I have been working in the background to find my Snap orange manual beetle for what seems like forever. Now with it and a parts car it’s time to start making it what I have always wanted out of a new beetle. Here is a sneak peak at the first big project for Pumk3n.
It took 3 belts but I got the right one! It was a nightmare, but when you talk to someone who isn’t stupid things work out. AC Delete is officially completed!
Still have a little bit of room for more, but that will give me something to keep an eye out for this year! I’m actually pretty stoked on how it turned out. Can’t go wrong with combining a bit of air-cooled and waterpumpers! Now, to find a good place to hang it!
Decided to go through some old stickers with the plan to do a small “garage art” project! This idea has been on my mind for a while, but I’m finally seeing how it will look to bring my idea into reality!
After the struggle was in fact real, I got the crack pipe in. Reached out to the all mystic Facebook for help. They said I would for sure need to clean up where the water transfer pipe went into the block. A trip to Harbor Freight later I got a knock off dremel to clean it up. After that a little deep breath and a pop it was in! Once that was done a few new bolts and the new thermostat housing was in as well.
The belt for the ac delete was absolutely wrong. And that blows. But yolo!
A day late, but it’s here! Heater core is now clipped in and hooked up!
Went to start the Secondary Air Injection pump off for the delete and realized that the intake manifold had to come off. I’m in a different realm working on the VR6. It doesn’t help that the car was a Michigan car for what I believe was probably its entire 200k mile life! While doing the delete I broke one of those stupid little plastics coolant Ts. But other than that I got the SAI deleted, while I had the extra room to get to the firewall I unbolted the ac hard lines from the heater core.
You already know. One of the most important things you can do is toss in an RCD330! Its an easy upgrade that makes and huge difference. Steering wheel buttons dont work, never had that problem before but this is the olded car I’ve put one in. I’m gonna try and pull the canbus gateway out of the mk6r parts car and see if i can program it and get it to function!
Traded the GTI for a mk5 r32! Its number 2437. It’s got 200k miles and a massive coolant leak. It’s Candy White and wrapped in Green Black Iridescent. Some mods include brembo z18 big brake upgrade, h&r cup kit, unitronic stage 1+ tune, miltek exhaust, and a solid carrier bearing. The terrible “rally mud flaps” will absolutely be gone!
Chains “were done” by the previous previous over at 140k. But I have no proof so it’s something we will check and keep and eye on!
Shout out to James for helping me go pick it up.
Stay close. We are headed to Michigan to get the new car! The GTI is running right loaded and headed north!
I will miss the car. But I’m super excited to see what the new one will bring!
