MIGGZ's A3 1.8t - The all rounder build thread
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Jesus Miggles, that'll be LOUD!
What tailpipe did you have before?
How are you finding the down turned soot chucker style?
What tailpipe did you have before?
How are you finding the down turned soot chucker style?
It's really not as loud as I expected, little loud on idle but once it's moving it's as loud as my last setup. Had the same style tailpiece before where I would blow the floor clean, going to make a cut out in the bumper when i have time
so Kyalami day came and went, great success had a awesome time and beat my personal best with a time of 2;08.
decided to keep the car on actuator pressure for the day as i did not have enough time to map the car again before the event. 1st couple of times out every time coming into the pit there would be oil all over the tappet cover, later decided to swap oil caps and that issue was sorted.
next issue i was having is after every session as soon as i get to the pits the oil light would come on the cluster. oil pressure was at 0.9bar, oil temp at 100c, oil level still sweet. Joe did a quick google search and it came up that it could be sensor in the sump, so ignored it.
when it was time to leave the track on the way home the car felt funny as soon as i tapped the brakes stopped the car and went to look at the brakes and saw the cracks through the disk so limped the car home.
here are some vids of the track day
now for some pics....
and the SO got me some nice boots for track
then the fixing
the disks
and changed the sensor
but the light came on again once i got stuck in traffic so im going to replace the pressure sensor next and see if that changes
decided to keep the car on actuator pressure for the day as i did not have enough time to map the car again before the event. 1st couple of times out every time coming into the pit there would be oil all over the tappet cover, later decided to swap oil caps and that issue was sorted.
next issue i was having is after every session as soon as i get to the pits the oil light would come on the cluster. oil pressure was at 0.9bar, oil temp at 100c, oil level still sweet. Joe did a quick google search and it came up that it could be sensor in the sump, so ignored it.
when it was time to leave the track on the way home the car felt funny as soon as i tapped the brakes stopped the car and went to look at the brakes and saw the cracks through the disk so limped the car home.
here are some vids of the track day
now for some pics....
and the SO got me some nice boots for track
then the fixing
the disks
and changed the sensor
but the light came on again once i got stuck in traffic so im going to replace the pressure sensor next and see if that changes
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Dude, I don't want to alarm you here, but 0.9 bar oil pressure is F*CK ALL!
i'm fairly sure on these the warning won't go off below 2000rpm or something daft.
If you have a guage which I'm expecting you do, you want to be looking for 3.5-4.5 bar at 3000rpm, and over 1 bar at idle, all when hot.
What revs is it when it's making the 0.9 bar?
i'm fairly sure on these the warning won't go off below 2000rpm or something daft.
If you have a guage which I'm expecting you do, you want to be looking for 3.5-4.5 bar at 3000rpm, and over 1 bar at idle, all when hot.
What revs is it when it's making the 0.9 bar?
the oil pressure is always higher then the rpm, when im driving normal on the road and the car is hot oil pressure is between 1 bar and 1.2bar on idle, the light came on once 3 weeks before motor build, the light will come one the go away again by it self. my idle is at 700rpm
im using motul 5w40 oil
im using motul 5w40 oil
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suppose that doesn't change the fact your warning light is coming on. But prob best to check pressure with a mechanical gauge for accuracy.
Thing is 2 different cars, same mods, different gauges with same readings but mine throws warning light and the other does not
Hey guys
Had the pleasure of going around the track with Miggz in his car and all I can say this car of his hauls A$$. No wonder those discs cracked, damn this cars breaks are insane.
Hope it is that sensor that messing around bud.
Hopefully next years track day I will be following you around the track in "Goldie" be it much further back LOL.
Had the pleasure of going around the track with Miggz in his car and all I can say this car of his hauls A$$. No wonder those discs cracked, damn this cars breaks are insane.
Hope it is that sensor that messing around bud.
Hopefully next years track day I will be following you around the track in "Goldie" be it much further back LOL.
Hahahahahah glad you pulled through dude. You were one of my best passengers, no screaming or imaginary brakes HahahahHey guys
Had the pleasure of going around the track with Miggz in his car and all I can say this car of his hauls A$$. No wonder those discs cracked, damn this cars breaks are insane.
Hope it is that sensor that messing around bud.
Hopefully next years track day I will be following you around the track in "Goldie" be it much further back LOL.
Yeah hope it's sensor or I'll replace pump again and see
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I hope it's just a sensor too. Darn oil pressure. It's seems not to like you very much. Lols. Those track videos seem like so much fun.
Lol I know right.
Yeah dude track days are epic, made alot of rich boys and bigger cars very unhappy
so changed oil pressure switch last night and drove the car hard for like 30min and the light never came on once, sometime this week ill get on the motorway and do some distance and then check again
then my mate CakeKyle was upset that i never used his pictures from dubrun on my thread so here they are
are you happy now cake?
then my mate CakeKyle was upset that i never used his pictures from dubrun on my thread so here they are
are you happy now cake?
So how does the crowd feel about spanish cars
some of the strongest track cars on here are spanish dude
done 260km with new pressure sensor, 34' degree temps doing bumper to bumper traffic and highway constant at like 160km and no light or buzzer yet, so think its safe to say that it might be fine and it was the sensor that was faulty
Liking the porsche alloys mate, do you rate glow shift quite highly? The car looks great on track too.
thanks bud, going to spray them candy apple red soon hate this colour!!!
car feels at home on the track very solid and perfectly stable
yeah i actually do rate Glowshift very high, been using them for the last 5 or 6 years and as of the last year become the only dealer in Africa and its picking up pretty decently here
heh, what a crazy solution but i like it
to bad you didnt make adapter at an angle of 45 degrees it would be prone to driver
It's actually so easy to see bud and I'm short so I sit close to the wheel lolheh, what a crazy solution but i like it
to bad you didnt make adapter at an angle of 45 degrees it would be prone to driver
I think you have earned the official title of ASN Gauge Whore lol ...... Thread is great mate so much gone on it's great
hahahahah and i still want more but afraid it will look like a planes cockpit!!! thanks dude
hey dude i did yes, not really much pictures taken of it as i thought it was done lots here
Wow nearly a month since I posted anything on here!!!!!
No real update except that the car is running like a monster it's epic!!!!!
Myself and a mate john with a S3 are looking at V4 manifolds next up hopefully, then I'll do a decent write up on installing and logs or dyno runs with it
No real update except that the car is running like a monster it's epic!!!!!
Myself and a mate john with a S3 are looking at V4 manifolds next up hopefully, then I'll do a decent write up on installing and logs or dyno runs with it
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Dude I agree with this fully Hahahah iv actually been looking at BBT's monster k04 and one day when funds allow it I'll do it. But at the moment car is insane spinning right through 2nd if i floor
Lol joe I don't know anyone that owns 3 x A3 at one time so I'm afraid you are above my ranks hahahahah
So I got myself a little toy or gift for my car this week.
Turbostatics electronic boost controller
It's controls boost and how you want your boost to come in, switchable map or boost setting like a n75 switch (but without the irritation of having to lift off then back on like i have to do now), egt temp gauge with warning indication, a/f gauge with warning (won't use it as I have my a/f gauge in already) and motor protect function that uses egt temp, so if you have set your egt to 800 and if you in boost and it reaches that temp it instantly cuts the boost back to actuator pressure hence saving the motor.
The nice thing as well is when you flick the switch you can set the gradual increase of boost to come in so its not a huge jump.
Nice thing I can set down the boost for high when i go to the low lands again so I don't have a 0.3bar jump in boost like iv been having.
The unit also has a learn function that it learns how the boost comes in.
Turbostatics electronic boost controller
It's controls boost and how you want your boost to come in, switchable map or boost setting like a n75 switch (but without the irritation of having to lift off then back on like i have to do now), egt temp gauge with warning indication, a/f gauge with warning (won't use it as I have my a/f gauge in already) and motor protect function that uses egt temp, so if you have set your egt to 800 and if you in boost and it reaches that temp it instantly cuts the boost back to actuator pressure hence saving the motor.
The nice thing as well is when you flick the switch you can set the gradual increase of boost to come in so its not a huge jump.
Nice thing I can set down the boost for high when i go to the low lands again so I don't have a 0.3bar jump in boost like iv been having.
The unit also has a learn function that it learns how the boost comes in.
