My formel e. (laila)

Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2009 7:37 pm Post subject: My formel e. (laila)

Hi everyone so i thought id do one of these build thread things. Heres a quick run down of my car.. It was a 1.1 Golf C Formel E 1983

so i bought the car sometime last summer. it was in a pretty sorry state, but mostly solid apart from the rear arches being a bit on the rusty side.. but that didnt deter me so i bought it and slammed it on the ground right away (at this time i thought this was low). haha

shortly after i proceded on trying to find some suitable wheels for the car. i couldnt really afford anything super nice at the time so thanks to the guys at tidy i got hooked up with breeze an they got me a new set of g60s pretty speedy. that was pretty much it for the summer as i had to concentrate on getting a job and all that rubbish but this is what it was looking like in the sun

After this it was pretty much just a neglected beater to get to work.. until my 207k 1.1 decided to throw a pretty epic tantrum. so i managed to source a 1.3 polo engine quickly and locally and a few mates (and my dad) helped me out with the swap. The intention was to do it in the weekend and drive it to work on the monday. we failed. i hate electrics.

really really tired, dirty and sitting in my engine bay..

once it was finally in and working..

after we had (i really mean my dad had seeing as he was the one that sat reading the diagrams sorting out the stupid electronic ignition) sorted the electrics out i was finally driving it again and washed it a bit and enjoyed the car with my friends. one of them took this picture of it i like the horse lol.

in the snow (which was fun, not scary as the rest of england seemed to think :wacko: )

then i got my frame notched on friday at coltech classics. paul did a superb job pics are better than words..

before.

after (the car is at ride height in the photo)

on saturday i then decided to wind the coils all the way down on the front as i had to change my top mounts because they decided to explode.

oh i got a chrome grill the other day too..

thats all for now folks. Very Happy

oli

Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2009 9:38 pm Post subject: Re: My formel e. (laila)

Nicely kept.

Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 3:25 pm Post subject: Re: My formel e. (laila)

That is one good lookin' 4-door. Cool

There's something about the wheels and the height and the stance.... I just really dig it. ThumbsUp

Love the pic with the horse in it. Very Happy

Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 6:22 pm Post subject: Re: My formel e. (laila)

Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 8:43 pm Post subject: Re: My formel e. (laila)

rolling photo of her on the way home from gti spring fest last weekend. Engine bay progess this weekend Very Happy

Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 1:44 pm Post subject: Re: My formel e. (laila)

so yeah i wore through the clamp that was draggin the floor. i could really do with my exhaust being higher up Embarassed

got my rack on for the full car skateboard hill bombing missions!

Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 1:39 pm Post subject: Re: My formel e. (laila)

Ohnoes! You're too low! silly

Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 4:10 pm Post subject: Re: My formel e. (laila)

When the page loaded, it looked real quick like the horse had antlers. Smile

Like the color, too...

Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 8:21 pm Post subject: Re: My formel e. (laila)

Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:42 am Post subject: Re: My formel e. (laila)

Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 9:23 am Post subject: Re: My formel e. (laila)

cheers man. its the only thing i can drive.. but i dont have to drive far. ahah

Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 6:35 pm Post subject: Re: My formel e. (laila)

so little update. today i was sat at work eating lunch in my car cos it was peeing it down with rain and i noticed that my passenger footwell drip had gotten a load worse (i mean real bad like water almost running in past the fusebox, not fun). naturally i was worrying about it all afternoon thinking 'oh crap its gonna fry my fusebox'.

thankfully the rain did stop for a few hours and didnt fry the fuse box. I shall be pulling the screen at mr coltechs workshop on friday for him to put my non rotten scuttle panel in so i can stop worrying. in the mean time its covered in duct tape which i hope will ward the rain off for the remainder of the week!

ill go get a picture for you all to witness the fitness of my taping.

All day i was thinking why have i got a rusty old car that leaks? When i drove home i remembered its because they are so fun, still love it and cant see that stopping..

Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 6:38 pm Post subject: Re: My formel e. (laila)

this would be a good time for the photo from wolfsburg with the dude grinding down the scuttles that someone put a speech bubble on it saying 'haha if i do this to every single one they will all rust!'

i believe handsome posted it either here or on whoretex a good while back.

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Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2009 5:49 am Post subject: Re: My formel e. (laila)

The fuse box has been very cleverly located to intentionally direct splash away from your feet........

.........onto your shins.............. Rolling Eyes

Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2009 5:08 pm Post subject: Re: My formel e. (laila)

Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2009 5:46 pm Post subject: Re: My formel e. (laila)

so here is my 'fix' to get me through the week and hopefully will stop the raging torrent of a river that was rolling down my fusebox..

Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 7:53 pm Post subject: Re: My formel e. (laila)

so got my scuttle done at pauls today (coltech classics for any uk people who read this). pictures are better than any of my dillusional writings so here goes. Fixed the rusty bits and deleted the left side drive wiper 'bump', forgot my paint, annoying but oh well lol.

dash out, screen in process.

screen out and wirebrushed. WTF massive holes!

grindy, grindy.

really big hole...

ling up to fill said big hole.

all welded up and ground back, 'bump' delete finished too.

painted the only blue i had. Embarassed

. atleast it wont leak now!

Posted: Sat May 02, 2009 6:57 pm Post subject: Re: My formel e. (laila)

pretty productive day today. moved the washer bottle to the boot, and the battery. gotta remove the tray on monday..

tucked the headlight loom in the core support aswell which was an absolute bitch to do but i did it eventually.

rain tray is coming out moderately soon and bike carbs when the manifold is ready!

Posted: Sat May 02, 2009 7:06 pm Post subject: Re: My formel e. (laila)

any info on brake booster relocation would be really great if anyone can help?

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It's always scary finding holes that big hiding under things, but it's such a relief when they're fixed. Whew

As for the brakes, forget the booster, grab an extra pedal cluster and a master cylinder, and retro-fit it under the dash. Yeah Dude!

...Not the most specific directions, I know... but that's the cheapest, and most reliable way I can think of. They sell after market master cylinders... but you'd still be in the same boat trying to hide it under the dash... if you're only talking about all your RHD brake linkage, then I'd get the parts from a LHD car, brace the firewall, and rig somthin' up. Think

Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 10:49 am Post subject: Re: My formel e. (laila)

will the brakes not suck really bad without a servo/booster? i guess if i had a bigger master cylinder under the dash that would make up for the lack of booster? Ive got lots of time to get all the crap i need for it. Mk2 stuff any good? cos there is an abundance of them around here..

and yes the rusty holes were funny i forgot to take a picture before we grinded them back. it looked like there were only 2 little holes near the corner of the window!

Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 9:59 pm Post subject: Re: My formel e. (laila)

this car is awesome ThumbsUp

Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 1:45 am Post subject: Re: My formel e. (laila)

I want a tiny counter flow engine...

Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 7:16 pm Post subject: Re: My formel e. (laila)