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MK5 Edition 30 #57 Track/Race Build
M4T VW:
Something a bit different from your road & show car, a full on track based approach :happy2:
(This is a copy/paste from Club GTI so some of the names might not make sense)
Moving on from the Mk2, still with the bug to get out on a track, I think it was inevitable I would end up with another VW. I looked at a few options but to be honest, I don't know anything else other than Volkswagen. An Elise or Exige may have crossed my auto trader search but not for long, I always ended up back at the MK5 Golf's or Scirocco's. The Scirocco was a hard one to choose as it's less supported in the market, Although the same chassis as the MK5 it just didn't feel right so it had to be a MK5.
I went to look at a "standard" GTI in Wales, A red 3 door manual with 68000 on the clock. The only modifications I could see in the pictures were 2 red VW badges but at 68000 it had to be looked at. It was in a ford dealer so I went up on a Saturday. The car was in very good condition but not standard on the engine front by any means. Lots of metal pipes and a massive halfords cone filter. It drove well though so I made a cheeky offer but we could not agree on price so I walked away. In hindsight I'm glad I did walk away.
I then went to look at one near Bath, A red 3 door manual with...err I cant remember how many miles on the clock but it was an edition 30 base car. It was already heavily modified into a track car, Running about 500 BHP! It was close to me so I had a look, Sadly it was not what I was after and decided I needed to build one myself lol
A few weeks passed keeping my eye on all the usual spots. I had decided on an Edition 30 due to the better TFSI engine and it's potential so this narrowed the search as only about 2500 were produced.
One cropped up in wales again, Not a million miles so it was worth a look. It was a...Yes you guess it, Red 3 door manual with 94k on the clock. The price was not bad so I went over on a Saturday. The car was dirty as there was a building site next to the dealer but other than that it looked quite clean. I took it for a test and it went really well. The interior is in excellent condition for 94000 miles. We haggled on price and I managed to get a good price with me taking the car away there and then. A few phone calls to Admiral and I took it away! The drive home was good, No problems and it went well but I didn't push it much as I wanted to give the engine a once over first.
As you can see the engine bay is a little dirty but it seems in order. There is red over-spray on the front a little as I think it's had the wings done (MK5 problem) and the bonnet has no stone chips at all [:[]
It all looks straight though, no accident damage, Just a blow over. However whoever cleaned it must have used a brillo pad as I have never seen so many swirl marks on paintwork before! Not that it matters...lol
So, Here we go again. I will update tomorrow with the plan of action. Engine has already been serviced and upgraded and I'm half way through stripping and selling the interior parts :thumbup:
I must say a big thanks to Luke (Deako) with his help so far. He has answered all my questions and I'm sure it wont be the end of it lol
M4T VW:
Fast forward a couple of weeks and i needed to do a few jobs to the engine before i started on the rest of it. Mainly check the cam follower for wear to see what condition the engine was in. It's done 94k with a recorded cambelt and waterpump change at 90k but there was no mention of the cam.
I ordered a revo camcoat intake, Loba HPFP, a new Rev G diverter valve from TSR and also an R-Tech PCV delete kit. These are must change items it you are going to tune one of these engines so it made sense to change them all at the same time.
Thankfully the cam follower looked brand new so it must have been changed at some point. I put the new Loba one in anyway that comes with the HPFP so at least i know the engine is nice and healthy. I also gave it an oil and filter change while i was at it.
Next up, Let the strip commence! (Also start gathering parts)
M4T VW:
Oh, I also managed to get hold of my build plaque for the car. It shows how genuine this car was because no one had applied for it and you only ever get one. VW customer services were amazing at dealing with my request, even calling me multiple times a day to let me know what the status of it was :clap:
martinEd30:
Loooking good ;) will be keeping an eye on what you get done
M4T VW:
--- Quote from: martinEd30 on September 06, 2016, 09:00:13 pm ---Loooking good ;) will be keeping an eye on what you get done
--- End quote ---
Thanks Martin, Still lots to do. I have 2 pallets of parts to fit onto it!
Now that the car was nice and healthy and working great, I decided to rip the whole thing apart lol
I have been on a buying and selling spree for the last few months and have sold all the interior and parts to claw back some money on the build. I reckon i will be close to 3k back once the wheels are sold so that brings the total of the car to under 5k now which is what i needed to make this project work.
I started unbolting anything in place, took a picture of it and listed it on the relevant forum or well-known auction site. Thankfully the parts for these are sought after so i didn’t have trouble shifting some of the parts. I must have been asked 20 times for the steering wheel and gear knob. They are "eBay rare" with red stitching so plenty of people asked for them!
The car had an old MFD2 sat-nav unit that was worth some money and it was an easy item to remove so i started with that.
I wanted to sell the Sat-Nav with the GPS antenna and all the wiring but once i started looking at the wiring, it was all bound together and i was not in position to remove all that yet so had to sell it without. While i was looking at the wiring for the GPS the headlining had to be removed so that was the next job. However there was a problem. Airbags! These MK5's have a total of 6 airbags so it made sense to remove them all at the same time and try to sell them together.
As you can see, the curtain airbag runs the whole length of the car right into the corner of the dash.
So with this lot removed, I now had a blank roof panel that i could actually see the wiring for the sat-nav. However it was still a no-go to remove this as it was wrapped with the rest of the loom and required a weekend to cut the tape on it and remove the wiring for it.
The roof insulation for these is a paper backed foam stuck to the roof with mastic. You can rip the foam off easy and then use one of those Stanley scrapers with a new blade to remove the mastic and it comes off lovely. Much better than the MK2 and i didn’t get any glue in my hair!
The next step is to remove all the wiring for the airbags, Sat-Nav etc. Taking it back to the essentials!
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