DanChave 98 Posted December 7, 2014 Report Share Posted December 7, 2014 Coming along great dude! Link to post Share on other sites
al_mooring 102 Posted December 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2014 So after fitting my be front brakes I realised 15's weren't going to clear at all so swapped the gottis for some 16" schmidts which I have now split down. Fronts were 8's and rears are 8.5's so rebuilding the 8.5's and buying 3.5" lips for the 8's. Got some gold spike bolts and flat caps coming for them too. And after a good polish up with meguiars all metal polish: c00k, pappers, Bealieboy and 1 other 4 Link to post Share on other sites
SADLER 18 Posted December 26, 2014 Report Share Posted December 26, 2014 Looks awesome mate, and love the wheels. Looking forward to see the bay finished Link to post Share on other sites
al_mooring 102 Posted December 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2014 Looks awesome mate, and love the wheels. Looking forward to see the bay finished Thanks a lot Link to post Share on other sites
DanChave 98 Posted December 30, 2014 Report Share Posted December 30, 2014 Loving the TH Line's bud, They are one of my all time favourite wheels, and I plan on owning a set at some point! Link to post Share on other sites
al_mooring 102 Posted April 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2015 Well it's been a while since I last posted, mainly due to saving up again to buy more parts. The schmidts were sold and some 16" BBS RS faces, waffles, nuts, bolts, centre caps and hex's were bought, they are 5x114.3 so will need plugging and redrilling to 4x100.I then tested them on the wilwood 6 potsSince last time I also bought my PnP lugtronic management and 830cc injectorsThen I have slowly been buying parts to finish the engine and gearbox so that includes a TT 2mm oversized valve kit, new lifters and I'm looking at DRC 268 cams.I then found on Facebook a kamei bonnet scoop and hella spoiler going cheap so jumped on them and found Julien, a guy in France making fibreglass wide arches which will enable me to run 10j all round with low offsets and meaty tyres Also bought an OBP pedal box so I need to weld up the master cylinder and clutch master holes in the firewall.Can't think of anything else but more proper progress shots coming soon! Link to post Share on other sites
al_mooring 102 Posted April 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2015 Well today I didn't do a great deal as my arm is still recovering but I welded my turbo oil return bung onto my sump and give it a lick of paint. Link to post Share on other sites
al_mooring 102 Posted April 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2015 Not really a great update but I'm currently spraying up lots of parts and also these arrived so I can finish building my engine Got a 2mm TT big valve kit, under drive pulley setup and some DRC 268 cams Also bought this so I can ditch the brake servo and clutch master cylinder daveyboy 1 Link to post Share on other sites
al_mooring 102 Posted April 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2015 Finished painting up a few pieces today but lots more to go.... cactusjackslade, D11PS, daveyboy and 1 other 4 Link to post Share on other sites
c00k 435 Posted April 28, 2015 Report Share Posted April 28, 2015 Those 6 pots are going to look amazing behind those wheels! Just fit as well Keep up the good work buddy. Link to post Share on other sites
c00k 435 Posted April 28, 2015 Report Share Posted April 28, 2015 Make sure to sand the mounting surfaces on the alternator, and alternator bracket back to bare metal.Otherwise you might get a few grounding issues dude. cactusjackslade 1 Link to post Share on other sites
al_mooring 102 Posted April 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2015 Those 6 pots are going to look amazing behind those wheels! Just fit as well Keep up the good work buddy.Make sure to sand the mounting surfaces on the alternator, and alternator bracket back to bare metal.Otherwise you might get a few grounding issues dude.I wish I had read this before starting work on the car today but never mind I can strip the alternator and bracket back down next time I'm working on the engine, I'm not an electrician so never gave it a thought haha Started building the engine up again today, got the oil pump bolted up and sump on and then built up the crank and flywheel ends of the engine.I then finished off with the accessory bracket and water pump. Link to post Share on other sites
al_mooring 102 Posted May 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2015 Well I didn't get any pictures but my cylinder head is away at the machine shop getting the new seats and big valve head kit installed, they have also taken the 02m diff to drill the rivets out the crown wheel and also reinforce the shift forks.I have ordered a wavetrac diff with ARP hardware from my good friend Matt at onlychargeddubs so will get pictures on the rebuild. Link to post Share on other sites
al_mooring 102 Posted May 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2015 Last few days I had been thinking long and hard over the engine bay and whether I had done the best job I could of done and the answer was no lolSo with that I have decided to flat back the bed liner and spray it properly with the new car colour, but since I was starting to put a lot of effort back into the engine bay things spiralled and so I have now been welding up all the holes on the firewall including the heater box, brake servo etcProgress is slow but I feel as if the engine bay deserves some colour and I will feel better every time I open the bonnet michael5556 and Bealieboy 2 Link to post Share on other sites
al_mooring 102 Posted May 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2015 Got the bay grinded down and first lot of filler laid down, sanded and quickly etch primed so I can see what else needs doing, been a productive few days but a long way to go yetCame home to find these though Schimmel oil filter housing so I only get clean oil to the turbo and can use spin on filters along with their short runner ht leads c00k and cactusjackslade 2 Link to post Share on other sites
al_mooring 102 Posted May 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2015 Only a little update I'm afraid, got most of the engine bay in high build primer but finished late and the lighting Is rubbish for a picture.My dutchbuild front engine mount arrived today and very pleased with it. cactusjackslade 1 Link to post Share on other sites
al_mooring 102 Posted May 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2015 Bit of a late update but I have taken the plunge and I'm going to be fitting a complete haldex conversion into the car.I have bought the complete running gear out of an Audi s3 and will hopefully be collecting a shortened haldex rear cradle which is fully polybushed and the correct width for a mk2Also sprayed the bay in a coat of high build primer ready to work on it again on Wednesday. c00k 1 Link to post Share on other sites
al_mooring 102 Posted May 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2015 Finished sanding back the bed liner and sprayed all the engine bay in two coats of high build primer, a little more sanding and one more coat it should be ready for colour JayzVr, Bealieboy, daveyboy and 2 others 5 Link to post Share on other sites
al_mooring 102 Posted June 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2015 After a lot more sanding and primer I thought it was time for some colour so after running out of thinners and my gun packing up (which is now fixed) I managed to shoot a coat of colour onto the bay, still more standing to do after this but getting a lot closer Also bought a FSM code 02m which is out of an Ibiza pd130 which I'll be using the final drives along with my DRP case and gear set c00k, daveyboy, Bealieboy and 1 other 4 Link to post Share on other sites
Mk3highline 287 Posted June 5, 2015 Report Share Posted June 5, 2015 Awesome work How and where does the oil filter housing sit? Link to post Share on other sites
c00k 435 Posted June 5, 2015 Report Share Posted June 5, 2015 (edited) Oil filter fits in place of original, You remove old filter and casing and fit new schimmel cnc version. Direct swap.The holes on the top are even to fit standard sensors, plus an extra one for turbo or super charger oil feed if I remember right. Edited June 5, 2015 by c00k Link to post Share on other sites
al_mooring 102 Posted July 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2015 Oil filter fits in place of original, You remove old filter and casing and fit new schimmel cnc version. Direct swap.The holes on the top are even to fit standard sensors, plus an extra one for turbo or super charger oil feed if I remember right.Yeh you got it mate, and also the schimmel one provides clean oil from the housing whereas the standard housing doesn't (if that even makes a difference) hahaNot had an update for a while, I finished the engine bay but wasn't happy with the results so it's off to the bodyshop beginning of August for everything to be finished.Since the last update I have a larger gearbox tunnel ready to weld in ready for the prop shaftAnd I have stripped the interior completely and started welding the mounts to the body for the rear haldex cradleJust have the rear box section to weld in for the rear mount of the cradle before it goes to the bodyshop. The problem I'm having though is that the top control arm is hitting the body/chassis before the hub is anywhere up in the arch so I'm going to make some curved/bent top control arms so the wheel can come further up into the arch. Link to post Share on other sites
c00k 435 Posted July 3, 2015 Report Share Posted July 3, 2015 Z-ing control arms I think they call it buddy. Yanks use them on loads of the trucks and pickups when fitting air ride. I think it came from old low riders running hydraulics but I'm not 100% sure on that. Effectively for the same thing to get the wheel higher in arch. Amazing build thou dude. Comming along very nicely. I'd love to do 4 wheel drive one day! Link to post Share on other sites
al_mooring 102 Posted July 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2015 Z-ing control arms I think they call it buddy. Yanks use them on loads of the trucks and pickups when fitting air ride. I think it came from old low riders running hydraulics but I'm not 100% sure on that. Effectively for the same thing to get the wheel higher in arch. Amazing build thou dude. Comming along very nicely. I'd love to do 4 wheel drive one day!Thanks for the info mate I was going to buy the parts separately and make my own but I'll look into them cheers! Link to post Share on other sites
michael5556 247 Posted July 5, 2015 Report Share Posted July 5, 2015 Coming along well dude Link to post Share on other sites
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