Broom broom

[Valver.]

Finally got a chance to upload some pics

Most of the little vaccuum lines etc have been run, but still have to finish cutting the silicone down to size for the intercooler piping.

I'm using a Sard rising rate FPR, which is a very neat little thing:



Welded on a -10 Speedflow bung to the rocker cover as a good breather setup is a must for a 16vT. I did buy a new Beetle oil cap breather, but it looked ugly and the placement is right above a cam lobe, so hardly ideal:



Speedflow and Earls fittings are used throughout. Ceramic-coated stainless DP from BBM is in place too:









Also waiting on the overflow bottle to be made, but that isn't due until the 18th. The car is taking a lot longer than expected this time, as there's been so much time spent waiting for parts - getting stuck in properly around Christmas time didn't help the delay problems either!!

A lot more progress will be made again this coming week with pics to follow of course

[WABIT]

you.. my friend turn building cars.. into an artform.

well done!

wabit

[Peter Jones]

Looking good! Wish I had the time to tackle something like that. Any idea how many hours so far?

And where/how did you find the go fast bits?

Pete

[Jarred]

looking very fancy pants, I like it.

I really like the white for some reason. It really works in teh bay,

[Valver.]

Looking good! Wish I had the time to tackle something like that. Any idea how many hours so far?

And where/how did you find the go fast bits?

Pete

I haven't kept a tally of the hours on this car, though I did on the last one - but can't remember what it was in the end!!! It is several thousand odd, though, the majority of which is in the bodywork, by far.

I can't comprehend what people must pay to have a car built completely by someone else

At this point, mine is handed over to an engineer at Autocraft (where I also work!) to finish up, as I don't have near enough knowledge to fine tune the little (but important) details.

The engine bits are not really hard to come by. The manifolds and engine internals are all from Bahn Brenner Motorsport, the turbo from Boostfactory.net, the hardware from eurospecsport.com, and all the fittings and alloy tanks are from Motorsport Connections in Sydney.

There are of course lots of other bits and pieces, but most of these are out of Europe and just a matter of looking/being in the right place at the right time - this was the case with my ECU!!

[alex g]

looking well clean stu i am glad you deciced against the beetle breather cap and went the extra yards and did it rite

the bbm stuff is so nice and they are such a great help

what is your thoughts on breather capacity??ie i see you have 2 x 10an now can you school me on this ??

love the aditional heatsheild looks tidy

[Golf Houso]

10/10! Keep it up! V8/turbo 6 munching monster!!!

12 second pass anyone?

Fantastic work m8.

[Valver.]

looking well clean stu i am glad you deciced against the beetle breather cap and went the extra yards and did it rite

the bbm stuff is so nice and they are such a great help

what is your thoughts on breather capacity??ie i see you have 2 x 10an now can you school me on this ??

love the aditional heatsheild looks tidy

Thanks The breather bottle is pretty big really - though apparently the gunk build up on one of these will be pretty bad, so I put a tap on the bottom of the tank!

I also had one on my ITB engine and it used to catch quite a lot aswell, and that was just from the crank case vent. Your rocker cover looks very smooth all shaved back, but welding an outlet onto it might be something to consider for you too?

[Valver.]

10/10! Keep it up! V8/turbo 6 munching monster!!!

12 second pass anyone?

Fantastic work m8.

It'll probably battle to run a 13 with fully-inflated street tyres on, I reckon, as the wheelspin will be stupid.

I intend to take it to the drags at least once with my eBay M/T slicks, though, just out of curiousity... but also to surprise some people

...I still have to finish painting the panels Over bodywork well and truly

[alex g]

yer i have a bottle already run and hidden in the wing but i was more wondering about breathability as i am just running 1x 8 an outlet for mine of the standard breather port, and i was wondering if this is enough

yer i wish i could get someone to help me out with the body work to it really is the most painful part of the hole affair