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[niracka]

I'm sure you'l get there soon buddy. Gotta tax my mondy and insure both naxt week lol. Also need a new crank pulley for mondy at £80 odd and bottom arm on the focus as ball joint is f**cked.

Ollie

[jonyb4]

Why has the inlet pip been flattened? Theres no need for it, plus, it will just ruin the air flow. Get another one

shut up you willy
like it makes a difference



nice to see my old inlet go to use mate


taken her for a spin to see the difference?

when i went from 1.6 to H.O i saw much more torque in the mid range, was lovely, im still on a 1.6 injector rail atm though, have a 1.8 one waiting to be fitted

i need my tacking done and two new tyres/part worns

im eating them atm! seriously, two gone ont he shaulder in less than a month from about 3mm, can see the inner threads!

[AW3K]

Why has the inlet pip been flattened? Theres no need for it, plus, it will just ruin the air flow. Get another one

shut up you willy
like it makes a difference



nice to see my old inlet go to use mate


taken her for a spin to see the difference?

when i went from 1.6 to H.O i saw much more torque in the mid range, was lovely, im still on a 1.6 injector rail atm though, have a 1.8 one waiting to be fitted

i need my tacking done and two new tyres/part worns

im eating them atm! seriously, two gone ont he shaulder in less than a month from about 3mm, can see the inner threads!

hi, i'm lucky now with the lower arms tires arnt a problem, yeah you can notice a differance, need the ho tho, will see what happens on payday

Andy

[AW3K]

its still alive although been off the road over a year

[AW3K]

trying to convince my mum that its in her best interests to insure it lol

so i can drive it out of her garage

[jonyb4]

hows that going?

[AW3K]

its still alive but i think the oil seal behind the flywheel has gone

[jonyb4]

thats a pain in the arse job

[AW3K]

in march something may behappening to this

i hope

Andy

[Dave5300]

do tell

[AW3K]

do tell

just sent you a pm on my site matey

involves a new loom to try and fix my stalling problem


Andy

[AW3K]

new list of to do things

strip out old loom
refit new loom
find and fit pats module
re wire alarm into new loom
hope it starts
find and fit a cat

[jonyb4]

ugh wires!

so what was your issue mate?

[AW3K]

ugh wires!

so what was your issue mate?

dunno , ill let you know if i find it


before rewire im going to investigate the engine loom as something is bugging me to check it first


the revs dropping off problem hasnt always been there so i dunno whats happening till march when ive got time to work on it

Andy

[AW3K]

just got back from craigs with my welder and grinder, work starts tomoz

[jonyb4]

[AW3K]

yeah slight change of plan what im doing to it this week.

[jonyb4]

come on share the plan

[AW3K]

INVOLVES cutting some rot out lol

[AW3K]

not really a productive day , battery was flat , but on a plus note ive found a mint g reg mk3 in scrap yard with most parts stripped and i can get the skittle for a tenner along with the wings if i work some magic lol

Andy

[AW3K]

well managed to start it and feel the power once again







here is the offending rust (there are a fe pots like this)



and a scuttle cut from a G reg mk3 and its mint




tomorrow begins the stripping of the car

Andy

[knuckles]

told you it be better to find a mint second hand one

[AW3K]

told you it be better to find a mint second hand one

true , was only a tenner

any tips on getting old one out without doing more damage lol

Andy

[jonyb4]

good god is that the 1.1 your doing the 1.8 conversion to? looks like another Xr but i can see 5 doors

rots not too bad, could have plated that

[AW3K]

Let the destruction commence



someones preivious bodge




what lurks behind the kit





behind rear valance



Back Corner







under the window rubber





finally how i left it today




wings removed and the scuttle partly cut out

Andy

[rsturbonutter]

Quite satisfying ripping it all apart. Just the putting it back together bit I hate

[jonyb4]

Quite satisfying ripping it all apart. Just the putting it back together bit I hate

haha reminds me of lego when i was younger, always so easy and fun ripping it apart after making it



cricky mate you did half attack that!

poor XR's seem to rot the worst, someones bodged up the rear arch with filler too, looks liek it needs a new lip

and the front valance/scuttle is going to be a swine to sort


you picked a bad time to start this, show season is about to start!!

good luck mate its all repairable, just going to be time consuming

[AW3K]

Quite satisfying ripping it all apart. Just the putting it back together bit I hate

haha reminds me of lego when i was younger, always so easy and fun ripping it apart after making it



cricky mate you did half attack that!

poor XR's seem to rot the worst, someones bodged up the rear arch with filler too, looks liek it needs a new lip

and the front valance/scuttle is going to be a swine to sort


you picked a bad time to start this, show season is about to start!!

good luck mate its all repairable, just going to be time consuming

i knew it wouldnt be ready for this season. lol

the scuttle will be fine lol , njust time consuming to drill out about 20 spot welds


there is lots of filler , most of the rear arch is made of it,

[jonyb4]

what you going to do about the arch? do you have a arch lip for it?

[AW3K]

I will have on pay day

[AW3K]

well todays progress lol not much, old scuttle removed, a fair bit of rust to repair now lol








Andy

[jonyb4]

tricky job?

my old mk4 was rusting a bit around the right of the scuttle, used to scare me thinking of repairing it

[AW3K]

tricky job?

my old mk4 was rusting a bit around the right of the scuttle, used to scare me thinking of repairing it

time consuming, as you can see in the pic of the old scuttle there was about 20 spot welds to remove along with trying to free it from the re-enforcer in the corner and the bottom of the a pillar.

which i have to rebuild and part of the lip on the bottom edge.

Andy

[AW3K]

started to cut out the rot but ran out of welding wire







next on my shopping list is lead loading


Andy

[jonyb4]

nice and neat