Looking good there Nick. When's it on the road then lol
Cheers mate, Not too long really. Sick of making excuses but its not my priority at the minute. Im busy living in a building site so thats the biggest priority. However ive made some good progress so it should start to get interesting...
Started by fitting up the charge pipe that i sprayed up...
Really impressed by how this pipe turned out as its 4 angled pipes welded up and it fits perfect!
And then fitted up the inlet manifold. As befroe this is purely temporary as ill get the RMR made up soon.
Got all the vacuum feeds connected up, theres only two, one which feeds the DV directly, and then one which feeds the FPR which is also T-d off for the boost gauge also...
You may notice my dipstick tube comes up in the wrong location, however this was the position it came form the machine shop. Ive measured it and its spot on, but its straight up which puts the dipstick location slightly off. Doesnt bother me as itll sit ok in the runners of the new manifold.
Anyhoo, as that was all fitted i chucked the front slam panel on for the final fitment.Felt good to do this eventually. 5 mins of fitting coolant lines meant i could fill it up!! 50/50 mix
Itll still need bled and circulated but theres no leaks..........for now. lol
So the bay is looking good....
And for the few people that have been asking about my fmic, heres a few pics. Im confident itll work well, but in the fututre if the AH coolers prove to be good i may well invest in one of them. We`ll see. It all depends how this works out to be fair. Cant complain, hasnt cost me a great deal so far and it fits champion.
Anyways, heres a few...
Drivers side fitted up. Ive left the silicone slightly longer here incase i do change in the future.
The aircon pipe you can see here is actually knakered but ill be getting that repaired very soon.
Passenger side...
Decided to then ultrasonically clean my injectors, what a great piece of kit this is. Did it twice just to be sure, the first time there was loads of crap left in the bowl afterwards...
And then fitted up....
Just got my standard S3 injectors in for now. With the idea that the ECU will run in closed loop wideband lambda and trim off any excess fuel. If the trims are excessive ill do it with unisettings.
And fuel rail fitted...
Heres a quick pic to show the turbo coolant line which then connects to the after run water pump...
I then worked on getting the passenger side connected up, took loads of trimming of the silicone to get it right buts its there now...
So the bay is complete, and looking good. Ready to power it up now!
Still not totally happy with the room on the rhs of the bay, the battery box takes up loads of room. I may downsize this or relocate it to the boot which would free it up lovely. We`ll see about that.
I gave my battery to my pal for his mk4 when his died in the winter so as soon as i get a new one some time this week, ill be powering it, fuelling it up and checking for faults before priming the system and firing it up!!
Cant wait...!!
Thought welcome....