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Mk 1 Golf rads are a very popular choice here in SA and they do work well, but Ive only ever seen them fitted to clubbies, you should have enough space with the spaced out front though.

"So wat we gonna do tonight Brain?"
"Same thing we do evernight Pinky!"
"Try to take over the world!"

Thanks pinkyandnobrain!

Made up an intercooler mount





Thanks!

Dave the Cake

No pictures I'm afraid just an update. I have been doing the exhaust and rear brakes/handbrake recently, still waiting on fuel tank but should be this week.

I've decided I'm going to aim to take the car to castle Combe at the end of September so gives me just under 4 months which should be do able!

Hopefully get some good motivation

Dave the Cake

Actually, having just been out, rotated my starter motor, and chopped around the front a bit, I will struggle to get one of those in. Will stick with the MPI for the mo as it seems to be up to the job.

Fir my roll cage tonight with the help of my mate







Spot the new additions lol

Not sure what to work on tomorrow..

Edited by Custard on 7th Jun, 2013.

Dave the Cake

Put this sound deadening on today



Then I've started on the wiring

Dave the Cake

Haha i photo bombed.

nice, i like the intercooler placement

Yes i moved to the darkside

Instagram @jdm_brett

Thanks Brett, pipe works nice and short! gunna try and make some closed off in and possibly out the side if the wing ducting

Lol thanks for the help jack

Edited by Custard on 9th Jun, 2013.

Dave the Cake

i may be doing similar but on the other side, and a cheeky 10 inch fan on the back
now i have shoe-horned my radiator in i am a little reluctant to change it now so im a little limited :( ( although it is ridiculously big)

Yes i moved to the darkside

Instagram @jdm_brett

Nice dave its coming along well. How long before your ready to fire up? oh and nice work on the alternator mounts

Edited by jlay on 10th Jun, 2013.

My small bore turbo project http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=473901

fan on the back of the intercoolers an interesting idea Brett.

Thanks James, well ive got wiring with Jack to finish, intercooler pipes, water pipes, fuel lines and tank to plumb in then its crunch time..

Cheers. Ill have a look into those bits you asked for too and get back to you

Dave the Cake

It's here!!!!!

And fits!!







Couldn't be happier! Exactly what I wanted

Wirings coming along too

Cheers

Edited by Custard on 21st Jun, 2013.

Dave the Cake

Been buying lots if little things in preparation of big progress.... I hope.

High torque starter for added bling and clearance.



Not sure a cbr 1000 rad fan will be big enough but it was dirt cheap.

Few bits mounted up on the back if the bulkhead wiring loom goes through below the cross member behind the water pump so nice and concealed.



Fuel pump, large bore hose and filter for gravity feed to the pump. Will mount that on the rear beam so it's just below the bottom of the tank.



Modified brace bar to clear intercooler and made it stronger at the top



Got lots if fittings and fuel pipe too so more progress soon.

Ta

Edited by Custard on 5th Jul, 2013.

Dave the Cake

brilliant mate love the tank setup

Is that fan going to be up to the job?

I have started posting on Instagram also my name on there is turbomk1golf

Nothing is impossible it just costs more and takes longer.

Probably not! Although I haven't turned it on yet they do puff out quite abit of air. I will probably buy a bigger one though. Until I get the coil pack and oil filter In there I won't know how much space I have

Thanks turbo this

Edited by Custard on 5th Jul, 2013.

Dave the Cake

I wonder if I put that fan inside on the bulkhead it would suck heat off the turbo box and into the car? Lol

Dave the Cake

Found a better fan! The cbr1000 has two fans one big and one small! So I bought the big one too. They both chuck out a massive amount of air, very impressive. And £35 for the pair brand new off eBay.

Made some brackets at work for the fans and coilpack/rad











Top rad hose done too

Onwards

Dave the Cake

Love the top bracket holding the coil pack. Good use of space on this build.

BHP sells engines, but Torque wins races!

Is that a cinquicento rad?

Thanks madonminis that's exactly what I've been aiming for.

No mate it's a golf mk1 rad

Cheers

Dave the Cake

Its coming together now, how close is the bottom of the fan blades to the radiator? Dont forget as your rad is mounted to the subframe, as the engine tilts backwards it will push the bottom of the fans into the rad slightly. Just make sure you have the clearance.

If you look closely jack you'll see the coilpack bracket also mounts the top of the rad so the rad will pivot with the engine maintaining the fan gap. But I got about 5mm

Dave the Cake

Custard, are you sure you have a girlfriend still?

Your level of fabrication and attention to detail and clever ideas has just gone off the scale since we used to mess about with the minis together 5 years ago!

Very very impressed mate, can't wait to see this at Castle Combe :)

Mr. Prawn, the friendly Crustacean- slowly making steps towards forced induction.