TROYston Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 Jardo get me some pics of the wheel and boss's please chief. What is that pile of turd fans and furious thing. Why would anyone want to own a car like that! Went to lower the car done more today and it would seem the coilover winder thing has seized up and the c-spanner is bending all over the show. Had a butchers at the spare wheel the tyre has tired grey o.0 and is bald anyway. But the wheel itself is a baby g60 steel which was nice to see. But underneath that was a patch of rust that I put a hole through with a screwdriver :/. Day insurance is sorted for tomorrow though so the car is going down to my mates body shop tomorrow so we can get the bits painted back to red, lowered more, full valet, complete panel wipe and give it a nice g3/g6 mop. Ill get some photos throughout the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalf the Yellow Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 have anyone seen this..? Steve 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Booth Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 Love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 Would be cool if it was actually a shit car that was fast, rather than trying really hard to look shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucky Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 (edited) whos gona be an absolute legend and photoshop me some P38 mondials onto my bmw? hellaflush of course. Wheels: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=p38%20mondial&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=pnYeUc_LKYXNsgbcz4G4Dw&biw=1366&bih=667&sei=qHYeUZ_lLMTfsgaU74HICQ Edited February 15, 2013 by Bucky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinJI Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 (edited) Like the RX7, I do agree with Adam though, the forced bits of 'rat' stuff don't do anything for me, but it does look like it genuinely did start as a shed! I really like first gen RX-7s, have you guys seen Steve-As (an old member on here, had a rotary MX-5) one, lovely little car. Just popped over to a local rally specialist to pick up some new wheel bolts for swapping wheels around. Got distracted and picked up some hubcentric spacers for the rear. Should let it sit a bit nicer once the new wheels are on. Speaking of which I'm heading up to London to collect them and see my brother tomorrow, should be good, but I can't say I'm looking forward to prepping them for paint! Also today I decided I definitely need to add another silencer into my exhaust. I knew I'd get bored of it sooner or later the day I first turned the key, that day has now come, so it's time for a decent sized centre-box. Going back to the brief mention of very low cars being silly, the Scirocco will be going down a fair bit more in the future, but I'll be doing a lot of quite drastic modifications to the suspension to allow it to still drive properly when low. I love silly low cars, but more low slung cars rather than silly ground clearance. What I really don't like's people pretending it hasn't ruined the way they drive. If they're happy to admit that it drives like crap and they just did it to look awesome, then I've got no issue at all haha. Edited February 15, 2013 by RobinJI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prawny Baby Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 As I said, you're not an engineer Jardo, so it really is pointless arguing it with you, as you'll never get it. I have no interest in carrying on the debate though, so OK, it's the best in the world. LOL Seamons, how do you have a clue what I have or haven't been in? How has Prawn for that matter? George would be less likely to know, granted, but I have recieved pictures of most meals you eat dude, a picture every single time you park your car in a new location, and on average 3 incomming calls every day, every single day since you were 17. I even know when you shit, because you tell me stuff I really don't want to know. If you've driven ANYTHING interesting, ever, even a milk float, you've told me about it within 15 minutes. You can't deny that..... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 (edited) You're just pissy because it's faster than yours and cost £5. Go whine about it elsewhere, preferably ASN where other "engineers" might value your opinion. Edited February 15, 2013 by Pashley26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Reynolds Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 Going back to the brief mention of very low cars being silly, the Scirocco will be going down a fair bit more in the future, but I'll be doing a lot of quite drastic modifications to the suspension to allow it to still drive properly when low. I love silly low cars, but more low slung cars rather than silly ground clearance. What I really don't like's people pretending it hasn't ruined the way they drive. If they're happy to admit that it drives like crap and they just did it to look awesome, then I've got no issue at all haha. Reminds me of this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinJI Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 (edited) Why the quotation marks? Nick literally is an engineer! If you said it about me they'd be appropriate, but not Nick! (My degree's technically mathematical science not engineering). I'd quite like to see Simon's car sometime, looks and sounds like it's pretty damn quick and drives nicely, so I'm curious regardless of how it's achieved. Like I said, I wouldn't recommend anyone else to take the same route, but I'm chuffed for Simon that it's worked out for him, and I'm pleased to here you say he's a nice chap. I'm really itching to make the Scirocco more raw and track orientated, trouble is I can't afford a daily driver at the moment I need more patience! haha Edited February 15, 2013 by RobinJI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 (edited) I don't really care if he's an engineer or how immaculate and perfect his build is in his eyes, I preferred it when it was a daily driver anyway. I just wish he'd stop whining on about it, he's obviously just a bit gutted he wasted his money on a K04. - You need a go in my car, I saw your comment about Phils car and my car not having enough top end power. But in your Scirocco it's going to be so fast with a K03s anyway you won't need that top end power, the immediate punch of a K03s is pretty awesome and my car makes more torque than most K04 builds do. Otherwise you could go for a K04001, which is K03 fitment and quite readily makes 250bhp, highest I've seen is 268bhp at R Tech. Or, you could just be a man and fit an ebay GT28. It'd cost you less than £800 with what you've already got. How is the Scirocco anyway? Edited February 15, 2013 by Pashley26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 Power and reliable power are different things though. It's reliability that costs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinJI Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 ....the immediate punch of a K03s is pretty awesome.... It's not that I want more top end, it's that I'd rather have less low down/mid range torque. I think in the Scirocco all that punch will do is break traction and make it a handful to drive, I'd rather a gently building surge of power, with good throttle response than a diesel like mid-range kick, which is from my understanding achieved through an efficiently sized turbo rather than small one working hard. That kick's awesome in a car like yours, but you've got a lot more rubber and weight getting all that torque onto the tarmac, for me I'd be worried it'd just be unnecessary and a bit unruly. Basically I want a torque curve as close to a naturally aspirated engine as I can manage, but the tuning cost of a turbo engine I am tempted to look into moving away from the VAG turbos, just need to look into what would be good. I'd probably stray towards a second hand production car turbo over an e-bay one, just as I think the e-bay ones are a bit hit and miss. Great if I got lucky but a waste of money if I didn't. Plus if I can get one off a car that's being broken I might be able to get the flanges and things to go with it. One advantage of using a non OEM turbo would be the excuse to ditch the cast manifold, I want to put the Scirocco on a diet and loosing any heavy engine parts like that will be a bonus. I'm tempted to look more into the engine idea I wanted to use for the mini. I'm curious to see if I could get it to work, I think I need to start collecting parts soon. Suspension does take president over it though. (It makes me sad that I'm starting to talk about my Mini in the past tense, the build will still happen once I'm I've got a workshop, but I don't think it's going to be in a mini body-shell anymore.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 Power and reliable power are different things though. It's reliability that costs. I literally just asked Simon; he's done 8K on it and it's never had a fault yet. It gets ruined daily and has done two drag weekends at pod. I don't know what Prawns/anybody elses problem is. This turbo has been more reliable than his £1000+ CR Hybrid was. Yeah that could work well Robin, but don't forget we've got Dan who can rebuild anything you need very well and cheaply. I'd also look at a K03 hybrid then, I've got two spare K03's is you want one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolfa Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 (edited) Jardo get me some pics of the wheel and boss's please chief. What is that pile of turd fans and furious thing. Why would anyone want to own a car like that! Went to lower the car done more today and it would seem the coilover winder thing has seized up and the c-spanner is bending all over the show. Had a butchers at the spare wheel the tyre has tired grey o.0 and is bald anyway. But the wheel itself is a baby g60 steel which was nice to see. But underneath that was a patch of rust that I put a hole through with a screwdriver :/. Just buy a boss off eBay, the one Jardo is selling won't fit your car anyway, unless you remove the adaptor which is a pain in the dick! Get a big plumbers wrench on the coilover collars, and apply penetrating oil and heat liberally. There's no such thing as a "baby G60" wheel, that's just what all 14" VW steels look like (grinds my gears a bit, that one ). And I'd look thoroughly in all the usual places for rust, boot floor is a particularly bad place to have one! Anyway ladies, back to your turbo bickering *sits back in armchair smug that he is picking up a 285bhp 20v turbo with the proper amount of cylinders tomorrow, not one of these girly 4 pots* /troll Edited February 15, 2013 by Jolfa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prawny Baby Posted February 16, 2013 Report Share Posted February 16, 2013 The problem Jardo, is that even though its not your car, you still manage to be a dick about it. Simon is pretty chilled about the whole thing. It is what it is, he's not pretending its the greatest thing on earth. He's just happy he's got a fast car for not much money. Accept it for what it is, and quit comparing it to everything. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Booth Posted February 16, 2013 Report Share Posted February 16, 2013 But nick, it's faster then yours, so stop bitching and go buy box section. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncy H Posted February 16, 2013 Report Share Posted February 16, 2013 Lols at this thread. Back towards being on topic I've been tinkering. Did my best to weld that captive nut down. Seems okay so far if a bit crude. Other side is a right mess where they've had 4 attempts to cut through. The bodge they've done seems strong enough in the bolt though. Figured I'd just put a new wishbone on for £26 rather than faffing about trying to fit new bushes to the old one Majority of the knocking noise has gone however there still is some. Which tends to appear more when turning right. Going to put some new anti roll bar end links on cause they seem a bit worn but not too bad. Hopefully that will cure it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam T Posted February 16, 2013 Report Share Posted February 16, 2013 Gave my car a thorough wash today, clayed it all and then used Dodo Blue Velvet wax to finish it off. These will probably get ignored but ill post them anyway! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Reynolds Posted February 16, 2013 Report Share Posted February 16, 2013 Gave my car a thorough wash today, clayed it all and then used Dodo Blue Velvet wax to finish it off. These will probably get ignored but ill post them anyway! That is a properly clean polo! I dont mind them, but theres something about that one that makes it look nice. shame about the scrap in the sill 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam T Posted February 16, 2013 Report Share Posted February 16, 2013 That is a properly clean polo! I dont mind them, but theres something about that one that makes it look nice. shame about the scrap in the sill Thanks mate. Yeah i agree, have been quoted £80 to have it repaired through a guy i know at work. That and the little dent in the rear bumper annoys me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolfa Posted February 17, 2013 Report Share Posted February 17, 2013 So err yeah, it f**king goes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted February 17, 2013 Report Share Posted February 17, 2013 DDAAAYYYYUUUMMMMMGot any video? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted February 17, 2013 Report Share Posted February 17, 2013 (edited) So after having a big joke the other day about breaking Simons car, Jesus has caught up with me... The water pump has sheered and come off it's drive shaft, the engine has got super hot but the gauge never moved. I got home yesterday and this is the post I put on ASN - Soooo. I have been getting a small coolant loss, 1 litre every 1000 miles or so. The low level light has never come on, the heaters are up to temp and the climate works, never gone above 90*. Today on the way home I had a slightly weird experience, with gently pulling away in first the car went like **** then I backed off, I never asked it to go like that but it just took off. After this the car felt slow, and I was convinced I had a boost leak and the car had over boosted. I popped the bonnet and it was hot as **** and the coolant tank was bubbling and had nothing in it. I gently let off the cap and all hell broke lose, the car threw about three litres of boiling coolant out. Very strange. I refilled and started the car and heard a chattering from the bottom end, immediately I suspected the water pump had sheered. But then I remembered it is a metal one :/ There is no flow in the header tank, the water is just stagnant. There is a little mayo in the filler cap for the oil. I took the car for a short drive and it feels down on power until you give it full beans, then it is fine. Doesn't over heat at all, blowers on or off. This morning I took the car to Phils, the idea was that we were going to change my bushes and the car would be awesome again. But with my over-heating issue it wasn't going to happen. Drove to Phils with the heater on full, and after a mile it was SO hot that I couldn't hold my hand over it. Pulled over and the head was so hot, I could smell it before even opening the bonnet. The top rad hose was boiling and the bottom hose was stone cold. There was still no flow across the header tank. Limped it to Phils and the first thing he did was pull off the return pipe and blow through it, it wasn't blocked. Started it up and the return pipe started gushing out water, and the water pump was working. Properly properly weird. So the car is in at Phils having the cambelt, tensioners and water pump done. I've been offered a free large port AGU head so I'll probably be fitting that along with S3 injectors and a large port inlet, which will give me a bit more power. Poor poor car I did clean it at Phils this morning though haha! And if it looks this good broken, imagine how awesome it is working - Then Phil took Joe out to show him Ron (290bhp A3 which is otherwise totally standard...) And Ron's just blown up, hydraulic locked and bent a valve and or a rod. Edited February 17, 2013 by Pashley26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Booth Posted February 17, 2013 Report Share Posted February 17, 2013 Is ''Ron' the ghetto build?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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