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[moomin]

Rather than finish off the beetle (waiting for ross to find a turbo SU ) I've decided to get on with the engine swap in my scirocco. I got it from Brett drove it two miles and it blow a hose. Brett thought the head gasket had gone, but it is infact the oilcooler blowing oil straight into the coolant. Never mind only need the head now anyway

Here is what it looks like currently...
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Here it is at 12am yesterday...
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Here it is at 5pm...
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Only broke the antiroll bar mounts and got everything covered in oil mayanaise NICE

[iain a]

whats with the towing electrics on the back? has it had a light rear tap as that back bumper looks slightly misshapen? what engine are you putting in it, or are you just repairing what you got?

[EXILE]

I see you've been hard at it. Good luck with it :good:

You could always fit the Audi 18T engine "Rocket power" for a scirocco

[moomin]

iain a, on Jan 21 2007, 03:28 PM, said:

whats with the towing electrics on the back? has it had a light rear tap as that back bumper looks slightly misshapen? what engine are you putting in it, or are you just repairing what you got?

No idea about that tow thing it'll be removed shortly, its pretty knocked about. Thats why it will be getting an all over coat of NATO - Light Stone(Desert)



Engine wise its getting a 2L bottom end from a J reg audi 80. Also a bit of a drop and some black and polished manta 14" 5 spoke rims

:yahoo:

[slammed 66]

So much more space in that garage without a silver beetle

I can vouch for the coolness of this car! my missus was well pissed off when she found out that it wasnt this car we'd come to buy and that it was doctor schpitzenfahrts (beetles new name).

Adam.... are you sure you want to slap that desert camo on it? It really does look way too cool in blue and as much as im a fan of army paint schemes i really think the blue is best.

p.s. found an su but dont know if its one of the turbo ones or not yet so i'll check the numbers and get back to you

Ross

[Christian]

moomin, on Jan 21 2007, 04:43 PM, said:

No idea about that tow thing it'll be removed shortly, its pretty knocked about. Thats why it will be getting an all over coat of NATO - Light Stone(Desert)



Engine wise its getting a 2L bottom end from a J reg audi 80. Also a bit of a drop and some black and polished manta 14" 5 spoke rims

:yahoo:

You know my thoughts about the colour

[moomin]

Paint wise, it's pretty shabby, bumpers have been painted without a decent filler so they're peeling. body kit has lost a lot of paint and theres a few bits of rust showing here and there. Must be time for a poll then...

[BrettMRC]

It would look good with the bumpers etc back to the origional colour - Bit of an odd ball car really - no real rust on it, buit its had more previous owners than a tramps breakfast and the bodywork was pretty shabby.

Are the people at Mcdonalds speaking to you again?

[moomin]

small update

started/finished cleaning cylinder head up cba to sort out the tiny amount of damage its miles from the piston edges anyway...

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and i sold 15"s it has on for £175! (cars cost me -£25 now ), have stuck these 5 spoke manta rims on until i decide what to do...

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don't look to sad, but deffo need a refurb and tyres at some point

I've ordered an 80mm drop kit as well, which consists of F&K shocks and springs with adjustable rear shocks. (£145 delivered too!)

:yes:

[BrettMRC]

Cool :B

You gonna give it any other tweaks? I'd recommend fitting brakes from a later Golf or summat if you get a chance.

[sciroccorrado]

Audi 80 calipers up front

[moomin]

sciroccorrado, on Feb 13 2007, 05:24 PM, said:

Audi 80 calipers up front

Don't know much about swapping brake systems, 80 calipers mean i have to swap the hubs and discs as well? Or just the calipers? more info needed please

GTi discs/calipers fit on the rear?

Also this little lot arrived today

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[misteralz]

I believe what you want is the front setup from a 5-cylinder mk2 passat although don't quote me on that!

[moomin]

small update...

tyres arrived - BF Goodrich - Profiler 2 - 185/60's 14"
alloys are off to spit'n'polish tomorrow.
and yesterday myself and fellow car enthusiast "trev" extracted the donor engine from its stupidly well built house...

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here we are looking happy that it only took 2hrs to get it out this time.
would have been less if audi hadn't hidden a bolt between the subframe and gearbox

I'm now building up the block and cleaning all the various bits ready to plonk it in this weekend

[moomin]

ha found a camera all be a Sh*t one...

tyres...

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polished throttle body

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and the contraversial paint

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ha screw you purists i had too many special edition and rare cars and i'm gonna do what i want with this one muahahahahahahaha

[EXILE]

Deep bronze green, that should look very nice :yes:

[BrettMRC]

Looks very cool What happened to 'it'll be finished before February'? LoL!

What else do you have planned? Sticking with the stock exhaust or going for something more fruity?

[sciroccorrado]

Jetex do a very nice twin-oval job for the rear fumes

[moomin]

Ha forgot to say engine is back in, just got to finish wiring the bad boy up and sort out the suspension, think i'll go for a sports exhaust including manifold later in the year but currently i can't afford it
maybe some head work at some point help that 2l put some more power out, but who knows.
Just wanna get driving it for now still need to find a head light adjuster for the MOT!!!!

[moomin]

Got everything back together, turned the key and it turned over!!! didn't run though, i've now realised while sitting here bored at work that i've wired the starter up the wrong way round!

i r teh mega