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Can someone's get Ritchie to drop me a PM. I might have a couple tyres that need to go to Blenheim if they have room.

What is the name of the guy in Auckland?

ah, i thought seeing as it had an aftermarket one in it that wouldn't be a problem. i'm not using the guage cluster/ key just putting power directly to the respective circuits.

Help! I need somebody, Help! Not just anybody, Help! You know I need someone, help. I'm banging my head against a wall at the moment. I'm trying to get my 1.8t engine started out of the car for testing and the bastard wont start. No spark, No fuel out the injectors, Nothing. This is my wiring diagram http://vwts.ru/electro/wd_p_98.pdf the engine stuff is page 18 and 19. I've powered up all the wires shown to come from the relay panel and am kicking the starter over by putting 12v on the solenoid. I have power at the coils and injectors and I've tested the injectors for operation. the engine is an 1.8 Turbo AEB out of a Passat. Any help is appreciated and if someone could come round and point out the mistake I have made that would be awesome.

hahaha I just messaged Karl about that. I might be able to run off with a tractor for heavy lift purposes if he is not too far from me.

1 month in of driving. The gearbox is making bad noises, the carb is not working properly but running in a reasonable AFR range so its ok, all the door and heater vent seals leak and it fills up water, IT IS SLOOOOOOOOOOOOW. 45kw makes it no rocket ship. Time to change that. Watch This Space...

Count me in Karl, I can bring some of snap-on's finest leaver bars to brake stubborn fixings.

This weekend is getting better and better.

I think BBQ/camping at Mr808's and rolling into Cromwell a bit hung over the next morning sounds like a plan. I can sleep in the crown but I think ill throw a tent in with the golf. I could attempt to steal a cow from the farm across the road and burn that if needed. Do we have any fixed plans for Saturday or is it make it up as we go?

Well munch golf gearbox started making bad noises on the way to 4z and rotors. I'll try shut it up over Christmas. Lots of MBL8. Anyway I'll need to take up someone's offer of accommodation. I'll have tools in the car so I can help fix your car while I'm there.

Weeeeak???

I'll put mine in too. Either golf or crown depending on what's going.

Anyone organised something with the organisers? I'm thinking we should have an oldschool corner or something at the show. Ps. Anyone able to be on call on the Friday if (probably more like a when) my golf breaks down between Ashvagas and Cromwell?

Hoonigan have cottoned onto your build. Awesome car, wish I had the coin to build something this awesome.

+1 for this idea. I might be brave enough to drive the golf or at least arrive in a cloud of engine oil and coolant.

So, a little welding, hammering and cursing at springs (damn you Volkswagen and your multi spring rear brake setup) later the new wheel bearings and brake shoes were installed as well as a couple extra hangers for the exhaust. It went for a recheck earlier in the week and today I picked up some plates for it. So now its road legal HOORAYYYYYY With new plates cable tied on I, as any sensible car enthusiast would, decided the first thing on the agenda was to go blasting up the main street of Ashburton with the little 4 at full song. The car was dirty as shit but it had the desired effect as lunchtime shoppers looked round to see where this symphony of amazingness was originating. Agenda item no.1 marked off the next step was to address the issue of rather neglected paint. A bit of aggressive cleaner, water blaster, car wash and super sheen later and the car looks much better, not great but better. A bit of before and after The maiden voyage of sorts will be on Sunday where I shall embarrass myself with my noisy piece of dented gloriousnss at a large euro meet.

I think you did a little. My calculations show 699 mm2 original carb and 3216 mm2 for new set of 4 32s. Seeing as each carb is going to be independent you really can only look at one cylinder. So it has gone from being able to draw through 699 mm2 venturi at WOT to 804 mm2 per cylinder. about a 15% increase. The next trick is to design manifolds which are tuned to give it a ram effect torque boost.

I was sort of leaning towards the 32s as the original carb is a 19/23. I think the newer carbs probably will perform better as well.

Someone with more knowledge than me lend me your wisdom. I'm doing a bike carb mod on my 1.3 mk2 golf and I've got a choice between a set of Keihin VE64B 34mm carbs off a 1987 CBX750 or Mikuni BDST32 32mm carbs off a 1995 RF400. The plan is to have a hot cam and headers to improve breathing and gain some ponies. so does anyone have any idea which carbs will be better?

http://www.apcoilovers.com/ap_coilover_details.php?id=214 $660! cant really argue with that. Or you could get the really budget $300 JOM ones from VW heritage. Its a pity you didn't put this up last week as I ordered some brake bits for my mk2 off VW heritage, could of combined shipping to bring the price down. Let me know how your suspension journey goes as I'm planning on some upgrades along the same lines.

I'm tempted to drive down to this and camp overnight in the back of the wagon, probably be a good weekend if weather is good.

Well my lack of action on the rear end bit me in the ass. It got chucked out on noisy rear wheel bearings, terrible rear brakes and the exhaust pipe moving too much. plus the high stop light was flashing with the right indicator. I must have wired it in wrong . So it's off to buy brake bits and do a little wiring.

I decided to pull the brakes to bits to inspect them, in hind sight this was a bad idea. The rear linings were down to minimum, rear wheel bearings and seals were on their last legs, a CV boot was split and the front discs were heavily pitted from sitting for ages. The rear was cleaned and reassembled (it works so it is fine for now) but the front required action. Upon inspection the diesel discs, pads and calipers were in good condition so I spun the discs on the lathe and cleaned them up with a bit on emery paper and then all was installed. While I had the brakes apart I replaced the CV boot and cleaned and re-greased the CV itself. It was the first time I pulled a CV to bits but it's really simple. So with everything bolted up it got loaded on the trailer and dragged to Ashburton. I put it up on the hoist at work and gave the underside and engine bay a steam clean, probably removed a few kilos of dirt and yuck. Hopefully the list from the compliance place isn't to long. For all anyone knows this pic could of been taken in the 80s

IT'S VINNING TIME!!!!! I Bolted in a basic interior consisting of door panels, seats and dash. No need for anything fancy. The original gauge cluster had Chernyobled a few components resulting in nothing working so the diesel parts one was sub in. the kms have jumped up 100,000 (no I can't be assed pulling it to bits and winding it back) but everything works and I gained a clock. Plus it has a redundant glow plug light which might make people confused.The diesel parta also donated various nuts and bolts, a straight front bumper and rear seat mounts.

A truck and trailer with faulty lights had a good go at making sure I didn't.