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ThInk you know what's comIng here. I desperately want to fit an old school Mountney wheel I have, same style I had on my first car, a mini, I know how cute. Problem being old school wheels had a large open face that fits to a large faced boss, that only come with small spline fitment. Newer Mountney bosses fit large spline but have a smaller wheel face. Anyone here tried this or have an idea how I can get around this? Cheers fellas.
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My old engine was great but started to smoke so needs seal doing. I'm thinking that while the engine I out I might get someone to strip her down and rebuild the essential parts, not everything but stuff that needs doing. Maybe a skim an polish while were at it. Anyone know a good place round the Bolton / Manchester area for having this done? Be a shame to leave her when she's a belter. Cheers guys. If anyone has had this done lately how much did you pay?
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Alright gang. I got a 6 branch but without an adaptor plate. We've got a few ideas for some high quality bodging but wanted to know if anyone else has strapped on a 6 branch without the bloody adaptor plate...which Raceland don't sell separately...which does suck a bit. Be a waste not to use it wouldn't it? Open forum so all ideas welcome guys.
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I feel your pain brother, need the same myself but can only find arched ones. Been strongly advised against spurious cack.
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These now leads into a new conversation... Does anyone know of a way of fitting one of these to a decat/cat without the adaptor plate? Anyone fabbed something up or altered things to suit? be interesting to know as there are lots of dudes out there that sell the 6 branches without plates, in theory a useless bit of kit otherwise.
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Hi guys, quick update as this may be of interest to anyone buying or selling these without the adaptor plates....Raceland don't sell them separately so unless there's an alternative option, you're stuffed. Nice. I suppose you could get one fabb'ed up and do it that way.
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Right guys, bit baffled on this. Bought a replacement lump a while ago, my old one did 168k, new one 120k....good times!! And it came with a raceland 6 branch, more good times!! Now, thing is the manifold connector ring that is attached has 2 bolt holes and my decat has 3, so they don't fit, so it's sitting, all nicely wrapped (which was a finger bleeding pain to do) in my cellar waiting to go on. What do I need to do to get this to fit? Can you buy adaptors or would I need a custom decat making? I've looked at the raceland decats and they have 3 bolt fitment too so I'm stumped. The guy I boug
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One for you guys me thinks and a couple of basic lessons learned. Recently had her running like an absolute bag of biz, constantly running on less than 6 so I went through the list. First up leads. I bought black ones from GSF about 10 months ago, first mistake right there. DO NOT buy cheap leads, they're shite. So i put my original VW leads on which actually were in top nick. Then I changed the plugs. Was desperate so ended up buying some good Champion plugs locally until I get some NGK Platinums. These are actually pretty good plugs and pretty much sorted everything out. Original plugs were
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Have a good look at your hoses, might have a perished one somewhere? Had a bit of trouble with my coolant system in the past, turned out to be water pump issues. Cheap ones don't last too long. ALSO, if your oil temp starts to go up easily you might wanna check the 2 hoses going into your oil cooler unit at the front, right at the bottom. Water will just leak through without getting to the important stuff to cool it down.
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Chains & Guides or Tapets?!!?
franchise replied to ez_101's topic in Engine Maintenance and Problems
Could be your serpentine belt tensioner too if it's a scary bad rattling noise. Mine did the same a couple of months ago, shat myself only to find it was that. The bearing housing breaks and the bearing drops (I think) knocking about against the metal casing. Still cost me £200 + to get done, plus a few other things. -
Cheers guys. I was more than happy to roll on T1s again but have noticed the same thing this time round, centres have loads of tread but the edges have worn like crazy...might have something to do with spirited driving though.
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Some more update pics boyos, this time we tried the fronts without rubber. I do believe there may be some poke issues. Need a bit of figuring out on the tyre front, was gonna go 205/50s or the heavy rubber but it's looking more like a 195/45 is gonna be needed. Itsy bitsy teeny fifteenies will work!!
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Ok guys and gals, just sorting out some rims at the mo and am stuck for tyres. I usually plump for the trusty T1-Rs, had Yokos in the past too but they wore way too quickly and were dangerous in the wet. Tempted by the parada spec2s, but again I've heard bad things in the wet. What you kids running? I'm going for a 15x8 rim looking at 205/50s or maybe even 195/50s if the 205s won't squeeze under the arch.
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Ingham, how much tread and how much my good man? Richie, I know dude, I just whacked one on to see how the girth and poke sat. Managed to flog the 888s now to a mate for his ur quattro, I think he enjoyed the rudeness.
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Ingham, where the f'k do you find the et on these rims? Can't find it anywhere. Update!! Sold the tyres tonight so next stop some new rubber. I didn't think they'd fit BUT I've had a look at the track tyres (215s) against a norma 215 and they are waaaaay wider, about 10-15mm on each side, so, I'm thinking a 205 should fit under the arches. Question, my 15s with 45 pro tyres, will they sit at a similar height to my 16s on 40 pro tyres? My calculations say pretty much the same.
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Cheers chaps. Very much doubt 312s will go behind, think you need some open 16s at least for them. Although, these are audi fitment so I have 20mm adaptors which give heaps of clearance (hence the poooooke) so you might get away with it.
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Right, been a while but kinda have some updates on the anaconda. First up, the monzas are getting a winter revamp for a touch of badass. Currently stripped and sanded ready to be painted. Here's a quick photoshop of how they'll look, I might murder her out and go tints all round, not sure though. In the meantime, just saving up for some tyres so I can roll these bad boys for a while. 15x8 revo rfxs. Nothing new but I lie em, plus, with the right rubber they'll look pretty cool. The Toyo R88s are 215/50s which are wider than regular tyres so look huuuuuge. 205/50s or 45s due to go on. S2s
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Had a few coolant issue meself over the past year or so. Sounds like a water pump (rustyman), is it pissing coolant all over your serpentine belt? That water pump is baout £35 from GSF but will cost about £75 to get it fitted and sorted out extra.
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Sounds good brother. Quick one, I'm thinking of blowing mine in a year or so, so it's gonna be time to do some research. You run yours as a regular ride, daily operator or is she your weapon?
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154k now, done 41k in 2 and a half years. GO GIRL!! Had a rattle, turned out to be alternator tensioners or something, now she runs like a new car. No chain work yet, sweet as a nut!!I love her sooo much. x x x
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Hey guys. I've done some searching about and found that my problem looks like the coolant temp sensor (coolant guage shot up, dropped down and now doesn't work...and then it does, ish). My garage man (over the phone) said it sounds like a coolant sensor issue but there are a few different ones. Aftyer speaking to GSF they said they have loads of different ones, colours, pin numbers etc so I really need to know which one it is. Someone mentioned the blue on in a post but not sure how helpful that will be. Short of arsing about driving to the garage this afternon and doing a lot of toing and fro
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That's gonna look super bad with a bit of slammage chief. i do like rados on borbs.
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Arse has fallen out of the vr market at the mo, buyers market definitely. Get some pics up but I'd be saying £1650 to £2000 MAX.
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VR6Pete's Golf Mk2 VR6 Conversion [Finished]
franchise replied to VR6Pete's topic in Members Rides and Event Photos
Pete, I love this beast, meant to come say hi at UD but spent too long indoors then forgot, like a dick. Anyways, I'm gonna hunt you down at the next show, I need to see and hear it. LOVE the new rims. Rubber looks good on em too. How's she drive? -
Cheers boyos. I'll whack an arse pick up later. The rims are only 16x7s (sadly) so the et17 makes em look spot on. Plenty room in the backs to stick some spacers on I think. The fronts are absolutely perfect in my opinion and she drives reeeeeal nice. Gonna drop the back a few mil to slip the tops of the rubber in there. I still want to keep the rake but not as much. And the bay is getting some matt black loving soon. Oh, I've had the rears rolled but no flaring or owt.
