mk3 really? If I'd had known I'd have removed the rear arb from a 2.0 hatch I scrapped a few years back.
If I see a cheap one I'll nab it :thumb:
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mk3 really? If I'd had known I'd have removed the rear arb from a 2.0 hatch I scrapped a few years back.
If I see a cheap one I'll nab it :thumb:
Few tweaks, now I'm running one seat I've removed the footrest and remounted the battery on the floor:
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I also made a helmet/steering wheel hook from some ally bar:
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The GSi "frankenbumper" is complete, I'm kinda digging it. The prep and paint finish on the extension is horrible after having to attack the whole thing with a DA and various powertools, god knows what it was painted with but it reacted with everything. But "trackcar".
Old paint be gone:
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There were several cracks along the bottom of this bumper from a hard life, I removed the ally rivetted plates and used a plastic stapler instead which does a pretty good job of repairing the crack but staying flexible:
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Quick mock up, should work....
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Povo mk2 with some small modifications to take the extension:
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The bumper is attached by 4 self tapping torx screws on either side, and neatly cable ties to the original attachments of the povo bumper at the bottom:
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Finished (bar removal for a repaint when I can be bothered):
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Fancy!
So is it really the same as a gsi bumper now? i.e. it's not deeper or anything like that?
Why didnt you use the whole gsi bumper?
Basically the same shape on the outside, except it steps out a little more after the swuage line and it's got a bit more material around the toweye. Could have been an option to drop it down to make it deeper but there'd have been another join line.
Hi sausage. I only did this cos someone had cut the wing lips off an original GSi bumper and it looked terrible, otherwise ther'es literally no point. In hindsight I could have probably added some edges on with way less effort and used the whole thing complete - oh well.
Mallory 12/08/2020 pics
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Video of a few laps where I stole House's vbox for data overlay goodness.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-J11VnsXLY&t=56s
Mallory spat an awful lot of gearbox oil out the breather, turns out I've got an aftermarket turret gasket which is missing the baffle plate.
Topran part number 206568 gets you a nice metal reinforced OE spec turret gasket.
Before:
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After:
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Last session and my gear linkage was getting really sloppy too. Kept hitting 3rd instead of 5th. Here you can see the standard pin that holds the nylon of the linkage to the selector has worn from the movement:
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Even with a new one there was still too much slop, so the long term solution is an M6 bolt, 8mm OD alloy tube gently sanded to be a snug fit into the gear linkage nylon. When you tighten the nut and bolt it clamps the sleeve tight (like a crush tube), leaving absolutely zero play.
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