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Cainy_GTi wrote:This thread is my holy bible. Love the amount of time and effort you have put into it. Great work cant wait to see this finished, keep it up

Thanks mate. Hopefully make some good progress over this weekend.
Would be nice to see the engine and gearbox back in its hole. Lol

Yesterday was a big step towards getting this upgrade finished.

Gearbox had dried from second coat



Gave the alternator casing another coat too



Wrapped the downpipe and bolted it on



Boost pipe connected



Bolted the gearbox to the engine



Then bolted it back in the car



Wired up and connected up most of the bis







Also dropped the wheels off to be re done so they should be back next Saturday

Almost there now

Cars coming along well mate Cant wait to see it finished

You are a wasted talent man! Can't belive you do all this for a laugh, ha just a hobby gone mad. You should be like some sort of super mechanic or somthing lol.i cant wait to see the figures and hear it. All in favour of a 1st run video... Say aye! Lol

POLOZ wrote:Cars coming along well mate Cant wait to see it finished

Thanks mate. Almost there now

drennan wrote:You are a wasted talent man! Can't belive you do all this for a laugh, ha just a hobby gone mad. You should be like some sort of super mechanic or somthing lol.i cant wait to see the figures and hear it. All in favour of a 1st run video... Say aye! Lol

Thanks mate. I left it to late in life to work in garages so can't afford the pay drop

But love it as a hobby. The feeling you get the first time it kicks over and works and knowing its done by me is great.

Will certainly put a video up. Could have started it today but my new optima battery was at home and the need to get some oil. Probs have the first start next weekend

Been in the garage today but battery was dead on the camera

Just need to do/buy the following and it's done

Air filter
External fuel pump and special fittings from badger 5 so it sits where the fuel filter currently lives
Oil
Water hoses (mine are at Samco so they can produce a silicone set for our cars)
Circlip for waste gate as its missing from my turbo
Tighten the oil return fittings as I don't have the correct size spanner
Fit drive shafts
Fit wheels
fit front end of the car
Run the engine in
Then map it.

Hope to make it to GTI International and show it off

Hope you have informed cr turbos of the clip missing. That's if it's something they should have fitted.

g__humm wrote:Hope you have informed cr turbos of the clip missing. That's if it's something they should have fitted.

Ha you really do hate them. What happened? How come your bro/mate blew 4 turbos?

Bad workmen ship on their part. After blowing two up pretty much within a week of each other,during mapping nick from r tech fitted a standard turbo back on and ran the turbo past it's limits to try to destroy the turbo through heat stress and failed showing there was plenty of oil going through the turbo. To back this up he paid vw to do oil pressure and flow checks at many points of the engine and this showed the turbo getting enough oil too. How ever they insisted that it was oil starvation. Ended up at court over the issue where cr turbos lost effectively and gave him another turbo (brand new) that lasted 3 weeks then blew the exhaust sill so he got annoyed and went for a gt28 conversion on it which was so much better. Also they use standard actuators on a lot of their turbos that shouldn't run a standard one. They either build a good turbo or a series of bad ones and blame other things that have been proven to be fine. Every time it was the same issue of exhaust sill failing. One failed pretty much after fitting the turbo. Nick didn't charge for labour as he felt sorry for my brother getting arsed about by cr turbos. And fitment of the turbo was done to the letter with new oil and turbo lines every time as it should be.

Well I hope I don't have any issues with them.

Ok I picked my wheels up yesterday.
Colour is Porsche Guards Red









Also received my DA-31 external fuel pump and special fittings











Whilst I put the wheels on my son kept himself amused by standing all over my lovely chairs



Then after 2.5 months it was holding its own weight





And the moment I have been waiting for (excuse the commentary. And obviously no water on the floor as there is no water in the car lol)

http://s826.photobucket.com/albums/zz18 ... 130019.mp4

http://s826.photobucket.com/albums/zz18 ... 130020.mp4

She's alive.

Excellent work mate Cars coming along good!!!! Sounds better in the second video Take it thats after you did the throttle body adaptation

Ohhh very nicee now thats build not bought! Lol like the wheels too have considered these in the past. Cant wait to see this in the fleash well in the metal lol

Nice !! - Return to the living Polos.

POLOZ wrote:Excellent work mate Cars coming along good!!!! Sounds better in the second video Take it that's after you did the throttle body adaptation

Thanks mate. Haven't done the throttle body adaptation yet it sounds better due to the engine warming up a little and oil getting around the engine.

I did turn the car over without injectors plugged in a few times to help prime the fuel pump and oil pump