ashmk3 0 Posted December 5, 2011 Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 hmmm braided hoses there on my list now, god it keeps growing just as i get down it lol Link to post Share on other sites
michael5556 247 Posted December 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 Do it! They are so much better but much more expensive for the proper stuff. Link to post Share on other sites
michael5556 247 Posted December 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2011 Today's work! Painted block and gear box. Give it another coat I think. Depends on how it dries tonight. It's in matt black. Breaking out the grinder tomorrow for the bay and hopefully get it primered. Link to post Share on other sites
michael5556 247 Posted December 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2011 Found some pictures of the mk3 too!Here is a video of it at awesome Gti last year.http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j438/michael5556/c63e20b2.mp4 Link to post Share on other sites
michael5556 247 Posted December 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2011 Also had a bit of fun with my grinder today and got rid of all the studs off the bay and brackets. Ready for the fpr being mounted. Just needs sanding down and primering now. Link to post Share on other sites
ashmk3 0 Posted December 7, 2011 Report Share Posted December 7, 2011 looking good mate im undecided on what colours to use in my bay and on the engine. but the exhaust sounds nice only two more days. Link to post Share on other sites
michael5556 247 Posted December 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 Ordered an in car boost controller from demon steals. Also bought some red vacum hoses to go with te bay. Bought a forge intercooler as the charge cooler is going. Also bought a innovate wideband lambda. Went for the new MTX fully digital one. Should be here Monday currently sat inside as the weather is shocking. Snowing! So if it stops I will carry on sanding the bay.Also a big thanks to jake(Vr Stig) for picking up my two engines and sending them down south for me! Much appreciated! Link to post Share on other sites
J5KE F 0 Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 Cool beans fella! I've just rolled in and glad i missed the snow!Your man's picking up engine 2 in the morning so a fairly simple collection and drop Great to meet u and u ash! Bring on the mk2 vr's!! Oh yeah and a BIG thankyou to Bungy for the hire of his hoist which of corse without, would have stopped play! Link to post Share on other sites
bungy 2 Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 Cool beans fella! I've just rolled in and glad i missed the snow!Your man's picking up engine 2 in the morning so a fairly simple collection and drop Great to meet u and u ash! Bring on the mk2 vr's!! Oh yeah and a BIG thankyou to Bungy for the hire of his hoist which of corse without' date=' would have stopped play! [/quote']Hire? how many cheese toasties are we up to now on the credit sheet? Link to post Share on other sites
michael5556 247 Posted December 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 Yeah definitely need more mk2 vr6's! Bring on the vrt competition!Thanks for dropping them off! Thanks to bungy for his crane! Did ash need it at his end? Link to post Share on other sites
ashmk3 0 Posted December 10, 2011 Report Share Posted December 10, 2011 yh it was good to meet you stiggy, and cheese toasties could do with one or two of them as im pretty hungover at the minute. Link to post Share on other sites
michael5556 247 Posted December 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2011 Today involved more grinding. Smoothing, sanding, mixing filler, applying filler, sanding. Removing seam sealer. Removing paint. Fun times. It's delivery day tomorrow so will upload pictures of everything. Link to post Share on other sites
michael5556 247 Posted December 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 Very good piece of kit. Very impressed. Might add a data logger too it at some point. Fan housing from a corrado. In very good condition from an old member off here.Thought this was a cool picture. It's on my bulk head.Door lock on drivers side. Was pretty f**ked. Bit of wd40 and some grease was good as new.New intercooler! Pretty good.Pictures of the new engine and bits.Here the the magic boost maker.That's all for now. More tomorrow. Link to post Share on other sites
oldmandon 1 Posted December 14, 2011 Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 Some nice stuff there....... this is looking a serious project will be good to see it finished.... Link to post Share on other sites
michael5556 247 Posted December 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2011 Today consisted of more sanding, more filler, more sanding. Painting.Could not get the exhaust off for the life of me so going to have to cut it in half tomorrow. Painted the fan housing too. Matt black.Hopefully get te exhaust off tomorrow and then get everything painted and bay finished! Then engine can go in Monday.Royal mail is pi**ing me off too. Missing my sump baffles and my boost controller from demon tweeks. They also lost my engine mount I sent to someone so had to refund them and they just sent me back a heating look due to wrong address! So have to send that again! Mor updates tomorrow. Link to post Share on other sites
J5KE F 0 Posted December 16, 2011 Report Share Posted December 16, 2011 What fan assembly are u running dude?I've always had to run slimlines on all 4 of my mk2 projects..? Link to post Share on other sites
michael5556 247 Posted December 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2011 Standard corrado ones at the minute. Hoping they fit due to sri! Lol Link to post Share on other sites
michael5556 247 Posted December 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2011 More painting done today. Sanding, degreased whole bay, then scotch brite, then thinner, then primered! This is how it looked after sanding was done.After two coats of high build upol Link to post Share on other sites
michael5556 247 Posted December 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2011 More painting done today. Sanding, degreased whole bay, then scotch brite, then thinner, then primered! This is how it looked after sanding was done.After two coats of high build upol primer. It's says red on the tin but looks a little pink at the minute lol!!Then it went dark. Going to flat it on Monday and then add top coat with some high gloss laquer. Stay tuned. Link to post Share on other sites
J5KE F 0 Posted December 24, 2011 Report Share Posted December 24, 2011 Nice! Link to post Share on other sites
michael5556 247 Posted December 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2011 Shame about the colour. You don't actually understand how many hours have gone into that bay and it's still not perfect! But with my OCD, it would take months so just decided to stop and get the engine in. Link to post Share on other sites
ashmk3 0 Posted December 24, 2011 Report Share Posted December 24, 2011 That looks great mate. You doing any other bits the same? Keep at it, it'll get there in the end Link to post Share on other sites
michael5556 247 Posted December 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2011 That looks great mate. You doing any other bits the same? Keep at it' date=' it'll get there in the end [/quote']Thanks mate! Yeah gonna be painting the whole thing when the wether warms up a bit. Oh and my phones working now Link to post Share on other sites
michael5556 247 Posted December 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2011 I have decided on the colour for the engine bay. It's off a Mercedes sls amg and it's the le mans red.I hope it turns out well. Link to post Share on other sites
bungy 2 Posted December 30, 2011 Report Share Posted December 30, 2011 Have you been painting your finger nails? lol Link to post Share on other sites
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