Red Rocco resto mod

[hubbadubba]

Just a few bits to finish off, Momo Prototipo heritage steering wheel chosen for it's closeness to the early mk1 Rocco wheels, filled in some cracks and dyed the dash black, a bit shiny to start with but it has toned down to a duller sheen now, cooling system was done now and installed a slightly higher pressure radiator cap trying to avoid any loos of coolant too prematurely

[hubbadubba]

Finished the fuel lines in braided ptfe line with 6an black fittings, not into the whole red and blue fittings look for a road car then took the car back to the engine tuners to get the final wiring for the ecu installed and get it fired up, this was around 4 or 5 days work, fired nicely, didn't boil up, had some tuning of the rad fan to do via the laptop and found we needed a wider band coolant temp sensor so ended up sourcing and oil temp one with a wider range, seems better now, also installed a lower temp opening thermostat which seems to keep things in check too, Cpl of pics of finished item

[hubbadubba]

The Rocco has been on the road now for around 4 months, ran the engine in, changed out the oil and had it back to the tuners for a rolling road session, Dyno day came along and I was paranoid it was gonna go bang or something but all was good, 4 hr mapping session revving the nuts off it at points and managed to squeeze 201hp out of it on one of the hottest days of the summer, may give a little more on colder days, all I know is it feels rapid, taken the car to a few shows and it's been well received winning some trophies which is great, it's been a journey for sure but they always are, since doing the Golf then this Rocco, I am ready to tackle the mk1 Caddy we have, promised to do house up first tho
Caddy will be R32 if I get my way

[mr.brown]

Amazing standard of work. If mine looks half as good when finished I'll be happy.

[kidcrewbob]

Awesome - just awesome!!!!

[hubbadubba]

Thanks guys

[isaidthephil]

Great build this buddy. I am just rebuilding my MK2 with a similar engine so your engine mods looks like things I will look to do :)

[hubbadubba]

Great build this buddy. I am just rebuilding my MK2 with a similar engine so your engine mods looks like things I will look to do :)

Cheers, if you need any info drop me a message