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some forums are terrible, VW Caddy one seems good, diesels with Ford fuel pumps!
I will be doing more to make it more driveable this low once the winter hits. I Will reply on FB in a sec dude.
love it winstona
Thanking you..
Cheers man, yeah im gutted I can't bring it to the meet, deffo the next one
Wow!.. Thank you for taking the time to sign up and post Ben. The interior looks brand new in those pictures!! its still only on about 70k now. Cheers for the pictures :approve:
Cheers dude
It depends which circles you mix with tbh as above the caddy forum is very very down to earth and most other model specific forums are anything but snobby. I have kept this car pretty low key on the "scene" I wonder what they will make of it? haha
Cheers Dave <3
It feels so good to finish a project. (well.. get it on the road, I wouldn't say it was finished yet )
It feels so good to finish a project.
(well.. get it on the road, I wouldn't say it was finished yet )I have had it fully road legal since friday but not driven it much. I have snapped an exhaust manifold bolt trying to stop it from blowing so that needs drilling out and the gearbox is making metalic type noises at idle so I might have to 4 speed it to get to edition38 safely.
It does sounds dope, I love boost and compressor stall <3
It does sounds dope, I love boost and compressor stall <3
Edition 38 updates...
I thought I was on easy street its 2 weeks till edition38 show and shine, the cars taxed, MOT'd and Insured. Im left with ironing out the niggles and cleaning....... Nothing is ever that simple haha.
On the first night of testing the engine is shaking the car to bits (I assumed it was the poly engine mounts). It had a loud knocking coming from the off side wheel, it was that bad it felt like the wheel was going to fall off. I fitted a new driveshaft and hub on the offside, this made no difference so I changed the pair on the nearside and the problem was still there. This left me thinking the diff had gone in the G40 gearbox. I fitted a 4 speed 1.3 golf box, the release bearing didn't work with the g40 clutch (doh). I then leant and fitted a Polo GT 5 speed. It still knocked!!!!!
Its now the tuesday before edtion38. I removed my front gearbox mount and the knock was alot better but still worrying.
The car had got slower on every outting, the exhaust had got ridiculously loud and it had started running on 3 cylinders. This was down to the plug in cylinder one being covered in oil... Oh no the rings have gone on piston one!!!! Alot of things now make sense.
Wednesday night the car has to make edition 38!!. The only option is to fit all the turbo stuff to the old 1.3 engine out of my mates Mk1 jetta and run it on low boost. I phoned my friend Arun in the day to see if he still had the saab dizzy needed to run an ignition amp and he did (HERO).. It was game on by the end of the night 5am the new engine was in and mostly plumbed in with only a minor niggle to get it running left.
Thurday afternoon.. I get all the niggles sorted and come to start it. After alot of faffing with the ignition timing it fires up but the inlet is exhaust heated on an early 1.3, I had cut this off the inlet because it fuled the G40 head. so this left exhaust fumes pissing out the head haha. This was solved with a quick manifold swap. With this sorted I came to fire it up again but with more timing faffing it would not fire up. Morale is very low and thoughts of missing another edition38 again are looming....
Its now early friday morning. Ive even got the Haynes manual out!!! This led me to look at timming marks and they were wrong, the bottom end was a tooth out (this was why it was hard to start in the Jetta) I lined it all up and recharged the battery.... It fires!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Right!!!! I best go get my camping stuff ready and fit my wheels and slam it for its tracking, no sleep for me haha
We pull onto the motorway friday dinner time and the knock is still there but very faint FFS.. A friends engine blew up and set on fire on the M6 Toll so it was towed via A roads the rest of the way. We arrived at the camp site at about 6pm.
Was it worth all the effort?.... f**k YEAH!!!!!!!!
I thought I was on easy street its 2 weeks till edition38 show and shine, the cars taxed, MOT'd and Insured. Im left with ironing out the niggles and cleaning....... Nothing is ever that simple haha.
On the first night of testing the engine is shaking the car to bits (I assumed it was the poly engine mounts). It had a loud knocking coming from the off side wheel, it was that bad it felt like the wheel was going to fall off. I fitted a new driveshaft and hub on the offside, this made no difference so I changed the pair on the nearside and the problem was still there. This left me thinking the diff had gone in the G40 gearbox. I fitted a 4 speed 1.3 golf box, the release bearing didn't work with the g40 clutch (doh). I then leant and fitted a Polo GT 5 speed. It still knocked!!!!!
Its now the tuesday before edtion38. I removed my front gearbox mount and the knock was alot better but still worrying.
The car had got slower on every outting, the exhaust had got ridiculously loud and it had started running on 3 cylinders. This was down to the plug in cylinder one being covered in oil... Oh no the rings have gone on piston one!!!! Alot of things now make sense.
Wednesday night the car has to make edition 38!!. The only option is to fit all the turbo stuff to the old 1.3 engine out of my mates Mk1 jetta and run it on low boost. I phoned my friend Arun in the day to see if he still had the saab dizzy needed to run an ignition amp and he did (HERO).. It was game on by the end of the night 5am the new engine was in and mostly plumbed in with only a minor niggle to get it running left.
Thurday afternoon.. I get all the niggles sorted and come to start it. After alot of faffing with the ignition timing it fires up but the inlet is exhaust heated on an early 1.3, I had cut this off the inlet because it fuled the G40 head. so this left exhaust fumes pissing out the head haha. This was solved with a quick manifold swap. With this sorted I came to fire it up again but with more timing faffing it would not fire up. Morale is very low and thoughts of missing another edition38 again are looming....
Its now early friday morning. Ive even got the Haynes manual out!!! This led me to look at timming marks and they were wrong, the bottom end was a tooth out (this was why it was hard to start in the Jetta) I lined it all up and recharged the battery.... It fires!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Right!!!! I best go get my camping stuff ready and fit my wheels and slam it for its tracking, no sleep for me haha
We pull onto the motorway friday dinner time and the knock is still there but very faint FFS.. A friends engine blew up and set on fire on the M6 Toll so it was towed via A roads the rest of the way. We arrived at the camp site at about 6pm.
Was it worth all the effort?.... f**k YEAH!!!!!!!!
It never rains
Its been like monsoon season haha
Cheers guys
Cheers guys
2003 Clio 172 Cup
Awesome motor!
Ph1 Clio V6, Ph2 172
Walked passed this and I'm pretty sure you were fidling with it at the time. Love the oldskool turbo set up. Reminds me of things I was doing to Mini's a few years ago.
same sex marrige comes to mind
You need to divorce your lensos first, its me or them
I was very much the same as you. If the car doesn't go.. I don't go!!!!
Thanks Naith :approve:
Cheers dude
I think I would have been removing gravel from the engine bay haha. I did do alot of reading on mini forums before starting the conversion. Cheers man!
Cheers Jason, would you say its lower than it looks the pictures ?.. The roof is the same height as my hip lol <3
JDM Dc2
Looks awesome winston, good work!
Cheers guys.
I have huge respect for aircooled VW's.. Im just too poor to own a nice example haha
I have huge respect for aircooled VW's.. Im just too poor to own a nice example haha
Nafoff
ClioSport Club Member
blimey....
.... Mr bone[video=vimeo;29123318]http://vimeo.com/29123318[/video]
22 secs in
Iain C
ClioSport Club Member
Love that. Amazing work
Cheers Iain
Aye I thought there would be more vids of edition tbh. Im gutted to be missing players today also
Aye I thought there would be more vids of edition tbh. Im gutted to be missing players today also
Dont know if you need any 'bits' for your Rokko, but saw this and thought of you....
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1980-MK1-...2608348?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item27beab17dc
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1980-MK1-...2608348?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item27beab17dc
Cheers J.. I don't really need any bits but thanks for posting.. I do need a few repair panels, sills etc
This weekend I put my shiney wheels away for the winter... 1. because they leak like a b**ch and im sick of pumping them up as they need resealing.. 2. to gain some ground clearance. I have replaced them with some 5.5x14 Vauxhall corsa steels due to the high offset and ive replaced the front tyres with some 155/55/14's to give it a kind of aircooled look.
Another side project ive started is polishing my G40 gearbox.. but im now not sure I want to go down this route now. I love the rusty patina engine look haha
And the bearings on piston No1 from my dead G40 bottom end. Im yet to remove the other pistons
This weekend I put my shiney wheels away for the winter... 1. because they leak like a b**ch and im sick of pumping them up as they need resealing.. 2. to gain some ground clearance. I have replaced them with some 5.5x14 Vauxhall corsa steels due to the high offset and ive replaced the front tyres with some 155/55/14's to give it a kind of aircooled look.
Another side project ive started is polishing my G40 gearbox.. but im now not sure I want to go down this route now. I love the rusty patina engine look haha
And the bearings on piston No1 from my dead G40 bottom end. Im yet to remove the other pistons
Just incase anyones interested the rocco got a featured on a blog - http://grandnostalgic.com/2011/09/mk1-scirocco-turbo/
And Ive made my winter (early autumn) wheels look abit more bling! I really can't wait to get the rocco off the road again as much fun it is having it on the road, I have nothing to tinker with :lol: Im left to just f**king about with wheel trims :lol:
And Ive made my winter (early autumn) wheels look abit more bling! I really can't wait to get the rocco off the road again as much fun it is having it on the road, I have nothing to tinker with :lol: Im left to just f**king about with wheel trims :lol:
Nafoff
ClioSport Club Member
the trims are h'amazing.......
salute
still got those mats for you...lol
salute
still got those mats for you...lol
Hi 5... Cheers man
Latvian gangster trims....
Did you ever go players? Cheers dude
I'm officially last, both you and Chris got yours done before me.
Enjoy your chill in bed
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Well I have started Rocco No2
I got it off ebay. Its a diecast Revel 1:18 scale model, the Revel models have loads of detail and come apart really easy with a small pozi screwdriver. The wheels came off ebay also and cost nearly as much as the model lol.
Just search "1:18" and the car you want on ebay.
and for wheels and mods
http://www.modellbau-nowak.de/shop/index.php?cPath=2
http://www.noro-tuning.com/
Just search "1:18" and the car you want on ebay.
and for wheels and mods
http://www.modellbau-nowak.de/shop/index.php?cPath=2
http://www.noro-tuning.com/
Its still work in progress but its getting there!
Scirocco zoom by Winstang, on Flickr
Scirocco side high by Winstang, on Flickr
Scirocco zoom by Winstang, on Flickr
Scirocco side high by Winstang, on Flickr
Nafoff
ClioSport Club Member
f*cking awesome