Great work..
I take it these are not fitted as standard?
Don't forget the heatshielding dude... that orange hose from the turbo to the charge pipe will melt very quickly....
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Blimey, you don't hang about! I read this thread about a month ago and just popped in to see the engine has been rebuilt. Good efforts.
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looking good bud, nice pics
Most def, looks really good!
I think your LCR front splitter is a little short though...
Intercooler is going on this Saturday and then the follow weekend is engine change time with Ben @ Parsonsperformance.
After that is mapping time. I am hoping for good figures, well at least over 320bhp and circa 300 ft lb of fun fun fun.
What Intercooler are you opting for?
I notice you put "Parsons Special FMIC + 2.5inch Pipework" - is this basically the wellycooler?
Keeping an eye on this thread,-and I'm pretty sure I've had a nosey round your engine whilst I've been up at Parsons whilst it was up on the stand
To be honest I am not 100% sure what Ben is up to with it, he gave me a list of pipework to buy and off I went.
I think you most likely had seen Alex's beast/toy.
Should have some more interesting stuff soon to post..
Nice car mate & great build thread I can't believe how far you've got , shame about the golf.
Has the aux belt tensioner been removed at any point during the recent work?
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Yes, it's the tensioner off the amk that came out of it as the bam one was snapped from the crash. Whys that mate?
on the S3 there is a bracket for securing the hard coolant pipe that feeds the expansion tank (IIRC)... I have seen (and done myself once) this fitted the wrong side of the tensioner which will cause it to pitch over towards the engine... this cause a whirring noise and damages the aux belt... easily done but it sits on the outside of the tensioner rather than sandwiched between the tensioner and the alternator bracket...
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Hi Guys, all fixed now. Tuffty, I had a look for the hardpipe, no obstructions there.
So next piece of work is the change over of the old red Badger 5 v1 for the the v2 and too replace the red samco upper boost hoses with creationmotorsport ones in black, then its FMIC time.
Looking for a black engine bay. Considering in the future getting the charge pipe and inlet powder coated.
Martin, you say all fixed but don't say what it was. Were you being a spaz?
Martin, you say all fixed but don't say what it was. Were you being a spaz?
Distinct possibility
Ouch....very lucky you didn't turn the car over...not a nice picture that on the turbo
So a catch can is not really necessary at all then; and you can just vent to air if need be from the PCV?
Haha....I've had to have a panic call as well to some people who are in the know...or I tend to post up on the VAG talk page or have a search on here!
Good to hear there are no issues then...so going from a V1 to a V2....have you found/heard of any difference at all?
I am still undecided what to do to be honest....I just want to get rid of as many crappy OEM black brittle pipes under the bonnet as I can! Ben yanked my SAI out and did the N249 by pass for me on the Friday just gone... so that's a start
Haha yep I suppose size does matter...I just can't justify the cost personally just yet as I've personally got more important things to tackle than get a 4mm larger TIP lol
Im over 4 years of ownership and not finished/completed my car to a spec I am truly happy with tbh! Lol and the spare bedroom has very part I've replaced + god knows what else bunged in there! Haha
Where wil you be taking her for a remap and RR out of interest?
Well removing the SAI it removes one more thing that could go wrong really and makes the engine bay more neater without plastic hoses. Plus that SAI unit is ****** heavy - so saves weight also, plus it makes changing the oil filter in the future alot easier....so winner winner chicken dinner in my eyes Just need to get the small pump out and blank it on the engine with my forge blanking plate.
Just quickly fitted the one way valve as per Westy thread. Looks better than the old version I had, dont fancy having the same issue. lol