My 1992 GTI

[DocWalt]

Went autocrossing yesterday. I didn't do all that great. I had great lines some places and crappy other places. Comparing my videos to my brother's, I also need to get closer to the cones. I ended up coning really stupidly on my second run, which was my fastest by ~7 tenths of a second. The course was getting less and less grippy as the day went on with the quickly rising temperature. My dad ended up beating my brother in PAX, even though he was a bit under 3 seconds behind in raw time. My brother was pretty ticked, haha.

[Alex3000gt]

Replacing the fuel pump:

Hope you were using a jack stand under there, sir.

At NGs I'm quickly becoming known as the jack stand nazi, quickly throwing jack stands underneath unsupported cars. I'd rather be known as the annoying guy warning about the perils of not using jack stands than see another member get squished.

[Alex3000gt]

Probably nothing, but why is the intake runner on cylinder # 2 significantly cleaner than the others?
http://imageshack.us/a/img692/6567/py1b.jpg

[DocWalt]

Hope you were using a jack stand under there, sir.

At NGs I'm quickly becoming known as the jack stand nazi, quickly throwing jack stands underneath unsupported cars. I'd rather be known as the annoying guy warning about the perils of not using jack stands than see another member get squished.

I wasn't, mostly because my brother forgot the jackstand at home. I wasn't under the car though, it only looks like it. Thanks for looking out though.

Probably nothing, but why is the intake runner on cylinder # 2 significantly cleaner than the others?
http://imageshack.us/a/img692/6567/py1b.jpg

It's some sort of corrosion, I have no idea why. The intake tract on the head looks similar. I'm thinking it leaked coolant and sucked it back into the intake when it was stored. It came from ~10 miles away from the ocean, which is why everything is really nasty looking.

[DocWalt]

A special part showed up yesterday... I should start seeing a LOT of boxes show up shortly.



The p&p head has been delayed a bit because the shop found an issue with a valve not seating properly, so they're having the machine shop fix the issue. Silly problems, but much better to catch it now rather than later.

These are on the way now too:


Waiting on a refund on the first set of cams I bought for this build, there was a lot of shipping damage on the lobes, and some of the journals were completely trashed.

Only about $400 worth of parts left to order, and whatever I'm charged for the machine shop work on the block. Then I'll only need to spend some money on some grinding wheels and flap wheels to port the intake and exhaust manifolds, then cleaning supplies, and paint to make everything spotless.

I'm going to be in for ~$3k on this engine...

[DocWalt]

Stock Lifter:


Lightweight lifter:

[DocWalt]

Decided to gasket match my intake manifold...





The lower intake manifold casting was really bad, I should have started with one of my other manifolds. I spent a few hours knocking down huge casting ridges just in two ports of the lower. I've only done the upper and half of the lower and I'm tired of it already. I still need to do some sanding, but it's already pretty smooth to the touch. Much smoother looking than the pictures seem to show.

[FeaRpb]

Boobies

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[DocWalt]

A bunch of parts showed up yesterday:


TT Street Cams:


EAA SS P/S hose


I ordered an AEM UEGO, I'm tired of shooting in the dark for tuning the fuel properly. I'm hoping it arrives in time to install it before autox on Sunday.

[DocWalt]

Rode my motorcycle today so my brother could fix this junk from the PO:


Now with proper submersible fuel line and better clamps: