IanH26
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Feb 14th 2009 Car booked in for Geo this Thursday with PSI in Stoke. Going for 2degs negative on the front. Not sure what to do with the Toe though, in or out??? While its in they are trying some new rear shims to give me some neg camber on the back. Going for 1deg at first to try them out. Only been doing them for a couple of months and not tried them on a track based car yet. Be interesting to see how it works. Also done me a deal for a RR check to see how the engine is as never had one done on it. Will also be removing and re-pressing the the bush on the hub for me
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Feb 7th 2008 Decided to finally get round to doing the suspension swap. Started on the rears first as these were meant to be easier to do. undo the top nut undo next nut that's pretty much the top free biggrin.gif Next undo the bottom bolt where the ARB is joined. rears removed from the Black car - bye bye Gaz. Spax Coilovers off the white car, one of the struts cleaned and the threads greased with motor bike chain lube. bit different to the GAZ Fitted to the Black car. Refitted the Gaz to the White car. Next was the Fonts which did prove to be a PITA to start with! First of all I cou
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Found out that the auxiliary water pump wasn't working so decided to find out why and fix it. This circulates water round the head. When I took it out it was completely gunged up and guess that had caused the motor to burn out. Sourced a replacement. Replacement one put back in and rewired as the power feed connector was different but it came with it so just a bit of soldering. As I had to move the HT leads to get to the Aux pump I started the swapping process from the white one. Out came the new 7mm HT leads from the white and put on the black one, and vice versa with the old.
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After a little discussion I ended up buying Dave G's mates Golf VR6 as a donor car due to having a few new parts on it. This weekend it arrived back to my place. It was bought off ebay for a trip to the Ring then after driving it soon realised that it need some work. The following list are the parts upgraded/replaced: >Spax RSX coilovers (new) >Powerflex full poly bush kit (new) >Eibach anti roll bars front and rear (new) >new lower arms >new drop links >new lower ball joints >new uprated engine mounts (all 3 ) >stainless 6 branch manifold >stainless de-cat >full
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Oct 25th 2009 Checked the alignment after re-setting the other day to change the toe in to a more neutral/toe out setting. Replaced the gearbox oil as a friend sorted some out for me (works for an oil company wink.gif ) Not sure, if or when it was last replaced so hopefully will be a good thing. Re-filled using a home made filling tube. Idea taken from Nige when he did his over the summer. Treated myself to a new tool to help with the drain/filler plugs. Decided to freshen up the roll cage harness bar as it was looking a bit messy and still in primer grey from when we put it in. So from this
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Sept 6th 2009 Did a little bit more this afternoon. Removed the heater blower tubes to the feet area as its not really needed and taking up space. I mainly put the blowers on the screen or vents (as some will know from my recent trip to the Ring a_whistle.gif ) The blower still works but just blows out a single large tube now. Cleared area This left a small box exposed which also got pulled out... It was the control box for the Airbags that got removed 2 years ago so no need for it. Surprisingly heavy too. Must clearer now, just need to remove the tar next. Next job was to tidy up the s
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Sept 4th 2009 Well after a fantastic holiday over the last 10 days at the Ring there are a few jobs that require doing. Whilst there I joined the growing clique of outer CV splined shaft shearers blink.gif We think that is due to the extreme pressures being exerted on the shaft and a failing bearing. I managed to source a new one as the local scrappies were not use at all angry.gif Capt Solo came to the rescue sourcing one at his motor factors (Big Thanks thumb.gif ) New part was fitted and car sorted to get us home but the bearing sounded horrible. At the Eurotunnel check in I discovered
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Aug 14th 2009 Little update: Following watching the 24hr at the Ring the other weekend I had an idea about helping to be safe on busy TF days, such as the upcoming couple of weekends. Wired in a relay to help flash the headlights without taking my hands off the wheel, activated by flicking a switch. Won't use it all the time just when approaching cars with a suitable speed differential a_whistle.gif Video link - http://s11.photobucket.com/albums/a175/ianh26/?action=view¤t=ed96b59e.flv Last Saturday did Cadwell Park with Circuit days. Had a great day and the Golf ran well all day exce
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Thanks, getting there with the thread to bring it up to date. Ian
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Front ARB fitted today smile011.gif All bolts were thoroughly soaked with penetrating spray before attempting to loosen. ARB released Old and new Took the opportunity to renew part of the rose jointed drop links. Took the car for a run to bed the bars in, will check all bolts for tightness tomorrow. Very happy with the result. The car does feel more stable and had great fun on some roundabouts and some tight left hand bends. Be interesting to see how it all goes next weekend at the H4H event wink.gif
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May 17th 2009 Due to issues at the Nurburgring about catches fitted the Arocatches today. Old pin Stencil Outline marked Test fit Cut holes with a dremel Catches fitted. Just need to finish off final adjustment and clean the bonnet May 28th 2009 These have arrived in the last few days... May 29th 2009 Rear ARB fitted tonight thumb.gif But it was a real PITA to get those clamps on angry.gif Photos so far... Took it for a quick drive to Badminton just to give it a run so can check its all ok. Will check the clamps tomorrow to make sure they are tight wink.gif Could tell a differenc
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May 9th 2009 Last week as I wanted to set off to Silverstone the drivers door wouldn't open. It had started to play up a few times but this time its not opening at all. The outside handle works ok as does the inside door release. I can lock and unlock the car ok. I guess the mechanism has gone inside the door assembly but I can't open the door to remove it HELP!!! May 17th 2009 Decided to order a replacement off ebay as presumed the reason for not opening was it was fooked. Had previously had issues with it sticking more and more over the last year until finally it stuck completely angry.gif A
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As for the track day itself the car ran brilliantly, really pleased with it smile011.gif The brakes were a great improvement from the 280mm setup. Suspension was a little soft but very progressive and predictable. Power was good, sounded great Oil temps seemed good and water temps very good. Many thanks to Louise, Gary for these photos so far. Jobs to finish: Fix seat/harness Fit front strut brace Some jobs to look at next, when I have some money: Fit a oil pressure gauge Fit a battery cut off switch Need to look at fitting a bias valve to shift the balance to the front. Save up for som
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Apr 10th 2009 The exhaust is quite quiet at low speed. Not had chance to try it on the road as SORN. Here it is finished. Exhaust on idle --> http://www.vimeo.com/4012909 Apr 18th 2009 Well the car went in for the re-MOT on Thurs following its failure in Nov 08. Last time failed on uneven braking blink.gif and the exhaust was blowing - main issues. So, after replacing the front brakes as discussed above and the exhaust I am pleased so say the VR6 has passed the MOT thumb.gif Although, the brakes were still reported as only just passing the imbalance test th_dunno.gif And the front offside s
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Update: Feb 15th 2009 After some discussion with Steph, I am now looking to take this project forward on my own and so buying Steph out of his share. With a couple of large projects of his own this year he can't spare the cash to put into the VR6. He will still be there for advice and help from time to time, or at least I hope it will a_whistle.gif Can't thank him enough for all his help so far thumb.gif Well thought it was time to start to get some jobs done. biggrin.gif First was to some out the oil cooler position to lower down and hopefully to get some more air. This was in conjunction wit
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Sept 21st 2008 ... today I started some service work for the VR6. First job after checking all the fluids , which were all OK, was to do a coolant flush. The flush has been added to the coolant system, run, leave for up to 48 hours, clean through the system with fresh water, then refill with water and anti-freeze for the UK winter. Only got water in at the moment from running on the Ring. Then I gave the car a good clean, and I can't believe I am admitting to this is, with the TWO bucket method ohmy.gif First time I have ever used it and ...... what a lot of dirt comes out in the second bucket
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August 4th 2008 update Brief update from the weekend: After being ill all week I started on some more jobs over the weekend. Re-fitted the rear suspension Fixed the exhaust rear bracket which had come loose Started on the front wishbone replacements. All the bolts were loosened ok on the OSF. But I found one of the bolts is restricted by the sump, looks like the sump is going to have to come off angry.gif On the other side the rear frame bolt is seized on badly and won't come loose angry.gif angry.gif After trying for some time on both sides I leave it to do some other jobs. A couple of wir
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July 2008 Well, where do I start... a_whistle.gif As some of you may have seen Nige and I went to the Ring the other weekend for a short trip. Fly out Friday night, fly back Sunday night. Due to some issues with collecting the car early on the Saturday morning we arranged for Gary (GVK) to collect the cars for us on the Friday before we arrived. On collection of the car, he drove away towards adenau and the bonnet flew up and cracked the screen ohmy.gif I will not go into details of what followed but this meant that the car was totally out of action for the weekend. Saturday was used ttrying t
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May 2008 First Ring Trip Well the time had come to finally get the Golf VR6 Shared car project over to the Ring. Up early on the Sunday morning, quick freshen up and off to the Ring Car Park. Got my ticket and straight out to do the first lap in the VR6!! To say I was a little nervous was an understatement. Last year had been nothing but problems and to be honest I had started to question my love for the place. As I went through the barrier I heard myself saying please make it round in one piece with no issues over and over again. Off we went very gently, up shifts were at around 5 to 5 ½ k r
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Feb 28th 2008 Steph: Some bits and bobs done on the car. fitting a new boot, a pretty messy job This is the lifting points we put on the car, they work amazingly well. Sanding down and repainting the scratched & marked door Oh and for Ian, the dodgy slave cylinder that gave up the ghost at bedford. March 9th 2008 A few wee things done over a couple of hours and captured on my new phone. The 10 row cooler was a tight fit where it was, so I opened up the front to allow the bigger cooler. Old and new After a few alterations to the brackets its now mounted in and secure. Next up was sor
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Steph update: 20th Feb 2008 I got away from work a bit early today and spent a little time on the golfy 1st job was to finish off the corner work and weld another plate on. Turned on the welder and the bottle to find the gas empty angry.gif , a 20 minute hunt in the workshop was fruitful and I managed to find a roll of gasless wire. There were a few gaps between the plate and the chassis to build up and fill but other that that it was pretty quick work. With the plate welded up I gace it a quick clean up and then sprayed the metal. Rollcage Done Next Job on the list was to relocate the batte
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Rose Jointed Drop Links At Cadwell we had a ARB droplink fail (newly fitted but just couldn't cope) so decided to get some Rose jointed ones. Steph sourced parts from Simon (Big Thanks thumb.gif) rather than buying new joints, due to the great price difference biggrin.gif Off came the original ones... Old and new... Attached to ARB... Fully connected... Job done! We also fitted an exhaust support and adjusted it from slightly catching but no photos taken. All in all a good weekends work.
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Feb 11th 2008 Update: Went down to work on the car this weekend with Steph. Got up early Sat morning and drove down to Andover, great run down with stunning weather. Fingers crossed it would stay that way. Arrived, and the car was already out and Steph was ready to get on with it. Well it was 9:50am and the sun had been up for hours tongue.gif Sills The first job was to sort out the sills which had developed a hole on one side when the jack had slipped at cadwell and pushed through a small rusty area around a grommet angry.gif As we were doing this we decided to put some strengthening plates
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Nov 14th 2007 Update: Cadwell Park First shake down testing of the VR6. Overall very, very pleased with the car smile011.gif We had a couple of issues, which both turned out to be minor. The first one was a blown coolant hose, which at first we both thought was a blown head gasket ohmy.gif Within 30mins or so Steph found the split, cut the offending piece off and rejoined the pipe. We topped the water level up, ran it for a bit and all was cured wink.gif Decided that we will be getting some new hoses all round to prevent it happening again. The second issue was an ARB drop link that sheered.
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Decided to remove the passenger airbag as it weighs a good couple of kilos and we have a cage and helmets a_whistle.gif laugh.gif Steph joked about setting it off for a laugh.... wrong comment to make to a pyromaniac wave2.gif So a couple of bits of wire later and a small battery and well this icon gives you a good idea.... mad0233.gif One very loud bang later and .... I really would not want one of these to go off in front of me, the explosion was very fierce but as long as you are sat correctly (one of my bug bears with people sitting too close behind the steering wheel) it is a preferable