker? Thrill seeker
9. Lager or Spirits? Both
10. Dogs or Cats?: Dogs
11. Night out or Couch potato? Staying in with a dvd
12. All Go or All Show? Got to be ALL GO!
13. Winter or Summer? Summer
14. Tattoos or Piercings? Neither!
15. Football or Rugby? Football


Early days

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How she's looking now

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Check out that tank!

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After a hose down ;-)

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