Bigmills74 wrote: Sat Jun 04, 2022 8:36 pm If you look on Gumtree its for sale, location is Cumbernauld outskirts of Glasgow

Do you know if it's still for sale or have a link, missed this post. Can't find it on gumtree now ..

Excellent thread and to let you all know the car is still going strong in 2021. My mate had it for a few years which I think he got it from you ant? Done a deal with a Scirocco Storm. Anyway just thought I would let you guys know 👍🏻


Good to know it's still going, I sold it to Shane and I think ...

forgot to mention does this car had a LSD fitted? Kinda wondering whether to put one in mine before its too late. Will spin in the wet but what's it like in the dry ?

No it doesn't have lsd, few people have recommended it though so if you can afford it might ne worth while. Will spin in the dry ...

core blimey where has the time gone.
this was supposed to be finished before the nationals just gone!! :dash:
unfortunately life and other projects just keep seeming to get in the way.

went up to see the car today and pick up the peices i had pretty much left off 4-5 months ago :swoon:
a bird ...

Great thanks for that Ant your a gent.
I had a quick inspection of my tank set up just now and realized the pipes i thought were for a feed and return are actually breather pipes so wont be welding those up haha, my fuel feed and return are actually via the top of the sender unit so with mine been ...

Power to fuel pump was via e14 on back of fuse box and it is fused by number 5. Relay 167 was used in the 2nd relay position on the top row. Will put a photo up later.

Ive got my welder coming on Saturday to collect my tank and pump , all he needs to do is weld up the feed and return pipes and relocate the cut out for the mk4 pump so the bottom of the pump rests on the larger flat section ? I'm glad you mentioned adding a support bracket for the bottom as i'd ...

i meant to say to you ant if you have drawings for your modded fuel tank, there`s a guy who owns a company called ready rads in brum who cuts and welds tanks for a living who might be able to make a load of modded tanks just for this purpose.
maybe worth looking into?

That's a good idea, will ...

Cheers Ant, I'm planning on the 20v conversion next year myself and I'm trying to think of a simple solution for my set up for my carb rocco as I know Jack about fuel injection and was impressed with your tank mod.

No problem, i did run it with the original pipes to start with but with reducers ...

Hi Ant, I like your idea of modding the scirocco tank to take the Audi in tank pump as I have a new tank waiting to be fitted . Did you upgrade your solid fuel lines to same diameter as the injection type?

Hi yes I upgraded them to the same diameter as the one off the Audi :-) 8mm internal ...

Nice. Did you hone the cylinders before reinstalling the pistons? I've heard conflicting views regardless of the crosshatching still being visible

I didn't hone them, decided against it in the end as they looked fine. Just cleaned them up and oiled them. Done around 200 miles so far and running ...

Whilst i was under the car making alterations to the exhaust a while back i thought i would take a pic of the gear selector and forgot to put it up, it is the gear selector from the Audi a3, i mounted it under the car, most people put it inside for some reason but seems a lot more work when there is ...

Decided to have a tinker with the fuel sender which is built into the swirl pot and pump holder, currently reads the fuel level backwards which is just annoying! Figured out by removing the green wire from next to the black one and touching it at the top the fuel gauge reads correctly.. result ...

Head was put back on and everything else connected back up, timing is always fun as literally no room to alter it but was double and triple checked before firing it up for the first time, engine started on 1st turn of key but still didn't sound right... missing on cylinder one :x . so tested ...

While i had a little more room in the engine bay i added an additional small slim line fan in case it needed to flick onto its second stage:

13) Additional slimline fan.jpg

I replaced all 4 piston rings while i was at it, the middle ones only really needed doing but stupid not to do the others ...