Arosa 1.4 16v Sport - My Trackday Project - '09 End of Season Report from Page 29

[UncleFester]

love catching up on the cut/shut adventures of the l'il one

plenty of tinkering and fettling to look forward to through the colder quieter months

I'd rather be tinkering in a warm garage than outside on the drive - it takes ALL the fun out of it

 

[Brummy]

I do miss my garage for that. the number of times the weather has put paid to me doing stuff on the car is immeasurable.. still wont be too long before the (slightly) warmer nights are here again

 

[F2 Stu]

Wuss's! I was out in the road at 8am this morning unbuggering the GTi

 

[Brummy]

Stu, having to run up and down freezing/wet ladders all day , i dont really fancy giving up my days off to being out and 'unbuggering' as you say unless i really have to

 

[UncleFester]

I went out at 8am to fix my sodding screen jets - an hour or so later i went back inside and planned a busy rest of day doing nothing

 

[UncleFester]

Stu, having to run up and down freezing/wet ladders all day , i dont really fancy giving up my days off to being out and 'unbuggering' as you say unless i really have to

Makes your edit all the more comical - i swear i didn't know the thread was going this way

 

[driveforward]

A complete new sill? you mean they junked that nicely grafted infill piece?

Nope, they used the sill I grafted, just had to 'infill' a bit at the one end, about 5mm I believe.

love catching up on the cut/shut adventures of the l'il one

plenty of tinkering and fettling to look forward to through the colder quieter months

Lol - cut and shut Indeed, there's plenty of work to be done, although not as many things as last year, it'll still be quite tight to get it all sorted by Easter.

I'd rather be tinkering in a warm garage than outside on the drive - it takes ALL the fun out of it

Damn right! Having built the Cordoba a few years back, and the Arosa last year outside, there was no way I was going to repeat that for this years rebuild!

 

[driveforward]

Seal 'n' Service

Today I got on with finishing the re-undersealing of the car, which took about 1.5 hours to complete: should be OK for a while now!

Next up, I changed the pollen filter (essential in all trackday hacks don't ya know!?) as the old one had a hole in it (and looked rather manky):

Given the belts were all renewed last year (some more recent than others.... ), I decided to take advantage of having the front end off and perform an oil and filter change. Two bloody hours later, and it was done... the reason for this was that the filter refused to budge, the socket on the end of it even tore off whilst trying! In the end I resorted to my trusty Dremel to cut the filter off, then used the old screwdriver and hammer technique to shift the gasket and threaded section I was so chuffed to get the new one on, I took a photo:

It's a good job I decided to do this now, rather than when the front end was put back on - I'd have had to take the front end back off! Anyway, 3 litres of undrinkable Pepsi replaced:

Finally, I removed the drivers door once again in readyness for the next stage of the rebuild: Tidying up and then re-painting the interior floorpan, but that'll be next time

 

[F2 Stu]

Underseal = weight

 

[m0rk]

at least it's the best kind of weight (low)

 

[driveforward]

Only used one medium tin so hopefully it'll only amount to a few grams

 

[Adam R]

Only used one medium tin so hopefully it'll only amount to a few grams

nothing a few trips to the toilet wont fix..... or a few days dieting

 

[driveforward]

Hard Work with Hammerite

This weekend the progress has continued, focussing on the interior. Firstly I had a number of gaps and a few holes in the floor to fill and did a bit of touch-up spray painting on the cage. I also treated a number of places internally, mostly where the cage had been welded in, with rust eating compound.

Then I started the not to be underestimated task of repainting the entire floorpan, from the front footwells and centre tunnel through to the rear wheel well. The aim of this was to complete the rust and weather proofing task I had started with the re-undersealing. Last year, only select parts of the interior had been sprayed and throughout the year a large amount of filings had appeared and started to rust in crevasses etc. on top of rust developing around the areas where the cage was fixed, not to mention that with the tar removal it all looked a bit cack.

Here are the finished results:

Once this has dried it clears the way for me to start re-running cables, including adding cabling for guages and the battery relocation. It's hard to believe I've almost been working on the car for a month already, there's so much still to be done!

Until next week...!

 

[ArosaRacer]

nice work Ian, question for you what coilovers are you using on yours, as im getting some money soon to spend on my arosa.

 

[driveforward]

nice work Ian, question for you what coilovers are you using on yours, as im getting some money soon to spend on my arosa.

Cheers mate, I've got KW V1's fitted.. bloody good so perfect considering I'm not one to tinker with the setup

 

[ArosaRacer]

been thinking about Jamex ones as they have a claimed 120mm drop, not that i would need it its just nice to know its there if i did

 

[draycottgirlz]

nice!!! any other progress?

 

[driveforward]

Wiring: Lots of it

This weekend I'm focussing on sorting 80% of the wiring out, mainly the battery relocation and guages, with some other random bits of tidying also.

I started out by fitting the oil pressure sensor and T-piece, and also ran the sensor wire for the oil temp guage (I need a new sump plug before I can fit that):

Next up I found a nice, big and well protected rubber gromit in use by an existing loom to run the sensor wires for the oil pressure and temp guages through along with the positive feed from the soon to be relocated battery:

Then it was time to remove the stereo and cupholders, before making the wiring loom for the guages:

Here you can see the two wires from the engine bay sender units:

Finally my attention turned to routing the cables along my newly repainted floorpan and getting them all secured:

Here are the guages connected up temporarily (not tested yet - got no power!):

Tomorrow I will be working on more wiring, guage fitment and if I have time, something else It will take me another week or so to complete the wiring (need to order various bits).

Until next time....!

 

[draycottgirlz]

fairplay, this car inspires

 

[ArosaRacer]

Ian top work, when you fitted your coilovers what came in the box, as i had to take drastic action with the front end of mine, had to cut the nuts holding the front struts to the top mount, now im wondering what i get in the kit