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MK5 Edition 30 #57 Track/Race Build

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tommygti:
Sub'd. Looking forward to these updates. I'l be rebuilding a spare gearbox to fit a LSD in along with the steel shifter forks and upgraded bearings but I did'nt think about the other components you've covered. Great info and appreciate the detail.

M4T VW:
For a few months now I have been looking at different brake kits. There are loads of options out there but the problem is finding any for sale at a sensible price. The starting point is a kit called 'NQSBBK' (Not quite so big brake kit). This uses Boxster 987 rear calipers and Porsche 312mm discs but this is too small for what I wanted. It’s a good kit but people have reached the limit of them on track with little mods.

Next is the Porsche brake route using a 996 turbo caliper but finding any without scene tax is a hard job and then there are several other parts you need which push the price up quite considerably. This uses 350mm AMG discs but anything with AMG in the title is costly…

There are several other options including Volkswagen racing, Aston Martin DB9, Tarrox, Brembo, AP etc. I wanted to keep the standard master cylinder so this whittled it down to VW Racing (can’t find any second hand so new would mean a lot of money) and AP. (You can use the standard master cylinder with most of the other kits but for other reasons these were discounted)

I asked jtech for a price on a couple of AP kits and they were fantastic on service and offering advice where possible, even trying to get me to try the standard brakes on track before committing a heap of money on brakes.

While I was procrastinating about the brakes, I was in constant contact with Luke. He had been in a similar situation as me but managed to hunt down a set of VW Racing brakes that he had refurbished along with Audi S3 rear calipers. He offered lots of advice on different kits so it was just a waiting game for me to bite the bullet on an AP setup or wait for something on the second hand market to come up.
I kept checking MK5 & TFSI forums every day for about a month, nothing came up apart from a set of 8 pot Lamborghini calipers but these did not match my master cylinder lol

About a month passed and Luke had thoughts of selling his MK5 and even put it on the market. One thing was for sure though, he wanted to sell his brakes! :D
We had a quick chat and agreed a deal so I arranged a day for me to go up to Worcester for me to collect them. (Sadly I got hit with food poisoning that night so had to delay it by a week lol )
I left early one Saturday and it was a great drive up. Gave me chance to stretch the Edition 35’s legs as it’s not been on a long run for a while. (It went great and managed 35mpg most of the way). Met with Luke who took me out in his Ed30 running 375(?)bhp and it was mental. The power was effortless and endless. The type of power is really my end goal but it’s easy to chuck money at the engine and get results. I want to focus on the chassis for the time being. The factory 230bhp is more than enough on track (production GTI think 260bhp is enough) so I hope the chassis work will make up for it. The engine work will come later next year.

A couple of pictures. More in the next update as I test fit them [8D]

M4T VW:
With the wiring out of the way. Prep work started for the cage install. This was going to be carried out by TSR who are not far from me. I have had a few chats with them and seen their work so confident that they can do the job.

I wanted to remove as much as possible from the inside including unwanted brackets, within reason. I was not up for hacking huge chunks out of it as some of them add strength and it was more effort that it's worth. It was mainly the ones that got in the way and i knew i would catch my knee on if i was crawling around the inside so the ISOFIX and rear seat brackets etc went.

I needed to remove the fuel tank for the welding but sadly this had half a tank of fuel in so spent a few ours bailing it out of the lift pump hole. I got as much as i could out and jacked it up to see what we could do.
Firstly the exhaust. The car had a supersprint backbox (ugly thing that stuck out under the bumper) however the whole thing has been welded all the way back to the turbo! Some bodge job that is and it meant i needed to cut it somewhere.

Access was an issue straight away. I couldn’t get the car high enough to get a swing on anything, or even the angle grinder under the car. I have two pretty big jacks but it just wasn’t enough and I have not even looked at removing the tank yet! There are loads of other jobs that need doing under it also like all the bushes, subframes, new exhaust etc. This job really needs a vehicle lift!

I jumped on the internet to see what was around. Working space is not so much of an issue for me but storage space is. Any fixed lift is out the window due to the layout of my unit. I needed something moveable. A single post lift, on wheels!
I managed to find a good company who I rang up and asked a few questions, number one being stability! Obviously it’s not going to be as good as a 4 post lift or even a two post lift but as long as you are sensible there should be no issue. So after justifying it to myself I purchased one and got it delivered next day!

However I didn’t expect it to arrive like this…

 



It took a lot of assembly. About 3 hours in total and thank god I have a forklift. The whole thing weighs 750kg and I think most of that weight is in the centre column. They don’t supply any way of lifting it, not even a hook at the top so we had to wrap a strap around it and hope for the best! Anyway, Finally I have access!



It’s actually a lot more stable than I expected. We were hanging off it trying to get the exhaust and tank off and there was hardly any rock at all. Really impressed with it and it should make the rebuild sooo much easier! There is no limit to the jobs I can do now. Even just changing the brakes at a working height is amazing.
You cannot see from the picture but there is a handle and a set of wheels behind the centre post that you can lift the frame off the ground and drag it out of the way. It's much like a pallet truck in it's operation but a lot more heavy duty.

SurreyED30:
Great build so far bud, gearbox overhaul is incredible and has been written up superb  :happy2:

Me and my father in law are talking about a lift type system like what you have got yourself, I will show him your pictures later and see if it twists his arm  :P

Let me know when you sell the day rear bumper please? Where are you based..

I will depo keep up with your progress updates  :happy2:

Jake

gartht23:
Awesome work and write up sir. Keep the posts coming


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