Donor Pickup

2012-09-24T04:49:00.002-07:00

Saturday I finally picked up my G3F donor. Its a navy blue 1.8t 5 speed. Asking price was $1500, purchased it for $1000. Mark was right, when you bring cash its really easy to get the price changed :) . On the top of that the owner had the vehicle towed straight to my house free of charge to me, which puts me right on track with the budget plan put together by Mark. The vehicle has two known problems, a punctures fuel line, a damages inter-cooler, and two blown tires, not bad for a $1000 car. Time to cut up this Jetta and rebirth it as an exotic 40mph 300hp animal.

Introduction

2012-09-13T05:25:00.002-07:00

So to start off I think it will be fun to say that I have absolutely no mechanical experience. Now that that's out of the way I'm in college still and I will be balancing classes with the G3F project. When entering a project you must have a vision of the final product, so here is mine. I plan to start off with a 5 speed 1.8T MK4, from there my build list besides the obvious Smyth Performance Kit will be posted below. Additionally I plan to record the cost and time spent throughout the entire process. I plan to take my time the entire way because I will be working alone as-well as doing school work, I hope to get in at least 5 hours a week that will be photographed for the G3F community. Any help or suggestions/tips throughout this adventure will be greatly appreciated. All that being said this will be an awesomee experience.

Drivetrain
Turbo Upgrade-F23, or Disco Potato
Supporting mods-Including rods and pistons
Transmission Gears- 5th gear TDI
Exhaust- Smyth Exhaust with Electric Cutouts from Street Pro for the extreme only when I want it.
Multi Computer Programming- Either Revo Serial Port Switch/Giac Chip Dual Mode or APR Chip Dual mode w/Lock.

Exterior
Audi strip Celica lights
Shaved door handles with remote controlled popper solenoid operating the latch.
Tint all around (darkest legal)
VR6 side scoops/Ascari KZ1 side scoops
Gunmetal or Red paint, or Matte Black wrap
Black Wheels
Red calipers
Rear Bumper Reworking
Rear difuser mod
Smoked Cobalt tail lights or HHR Taillights
Plexiglass engine view

Interior
Interior red leds (in dash,under dash)
Black dyed interior
Black Corbeau Racing Seats with red accents and stitching

Miscellaneous
Launch Control
Red Push to start
KPtechnologies RFID based Keyless Push Button or 2Go Keyless
Custom Logo
And much much more

Smyth Performance Fastback Build Beta #40

Donor Pickup

Introduction