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1-13-2009
GODS I hate the smell of gear oil in the morning. Or any damn time for that matter. I think ALL that stink was the burned gear oil that had soaked into the floor on the passenger side. Cleaned up most of it but its still soaked into the sound deadening in that area. Thats coming off in the next day or so though...
FalconFixer and I rolled out to the JY today and came away with some good stuff. I only had time to get about half of my shopping list, but everything on it was there.
Got the first part of my braking system, a 22mm master cylinder off a Passat. Scored an A3 wiper motor assembly easily enough to upgrade my crappy stock A1 setup. And found a cool plate hidden in a rain tray.
Theres pretty much nothing reusable for brakes on this car. I am hoping the lines themselves are okay, but not even betting on that one. This car doesn't even have power brakes... I will be grabbing a booster tomorrow since I have to get a steering column bracket anyways.
Since I needed to inventory my brake parts and see what else I needed, I went and dug into my hidden stash. I found some goodies!
Turns out I already have a full rocco 10.1 setup other than pads and discs. Found a 5-speed shift linkage set and all new bushings for it (not shown). Found my clear blue EMPI dizzy cap. One of the first 16v prototype crank sensor setups from 034efi. Most of the turbo plumbing bits needed including a special metric adapter turns out I will need for the top oil feed. New waterpump. Dipstick tube and wateroutlet also new. A crapload of gaskets and I think all new engine mounts.
And these goodies got all cleaned up today.
We have a REALY nice Centerforce Dual Friction clutch setup thats served me well so far. An Autosport Turbo cam and a stock flywheel that I will probably exchange for a lightened one. Well I am off to bed as I have a VERY long day ahead of me tomorrow. Have to make another JY run and then bust ass cleaning and getting the car ready for blasting.
January 14, 2009
Like if I don't put my cars back together soon I will run out of places to put everything. Many a conversation has begun with somebody going "Damn I need x rare part." and me going "Fug now where did I stash that?" I need a metal detector lol to keep parts from vanishing. Today somebody thought they would be funny and hide one of my race pack clutches...
Last summer I lent somebody my GTI flairs to testfit them. A perfect set. I can't for the life of me figure out who I lent them too and they not come back home yet.
Oh well.
Oh yeah so check out them calipers! Lightweight aluminum MK4 and they bolt right on. Sexxy as hell too! I didn't get much done today other than grabbing those, a pedal assembly (the 77 doesn't have a brake switch on its pedal assembly), and a cabriolet booster compleat with master cylinder and proportioning valves. I took a few minutes to clean the calipers. They are cleaning up nicely. Oh also -=cough=- found a bunch of random bolts in my toolbox that I proceeded to clean up and stick on top my heater for drying out. Was missing some stupid parts like ball joint cinch bolts and the like.
Tomorrow will be a very busy day though! If all goes according to plan, the Dub Cartel will be picking up two cabriolets. One might be rebuilt. But the other is being cut up for parts. And before anyone asks NO you can't have the fenders and core.... They are already called for on the next 5-6 cars they have a talking too.
January 15, 2009
My parts stash is top secret and under heavy guard! Besides it would probally take days to photograph it all....
Wheels and interior are going to be two realy cool treats I have for the car. My wheels are already sitting here. They are still brand new in their boxes too!
As for progress over this weekend, unlikely to do much if anything to the Bunny. Theres a few projects that need my attention and I am suddenly in dire need of a second car. The infamous cabby is in sad sad shape right now.
Shes missing a few small parts....
So a bunch of the guys are promising to stop by and looks like we will be making an impromptu party out of the ordeal. As of the moment I think we will be putting a 1.8L 16v into her. I am just trying to scrape up a few odds and ends parts to make it happen. I am torn though between that and a 1.6L 8v. I have enough 1.6L's around that I have no issues with seeing how hard and high I can spin one. If it blows up its a short ordeal to drop another in. If I had a second turbo setup for an 8v, I would do the 1.6L and boost it.
Shes been sitting a while and the interior needs some attention too. But fortunately its dry and nothing serious.
Engine, tranny, and MegaSquirt in one day! Should be entertaining, So anyways I will stop hijacking my own thread. Maybe I will post up a short build thread on that car.
January 16, 2009
It is an Etienne Aigner Edition Cabby! I love the interior. REALLY want to put it in a rabbit. But its too much a piece of history to do that. Its bad enough that my plans for the cabby will take it in a different direction. Nothing major but the damaged clipper kit is coming off and shes getting the chrome bumpers from the '77 flushed.
I have been torn on the cabby. Tried to sell her a bunch of times but could never get an amount that would let me sleep well. Heck I paid $2500 for her 5yrs ago with a blown motor and dying automatic. Then I turned around and immediately dropped the same right back into her to get her on the road.
Anyways shes been a damn good car and is getting put back together for the missus to eventualy drive. Maybe I can finally get the keys to my Audi back long enough to send it to my fabricator and finally get its fuel rail made and turbo installed...
Well not to steal the thunder from the bunny as this is her thread and shes a jealous little thing... So I have the coolest VW friends anyone could ask for! Last night I hear a knock at the door and my buddy FalconFixer walks in bearing gifts. Not sure what I will do with this first batch, but it never hurts to have spares and options! Theres a few things I wanted to try too, but not on my only grill!!! Now I can play.
As cool as those are though, that wasn't the real suprise. He had hinted to the surprise a few days prior in a side comment "I have a windshield banner you have to put on your car!" I was all "Mmm okay." and thinking internally "Why would I ever run a windshield banner?" So I just let it slip from my mind until he handed these to me last night!!!
As some of you know, I used to live out on the East Coast. For a long period of that time I lived in Northern Virginia. Home of Electrodyne / Racing Dynamics. Well in the fall FalconFixer had found himself on some sort of top secret mission in an undisclosed location on the East Coast and wanted an adventure. He calls me up and I suggjested he check them out. So he drives a few hours to their location, just to find out they are closed for a holiday. Luckily there was still somebody there in the warehouse and they let him in to look around and score some goodies! I can't say enough good things about this company. They are truly run by enthusiasts that really love their jobs. And their customer service is out of this world. I have spent thousands with them.
Anyways they are the sole authorized importer for Kamei products in the USA. Anyone getting Kamei goodies, they come through Electrodyne. I have found some SUPER cool and rare stuff sitting on their shelves in the past, and this adventure was no exception.
In fact a discovery at Electrodyne started this whole idea for a project about 7yrs ago. I found this sticker and just thought it was the coolest ever. Its kinda been a good luck charm and has been moved to about 4 different tuning laptops since I got it. A little worse for wear but awesome none the less.
Anyways it was a while before I stumbled across some pictures online and discovered some of the history behind the car depicted on the sticker.
Needless to say I started looking for the parts I would need to build said car. I have since found sources for everything including a full repo of the Kamei bodykit. This was the direction I was going with the car. A lucky break on a set of wheels I had searched long and hard for though, has kinda changed the direction of the build ever so slightly.
Building the full on Kamei replica is going to take some time to save up for, and honestly this particular rabbit is too clean to cut up and abuse for building the racer. I am going for a clean Old Skool Euro look for now. Playing around with Dubmodder and P-Shop gives me this.
This is really close to the final concept. We have a few more goodies going onto her. I am pretty sure FalconFixer has a Kamei hood scoop hidden in his stash.... But hes holding out on me!!! Oh well, if he does when we get to that point I am prety sure I can convince him to lend it to me long enough to make one up. If I can't find a decent original.