If I said things were going well, would that jinx it?
Ok, I am going to just throw caution to the wind here and give y'all an update. Photos are coming, I'm just too lazy to run down to the car and get the cammy.
Roxy is home. And running. Well, she not just runs, she chirps third. It’s amazing how quick a GTI feels with a gutted interior and one seat =) Picked her up saturday at the *gasp* dealer and after being successfully raped up the ass (big surprise), she now runs like a champ. I drove her off the lot without any bumpers and the nice 40-something couple who were undoubtedly testing out a T-Reg gave Roxy and I the worst look possible. It was awesome, I felt so white trash.
Anyhoo, 2 out of three check engine lights are now fixed, Wieder forgot to plug in the speed sensor at the tranny so now the cluster works, the cam position sensor was replaced with a new one (that I bought almost 6 months ago and never installed thinking I was gonna have a new swap in soon... HA!) and now I'm just stuck with a faulty secondary air system but who needs that shit anyways right?
Soooo... saturday I grabbed an old 2.8 manifold, painted it black and with the help of kate, we slapped that bish on in no time and will soon set the POS 2.9 manifold on fire. Honestly, I have NO IDEA why so many people sweat the 2.9 mani's ballsacks so hard as it does more damage than good to the drivability of a VR. Not only is it useless in low RPM’s, it kills torque. I do have to mention that I could not have done this job without kate seeing how she was the brains to my brawn. XOXO
Later that night I decided to fix the lack of horn with a nice Ferrari dual trumpet jobbie from our lovely sponsor Griots. I couldn't figure it out in time with no sunlight so it got finished up this morning.
SUBNOTES: Don't forget kids, to wire up an aftermarket horn on a MK3, you have to splice the horn signal lead to BOTH the OEM horn wires, not just one or it wont work. Also, you have to ground the ground wires at both plugs as well.
That being buttoned up, I fixed the steering wheel, got that tight and straight and then moved onto fixing the fog lights.
Now, as you all know, I tried to hook up the OEM fogs to the lower bumper ducts.
Hypothetically I got it to work but I forgot to aim the bishes and with them stuck to the bumper via fiberglass, that wasn't happening. Plus when we got towed, the driver ripped off the front bumper along with the fogs (fucker). So I went to the parts store and bought a set of 15$ lil’ mexico specials and wired them up behind the projector lenses. It's a fake out but it looks OEM and now I have the advantage of fine tuning the beam pattern.
LASTLY, we scuffed all of the paint up for a second time in hopes that we can get everything painted in one shot. Maybe this week but probably Saturday so cross fingers.
Got a lot of work to do. Most definitely won't be 100% at H20 but we will at least have the option of driving there in Roxy. Who knows where she will be in 10 days...
Roxy is home. And running. Well, she not just runs, she chirps third. It’s amazing how quick a GTI feels with a gutted interior and one seat =) Picked her up saturday at the *gasp* dealer and after being successfully raped up the ass (big surprise), she now runs like a champ. I drove her off the lot without any bumpers and the nice 40-something couple who were undoubtedly testing out a T-Reg gave Roxy and I the worst look possible. It was awesome, I felt so white trash.
Anyhoo, 2 out of three check engine lights are now fixed, Wieder forgot to plug in the speed sensor at the tranny so now the cluster works, the cam position sensor was replaced with a new one (that I bought almost 6 months ago and never installed thinking I was gonna have a new swap in soon... HA!) and now I'm just stuck with a faulty secondary air system but who needs that shit anyways right?
Soooo... saturday I grabbed an old 2.8 manifold, painted it black and with the help of kate, we slapped that bish on in no time and will soon set the POS 2.9 manifold on fire. Honestly, I have NO IDEA why so many people sweat the 2.9 mani's ballsacks so hard as it does more damage than good to the drivability of a VR. Not only is it useless in low RPM’s, it kills torque. I do have to mention that I could not have done this job without kate seeing how she was the brains to my brawn. XOXO
Later that night I decided to fix the lack of horn with a nice Ferrari dual trumpet jobbie from our lovely sponsor Griots. I couldn't figure it out in time with no sunlight so it got finished up this morning.
SUBNOTES: Don't forget kids, to wire up an aftermarket horn on a MK3, you have to splice the horn signal lead to BOTH the OEM horn wires, not just one or it wont work. Also, you have to ground the ground wires at both plugs as well.
That being buttoned up, I fixed the steering wheel, got that tight and straight and then moved onto fixing the fog lights.
Now, as you all know, I tried to hook up the OEM fogs to the lower bumper ducts.
Hypothetically I got it to work but I forgot to aim the bishes and with them stuck to the bumper via fiberglass, that wasn't happening. Plus when we got towed, the driver ripped off the front bumper along with the fogs (fucker). So I went to the parts store and bought a set of 15$ lil’ mexico specials and wired them up behind the projector lenses. It's a fake out but it looks OEM and now I have the advantage of fine tuning the beam pattern.
LASTLY, we scuffed all of the paint up for a second time in hopes that we can get everything painted in one shot. Maybe this week but probably Saturday so cross fingers.
Got a lot of work to do. Most definitely won't be 100% at H20 but we will at least have the option of driving there in Roxy. Who knows where she will be in 10 days...
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