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well ive always liked the look of mk3s and i know they aint the best handling car in the world so when i moved into my place with a garage about 3 years ago i replaced the bike with the mk3 for a project and had a 150bhp cdti diesel mk5 astra hack (terrible cars) i traded it in for my s3 and the mk3 didnt get touched for a while but then i wanted spare room back lol
thought id post a project thread here and say thanks to cemex and cavalier_c20let on here as without them id not have found the bits oh and dazzi for breaking the gsifinding parts has been the biggest pain in the ass i bought a turbo off here which came with a cracked wastgate and wrecked turbo shaft (mashed impeller) so its been frustrating
the car needed a bit of welding so i stripped it all down and put back in some fresh metal - die grinding the floor was not much fun! rear arches are original but i patched up metal work...sills are mint so cant be oririginal
ive not painted with 2 pac or welded before so i took my time and when putting it back togethor everything leaked and all wires needed soldered up. did paint the back arches 3 times! but space was a nightmare
all i have to do now he says....icv loom and run a wire to fuel pump then tidy dash wiring before refurbing wheels fixing door locks and getting mot
day 1
hole even bigger under arch where a big wheel rubbed and wore it away
toook buff to engine bay so painted it all up
oooh no rust
for some reason the first lacquer job didnt "go off" was all rough and dull and would buff
garage with heater and home made bathroom vents worked a treat
better paint this time!
home made engine hoist worked a treat
put back togethor again
underneath and arches all ground and undersealed engine back tidied up drivers side completely painted and offside rear arch done - paints not perfect you can see imperfections at blending but im happy at how smooth and shiney it looks in person colour match looks fine too in person
just these to refurb now!
spec is as standard as i wanted it to be - by that i mean body kit and gm parts always wanted c20let so its standard engine with ph1 ecu early coscast head refurbed cometic gasket and f20 box + fmic. nice new ina lifters + timing kit all new mounts and tigersealed up refurbed subrame new bushes/arms 288mm 4 stud brakes new brakes rear all new brake lines (they leaked a lot) be happy with about 230 bhp in this
mint gsi interior no rust on tailgate or bonnet and the washer jets appear to work
just plan to potter about with it dont want big power or anything just an old car i like the look off with a decent bit of power
everything that could leak did so if the botton end knocks and the turbo smokes im going to cry everything turns over fine by hand (phew)
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