I found myself a garage and started stripping it down, dash and looms removed, labeling as I was going, there's nothing on it now apart from the running gear and steering rack, on taking it apart I realised it had rusted out quite badly, I started to think about selling it for a new shell but after some quick texts, my mates dad is welding it up
The suspension turret on the drivers side front is being seam welded along a hairline rupture in the paint, just to be safe, the bulkhead is being cut and a plate welded in, passenger sills, front, rear, inner and outer are being rewelded, along with a new rear passenger arch, the drivers side rear putter sill has a hole through it, the rear valance and boot panel are rotted through, with very bad previous repair.. Literally a bit of filler and spray..
As soon as i can find someone to trailer it to his work it'll be going in for the welding.. But anywho.. The new heart of the car, 2.8 VR6 OBD1..
I bought this off of a bloke in Wales, turned up for him to say it's a bare block.. Aswell as saying he hadn't taken out the Ecu or loom, subframe or running gear, Wasn't happy.
So after examining it we took it back home, then realised how much we actually needed, it was on the cards to be sold for a donor, but after a cheeky look on eBay, I found a full CE2 loom for sale, uncut.. Purchased.
Then a phone call to my friend to say someone at his work has a OBD1 VR breaking! Bargain, all of the parts I was missing were all being collected!
All of the below apart from the manifold were needed..
Nowhere on eBay or forums had them, lucky me!
It's not in the best state either, still needing the running gear and the gearbox, it's racking up to be a lot!
New ally pulleys, cams, stage 2 clutch and a budget rebuild is on the cards
I luckily picked up a hydro pedal box from volksmania, along with the master cylinder and reservoir, already cut and welded..
Right so bear with as the first few posts are copy and pasted from the old forum, starting from when I first took the golf off of the road as prior to that, all I had done was taken a standard 8V GTI, blew the engine up, dropped a 16v engine in, spun the bottom end bearings, replaced the engine for one with a trashed head, bolted a new head on and it never started again.. so I decided to rip it apart
Some posts may be out of context but the timeline will still fit... this starts in January 2014
I started this project when I was about 18 so some of the “earlier” methods and approaches were a bit terrible, but it’s all been a learning curve, I have no background in mechanics or engineering as I worked in a leisure centre for many years and now work front line for the ambulance Service, everything you see here is self taught, I have failed, learnt, failed and learnt some more so if you have any doubt in your skills or tools.. when I started this build I had a 24 piece socket set, 4 screw drivers, a hammer, a dodgy Halfords jack and some odd sized Allen keys.. and a few years down the line I’m aiming for a 600+ VR6T converted to 4WD
