Ants 86 Jetta GTi Engineering with a twist

Well its been a while since i updated you all. As you know i didnt manage Ultimate Dubs for more than one reason but shes now rolling ready for GTi Spring festival here are a couple of snaps just to wet the appetite (there are still minor bits and bods to rectify and finnish externally)

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very sweet mate job well done!!

Looking good man look forward to seeing it at spring fest

Mate that looks awsome. Top Job

Looks stunning, get some hi res stuff up.

they are natural born badass looking cars! top effort.

Dreamy....lol

Top job Ant, looking schweet.........

Good work my man!

f'ing brilliant! I cant wait to do mine back to fresh resto- hopefully by next year at the latest and maybe this year.......?

That looks lovely - well done

I've always had a soft spot for these.

Look forward to having a good look at a forthcoming show.

TOP NOTCH!! TOP CAR!!! AND VERY WELL DONE TO YOU SIR MY HAT COMES OFF TO YOU!!

Its nice to see all the effort payed off in the end.

Well serviced the old girl for the first time since having her on Sunday gave her some new breaks as well woohoo she stops now im a bit weirded out about what came out of the sump talk about BLACK and lumpy its abit like lumpy gravy this is what was left in the bottom of the container after i emptied it

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Also had a good go at the engine bay and found the devils disease again under the battery, i suppose i should have checked there before it went into the body shop heres the before

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And heres the after

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Not a huge change but better none the less shes back off into the bodyshop on wednesday so gonna have the rot looked at its only a tiny bit thankfully

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Oh and an arty shot for good measure

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ant - i wanna see your car with my own eyes but you live too many miles away

manzi wrote
ant - i wanna see your car with my own eyes but you live too many miles away

I agree manzi but we have to wait for another day

Guys its not all that. Not like it got loads of attention or comments at santa pod on its first outing in march or anything!!!! I hope in text you can detect sarcasm and jealousy. Really pleased with the way your car is coming along Ant and very envious.

Thank you for the comments guys i wander what reception itll get at Stoner

i recon you should set up some sort of letter to mags to bring back the GT Engineering.

can see mag feature coming with that its pretty different and i don't think many will know much about it

Gutted next time she comes out she will have a VW in the grill and let this be a warning to all, my FK debadged grill is warped due to the intense heat from the air and rad at Stoner on Sunday and she seems to have swallowed alot of oil its barely registering on the dipstick.

I dont get it check this
No leak
No Black, Blue or white smoke

So where in hell has the oil gone?? she shot out shed loads of soot out of the exhaust today could this be to do with the cat if indeed it is a cat that the GT has ive looked on Ebay Etka and Etos and its not what ide call cat prices. Now mine is item 6 only it it prices at 15 - 30 quid

Im so confused

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The only cat my car will ever have would be, tiger, one that's been run over, but NOOOOOO exhaust cat, i have got to much angry horses waiting to be unleashed

Your car won't have a cat, its way too early. The first cars to get cats in the UK were Ventos. Corrados with the 9A running KEjet injection were the only mechanical injection type to take cats. £10 sounds about right.

Put a clean hanky over the end of the tailpipe and go for a drive, that'll tell you if its throwing out any oil.

TBH, it could be down to the oil weight. Hot ambient temps means the oil will do a massive amount of mechanical cooling but if it isn't thick enough it will quickly burn off. For an older engine you'll need a good quality semi synth, VW Synta 10W40.

I thought as much what do you recon the high pitch rattle could be I figured it was a cat making the noise it tends to come in at around 2500/3000 rpm

Exhaust heat sheild.

Nope i found the culprit and im just gonna have to live with it

Right ive had it with the standard 1.8 the oil pressure lights on now so gonna check the switches etc but not holdin up to much hope for it and not really gonna dig too deep if ya know what i mean.

Ive got the VR bug so on the look out for a Mk3 golf VR spares or repair as a doner any one know of one?

Also there is probably gonna be a spare place on the stands for the rest of the season as i will have run my doe dry once ive bought the doner.