Meet K.A.T. MK2 Golf VR6T

You need some glasses lol, i saw you today chap outside bridgwater job centre in the big blue t25, stuck my thumb up but you must of not seen me lol

dubberatlast wrote:

You need some glasses lol, i saw you today chap outside bridgwater job centre in the big blue t25, stuck my thumb up but you must of not seen me lol

Haha yeah i am working on that junction. What a cock up that job is!! You shouldv beeped matey, when im working all im thinking about and focusing on is getting it done and going home!

LOL no horn as i did try hehehe, got straight home and fixed the horn though.

I dont understand the crossings anyway it was fine before lol

dubberatlast wrote:

LOL no horn as i did try hehehe, got straight home and fixed the horn though.

I dont understand the crossings anyway it was fine before lol

Yeah god knows why the council feel the need to change it, maybe they have to use up their budget by april so spending it on pointless things?!

sounds about right for the council lol

Whens this bad girl gonna make a meet then bud, shes deff going to shift me thinks

dubberatlast wrote:

sounds about right for the council lol

Whens this bad girl gonna make a meet then bud, shes deff going to shift me thinks

Im hoping to have it MOT'd and Tax'd before xmas. But we will see.

Cool fingers crossed for you bud, cant wait

Quick pic of engine so far......

haha thats brilliant.

Took delivery of these today.....




Still need to make the subframes before fitting.
The main reason i chose these was because they have no manufacturer logo on the headrest like all the others, instead i am going to call upon a favour from my dads mate who retrims the Rolls Royces and Bentleys for us (his work is the best ive ever seen) and get him to stitch my dads company logo onto the headrests!

Also a quick video of the car starting up. (Sounds really really teppy though, hopefully will quieten down once run for a while)

I couldnt let engine run for too long as still havent connected the radiator yet so no water.

After a hectic few days i decided to get outside in the cold and work on the car (now re-named 'MONEYPIT' )

Started off fitting all water hoses, shortened a few so they would sit nicely without any cinks etc. Then fitted radiator and fan, filled with water, then started the engine. After a few seconds water started to piss out everywhere from thermostat area, so i stripped it all back down again and found the plastic thermostat housing had cracked!



Ive ordered a new one now so should arrive on tuesday!

Also attempted to bleed the brakes until realised one of the rubber caliper hoses had split! So ordered a set of Goodrich Steel braided ones which should also arrive tuesday!

So much for making progress.....

Better to find these things out now, rather than once you think you finished tho, Dont you just love dubs

looking and sounding good

Like Az said, better to get these things sorted now.......looking and sounding good though Dude.

Fitted new Goodrich Braided Brake lines to the front



Finally got some room in the workshop, so i can work on the car in the warm from now on. I will then fit the Braided rear brake lines and bleed the system.

After the last incident with my old car im not cutting corners with the brakes, everything is being uprated!

How far away are you now Bud??

yeah come dude, this needs doing. we need to go out and thrash some chav's!!

Mr Scoops wrote:

How far away are you now Bud??

Not too far, jobs left are....

1. Fit rear Braided brake lines
2. Bleed Brakes / Clutch system
3. Fit wheels and re-adjust coilovers to good ride height (LOW)
4. Make Exhaust Tailpipe and fit
5. Fit new Thermostat housing and reassemble water pipe work
6. Fit radiator and mount fans somehow
7. Finish sorting / tidying wiring inside car and get a few things working that arnt
8. Fit frontend on car
9. Fit Carpet / Seats / harnesses / rear strut brace

And i think that is pretty much the bulk of it

slammervan wrote:

yeah come dude, this needs doing. we need to go out and thrash some chav's!!

Haha I cant wait. Although the thought of 232bhp through the front wheels in this weather isnt too appealing

The real fun starts when the weather drys up and the turbo is fitted!

This thing looks like a beast i wouldlove to do something like this some day...

Ahh if only i already had a decient job and what not...

Anyone need a rent boy ?

Did a bit more today

Fitted new Thermostat housing with new Thermostat and O-rings, Fitted Radiator and coolant pipes AGAIN, filled with water and started up. After about 2 minutes of running the Secondary water pump decided to leak
This pump is used to circulate water around the system for a few minutes after engine is switched off so i just removed it and bypassed it for a temp fix just for today. So i started car again and left running to get it to normal operating temp, all seemed good with no leaks so i decided to nip in the house and make a cup of tea, bit too confident i think as when i came back out i had a nice suprise.... my brand new Auxillery Belt tensioner and belt had some how buggered up and shreaded the pulley and belt. GRRRR

The Tensioner pulley


The Belt


So looks like this week i need to buy a new secondary Water pump, Tensioner, and belt.

Also fitted my new tax disc holder, even though i got some air bubbles trapped in it!

i love the tax disc holder

They are from Ade at T4's R Us
called look-ma-no-breaks on ebay..
They are cool!

Got some goodies from Belgium....

Sabelt 3 point harnesses



and subframe / runner for my seats



At least now on the weekend i can fit the front section of carpet, and then the seats / harnesses.

Still waiting to get hold of a new Aux water pump (mega money!), an alternator as mine doesnt seem to charge anymore, a new belt tensioner, and also new belt.

Im also looking into why my engine has an aux water pump?! There were 2 types of VR6 eninges - an OBD1 (early type) and an OBD2 (later type). All OBD2 engines use this water pump to circulate water around the system for a few minutes when engine is switched off, this isnt the case on an OBD1 engine (which mine is) so im wondering if possible to by-pass the pump?