Hi Saf hope your well , Vw action link , spot anyone?

http://www.vwaction.com/vwaction/eveentertain.php

Haha still loving that, and how depressed does that snowman look?

Arches need to stay blue safanom

haha i can see me on that pic ! am like to guys behind guy

banjos, bolts and oil drain line turned up today, but the muppets managed to give me the correct m14 bolt but a m12 banjo! grr. hopefully should be here soon!

taken two evenings of fiddling to get the radiator squeezed into place. props to lou for the help last night. pretty stoked about it now

you can also see the fitted rad hoses and hose adaptor for turbo line

its a rather tight fit, so i need to invest in some sort of heat sheilding

found an oil cooler in the unit, the absolute perfect size. need to measure it up and get one if i cant buy this one of the lads

drain line fitted in this pic

finally got a pic of the guages - got an oil temp to fit in place of the clock, none are wired up at the mo, but the boost guage feed is connected

nearly complete!

still got a healthy job list

fit oil cooler

fit oil cooler lines

need a 76mm jubilee for air filter

heat wrap for turbo

fit downpipe and hang exhaust

plumb turb water lines

fit indicators

fit isv hose to induction piping

fit pipe off manifold for vac hoses

vac hose for ecu

fit fuel pump and accumulator

get fuel lines for intank pump

block off BRV

fit a 6 psi boost switch

rad wiring

fit mk2 engine loom for brakes/temp/wipers etc

looks awsume

Absolutely gorgeous

The black oil cooler I had didnt fit my lines, but bagged a bargain cooler for a fiver at tatton park. They luckily had the same fittings so got it fitted tonight.

Stuck a gen vw filter and filled with oil.

With thanks to philpheasant for the fuel lines, I finally got the oem fuel lines to the intank pump fitted. Just need to grab a new fuel filter and wire up the pump and the fuelling sidea complete!

Exhaust is all fitted, just got fit the return line for the turbo water feed, do a few bits of wiring, make up some vac lines and block off the brv ( mates turning down some ally for me )

Hopefully running by the weekend and off for an mot monday!

and block off the brv ( mates turning down some ally for me )

You're cheating on me!

Hahaha <3

Chris jus said the guy next door to his work could do it for nowt today! You about today/tomo?

Awsome stuff.

You not having some sort of shielding for the air filter aswell? Its gonna get pretty toasty, pretty quick around there.

Give us a shout if you want owt fabbing up for the turbo - radiator shielding, i've got plenty of ally sheet dude.

no pics at the moment but got a few more bits done

cut a section out of the bonnet to allow it to shut properly with the new rad mounting brackets

modded throttle body to house boost pressure switch

all vac lines now connected

got a full set of tyres for the exips, so getting them fitted tomorrow

also picked up a stage 2 subframe and g-lader blocks, so they are going onto the peril, and the PPS frame is going on here

painted up my front struts which were fitted with new vw bearings, just gotta refit my kw shock inserts, and vag top mounts and they can go on the car

lous got my grill and hes cutting out all the sections so its fully open for plenty of airflow to the oil cooler and rad

still after the plug from the loom, for the in-tank lift pump if anyone can chop one out a loom for me!

Edited 2 September, 201115 yr by grungeisdead

All I can say is "WOW"

hero ben!

George (Rolo) worked his magic and stopped the turbo and rad making love, also fitted a jabba induction kit, stage 3 sunny, exips n some yoko's. Just gotta weld up the sump and do a couple of bits of wiring. Wanna get it on the road for gti festival

Looks fantastic

Where's your intercooler?

Lovely car, I'm guessing its a factory colour? How do you find the stage 2 subframe compared to the stage 3?

Below the rad mate you can see pics further back in the thread.

Yeah oem colour. Mikeys is the same!

Not noticed masses of difference between the 2 n 3 but not driven the car in anger yet as I was running the charger in and after 500 miles had a play with an s3 and think I melted a piston!

BLAAAAAAAAH I WANT THIS CAR looks so awesome mate!

Yeah, looked back and found the 'cooler. It is a lovely colour. Were the arches that colour out the factory? Interesting to hear there's not a massive difference between 2&3. I have a 3 but haven't driven the car yet. Considering a stage 2 for the next project, and then doing what you have done, swap the 3 from the loon and onto a g-turbo I have planned. Wing be for bloody ages though! Need to get the loon finished yet!

Lovely car though saf. Will she be at gti this weekend? Or is she a non-runner ATM?

8-)

Yeah, looked back and found the 'cooler. It is a lovely colour. Were the arches that colour out the factory? Interesting to hear there's not a massive difference between 2&3. I have a 3 but haven't driven the car yet. Considering a stage 2 for the next project, and then doing what you have done, swap the 3 from the loon and onto a g-turbo I have planned. Wing be for bloody ages though! Need to get the loon finished yet!

Lovely car though saf. Will she be at gti this weekend? Or is she a non-runner ATM?

not running but I've had her cranking, only a few jobs remain to get it roadworthy for Sunday.

spent yesterday fitting a storm single wiper and rehanging the exhaust after it all came off for the turbo relocation, also adjusted the pressure switch to activate at 6 psi and refitted thata

reweld oil drain back to sump as its been leaking

fill with oil

rear lights - brake and fog lights

hazard switch not working

fit lambda

set wheelbase on stage3 subby

wire in-tank pump

fire up and hopefully rejoice!

loon wont be far off surely?

Look forward to seeing this then.

I've moved out of my house where the 'loon is now kept (my sisters) so I'm only able to work on her one day a week. Which means slow progress. Brakes are almost done, need to find a reservoir that fits. Then I need to re-paint the engine after it got beat up when the clutch jammed. Then the interior needs doing. Xmas I hope

wheelbase & tracking set

all electrics now working bar wiring up in-tank fuel pump

just gotta fit lambda, weld sump drain-back, top with oil, fire it up, rejoice and get it up to the garage for an MOT

woop!

Epic stuff man. I'm demand you take me out when you have it running.

lambda fitted and sump welded up.

had to strategically modify the exhaust, with a sledgehammer to clear the driveshaft, as it was fouling.

fitted gen exhaust manifold gaskets, which i thought would involve taking the exhaust off again! but thankfully managed to get it on without taking the turbo or downpipe off

filled up with oil and went to start the beast but there was no spark! so made a relay circuit up to feed power to the coil as for some reason the oe wiring for the coil wasnt giving out any power.

went to start it again and i have a fuel leak at one of the injectors!

so once thats all sorted in the week, i shall have videos of it running for you all :)

Alleycats still for sale?

no sold eons ago