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Interested in these if you still have them for sale?
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Hi Guys I have just got back from my first ever track day in the Golf. I ended up going to Oulton Park and I had an amazing time. The car performed really well as I was very worried that it wouldn't go around a corner well at all. It turns out it handles really quite well and the engine seemed strong for the whole day. I am planning on doing another track day next week, so im going to try and sort the few minor issues I do have. I am having some fueling issues which im going to try and chase out but other than that the car seemed really good. Here is a link to a couple of laps
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Right, update time!!! I decided to take the car off the road for a couple of weeks as one of the shocks was leaking. I started by stripping off the suspension and wheels. I sent the shocks to GAZ to get serviced with new rods and seals and decided to send the wheels to the powder coaters as they were looking a little tired and I fancied a colour change! Whilst the car was up on stands doing nothing I thought I would spend the time rebuilding the gearbox as it was getting a little noisy and I didn't like the look of the oil that came out of the l
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Hi Could you add me to both please
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Thanks Yes, very interested in doing a RWYB with you guys!
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Hi Guys I thought I would do an update as I have found some time to do some work on the car and ive even managed to take it to a couple of shows. Because I was taking it to some shows there were a couple of things I wanted to sort out as they were letting the car down. first of all was the rear tail lights. They have been tint sprayed red previously but the light has got them and started to turn them orange as you can see So I masked them up and re-tinted them to get them looking half decent again Im pretty
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Hi Guys I thought I would make another video of all my runs at santa pod, so here it is! Golf Mk2 stage 3 supercharged VR6 runs @ santa pod raceway I hope you enjoy the video. The car has been running great lately, I'm so pleased with it. i will be going to a few shows with her and hopefully I will have it on a track in the coming weeks. I will keep you posted with how it all goes.
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Hi Guys I thought I would do a bit of an update as it has been a while. Well I got the new camshaft from schimmel, fitted it and to my amazement I didn't actually clip any valves. I compression tested it and everything was fine so I boxed up the engine, checked the fluids and ran her up! Since then I have been to bug jam and ran the car down the drag strip. I managed a best time of 13.4 seconds with a terminal speed of 108mph. I am quite happy with how it ran other than struggling with traction in first gear. I am hoping by changing the wheel alignment and tyre pressures I will be able to
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I have removed all the cam bearing caps and they are showing signs of slight wear. I am just waiting on a bore mic to check they are still within spec. Other than that I am just working on borrowing a leak down tester to make sure I haven't done any lasting damage to the cylinders. Just crossing fingers and toes that I can just throw a new cam in it and it will be all good. Worst case scenario it has scrapped the block and the head, if thats happened i think I will be calling it a day!!!
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Hi Guys I thought I would do a bit of an update. Obviously the car got through mapping fine which allowed me to really start opening up on the road. Even managed to have a play with a B7 RS4 and had the legs on it, I don't think he was too impressed!!! I got her 4 wheel aligned in preparation to RWYB at santa pod and then disaster happened.... Top end of 3rd and something just didn't sound right. I was hoping it might be nothing serious so i got it home and started inspecting. It didn't take me long to find the problem Needless to say I wasn't very happy
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I cant remember the pulley diameter off hand, but its the 8psi pulley. I am however not making 8 psi, from what i can see from the digital boost gauge I am making just over 6.5psi. I believe this is because I have increased the volume in the inlet and the supercharger cant push that amount of volume at the same pressure. I am thinking of machining the pulley down slightly to increase the RPM on the supercharger and therefore increase boost pressure. I have a 12psi pulley kicking about but I am apprehensive to use this as I would probably have to use a decompression plate.
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Hi Guys I have managed to edit some footage of the first drive in the golf, i'm hoping to get it on a track in the next few weeks and really put it through its paces Anyway I hope you enjoy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9JjMuWlBqg
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You can see here where that 90 degree fitting feeds to on the other side of the supercharger
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Honestly I have been asking myself this same question for a long time. It goes to a braided line that runs around the supercharger and in to the pressure side of the charger housinf. I will see if i can find a picture that better shows you
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Im not going to lie I was a little disappointed with the figures. I managed 293BHP @ 6770 RPM and 230 ft/lb of torque @ 6030 RPM. Its only managed to gain 4BHP with the charge cooler setup. I have a 12 psi pulley that I am thinking of using to get the figures to over the 300BHP that I wanted but we shall see. Im hoping I might be able to eek out a few more horse power just with a few tweaks
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Hi Guys For anyone that is interested I have made a little video of the Golf being mapped at Stealth Racing I hope you enjoy Mk2 Golf supercharged VR6 Dyno runs
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Hi Guys Last time I left you I had got the engine in and running but it wasn't running that well. I finally finished the job I was away on and i have managed to get some hours in on the golf! After scratching my head for a while I decided that the idle issue must have been caused by either a boost/vacuum leak or a dodgy ISV. I decided to start by checking for boost leaks on the inlet track as I wanted to be sure that there were no leaks anyway. I knew this was going to be a bit of a pain as the engine was in and all timed up so at least one valve would be open which wou
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Alright guys Its been ages since i last updated this thread. Well what can I say, things didn't go too well after the last engine build I managed to complete 1200 run-in miles and then took it to stealth for some mapping where it decided to give up on me, on the rollers!!! After a little bit of an investigation it was found that I had spun another big end bearing, due to not cleaning out the pressure relief valve on the oil pump. I wasn't happy to say the least!!! Well that was that for nearly a year. Work commitments and other things left me with very little time to work on the car
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hi Guys thought i best do an update on this thread as its been so long. So basically i came home 5 weeks ago to have an operation on my shoulder. it has put me out of action for a few weeks but i have still managed to get a lot of work done on the car thanks to some good friends. the last time i posted on here i had spun a big end bearing on my freshly built engine I had since been out and spent a small fortune on new parts to build a pretty much brand spanking new engine. I was about half way through the engine build when i last left you. Well i have finally finished building the engine
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Cheers guys, much appreciated. Its been a proper labour of love. Just cant wait to get back home and get it finished now. I fix nuclear power stations for a living. I do love my job but entails working away for long periods of time doing 11 hours a day, 7 days a week with only 1 weekend off a month. This is why progress has been so slow. I will be home for a few months from mid august though, so im hoping to get her completed then
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Hello all. been a while since I last updated my thread. Last time I had posted was when I had just got it on the road after it had just decided to go bang after an oil pump failure. Well after just under 1000 miles it has decided to go pop again I nearly through the towel in to be honest but it has cost me way to much time and money to stop now. Basically it started to knock after I ran it down the strip a few times at pod. Turns out it destroyed a big end and was also running lean by the looks of it. This is what I found when I took the sump off After crying uncontrollably for a few days I
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Its a cae shifter tower bud. I love it but it was defo a bit pricey :/
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Yeh I think its about 30k but I don't really want to go through all the receipts and tot it up, would probably make me sick. I work 75 hours a week for over 6 months of the year! work hard play hard
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hello all Good news I have finally finished the build on the golf. Well 99% anyway, she is back on the road. had a few problems though. About a day from being completed the engine decided to go bang so I ended up spending the following week rebuilding it. But after a lot of hours and money she is finally back on the road. here are a few pics of the final build I will start with the engine bay This is a pic of when me and my mate were refitting the engine This is a pic of the finished bay, polished everything when it was out aswell I shall now move on to the interior. I spent a while fi
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Hi Guys Its been a while but i have been super busy with work and havent really had any time at home to continue witht the build. i have managed to have the last 3 weeks at home which i was hoping to spend on the mk2. However I ended up just going out and enjoying myself instead of getting stuck in to the build. I did manage to get a bit of work done on the motor though Managed to get her on the driveway to start getting fluids in the engine ready for the first sart in 2 years. I also treated myself to a new car it was a bit of a present to myself after the hectic few months i have had work
