The '77 that followed me home.

[Brycejoseph]

Quote, originally posted by G T Igofast »

I want a mechanic's shirt with somone else's name on it =D. Its about time this exhaust happened! One step closer to being stomped by the nevar loose <('.'<)

This abomination that I am building may just do it! Oh noes divide by Zero?! ( Sorry Car lounge humor )

Modified by Brycejoseph at 8:25 AM 3-23-2010

[Brycejoseph]

I finished some stuff on the car I also found some groovy stuff in the local yard

Here is the finished Downpipe, turned out rather nice

(Sorry all the shots are Cell phone shots)

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[Rocco_crossing]

If the taillights are uncracked and the hatch is a non-wiper as it looks in the pic it would be worth your time to go pull them and sell to help fund your project!

[Brycejoseph]

Quote, originally posted by Rocco_crossing »

If the taillights are uncracked and the hatch is a non-wiper as it looks in the pic it would be worth your time to go pull them and sell to help fund your project!

cool! there is one more silver one in the yard. Pretty bad front damage. the other one has striped lights. I cant tell if they are raised plastic that has been painted or tape that has faded. I don't want to poke it to much. I can grab photos at a later date

I would give the lights on that car a 7 / 10 if you have greater interest I can grab them in short order as well as photos of the other Scirocco.

[Brycejoseph]

Today I am doing more sanding and toss some primer on the shaved side markers, Exhaust should be finished today.

Next large thing is getting the title figured out and finding someway to get the brake lights to turn on!

*Edit*

Well Exhaust got pushed back till tomorrow so I bolted up the new downpipe and hooked up the Wideband.
(Sorry I have to use cell phone till i get a camera again)

After calibrating and setting some stuff I started working on the idle. Still no luck. It will rev just fine but I have to keep it above 2K RPMs if I let it get to 1.4K it dies instantly, no spuddering or hiccups, it just dies. I also have to keep feathering the throttle to keep it going if i hold my foot still it will just slowly drop till dies.

Now given I only have the downpipe on there are no vacuum leaks in the engine bay. I think this is a MS tuning issue I have been using maps that others have found useful, just to get it going so I can do a good tune.
I have swapped the coil thinking that was bad *Shrug* and checked all the connections.

It is still stumping me, oh wellz I will get it someday.

Cheers!



Modified by Brycejoseph at 8:19 PM 4-7-2010

[Brycejoseph]

Got work done.

Brake lights: Check ( Thanks Motorlager!)
Downpipe bolted up: Check
New scirocco Radiator to delete weird overflow setup: Check

Things to do:

Get guy doing exhaust to show up.
get Megasquirt running nice

find time to go to the DMV and start title process.

Modified by Brycejoseph at 10:14 AM 4-22-2010

[motorlager]

Anytime, glad to hear its getting sorted. Nice work on that downpipe.

Hope your luck with DMV is better than mine. I was just informed that my 86 jetta no longer exists in their records. I bought the car a couple months ago, smogged it, registered it, and when the tags didnt show up they told us the bad news. Strange thing is, they kept all my paperwork like, bill of sale and even the smog shop receipt. wait and see i guess.

[Brycejoseph]

Quote, originally posted by motorlager »

Anytime, glad to hear its getting sorted. Nice work on that downpipe. Hope your luck with DMV is better than mine. I was just informed that my 86 jetta no longer exists in their records. I bought the car a couple months ago, smogged it, registered it, and when the tags didnt show up they told us the bad news. Strange thing is, they kept all my paperwork like, bill of sale and even the smog shop receipt. wait and see i guess.

Man that sucks I hope it works out.

Here are some photos of progress.

Here is what the gas in my 79 Looked like when I started draining it.

and here is what the MK2 sirocco radiator looks like in there, A much cleaner install.

[Brycejoseph]

Just waiting for my exhaust to show up. Though they looked lonely...

[Brycejoseph]

Exhaust done! it sounds great! now it is MS issues. I am getting Wideband readings now which should help!

[Brycejoseph]

Well got the Megasquirt working well enough for an idle at 1200 RPM. Let it sit on idle and I crawled around listening to everything making sure things were working, everything sounded great!

Right now the Fuel pump relay is clicking very rapidly and I am looking around on the enterwebs for a solution.

I have a rip in my Pass side CV that tosses grease on to the exhaust manifold and junk so I am tempted to get some new ones. Replacing the boot looks painful.

I really want to get a vid of the exhaust tone it sounds amazing.

[Brycejoseph]

I started on seat brackets for the Race seats.

This is the first test. I put them in and marked out how I needed to change them. I need to drop the front about 2 inches so I can steer, and I need to trip the sides about 1/4 inch, I also need the back to sit lower as my hair brushes the roof and no way would a helmet fit.

So until I go back to work on Monday and re-weld it It is small stuff. I might put the dash in today!

[Brycejoseph]

Whew! I found it. ( you know what I mean)

Well so far I can count on one hand what needs to be done to drive it around my neighborhood and hope it does not explode in a ball of firey doom.

Install Dash.
Put Tires on it.
Make sure the fan fix will lower temps.
Give it a scratch on the head for encourangement.
Cross fingers.

If all goes well it will happen this weekend. Although mom comes first!

[Brycejoseph]

Here are some welding projects that I have finished.


Seat brackets( Tacked)



Seat belt bar/Rear strut bar.

[pltfnn]

Nice progress! One comment though. Please rethink that rear brace/seat belt bar... With a small amont of forward load (crash and the driver being supended from the belts) those shockmonts will fail and your belts will not be attached to enough to stop your body.

-Kelly

[vwbobby]

Whew! I found it. ( you know what I mean)

Well so far I can count on one hand what needs to be done to drive it around my

I hope the vortex will be able to keep most or all of its archives. People really put a lot of hard work and effort to make the content what it is.

[Brycejoseph]

Nice progress! One comment though. Please rethink that rear brace/seat belt bar... With a small amont of forward load (crash and the driver being supended from the belts) those shockmonts will fail and your belts will not be attached to enough to stop your body.

-Kelly

yeah this is just mock up. I will be cutting back the bar so it will mount to the body on the shock towers and putting a curved piece of steel to support it then welding it all up.
Thanks though!

[pltfnn]

yeah this is just mock up. I will be cutting back the bar so it will mount to the body on the shock towers and putting a curved piece of steel to support it then welding it all up.
Thanks though!

Cool! Just want to keep us all safe! You know, people who like sciroccos are a rare breed and we can't afford to loose any.

-Kelly

[Brycejoseph]

Cool! Just want to keep us all safe! You know, people who like sciroccos are a rare breed and we can't afford to loose any.

-Kelly

Lol! Thanks I also have the stock seat belts in so I dont have to do up the harnesses for a trip to get milk, which will be no good because it would be cream by the time i got back. (get it muahahahahah)

Dash and tires going on this week. promise.

[Brycejoseph]

Well Ladies and Gentlemen after 44 Weeks and 4 Days I drove it around the block! This is the FIRST time I have ever driven a Scirocco( 4 AutoX runs don't count ^.^)

It ran SO great that I took it to the gas station down the block. put $15 and drove it back. Nothing flew off. Nothing exploded. No deaths that I know of. However there is a bad motor mount somewhere( I think the rear) because it bucks pretty bad in first when easing the clutch in, and it bucks really hard when you let off the gas and leave it in gear.

any way here are pics.

[Chris16vRocco]

Great news! Congrats.

[Brycejoseph]

Dash panel.




My buddies son loved the Scirocco. That is a test fit.



and paint. I like it.



Okay maybe I got crazy with the paint, but I think it looks better. Chrome

I have been driving it everyday! Here are some photos of it in the wild!







Driven it 70Km so far! (~44 miles)

[Rocco_crossing]

Lookin great man!! Keep it up!

[george.redinger]

Nice,
I am impressed with how good piece of steel can look when done with care. Put the cut outs where the dents are, scrape off the rust add black paint and it looks better than the original plastic. And you can stick little notes on with magnets, with a plastic panel you have to use post-its. Post-its can leave unsightly adhesive residue. Often, old printers, or CRT monitors have large, flat plastic panels with tasteful matte finishes, easy to work. Don't tell anyone your collecting, you could end up with a truck load of printers and CRTs...

[Brycejoseph]

Nice,
I am impressed with how good piece of steel can look when done with care. Put the cut outs where the dents are, scrape off the rust add black paint and it looks better than the original plastic. And you can stick little notes on with magnets, with a plastic panel you have to use post-its. Post-its can leave unsightly adhesive residue. Often, old printers, or CRT monitors have large, flat plastic panels with tasteful matte finishes, easy to work. Don't tell anyone your collecting, you could end up with a truck load of printers and CRTs...

Lol yeah the magnet is a great idea, I was thinking of a lable maker. Maybe a punched from behind so the letters are raised on the front, but then if I want to change around the switches they are not labled right.

BTW George you can now get E-mail updates from the thread controls at the top of the page if you want to keep up on your sons daily habits...

[dustinwark]

great build, how come I have never seen this at a meet?

[Brycejoseph]

great build, how come I have never seen this at a meet?

Thanks, I just got it running last week and I have been trying to drive it everywhere. I just got back from a work trip to the Sawtooth's so now I can start working on it again

[MKIGTITDI]

heres my 77 that im fixing up a little at a time well hopefully alot this summer....

[Brycejoseph]

heres my 77 that im fixing up a little at a time well hopefully alot this summer....

wow that looks great man! my plans are painting the car white so it is sweet to see that color! It will be raining here for the next few days so not a lot of tuning work will get done.

The side turns in the bumper are really interesting I had the large reflector turns.

what are you plans for your 77? Thanks again for posting some motivation!

[MKIGTITDI]

Just getting new seals for the window and possibly getting a replacement panel for the passenger side front fender and deleting the spare tire well to get rid of the only rust in the car.

[Brycejoseph]

407 Kilometers and counting! little things getting fixed from time to time.

[Brycejoseph]

Back from the DEAD!

Well Scirocco work has been slow but in the past few days I picked up the pace.

Body work :/ I dont know if it looks much better after I spent HOURS on it but meh.

yesterday I had the front end in the air trying to find out why the Drivers side wheel is 2inch more to the back of the car than the drivers. I had not turned it over in two weeks so I sat in it and turned the key and it fired right up and held an idle(this is strange because I am still playing with tuning and it hardly ever starts on the first try and the cold start is messed up) So I took this as a sign that it wanted to go for a "walk". So I dropped it down on the "new" (tires that are not bald...yet) tires I got for it and took it for a walk it will not soon forget.

Right now I am putting together the race suspension, in my head and on paper till I can afford it. So it is just sitting around.

I have a question for the Scirocco lovers of the world! I have Decals... I am not a big sticker person but I feel like I really need to give some credit to the people who helped me build this car.

Where to put them?

I have thought on one of the back triangle windows, but that could get cluttered.

I have thought on the front splitter, but that was custom made for a friend and if I ever want to sell it I have to take them all off.

I have thought on the back window.

I have thought under the hood, I keep a stock look but then oil and junk gets tossed up there and the hood surface is pitted so badly I will need a new one someday anyway.

I have thought on the intake tube, but when I turbo it goes away.

I am at a loss I really want to support these people but how to do it and still look good is a question.

Tips/photos are welcome!

Thanks!

[Brycejoseph]

I spent 5 hours yesterday on one strut. Finally got the damn nut off. The allen stripped out in the first 5 seconds Bent three channel locks, went out and bought a pipe wrench that did nothing, wore a hacksaw blade to nothing. They are un-destroyable so why do the allens strip so easy!

but I got it off and now the scirocco does not dip and wobble 6 inches when you push the bumper, and bottom out on a single piece of gravel in the road. Now going to go test it on the twisties!

I need someone to run the laptop, but my laptop monkey is still sleeping :/ Well a strait piped Rocco does do some hearing damage, lets go rouse him!

Quick photo update.


Dont worry the hood is not staying, it is pitted from rust too badly to save easily.


Trying to fix the fenders.

Until something big happens

[george.redinger]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU1LXvlCvmI
http://image.made-in-china.com/2f0j0...er-HHQ-27-.jpg

Use a "Heat Wrench". Heat up the nut you are trying to remove, that may break it loose.

Weld a larger nut on top of the one you are trying to remove.

Bang your head on it for 5 hours. :banghead:

Google it. Do the google before going blind from the head banging.

http://www.crankshaftcoalition.com/w...tuck_fasteners

Borrow a geologists hammer from the office and do a "Shawshank Redemption" on it.

No matter which method is used, enjoy the process. This is all for fun right?

[Brycejoseph]

slow day at work today So I made this!













thanks to 531sb2 for measuring a rear strut bar for me while I was at work. 53"3/16 is what it ended up being.

Some paint and it will look great!