Update: My fabricator is on vacation until Wednesday and he said when he comes back, I am first in line so hopefully next week the column, dash, and maybe even a cage will be in. I was unable to remove the cracked radiator neck because the housing that it screwed into was cracked too so I had to order a new radiator. Sucks because I just filled it not too long ago and I will have to take the front of the car apart again. I just got the call that my rear beam is finished with powder coat, and I have an order on the way to replace all of the bearings and seals on the rear wheels plus some rear bushings from Powerflex. I also got the hardware from Neuspeed for the rear sway so it should all be together this week and on the car.
so i was talking to my mechanic the other day when my mini was in the shop and they said they helped you with a motor mount issue on your car over the phone. i thought it was funny that they would know you
I can't remember for the life of me what shop is up in your area that I talked to. It must have been when I was planning on dropping this engine in my Scirocco, because that was going to need two custom mounts and I was calling all over to find someone that knew how to do it.
that is probably it. the shop is ozsport but the person is jon verructer or verrucktervw on vortex i believe. i had sent him the link to the build
I was at West Coast Worthesee this weekend so there is not a lot of progress. I did get some things powder coated: I also got all of the parts from GAP, Neuspeed, and Powerflex to rebuild the whole rear beam. The new radiator also came in. From TM Tuning I got an upper stress bar and 16V lip. I had the bar and radiator neck polished: I also added a MKV part: It is the plastic cover for the coil pack wiring. It really cleans it up. I got the idea from Savko. Now I have parts from 4 generations in this build.
Last month I won a K&N Intake System of my choice at a local GTG. Since their factory is close by, I stopped by and got the one for the 1.8T. The long tube won't fit, but it does double as a short ram. I got it installed and it looks pretty good. I really can't complain for the price: With the addition of the intake I think I can finally call the engine finished. There is still some little detail work left, but it time to put a fork in it..it's done. Now i need to get going on the interior and exterior. Today Fedex brought me something really nice: Schmidt Revolution Modern Line 16x9 et30. I only got two, but the price was killer so I will work with Tunershop to get the other two. Here are some more pics: There is about a credit card width between the strut and rear beam and the rim. Tunershop recommended a 15mm spacer on the back, but it seems it would be okay with a 5mm. They said I should run 16x9 et25 up front. Anybody have any advice contrary to this? This is an are where i am really in the dark.
I did got the wheels figured out. I have a set of 5mm spacers and 5mm on the back was good for clearance, but when I put it on the front with the 5mm spacer to bring it to a et25, it poked more than the rear: If I get two rims with an et15 for the rear it will line them up right and will save me the cost of another set of spacers. I am planning on wrapping them with some Falken 512's at 215-45-16.
I am going to have the fenders pulled since I am not going to have the plastic arches. It is going to be wide, and it should hook up pretty well with 9in of rubber on the front wheels .
Yes it does . The car was finally picked up today to go to the fabricator so I should start making some progress here soon. I got tires on the two wheels too so I will be able to see where they sit and have the fenders pulled to accommodate the width. The guy is an OG hot rod builder so he is going to give me his advice and use his tricks to finish up the engine bay.