I graduated my MK4 late last year, I left it in gelcoat this year for a shakedown figuring I'd remove the body this winter and do the undercoat and other adjustments that need to be done. Paint is off to Jeff K next year, looking forward to finalizing a color too... Since it's not painted the interior is still not all in but that hasn't stopped me, I just crossed over 1,500 miles. I was a little concerned about going too far earlier but beginning to trust the build and take it on longer day trips.
Things to address:
The ball connector for the side pipes has caused me a lot of grief - have had to tighten the nuts half a dozen times. Going to change the bolts /nuts to grade 8..
Distributor stopped working, luckily, I was at home when it failed, Blueprint stepped up and sent me a new one. No more issue after the new one was installed. Took it for a tune up at 800 miles, it's tailored more to how I want to drive the car and its running great.
Sniper- been having problems with the sniper when the engine is idling it flutters in rpm and almost stalls before recovering. I'm going post a new thread on this specifically.
Taking large right hand corners were the fuel rushes to the left side of the tank is an issue, the car stalls till the fuel comes back, wish they put baffles in the tank, I’m going to pull the tank and see if my in tank Areomotive fuel pump/pickup can be extended lower into the tank.
Wire the clock to full time battery power - I shut the master power off when not using the car and of course the clock stops.
Toasted the fan relay and noticed the blue wire to the fuse was a little discolored, maybe install a secondary relay to help with the load.
Had a leak in the PS/PB Hydroboost unit from Mike Forte, he took care of it for me - Mike is the best!
Stripped the adjuster screw on the headlight by pushing on the headlight, my fault for pushing on the headlight but maybe a metal housing instead of plastic would have been better...
***Buy new beer fridge, the old one died last week.
Who knows what else I'll think of this winter..