VR6 Conversion......
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VolksKid83
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this is an inspirational thread, and i want that workshop!
Whats wrong with that new golf for breaking? It looks too good to break
Whats wrong with that new golf for breaking? It looks too good to break
So with the Golf broken and scrapped it was time to carry on with the Polo:
Getting the dash back in:
But using the Corrado pedal box meant the column was at a silly angle:
And the brake pedal also out of sync:
So with the pedal box modified it was all sorted:
Then we moved the ramp to make more space in the workshop with the aid of the best tool in the box: (click to see the video)
Then today got the engine in:
And with a set of leads it fired up The homemade mash up loom works so far (click to see the video)
Getting the dash back in:
But using the Corrado pedal box meant the column was at a silly angle:
And the brake pedal also out of sync:
So with the pedal box modified it was all sorted:
Then we moved the ramp to make more space in the workshop with the aid of the best tool in the box: (click to see the video)
Then today got the engine in:
And with a set of leads it fired up
The homemade mash up loom works so far (click to see the video)
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unclebuncles
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So today I went back up the workshop and tinkered some more....
Fitted up the decat to the standard Polo exhaust for now:
Then hooked the battery up and it started on the key (click to view video)
Tried the slam panel on and its a bit close lol:
So modified it
Next was the Polo rad and fan. Again, rather close:
Ive been told I need the original VR6 rad in place so got that out the golf slam panel and had a look:
Need to modify the brackets to fit it, but cable tied it in to see where the brackets need extending to:
Then fitted the lights up to check the wiring. Few little niggles but ill resolve them:
Then I ran it up with water in to make sure all ok. Was running lumpy (as you can hear in the video above) and now I can see why:
Luckily I had a spare and swapped it. All good now
More soon!
Fitted up the decat to the standard Polo exhaust for now:
Then hooked the battery up and it started on the key
(click to view video)
Tried the slam panel on and its a bit close lol:
So modified it
Next was the Polo rad and fan. Again, rather close:
Ive been told I need the original VR6 rad in place so got that out the golf slam panel and had a look:
Need to modify the brackets to fit it, but cable tied it in to see where the brackets need extending to:
Then fitted the lights up to check the wiring. Few little niggles but ill resolve them:
Then I ran it up with water in to make sure all ok. Was running lumpy (as you can hear in the video above) and now I can see why:
Luckily I had a spare and swapped it. All good now
More soon!
Suspensions settled
Got the hole drilled for the throttle cable, so its now positioned and fitted! Couldnt help starting it up again (Click the pic for the video)
Had a few light issues, but traced that to a dodgy earth, so have all lights and indicators, and found the fog light plugs. Just have these left over if anyone has any idea?
This one is near the drivers side headlight, and has two pins, the black runs to a bizarre join (see second pic) and the other isnt joined to anything. Obviously was cut when we spliced the looms:
Then theres this one on the passenger headlight loom:
And im missing the header tank level if anyone knows what colours i should look for:
More soon
Got the hole drilled for the throttle cable, so its now positioned and fitted! Couldnt help starting it up again
(Click the pic for the video)
Had a few light issues, but traced that to a dodgy earth, so have all lights and indicators, and found the fog light plugs. Just have these left over if anyone has any idea?
This one is near the drivers side headlight, and has two pins, the black runs to a bizarre join (see second pic) and the other isnt joined to anything. Obviously was cut when we spliced the looms:
Then theres this one on the passenger headlight loom:
And im missing the header tank level if anyone knows what colours i should look for:
More soon
sionw
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sionw
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Im pretty sure there is that yellow plug behind the passenger headlight on my ibiza which is also not in use! cant tell you what it is
thats what i was after, have you got any pics of the chopped down pedal box? I looked at using a vr6 pedal box in my Ibiza conversion but I think its going to be a pain I can imagine there would be issues with the column so i might just try the conversion!
thats what i was after, have you got any pics of the chopped down pedal box? I looked at using a vr6 pedal box in my Ibiza conversion but I think its going to be a pain I can imagine there would be issues with the column so i might just try the conversion!
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