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Been slow going with work in the way as per usual. Turbo and manifold are all bolted up and support gusset made. Had to wait for new gaskets to arrive which now they have and a oil drainline needs to be plumbed up. All easy shit. New strengthened clutch from Autoclutch will handle up to 450hp. (I will be happy with 280 to 300hp) Injectors to get installed this week hopefully too.. if i actually get any free time fml...

Well the manifold is now all fully tig welded inside and out.. (where possible) and has had the die grinder in most of the ports smoothing the internal walls...hopefully it works out alright Clearance is tight between the engine mount and the actuator but it should be fine 5mm is stack of room. Will make all new brake lines this week and hopefully slam the engine back in for a test fit and all the new boost pipes to be run.

Did another hour on the setup today Just stiching it all together bit by bit hoping it doesnt warp to much! Heres the new Garret VNT turbo on the left Vs the old one peice teeny tiny little KKK turblow on the right... Just need to make sure i get the new turbo positioned close to where the stock one sat so I can avoid having to make new oil return. (Yes im being a tight ass)

Well finally a bit more traction this week or soon to be lack-thereof Turbo & Injectors and miscellaneous other parts arrived from Europe. I need to fabricate a log manifold for the new turbo to bolt up to. Will also need to send the clutch off to beef it up All new intercooler and pipework to be done also. Will change it to a much larger front mount instead of the side mounted setup I am currently using. Should be good.

well i have ordered the Turbo and the injectors Will have to custom fabricate a new exhaust manifold and alter the layout of the engine bay slightly different intercooler, different exhaust layout today engine bay got painted again lol from silver to gloss black 2K

M M gave me a hand to yank the engine back out this evening. 1 hour from start to finish wasnt too bad we thought. https://youtu.be/JVyQWR-C_vE made a silly timelapse to go with it engine is back out to sort a few niggles and improve the downpipe design, and paint the engine bay to match the rest of the car now! also looking at a Turbo and injector upgrade kit that would hopefully net around 280hp when tuned, (double the current 140hp the car is running right now. fingers crossed my new contact comes thru)

Well she went pretty well at the Nightspeed drags on friday night. Consistently ran 15.5's all afternoon and night, got to the Quarters of the DYO Category, which was a heap of fun, got knocked out when she uncharacteristically pulled a 15.3 out of no where. so close to the Semi finals yet so far haha oh well.. Quite a few of the Track staff had good comments and a little laugh about the car and the windscreen banner it was wearing. I recorded one of the qualifying runs for a laugh here it is Throw back to good old Gran Turismo music.

Mate of a mate did some pretty swaggy photos for me to. Gonna whack this up on trade me in the next week or so a well.. And a not so great photo of the custom gauge faces haha

Bahaha it sounds more like a Mac truck at idle..

standard place to put the ECU on a VW. these units are water sealed quite heavily from factory.

I'm hoping to get it to a track day or drag day soon. other wise will try too get some "filmed on a private road" action pretty soon.

Cheers mate. goes pretty well pretty happy

well fast forward a few weeks... its mostly done.. interior is still somewhat lacking.. but fuck what ever, haven't had much time at all to make much progress.

Well this happened on the 29th #allthefilters new colour to be revealed once its re assembled. I really should get round to organising a Certifier... :-/

here is a preview of the new colour. as you can see the colour is deep in gloss and thick with attitude

Did a small modification yesterday ;D Click to see vid... edc15 launch control Full strip down commenced for the up and coming panel and paint glass out... doors off etc etc for a yet to be determined colour xo xo Wagengirl

got a refreshed look on the gauge faces drawn up. my tdi cluster went up in smoke first time i plugged it in. pissed me off as it cost me a bomb ex the UK Ebay. so have made new faces for the gauges to make the redline reflect the diesel style rev counter

engine bay is about done. just need to mount steering bottle, airfilter and boost control valve

update time. final stages and probably the most annoying part plumbing up the Cooling system and the intercooler setup. Car is running driving pulling hella hard.. for a shoddy diesel runs reallly nicely i have to say

Basically whats left... - change cam-belt and waterpump - machine chamfer on to bottom pully to accessory belts can be install removed without having to lower the engine away from the chassis leg - install front mount intercooler - plumb up intercooler piping. - plumb up cooling system - bleed up brakes - make new hydraulic line for the clutch pedal. - setup coil-overs correctly. - re install dash etc. the body will stay rough for now.

Well its been a little while since a update, purely because of my lack of time. - Engine is back in, starts and runs too... exhaust is too quiet... despite no mufflers... lol - Cable shifter mounted - Braking system (new lines) - Fuel Pre supply pump installed - Wiring (integration) of factory EDC15 Management complete - Interior carpets pulled out and cleaned thoroughly - Central Locking installed - 2.5 inch Downpipe and Straight pipe exhaust system made. - engine bay painted - cheers tyler. Downpipe Carpets stripped out Door cards painted.

Currently pricing up a engine upgrade kit. Now would be the time to do it before I bother making custom piping etc.. The stock power of the engine is "100hp" 250nM The small hardware and software upgrade would bring around 230hp and 500nM to the table. just trying to do the numbers to see if I can make it stack up financially.

Well since my last post, I took some time off to focus on the finer things in life... aka i was busy doing other shit to spend any time on this little nugget. any who cracked back in to it the other day. this is the progression of progress since then... -------------- Assembled and installed the new sub frames, adjustable suspension, brakes etc to get the chassis rolling again... Test Fitted the newly painted wheels ta-da she rolls again (big whoop i know) now my hoist is free again. Proceeded to test fit the new heart to make sure everything clears as it should, and to help visualize where everything will live.. sits in there nicely but unfortunately the engine cover will sit to proud to allow the bonnet to close, I CBF dropping the engine down (as the sump is low as fck any way) Few changes here and there, what to do with the Oil cooler, intercooler options water to air vs air to air etc... Have started merging the looms and tidying them up in a braided type cable conduit. The engine came back out again obviously too, far easier to work with it out.. plus the bay is getting painted this week. ECU will sit nicely in the Rain Tray here. Also powered up the ECU and ripped the standard mapping off the car and have now flashed a 140hp base map and will work on adding in things like Launch control etc with the tuning software later. Quite cool what you can edit out of these ECU's Few more annoying little jobs ahead but its really not all that far away from key turn. - Installing the Pre supply pump and wiring. - installing shifter mechanisim - fabricating downpipe - sorting out cooling system etc

Mike will sell his for the right price.. his motor is ridiculously low KM thou also. like legitimately the car he pulled it out of only had 38,000km from experience the MK3 pedal wont work all that well without a whole lot of fucking around. cutting and welding I have a Corrado/Passat Pedal box. But I will look at making a simple custom setup as the Corrado pedal box is getting rarer/ and way to fucking expensive for a shitty 20 year old part. a MK4 Clutch pedal might be a go as it is a Standalone unit, the other setup that is good is the cable conversion hinge for the late gearboxes.. that way you can stick to the factory pedal box. but only real issue is that is pricey as f*ck also. I have a whole lot of fucking around ahead to make custom engine mounting brackets. its not hard but just a fuck around to get 100% right.

Bit more necessary but dumb shit today. Mounting the Electronic throttle to the Pedal box. The E-gas pedal and bracket to be. Where the pedal needs to end up. Bracket Mostly made and welded to the Pedal box. Calipers are all done in Retina burning red! Also started on making the Gearbox mount, when i say making I mean measured and cut the steel ready to draw and cut the template on to them.