Wow! Surpassed expectations. That is fantastic

It's funny how many pictures of it are circulating the Internet.... And all those people who say it's thiers.....

It's funny how many pictures of it are circulating the Internet.... And all those people who say it's thiers.....

 

Plug and play, everyone's got one.

Nice job and nice numbers Richard, all the best for preparations for the Coombe.

Pic from the TT shop.

 

 

Few little jobs to do like brake ducts and removing a couple of bulb errors due to different set up in the TT-RS.

Finishing touches then Richard.... almost done... at least until the next unbelievable idea crosses your mind anyway!

Finishing touches then Richard.... almost done... at least until the next unbelievable idea crosses your mind anyway!

 

I do fancy a W*nkle Fabia, but you have to think it'd be better to just tweak and develop this a bit each winter...

Plug and play, everyone's got one.

Is that really a plug and play swap on one of those? I did an r32 engine into an old 1.6 a3 a few years ago for a mate and that was literally just plug and play, all I had to do was match the cluster and keys to the ecu and I turned the key and it fired up

Just saw on JDR's so Facebook page that a certain roomster was dropped off couple weeks ago..... What an earth are you going to do to that?!?

Just saw on JDR's so Facebook page that a certain roomster was dropped off couple weeks ago..... What an earth are you going to do to that?!?

 

It's a secret...

Is that really a plug and play swap on one of those? I did an r32 engine into an old 1.6 a3 a few years ago for a mate and that was literally just plug and play, all I had to do was match the cluster and keys to the ecu and I turned the key and it fired up

 

No, we had to change the whole loom, door latch parts, loads of canbus things like the light switch internals and plenty of other stuff.

But the engine mounts did line up as they are both Golf based cars.  Even if it hit the radiator...

 

I will probably be proved wrong but I think it's the first (or one of the first) 2.5tfsi builds to be finished.

I know a couple of others in the process.

I do fancy a W*nkle Fabia, but you have to think it'd be better to just tweak and develop this a bit each winter...

 

Yeh baby!!. a four rotor jobbie,.. turbo'd... lol.

Driven it a bit.

 

In a word, it is...

 

INSANE!!!

Driven it a bit.

In a word, it is...

INSANE!!!

Exactly what we were hoping for then

Even better than a Golf R?

Not as good for taking the family to Tescos.

Only driven it a bit

Only driven it a bit

The emphasis on... a bit... soon to be....not enough.... and then not even close to enough! :D

Only driven it a bit

After 40 minutes my neck hurt...

And here was I thinking it would be really slow..... :P

Result. Glad to hear its done and running.

Does it make a nice noise?

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Be plenty of those in just over a weeks time.....

Its the weekend, I want a video

After 40 minutes my neck hurt...

Sounds brutal can't wait to see this at Combe. I'll make sure the mirrors are well adjusted so I can move out of the way quickly

Sounds brutal can't wait to see this at Combe. I'll make sure the mirrors are well adjusted so I can move out of the way quickly

Last time we made a really cool picture.