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This right here. Inspiration for my own GTI.

Part of me wants to pull the motor and shave the bay because of this thread.

Haha thanks man. You'll regret shaving your bay. I'll never do that again...

[SebastienPeek]

This right here. Inspiration for my own GTI.

Part of me wants to pull the motor and shave the bay because of this thread.

[mrkrinkle]

I check the build section everyday hoping you update your thread. You did, I was not disappointed. As always. This is heading towards one of the best VW builds in a LONG time. Love every single decision you have made.

Thanks man. Will be updating it quite a bit in the coming few weeks! Stay tuned!

Holy shit, I am loving this color combo.

Me too! I wasn't quite sure of how it would turn out in person, but it looks brilliant IMO!

[mrkrinkle]

I'll be sanding it out. The machine marks are very, very light. Can't even feel them dragging my fingernail over it. It'll be polished to a mirror before plating.

[DeltaAlpha9]

Will the gold plating cover up some of that machining chatter or are you going to have to sand it out?

[Spawn613]

Holy shit, I am loving this color combo.

[lamsv]

I check the build section everyday hoping you update your thread. You did, I was not disappointed. As always. This is heading towards one of the best VW builds in a LONG time. Love every single decision you have made.

[mrkrinkle]

Its all fun and games until I actually have to clean this crap haha.

So I got the brilliant idea to delete the A/C finally and wanted to make a nice cover for the bulkhead that passes the lines into the cabin. My work has a CNC machine, along with a shit ton of other machining equipment. The in house programmer/machinist whipped up a quick bracket to machine, then I got the awesome idea to make it look like a gold brick. He then engraved markings that will make it look like a gold brick after its plated gold







I don't know why I didn't take more pictures, but I got a lot finally bolted to the motor for good over the weekend. Including the exhaust manifold, turbo, accessory bracket, alternator, power steering pump, engine mount bracket, crank pulley, coolant hard pipe ect ect ect. I now just need to make a new oil feed and return (waiting on fittings to arrive), new return fuel line (waiting on a 37* flare tool), mount the vacuum manifold and route the vacuum lines, bolt the clutch and flywheel up and then its just a matter of waiting for the trans to be done then the motor will be %100 ready to go back in. This week I have to clean up the subframe, POR15 the steering rack and clean/buff the paint in the bay. After that, the motor can go in. It will then just be a matter of routing the coolant lines and re-wrapping the harness in tech flex and It'll be ready to start up again! After that, its just a few odds and ends such as wiring the air setup, fixing some half-assed switches I have for a couple things and It'll be ready to drive! Feels close, yet so far away.






I do have a question that I think I know the answer to, but I want to be %100 sure. Do I need to switch my head studs over to AEB specific studs? I have an AWP motor and took off the original AWP head to accommodate the AEB unit. From my understanding is that I can use the old ARP studs with that head, but its not the other way around since an AEB block has a different thread pitch than anything else. Am I correct with that?

[mrkrinkle]

Really starting to assemble things now. Didn't take any pictures, but I will tomorrow. I did however, bolt up two wheels for the first time since they've been done and oh my god, I'm realllllly starting to like this theme.

[mrkrinkle]

Oh, and I've already found out twice that ARP and shitty VW tapped castings don't mix well together.. Snapped two bolts off in the case and had to drill, then threadsert them.

[mrkrinkle]

Gold bless you, gold and faithful servant.

Looking killer=) Are you applying antiseize to any of your hardware? I was told that bolts might gall and seize if I don't

When I assemble everything for the last time I'll be using blue locktight. Prob anti seize on the downpipe itself, though. There will be nordlocks on the downpipe hardware.

[Earl]

Looking killer=) Are you applying antiseize to any of your hardware? I was told that bolts might gall and seize if I don't