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 ricola
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| posted on May 6th, 2011 at 06:04 AM |
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It's alive!!!
I haven't had it running for long as I don't have any gauges hooked up yet and just wanted to make sure my engine section works and it seems to be
fine. No coolant in the system either, so I will now wait until the rest of the wiring is done before. It took a bit of coughing and spluttering
before it ran properly but now it turns on the first crank every time so very happy! The internal fuel pump is inaudible when the engine's running so
well worth the extra effort.
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| posted on May 6th, 2011 at 07:12 AM |
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Excellent, I recently know that feeling. Now the hard part is waiting for the wiring to be finished. You know you are going to want to go out there
and just start it every day 
Kev
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| posted on May 6th, 2011 at 08:43 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by ricola
It's alive!!!
I haven't had it running for long as I don't have any gauges hooked up yet and just wanted to make sure my engine section works and it seems to be
fine. No coolant in the system either, so I will now wait until the rest of the wiring is done before. It took a bit of coughing and spluttering
before it ran properly but now it turns on the first crank every time so very happy! The internal fuel pump is inaudible when the engine's running so
well worth the extra effort.
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awesome. but I expect a little vid when it runs in anger finally. 
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| posted on May 6th, 2011 at 03:42 PM |
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Hi Rich
That must feel satisfying. I like the sound of mine so much I flattened the battery, as the charging circuit is not operating because the warning
light is not connected
Steve
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ricola
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| posted on May 7th, 2011 at 06:28 AM |
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I can see that happening to me too Steve.. Except it's not just me, my 8 year old son wants to start it up every time he comes outside too!
I've cleaned up a set of 944 axles and CVs ready to fit over the weekend, the exhaust needs fitting properly and then I'll try moving it under its
own power 
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| posted on May 7th, 2011 at 08:28 AM |
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Rich, getting close now....we can feel the boxer rumble from over here!
Reversed gears for Subaru transmissions.
Fit a Subaru 5 speed to your rear engined car
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| posted on May 7th, 2011 at 09:24 PM |
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Great news mate.
post some vids please
Cheers
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ricola
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| posted on May 8th, 2011 at 05:46 AM |
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I've sorted out the axles now and it can finally drive under its own power!
http://youtu.be/glKyVl7FSd4
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| posted on May 8th, 2011 at 08:52 AM |
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brilliant - just briliant 
Futue te ipsum!!!
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| posted on May 8th, 2011 at 10:24 AM |
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Guaranteed to put a smile on your dial
Yours makes that Subaru whine as well, gotta be the timing belts , people think mine has straight cut gears or a supercharger on it 
A woman in a bog stock Forester pulled up next to me yesterday at the service station and even hers was making it.
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| posted on May 8th, 2011 at 10:14 PM |
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That sounds so sweet Rich, Congrats!!
Cheers
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| posted on May 9th, 2011 at 06:38 AM |
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Here's the main section of the wiring, bank of 20 blade fuses and 5 relay sockets, when you are sitting in the car they aren't visible, they sit
flush with the bottom of the dash.
New dash finishing panel and the stack oil pressure and boost pressure gauges fitted in place. As I'm re-doing all the wiring I decided to source
some switches that took a proper plug on the back rather than the VW ones that are separate lucar connections. I ended up with classic mini ones as
they are cheap to source and in keeping with the rest of the car.
View through the steering wheel shows that everything is nicely visible
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| posted on May 21st, 2011 at 04:03 AM |
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http://youtu.be/DmGvVspIlRA
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| posted on May 21st, 2011 at 08:57 AM |
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idling there it sounds like such a sleeper, until you see the GT3 badge!
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ricola
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| posted on May 21st, 2011 at 06:08 PM |
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The GT3 badge is definitely NOT staying, I took it off my 996 as I'm not a fan of badging things up like that. It's just on there as a placeholder,
I'm thinking about getting a VWRX badge made up in VW script.. Or maybe I could use a 1303 badge with the porsche GT letters afterwards?
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| posted on June 12th, 2011 at 02:36 AM |
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Finally road legal!!! Time for some de-bugging now and then off to the trimmer...
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| posted on June 12th, 2011 at 09:40 AM |
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Hi Rich
Congratulations, now the fun can begin.
Steve
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| posted on June 12th, 2011 at 11:53 AM |
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Congrats mate!!
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| posted on June 12th, 2011 at 12:43 PM |
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Volkswagen Drivers Club of Queensland - member 
STIDUB - yep its still a work in progress
Vwdcq club car racing/ and crashing while my bug isn't finished.
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| posted on June 12th, 2011 at 01:09 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Joel
A woman in a bog stock Forester pulled up next to me yesterday at the service station and even hers was making it.
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NSS 
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| posted on June 13th, 2011 at 04:49 AM |
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This is how the interior looks at the moment and gives a better idea of how it will look when finished. I have to reshape the foam area over the
gauges properly before it can be trimmed.
The running boards have now been pie-cut and widened at the rear to match the new width of the rear wings. I've bought some ribbed rubber sheet so
they will be re-covered to look stock and help disguise the rear wing width.
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| posted on July 27th, 2011 at 06:48 AM |
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After destroying the big ends of the first engine, its replacement is now in and working well! The only issue I have is hitting the fuel cut with
overboosting but this should be relatively easy to sort out and is an indication that my exhaust porting and downpipe are working better.
I'm doing some fine tuning of the set-up and found that the air dam was definitely a necessity, rather than put all my time into something untested I
cleaned it up with a bit of paint and got it on the car and I'm pleased with how it looks and works.
I wanted the rear seat to look stock over the transmission tunnel so modified the seat framework to clear it.
All in and no evidence of what's underneath!
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| posted on July 27th, 2011 at 09:18 PM |
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Rich, that looks so nice just sitting there
what kind of power output are you hoping for once its sorted?
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| posted on July 27th, 2011 at 09:48 PM |
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Cheers
As it stands it shouldn't be too far off 300bhp. I'm kind of seeing where Jak is coming from now as it's almost too fast as it is. More power would
be unusable on the normal back roads by me and with the aerodynamics of a bug being thrown around it definitely keeps the adrenaline pumping!
Rich
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| posted on July 28th, 2011 at 01:03 PM |
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any vids? love to see some action.
as per usual, stunning work mate.
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| posted on July 28th, 2011 at 08:24 PM |
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I'm with Pete... might get me more motivated on my vwrx - and the power upgrade (who said you can have too much power  )
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| posted on August 4th, 2011 at 07:33 AM |
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Time to finish off the dash... Some wooden strips were used as a guide to keep a constant thickness of the binnacle over the instruments
I then filled in the gaps frm underneath with some fibreglass matting
Cavity builders expanding foam was then used to build up the volume without adding too much weight, it is very easy to sculpt to about the right shape
too
Then skimmed with filler. I just need to radius off all the edges and do some final finishing now..
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| posted on August 4th, 2011 at 07:45 AM |
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Love ya work
Will the dash top be a painted or covered surface. Nearly there, not long now to completion.
Kev
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| posted on August 4th, 2011 at 07:48 AM |
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The whole lot will be trimmed in leather..
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| posted on August 4th, 2011 at 08:26 AM |
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Nice work bud, i love those porsche wheels too, really set it up as a performance car.
300BHP sounds nice what was the replacement engine? (yes i know you are running subie)
Cheers
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