My 1986 MKII Golf GTI track car (88 BTCC replica)

[HorneyMX5]

Bought this car in early 09 off a friend done a few things to it so will sum up the last few years quickly.

Bought it like this for £550:









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VW mk2 Golf GTi track day car

1986 3 door GTi

Shell

Striped out except for central locking, roof lining and dash.

Corrado front seats

Small Momo steering wheel.

A few dents, but ***.

Engine

1.9 8v with K-Jet injection. Modified head, inlet and exhaust manifolds. Cam is a high lift long duration (Piper 286). Vsam Pro engine management with 5th injector.

Recent head gasket, head skim and cam belt. Last year it had all new bearings and an oil pump. New radiator and water pump.

Custom power flow exhaust (96DB@6000 rpm perfect for track days).

Power output should be around 140+bhp.

Suspension

Koni adjustable dampers and Spax springs. Poly bushed all round. Front strut brace. G60 top mounts.

Brakes

Front: Late 16v front callipers/hubs with 256mm drilled and grooved disks, Mintex 1155 pads

Rear: std mk2 golf callipers with std disks and pads.

Modified brake bias valve for stable braking. Racing brake fluid.

Wheels/Tyres

Compomotive 5 spoke 15” alloys finished in matt black.

Toyo R888s in medium compound.
[/quote]

Over the next 2 years it went through a few changes and did a couple of trackdays and an autosolo:















My [lan had always been to build it up as a replica of the late 80's BTCC entry.

So in the last 18 months since the sum total of nothing has happened on this car. Well that's not entirely true. I drove it to one VW meet and then the MOT ran out and I put it in a friend's council garage. I lost my job 12 months ago and although i found another one I took a considerable paycut that meant this project had to be shelved for the foreseeable future.

2012 and things have changed. Having sold my TDI Polo daily and bought the MX5 for a more enjoyable daily I have just been having fun with that but a new year and a new job with a decent wage and a car allowance mean that project BTCC rep is being revived and then some. I'm not selling the MX5 though as it's too much fun. This means I'll have 3 cars. Is that being greedy? lol.

I'm currently arranging purchase of an OMP cage and in the next few weeks the Golf will be dragged out of the council garage and taken up to my friend's workshop where things will start to progress.

I want to go from:


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to:



One of the main stumbling blocks at the moment is the wheels. Seems the 15" Ronal R8's in 4x100 fitment are like rocking horse poop.

Stay tuned!

Nick

[HorneyMX5]

Found a few more pics to help with sorting the livery and over all look.







Nick

[HorneyMX5]

So today the project to turn it into the rep of James Shead's car started in earnest.

Open the garage to find it still there to much relief as it hadn't been checked on since I put it in there months ago and it's in quite a rough area.


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Pushed it out and found it had enough juice left in the battery to unlock etc but not enough to fire up:


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Ash arrived with the truck and we got it loaded up:


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Massive thanks to Ash and Marcus for sorting out the transport and arrived at the workshop:


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After a quick jump off the MX5 it fired up and sounded OK, me and marcus then decided to rag it round the yard. Fun times.

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Left it running and I went off to get some antifreeze to top it up and came back to find it had run out of petrol. Doh! Off out again for a jerry can of fuel (and a McDs).

Parked it up in it's new home and began stripping the front end down so we can start on the welding. Chassis leg is first on the list.


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Snuggled up next to Archies Volksrod project and Marcus's split.


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That's it for this weekend probably as I'm out for my Dad's birthday tomorrow.

Nick

[HorneyMX5]

For 2012 staying 1.9 8v as it's pretty quick already. 2013 it'll be getting a 2.0 16v on ITB's (approx 180bhp). Keep getting told I should go 20v Turbo but it doesn't fit with the ethos of the build and I'm not a fan of turbo cars for track work. Chassis wise I'm happy with the current set up as it's fully polybushed and the Koni sports kit is great on track. I will hopefully add some stiffer ARBs though. Long term future I fancy some coilvers with 3 way adjustment and then get it corner weighted.

F*ck me it was cold today.

Anyhoo finished stripping the front down and dropped the front cross member off:


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N/S chassis leg was bit more rotten than I thought!


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Cut off the rotten bit and here it is next to the replacement bit from Mark's old car:


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Didn't get any more pics but the new piece is now cut down to the same shape as the removed piece. Just needs some more fettling and some more trimmed off the car for a snug fit. Also need to clean it all up and shoot some under seal and rust killer over it all.

Popped round to another unit and picked up a black bootlid which is less rusty than mine for £20. Win!

Might get back up for an hour or two tomorrow if Marcus is about.

Nick

[HorneyMX5]

Another day of messing abooot with zee Golf.

Arrived and was greated with Archie working on the Volksrod:


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Chassis leg all trimmed up and ready for the replacement piece:


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Replacement piece offered up for sinal trimming:


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Wing removed for better access for welding:


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Turns out it's a bit rotten behind the plastic arch but not beyond repair.

Marcus welding in the chassis leg piece:


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All done:


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I then ground the welds back:


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Then rattle canned with some High Temp Paint that was knocking about to keep it rust free:


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Took the flap wheel to the bubbling on the door:


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Worse than I thought but savable so the doors will be coming off next weekend so I can chop out the grot and Marcus can weld in some fresh metal when he has some spare time (of which he has little!).

All tidied up until next weekend:


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Nick

[HorneyMX5]

A good day on the car today.

Bonnet, drivers door and wing off, polycarb windows removed:


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Some panels:


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Windscreen out and the grot was a little worse than I thought but nothing tha can't be easily sorted:


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More panels off:


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Bumper and lights removed:


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Front cross member reffited:


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If I put the battery back in it would still drive like this. Quite tempting! :grin:

All tucked up for the night:


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Tomorrow will be some grinder action!

Nick

[HorneyMX5]

Another day, another load of pics:

Chopped out the rotten bit of scuttle panel:


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Drivers side rear window surround also has a bit of grot:


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Then started wire wheeling the back panel to see what was lurking under the paint and filler from when it has been replaced in the past:


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Also attacked the inner rear wheel arch with the wire wheel and rust inspecting hammer. Another hole to weld up!


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That's it for this week. Roll on next weekend and more grinding, cutting and wire wheeling.

Nick

[HorneyMX5]

3 hours battling the sunroof today and it's all out!


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Then set about the rear seat base:


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Then trial fitted the cage:


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As can be see there is quite a bit of rust up in the roof, need to tackle that once the cage mounts are all fab'd up and prep for the paint begins. Tomorrow need to cut out all the seat rails and tidy up all the other stuff I trimmed out today.

Nick

[HorneyMX5]

Another day, more gringer work.

Trimmed back and tidied up all the brackets I cut off yesterday:


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Also hacked the one of the seat rails but didn't get any pics of that.

Finally I removed the back box (Which took an hour, it was proper stuck on!). I'll be cutting the tail pipe off and welding on something a little more in keeping with the car.


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That's it for this weekend, off to France @ 5am for work tomorrow but I'll be back on it next weekend. The car is booked in for 26th and 27th for Marcus to fab up and weld in the stands for the cage.

Nick

[HorneyMX5]

New exhaust tip welded on:


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and refitted to the car:


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I got it on a bit further after the photos and it needs a bit more adjustment but over all well chuffed, much less chavtastic than the old one.

Nick

[HorneyMX5]

Roll cage fitting started yesterday.


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Correct PPE :grin:


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First job was to get the mounting plates supplied with cage 'adjusted' to fit the car. These are the rear pair that sit behind where the seats will go:


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Marcus in the process of above mentioned adjustment:


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It was decided that the floor of the golf was a bit flimsy and some extra load spreading can never be a bad thing right? Plates added to the floor where the rear platforms will be welded:


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McLaren F1 seating arrangement?


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:grin:

It was at this point we had a small fire. I thought the fuel lines ran down the middle of the car, they don't, the melted, we needed a fire extinguisher.

Here's Darren modelling said fire extinguisher. He's quite big and it's quite small.


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Platforms tacked in for trial fitting of the rear cage section:


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Houstan we have a problem, it's just a little too tight at the top:


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Today we'll take a few mm off the platforms to bring the cage down and then it should fit nice and snug. Then it's on the rear wheel arch mounting and the front leg mounting.

Nick

[crocodile tears]

Great project so far..

I also agree about keeping it na rather than turbo

[rossi-328i-sport]

Brilliant mate!! me and a pal started work on a MKII .got as far as coilovers and strapping on an eaton !! was great fun but just didn't have the commitment to finish it off as so much work was needed.
Great to see this

[Dr G]

Keep us posted, I'll follow with interest... just lose the silly effects.

Used to live opposite a chap (Gurdeep aka MK1 Singh on here I think?) with a MK1 GTI track car in the old VW racing colours. Very cool.

[HorneyMX5]

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x2 but only one set unwrapped.

Nick

[HorneyMX5]

Got a bit out of order with this lot.

So, Dropped the platforms down 5mm and he cage now fits properly:


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New seats and side mounts arrived:


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Trial fitted in the car and as can be seen the cross member had to go as it was in the way to getting the seat far enough forward:


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Seat now fits far enough forward:


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While I was messing about with the flap wheel grinding back the cross member I buzzed back the rust on the roof:


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I also got the wire wheel out on the sealant that was holding the rear arch plastics on:


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Then we messed about putting the front half the cage in and seeing what the door bars looked like:


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Finally today I cleaned up where the cross member was and seam sealed it all to stop moisture getting in where it was removed. I also removed the remnants of the seat rails:


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and another pic of my zorst, because I love it!


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That's all for this weekend as I'm out tomorrow for my Dad's birthday.

Nick

[PaulG40]

Nice rebuild! Are you rebuilding it as a purely track day/hooning car or thinking about the gti championship?

[HorneyMX5]

Picked up the keys and blipper for the entrance gate for my council garage this morning and thought it would be rude nto to swing by and get a couple of snaps before heading to work. THis is where the Golf will be living once it's finished.


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It's underground and secure which is a result.

Nick

[DubZeus]

Good progress, love the planned colourscheme although the fonts are wrong for the 55

edit, mim 1900's could look similar to the R8's. Although there are 3 R8's on German ebay at the moment .

Edited by DubZeus on Wednesday 4th April 20:24

[Ladvr6]

Looking good,brings back memories of the last 2 years building my mk2 track car! I dont want to ever, ever have to scrape off sound deadening glue off the roof ever again!!