Keep it up man. Lookin clean.
Thanks guys.
This is what I think its gonna look like (thanks to neonglh for the pchop) I think…
But with these 16" wheels.
Dan
hehe, are you going to give it to your daughter when she grads highschool?
Are you implying thats when it will be done? lol
Who knows, thats like 15 years away.
I was sorta hoping she would be into it enought to build somehting with me. We shall see.
Dan
not a VW fan but that looks awesome, good call
yes. hehe
I really hope you’re wrong…
Dan
Looking good :tup: should be a new car in no time.
Jeller
screw the 16valve… Ive got a VR6 5speed Jetta ill sell you 1500 make a great swap car 
But your projects always look VARY clean… :tup:
^ that was my first thought, but I really dont wanna mess with mounts and axles (or a supension swap) and etc etc.
Even the cabriolet is 500lbs lighter than my 96 VR GTI, so the 16V should do just fine in there I think.
Dan
Started cleaning up the 16V. I got most of the accessoires etc stripped off and spent about 2 hours tonight scraping and cleaning off the super thick layer of oil/dirt/whatever.
Coming along slow but sure.
After some cleaning.
Dan
Sine Im going to use ITBs and wanted to swap to a serp belt setup, and non a/c ABA brackets are nearly impossible to come by, I came up with my own setup.
I got an ABA alternator from my buddies yard for $20. Eventually it will need to be pulled apart and blasted etc.
I machined a block to mount the top of the alternator over the waterpump housing, utilizing the top two bolts. Then came up with an adjustable link, attached to the ps pump bracket, using some spacers that I turned on the lathe at the alternator end.
The belt is a 33" Dayco (01 Infinity Q45 waterpump belt). The crank pulley is the ebay underdrive pulley that I machined the V belt drive off the front and 1/2" off the back. It lines up nicely with the VR6 waterpump pulley that I pulled off my old GTI motor.
I dont have any competed shots of it out of the car yet (since I dropped the motor in quick on sunday to measure for the radiator and oil coolers).
All of the pictures can be found here: http://clubhousecustoms.com/co…m.php
A few highlights:
My first mockup out of wood… easier to cut than aluminum.
First pass with the aluminum (I forgot to add extra to the one dim, hence the washers).
The adjustable link and spacers.
All put together using a junk 5rib belt from our Audi, cut and taped together
Installed on the motor with the real belt and the extra parts of the ps bracket machined off, cleaned up, blasted etc. Also the Rev2 top bracket is in there now, notice no more washers.
I will probably pull the motor back out tonight, then I can get some better shots of the entire setup.
Next, once the custom 36-1 trigger wheel Im having waterjet cut arrives I will be mounting that to the back of the crank pulley and working on the mount for the VR sensor.
Also I got the GSXR TBs in a couple weeks ago and have begun to mod them. Pics soon of that project.
All for now.
Dan
:tup:
Nice to see you are back to workig on this.
I guess I never really stopped. Just been very slow tinkering here and there and I havent had a chance to take/upload pics or create an update.
Things should start happening a little faster now that Im done (I hope) repairing daily drivers).
Dan
Uggg, don’t remind me, I have so much to do to the DD’s before winter
More progress tonight, well finally got some pics, on the vacuum rail that will feed the brake booster. I notched the little pieces of tubing and counterbored the -8AN fitting for the tubing on the mill at work. The legs press in with o-ring seals to the stock bike injector port holes. I still need to come up with a couple of mounting tabs, and then TIG this all together, but you get the idea.
Also I got the 5mm threaded rod cut up, and the aluminum spacers test fit between each of the TBs to get the right spacing for the intake mani.
Dan
This is some bitchin’ shit in here. Some credit is due. :tup:
What did you use to degunk that block? Looks like the head shined up nice.
Thanks. Ive been using “Super clean”. This purple cleaner stuff I got from walmart. I think its the stuff that used to be made by Castrol?
Anyway, its got a long way to go before I can paint the block and trans.
I got the AWP fuel rail, injectors, and FPR on friday. I really dont like the routing of the lines off the end of it, so I may be redoing that part.
Now Im just waiting for the radiator bare core, oil cooler and related parts to show up so I can begin fabbing the radiator tanks, etc. That should be a “fun” project.
Dan
