My Ginster Mk3

[GINCH]

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Do jetta front door cards fit on a 2 door golf? Pretty sure the doors are different sizes no?

[Mcrow]

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Nice find on the door cards.

[hooddub]

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Welcome to rich kids high school lol

[GingerBeef]

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Pick n Pull score this weekend! Full padded leather GLX door cards! I shall be giving them a scrub down and full detail tomorrow! Best 40$ spent ever, of all time.





On to today... FAIL! Forgot to get my flywheel resurfaced while the engine was apart... sigh... sent it off today
So, today was a "little things" day Cleaned up a bit of wiring, deleted some things like the post cat 02 sensor, PCV, EGR and SAI. Also fixed a droopy rubstrip. Engine shall be going in as soon as i get that flywheel back!







Had some time left over today and i realized that i havnt shown you guys my GTIs room-mates for the semester! My friend Josh's 1976 Cobra II and Chris' 1983 AE86!
The Cobra is getting a quick tuneup and scrub down, followed by some bodywork and a respray. Meanwhile, the AE86 is undergoing a full engine rebuild on its original 4AGE.













Totally gonna have a sweet hatchback photoshoot this spring

[mrx]

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dont' know how i missed this thread. Great work on reviving this car!

[hooddub]

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Still lots of room for a turbo there Jason..lol....BOOST FTW!!!

This!! Haha damn Jason this makes me wish I had money in high school/actually did stuff in shop class.. So much time wasted trying to avoid my teacher instead of building VR6s...

[Geobmx4life]

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Still lots of room for a turbo there Jason..lol....BOOST FTW!!!

[GingerBeef]

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Engine has been fully assembled with fresh gaskets, new water pump, spark plugs, and other stuff. Also got the new brakes on, SAI deleted too! I had to reroute and loop a few vacuum hoses but whatever.. SAI is lame.

Putting on the header with the engine out was wayy easier... but still... something i never want to do again! It sure is a great feeling when the pile of parts get smaller and smaller.

Tomorrow the engine leaves the stand, new flywheel and clutch will get bolted on and then i try to shoehorn it back into the dirty bay with new mounts!

[GingerBeef]

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Updates! (with pictures that wont make you want to gouge your eyeballs out)

So, over the week i got my intake manifold painted and polished. It seems to be a little cloudy still, but no visible sanding marks so i think i may have to spend some more time with the 11k and 2k grit sandpaper and re-polish it... although im kinda digging the look. (and im lazy)



My oil pan was also looking a little tired so... into the sand blaster, a few coats of Pimp Gold and slapped it back on the block
Also, my Mech-301 instructor looked at me funny when i cut the plug off my broken oil pan heater and proceeded to reinstall it... had to explain that the purpose of it was to TRY to save my oil pan when i go over things.. but as you can see, its taken a hit or two for my pan already! Plus, its stainless steel and i thought it looked pretty cool :P





Quadruple checked that the timing marks were all lined up... again, slapped on a new rear main seal and reinstalled my lower and upper chain covers! Another quick smother with assembly lube and the valve cover went back on.... starting to look like an engine again! Should be ready to reinstall by the end of next week after i do a bit more porting work to the intake manifold.







Oh.. and one last thing. Hecho En Mexico Happy Halloween everyone!

[GingerBeef]

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Mini update. Forgot my camera so pardon the potato spec photos brought to you by my amazing phone...

So, got the engine timed, double checked, triple checked, quadrouple checked and it seems good.


So.. i drenched every visible piece of metal with assembly lube for a smoother first start and checked the timing again.





Also, assembly lube may be my new #1 most hated fluid... thats stuffs so gross. and checked the timing again.

[kujiwara]

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That locking plate tool is pretty awesome! Make another one so we can do my chains next summer

[Ponto]

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Yay updates! Any progress is good progress! Sucks about the cams but totally right. Better to have it running good then fast lol

(I always wonder if people care about my million thread posts too haha)

Sent from my Igloo

[GingerBeef]

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Moar updates!! (If anyone still cares lol)

Was held up all of last week cause i ordered the wrong headgasket... But i now have the proper mk4 headgasket! Got that thing installed, yay for more compression and more horsepower!



Also, realized that i dont have that weird VW tool that locks the cams in place.... oh well, welded one up quickly



Aaaaand finally got the head back on. Rebuild is going swimmingly.



So, looks like cams will be a no go, ive pretty much run out of money at this point (maintenance > horsepower right?... right?!). Gonna pick up a tune though, gotta take advantage of my exhaust, raised compression and delete the SAI and post cat 02 sensor. Interior refresh coming soon!

[GingerBeef]

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Looks good. What was the reason you tore it apart?

Timing chain needed to be done, so i decided to go the extra mile so i dont have to worry about it for the next little while.
Plus, free storage for the winter

[BolideVW]

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Looks good. What was the reason you tore it apart?