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Old 08-01-2010, 07:55 AM
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Hi all,

Please bare with me as I have a lot to say here to bring you up to speed lol.

I bought the car in 2009. It is a Mk4 and back then it was powered by an FRP engine. I spent a bit of money on it and this is how it was before I took it off the road.





It started getting lots of problems which were really annoying me, so I decided to start from scratch and ripped it apart.



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Old 08-01-2010, 07:56 AM
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I bought a few bits like a new bumper, GAZ coilovers, FRP rear braks etc, and sold all the FRP stuff.

I then sent the car away to get a roll cage welded in by ShawSpeed up in Cheshire



While this was gone I bought an ST150 engine



all of this stuff

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Old 08-01-2010, 07:56 AM
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and a Carbon Fibre roof



I then went to collect the car, which had a Custom Cages UK Multipoint cage welded in, the roof chopped out, the front end made detachable and some holes welded up.





the quality of welding was amazing

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Old 08-01-2010, 07:58 AM
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I continued to strip the car to a basic shell



and prepped the inside and engine bay for paint



I undersealed all the arches and underside

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Old 08-01-2010, 07:58 AM
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Then I started to refurbish others bits

Rear beam with rear disc conversion





Coilovers

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Old 08-01-2010, 07:59 AM
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awsome stuff mate!
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Old 08-01-2010, 07:59 AM
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Bought some new bits, supplied by ShawSpeed, aqnd fitted them





Then I attacked the inside and engine bay with white paint



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Old 08-01-2010, 08:00 AM
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I bought some new bolts



and started to fit things back on.

the rear beam, coilovers and hubs all went on and checked it was all OK by lowering the car to the floor



Fitted my Zetec-S ARB with uprated bushes

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Old 08-01-2010, 08:02 AM
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and fitted the subframe



Then more bits started to go on.

Carbon fibre roof was fitted



Coilover on



Pedal box, breaking connection bar and servo

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Old 08-01-2010, 08:03 AM
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I've changed to manual steering, so got a new rack



And hacked my dash up to fit around the cage





I then started on my engine

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Old 08-01-2010, 08:04 AM
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I ripped it apart





The crank has been sent away to get knife-edged, blalanced and shotpeened.

Cleaned up the block



and painted it

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Old 08-01-2010, 08:05 AM
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and my latest purchase are my CompBrake Performance Wishbones



with built in positive caster and finite adjustment for camber



And thats where I am at the moment.

Progress will be slow due to the spec of the engine costing so much and me still being a student. But I will get therein the end!
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Old 08-01-2010, 08:09 AM
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Ill be keeping an eye on this!! what wheels you fitting?
also is it not a nightmare to fit an ST engine into a Mk4??
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Compomotives of some sort, Im yet to decide!

Its not too much of a task. I have got some custom engine mounts already, but these have been sent away to be refine and made from a better material.

Wiring is the only other issue, but I will be running on standalone management, so it shouldnt be too difficult.
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Compomotives of some sort, Im yet to decide!

Its not too much of a task. I have got some custom engine mounts already, but these have been sent away to be refine and made from a better material.

Wiring is the only other issue, but I will be running on standalone management, so it shouldnt be too difficult.
Compomotives do look quality on any Fezza
cant wait to see this with engine etc in
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Old 08-01-2010, 04:30 PM
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Love this car, shame you don't see many well modified mk4's
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Old 08-02-2010, 06:45 AM
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You've made awesome progress with this darrin, and that cage is a piece of art.
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Old 08-02-2010, 10:28 AM
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Cheers for the comments.

Not much can be done at the moment due to money, But Im saving up for some Forged rods and pistons.

Going to try get the auxillary loom chopped down and a few other bits done, seeing that I can do them without spending money lol
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starting to come together nicely now mate!!
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Old 08-02-2010, 10:53 AM
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Really loving that mate!

Keep in touch and let is know when it's finished, feature car in the making I reckon.
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Old 08-02-2010, 11:04 AM
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Cheers Jamie, but I have my last year of uni this coming year and only a part time job at Waitrose....I dont see it being finished any time soon lol.

Book me in for 2012 lol
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Old 08-02-2010, 11:08 AM
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No worries mate, just make sure you keep us all updated on here and let us know when it's nearly finished so we can get the ball rolling on getting it in the mag. Keep up the good work though fella, will be a really neat car when it's done.
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Old 08-02-2010, 04:18 PM
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No dickin about there, I like it!
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Old 08-02-2010, 04:24 PM
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Vinyl roof ftw!

Was it hard to stick?
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Vinyl roof ftw!

Was it hard to stick?
Lol! I just did it the way you did yours Jonesy.

Havent you got more carbon fibre to drool over :P
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