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Very budget track build
Clarkj93:
--- Quote from: pudding on February 10, 2024, 01:06:18 pm ---Good stuff having a break as you don't want car fatigue setting in!
Love that picture of the angle grinder next to the dash with chunks on the floor :grin: Not normally a part you see people attacking with a grinder :happy2: :grin:
You must be running out of things to remove/lighten? :grin:
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haha yeah almost all of the free weight savings mods done now :(
Clarkj93:
Battery relocation done!
Trimmed the battery bracket so I could use it to mount a transfer box for the starter cable and the positive cable
Placed the battery then behind the passenger seat. Opted over the boot for a few reasons... simpler install, less cable required, closer to the moment of inertia so can help rotation. Should also help the cross weights a little. Its just a cheap 50 quid mobility scooter battery, starts up fine though! There is a lot removed now though, including the comfort pack so really not many electric modules or features still left to manage.
MOT man mentioned the bearings were going... had a bit of wheel wobble too. Its been sat for a while so I just took all the wheels off sanded down the hubs really well, re-greased and torqued wheels back up and got the tyre pressures right and its fine now! I wonder how many people fall into a false negative and end up paying 200+ quid in part for bearings or double getting the garage to do it.
Also car is officially booked in for the cage :pomppomp: lots planned, lotta money too :grin:
I've done a bit of research on cages to get it booked in. So gone for the Production GTI Spec cage that Retro Resus provide with some tweaks so overall its a 6 point cage with a rear strut brace, dash bar, rear X, hoop X and driver seat weld in mounts. The rear strut brace and dash bar make a big improvement to rigidity, have gussetts on A + B pillars do too but not to the same level after some research, they do look awesome though but that would add quite a good chunk of cost to overall build so I left that for now.
This gives you an idea what the outcome will be, these are some retro resus Production gti built cars
They're also going to strip out unnecessary brackets, and trim the boot, and ditch the crash bars and excess metal in the doors themselves and replace front windows with polycarb ones. So after all that it should negate the weight of the cage or be very close anyway. No idea what to do about paint yet :grin: Although it will be done at a warmer and dryer time of year so no manic rush to get that sorted.
They're also going to fit Aerocatches to the boot, and strip out the massive chunk of leftover wiring, and then its a geo setup and good to go!
pudding:
Good work :happy2: I wanted to relocate the battery on mine as well, to make room for the much bigger TTS air box, but never got around to it!
Clarkj93:
Sneak peak today. Went in for a seat fitting so they can weld in the seat mounts in the best location for me. Unfortunately I took terrible photos :grin: but looks great so far. Tubing is as close to the chassis as possible, welds look beautiful and the bends are super smooth rather than sharp and weak. Still lots to do of little jobs but the big job is done, need to start working out my paint strategy now. If I lived somewhere hot I would probably leave it as its a shame to cover up such lovely welds and beefy looking steel tubing, but as with everything here it will rust...
I have seen a couple of mk5's out there with the tubing welded to the floor instead of rear turrets which seems either a massive oversight or juts a cheaper/easier way to do it. Not sure why you would leave the opportunity to link the rear turrets together and attach the cage to a stronger parter of the car as opposed to what I presume it double skinned flat sheet steel..
Mekaniko:
So with the cage in we can say that now it's a proper tracktool, isn't it? haha
Love it and all the build, maybe I should had followed this pad with mine some time ago instead of a OEM restoration...
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