The Hotfire(tm) Hatch take 2

Pheonix · Post by **Pheonix** » Sat Dec 10, 2011 4:04 am

99BlackHatch;281044 wrote:Let me know if you need some help. I'm always down for working on anything... except my cars.

How messed up is that!?

I have a very similar sentiment... although it would be improved if I had a garage that I could work in.

jahong16 · Post by **jahong16** » Sat Dec 10, 2011 6:18 am

i've seen that that flat green hatch before

tommygun89hb · Post by **tommygun89hb** » Sat Dec 10, 2011 2:01 pm

Hey into I have 2 brand new rocker panels that i bought just incase of my rockers needing replaced but so far so good on my project so if you need them hit me up.

JustRob · Post by **JustRob** » Sat Dec 10, 2011 11:04 pm

jahong16;281088 wrote:i've seen that that flat green hatch before

That used to be N2HIFI's car. I bought it last year. I work in South County so I'm guessing that's where you've seen it.

N2HIFI · Post by **N2HIFI** » Sat Jan 14, 2012 3:41 am

well here is a update lol:

Decided to pull the GSR out of the hotfire and sell it and put a SI swap back into the hatch and get the engine bay and drive train back into shape.. Well before we pulled the GSR i wanted to know why it ran funny and why the PO couldnt get it running correct.

Well come to find out after a little hunting around and dbl checking things we found out that the motor had jumped time, the cams were about 3-4 teeth off from each other, plus the starter was missing and so were all the engine grounds for some reason ... So rob and i pulled the VC reset the timing belt, installed a starter, add grounds and threw the car on a battery charger...

2nd crank motor fired right up and ran great.. problem solved and now i have a great condition GSR sitting around lol .. for sale possibly

Well now that we established the motor ran and i made a video of it running to show people

it was time to pull it, so rob and i got to work

Boom!!

lol the magic of pictures

Time to address the engine bay cause it was rough:

Quickly taped up the bay and fenders then went to work with some red engine enamel

This is whats being reinstalled in the GSR's place

mid mileage D16A6 thats been well maintained

i have more to post but dinner is calling lol

HardCore97 · Post by **HardCore97** » Sat Jan 14, 2012 3:49 am

was gonna post in here the other day after i saw it but i forgot lol. bay looks good freshly painted

Capt'n Obvious · Post by **Capt'n Obvious** » Sat Jan 14, 2012 5:51 pm

looks great i want an a6

i got nothing to do so lmk if your ever working on it i would like to help

delslo · Post by **delslo** » Sat Jan 14, 2012 5:59 pm

Nice work, and awesome about the GSR

lurch95hatch · Post by **lurch95hatch** » Sun Jan 15, 2012 2:55 am

great build thread! good to see it from to to bottom like this. sorry to see all the ups and dows on it though, had a similar problem before with mine. interested to see the rest of the rebuild, great job!

gcef89 · Post by **gcef89** » Sun Jan 15, 2012 3:59 am

sounds like me and my ef ups and downs but its been running good now since i got all the bugs out