MY MKII 56k not gonna happen

[Black86gti]

well i figured since i have some time ill post the build of my MKII so far.

the main reason i was having body work done on my MKII. damage from the previous owner.
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rust repair panel welded in a smoothed out. as well as shaved rear emblems all shaving was done by welding a filler plate in then a coat of filler.
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rust free doors. gotta keep those door drains clean :tu:
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new doors painted
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shaved marker lights
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y179/Black86gti/GTi/GTIBWk050501.jpg

in the booth
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just time out side
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its home
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body panels on
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glass in
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wheels before. bad clear coat, hazing bent etc etc
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wheels after refinished centers,machine polished lip with no clear for easier polishing new center caps from borbet not pictured.
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http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y179/Black86gti/GTi/Picture019_small.jpg

home made seven slat badgless grill. decided to make it when get hold of a after market badgless before a show turned into a PITA
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http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y179/Black86gti/Gtill_10.jpg

test fit on the car also with the new 16v lip spoiler
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y179/Black86gti/germany122.jpg

cleaned up floors, dynamat replacing original sound deading.
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suede headliner and pillars
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in the car.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y179/Black86gti/suede.jpg

test fiting the modifed factory seat brakets, schroths and the seats that need to be replaced asap with factory recaros
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first show volksport 2006 took home third place under the mkII r32 and a rallye
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treffen 2006
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the next step
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y179/Black86gti/passatmotor.jpg

the cause
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[iadubber]

OMG DUDE!! I love it! I want a mkii so bad it's unbelieveable.

[Black86gti]

Thanks and the best part is i might be picking up another one in the near future as a beater depends on what i can get for a price from the guy. maybe when i get some more free time ill post some pictures of my corrado build that i dont own any more

[DSV]

You've taken this thing from a stock Mk2 to something sleek and completely redone. Did you do the bodywork/painting yourself? I've got some shaving I'd like to do on my car in the future....

But yes, congrats on building a killer car. I'm really impressed with the interior and the badgeless grill. :tu: Can't wait to see it in person sometime.

[GetAwayFromMe]

I love it!!! There is an MKII GTI near by and it's been sitting there for a year and i have asked the guy at least 3 times for now if he want's to sell it and his answer is always no! I guess it's his sons and he lost his lisence, he said he will be getting it back soon. I would love that car but he wont sell it. Should i go steal it? lol Any ideas how can i make him sell it? I need to me more anoying maybe he will get tired of me asking and sell it at the end.

[turboA4]

WOW!!!! that is sooo awesome!!!! you have done soo much work it is crazy!!!! like DSV said....you really did take nothing to something!!!!

that is such a beautiful car!!!

nice work man!

[Black86gti]

i did not do the final paint but did do alot of the prep my self in the shop that was painting the car. ive done basic body work before i did all the prep on the hood fromhammering out any dents to spraying primer and filling imperfectiongs. i had to shape a new peice of metal on the corner of the hoods leading edga and weld it in. i will be redoing the hood or another hood i have so i can shave the hood vents and washer sprayers.

The interior work just takes pateints. ive done very thing from door panels, headliners and leather kits at work and i have a spare dash for a lil suede love some time soon i hope.

Getawayfrom me if your looking for a MKII find one from as far south as you can itll be well worth it. and watch vortex youll get a better deal.

[Kelso]

Wow what a piece! Errr not really. Thats GREAT, sexy!

[Black86gti]

all the subframes, a-arms, rear beam brake nuckles etc have been sandblasted and painted.

the front brakes are 11" from a G60 corrado with a 22mm master cyl

full prothane bushing kit.
Good ridge ss brake lines
H&R springs
and some other simple parts the real mods will be done with the VR6 swap since the car will bascily be completly torn apart again.
full electrical swap to CE2
new dash
non-a/c heater box
stereo with some kind of door build up for componets that will mimik the lines of the factory map pockets
maybe recover the door panels to complete the suede theme
false floor in the rear
new rear window with no defrost grid
its not even close to being finished thats the scary part

[lenny]

Tyler, I freaking loved your corrado. Unfortunately I wasn't around when you sold it. I would have loved to owned that car. Oh, and sorry I didn't talk to you much at buffalo wild wings the other night. I was completely drunk. Oh, and on another note, have you ever noticed how many of us car guys are at BWW every thursday night for 50 cent bonless? It's like, crazy, I think?
-Dan

[SirRangeALot]

You gotta love the build threads that show how much the owner's car has progressed. :tu:

Congrats.....FREAKING awesome v-dub!

[Black86gti]

some pictures of a lil tear down on the new motor.

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[SDKmann]

Is that a M3 I see in that first batch of pics?

[MurA1]

awesome car, but dynamat is WAY too expensive!! I covered my floor in a couple of layers of eDead V3 from elemental designs and its amazing!! I'm going to do more of the panels as I do more to the car.

[Black86gti]

Is that a M3 I see in that first batch of pics?

yea its a 97 e36 m3 5 speed. its my dads daily.

and mura1 dynamatt is expensive but it helps when you install at shops and get hella discounts. i wish i had not used dynamatt but of well the cost was right. i think i have about 50 bux into all the dynamatt in the car :D

[Loccusst]

Makes me want to do more work on my MKI Cabriolet. Nice looking car....I LOVE IT!!!

[MurA1]

I bought a gallon of the stuff for $50 and still have A LEAST a qt. left. The floor pans have 2 payers and the hatch area has 3!! Its paint on stuff, but they also make the stick on mat like stuff.

But like I said you have an awesome car! (rough mood tonight, its been a long week, sorry for kinda coming across as a d*ck)

[OrangeDUB]

Great build thread Tyler! I like the fact that there is a vr6 being prepped for this beast. Is the motor going to be in by september next year?

[2 8]

I didn't realize your car was that clean.

The VR swap should be sweet. Doing any performance mods while its out? I am in the slow process of prepping a motor for my 93 golf VR. So far I have schrick 268's, light weight lifters, big valve ported head, ported exhaust manifold and downpipe, cut/ported intake manifold, lightweight flywheel, light weight crank pulley, ps delete, ac delete, and I think that's it for perf mods on the motor.

once you get that VR in there we should go to cedar falls for some runs :drive:

[Black86gti]

i was thinking turbo but plans may be changing slightly due to the stupid $$ people are asking for every thing i need for a OBDII coil pack set up. so at this time any mods are in hiding untill i can iron out the plan for the car

[Putter]

yea its a 97 e36 m3 5 speed. its my dads daily.

Awsome, a friend of mine has one of those with a supercharger.

[Black86gti]

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y179/Black86gti/GTi/Picture009.jpg

just a little update the holidays kinda slowed things down. but i got the new engine mount made up. assembly will be 100x better using the rear engine mount now i can put basicly the whole motor together on the stand including clutch and timing chains

[OrangeDUB]

That is reassuring that at the moment my motor is mounted using the same bolt holes as you used on the block! Are you doing a RWD setup??

[Black86gti]

no rwd. it just allows access to the timing chains/ clutch side of the motor so the whole set up can be put together on the stand. just trying to get it put together as im working on a finding another toy

[Gee Tea Eye V]

:tu: lookin good man!

[Black86gti]

I figure its time for a little update to the project. i waited a month for my pistons but they finally showed up :drive: now its just yet another waiting game for the machine shop.

I have most of the parts in the build list is as follows

eurospec 268 cams
autotech valve springs
stock valves
lightweight lifters
5 angle valve job
ABV 2.9L euro intake and throttle body

abv 2.9L pistons
arp main and rod bolts
stock rods
fully balanced

still need:
eurospec lightweight fly wheel
stock vr6 clutch
underdrive crank pulley
external oil cooler

all will be controled by Megasquirt ms-II ver. 3.0 or 3.57

tranny upgrade will proly come later in the form of a LSD and 3.94 final drive

[OrangeDUB]

Sweet! I'll keep my eyes out for those parts you still need. Are you using a mk4 or mk3 tranny?

Hey what are you doing for exhaust? I say go custom, join the few and the proud :p

[Black86gti]

corrado tranny. exh. will be made by myself i think. itll be stock ported manifolds and 2.5" all the way back

[Jettameister]

Sweet mk2 you've build there !!
Like the grille ! :tu: :drive:

[bernd]

nice mk2.......

[Black86gti]

Sweet mk2 you've build there !!
Like the grille ! :tu: :drive:


thanks i think the grill will be for sale after my vr6 swap as i want single rounds. instead of the aero lights.

[OrangeDUB]

thanks i think the grill will be for sale after my vr6 swap as i want single rounds. instead of the aero lights.

Single rounds are the way to go :tu: :tu:

[Black86gti]

seeing the car done is the way to go. ill roll with out a grill if i have to. ugh i need my motor back this week.

[SirRangeALot]

Single rounds are the way to go :tu: :tu:

Do we really want to go down that road again...? ;) :D I think there's a thread about 10 pages long arguing this. :laugh:

[DSV]

Do we really want to go down that road again...? ;) :D I think there's a thread about 10 pages long arguing this. :laugh:

That was for Mk1s. This is for Mk2s. Either way, single rounds always win. :D :tu:

[SirRangeALot]

That was for Mk1s. This is for Mk2s. Either way, single rounds always win. :D :tu:

Oooooooooooooooooooooh nooooo you di'nt!!! :nono: :laugh:

[Black86gti]

its already been decided the car will have single rounds no question

[SirRangeALot]

Either way it'll look nice! :tu:

[Black86gti]

the bottom end is coming home tommorow. assembly saturday

[OrangeDUB]

When will it be running? Do you have the 2.0 (or is it 1.8?) out of the car yet?

[Black86gti]

yea i will have a 1.8L 8v from the car with a trans but im looking for a sheel to put it in for a beater lol

[Black86gti]

time to start making progress

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[07GTI]

WOO HOO, new parts, :tu:

[Black86gti]

now its time to let the bank account recover a little bit and then spend some more lol

[fotograf]

that looks like a great project! Keep up the updates!

[OrangeDUB]

Tyler I just sent you a drunk text... I wanna see this thing!

[Black86gti]

I should have the block masked off and painted today after work. then bearings next week and assy. then i need to focus on geting the head done

[Black86gti]

been a little slow with the updates on this lol should have things spinning in the block tommorow. my cash flow is changing directions as im going back to school again :p but itll get done all the big items are bought. just a little more machine work on the cyl head and i should be good.

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[OrangeDUB]

Sounds good Tyler! It's hard to feel like you're getting alot done when there are so many things to do but getting it all back together will be easy! Hope to see this on the road soon :tu: