Nice pic from weekend with my mates abf nitrous mk1

It pretty quick then mate!

200.1 bhp before a 50 shot of nitrous last year . Hes just had it all out lightened and balance and knife edged crank etc . Needs an lsd soooo badly!

Not seen a car shift from full traction to 100 like it tbh

Edited 2 May, 201313 yr by etches69

200.1 bhp before a 50 shot of nitrous last year . Hes just had it all out lightened and balance and knife edged crank etc . Needs an lsd soooo badly!

Not seen a car shift from full traction to 100 like it tbh

I mean yours!

After a brain fart whilst chucking the vac pipes together I'd plugged the BOV pre throttle which had been restricting the boost for the 500 miles i'd done so far( Cheers Andy). I've cranked the actuator rod up and swapped the vac pipes over. Now seeing around 0.9 bar so a little tweaking is needed.

One of my rear top mounts popped through the rear turret so I needed to sort that out the other day, just used some bits off the old suspension so that was all good. Still got the oil leak from the oil cooler sandwich plate but I've ordered a thermostatic one now so that can go on in 100 miles with the oil and filter swap.

All I can say is that I nearly shit myself when the boost went up to 0.9 bar haha, feels wrong having a polo with the amount of power its got lol . Needs the tracking sorting out again and some more bits ordering but I'm too busy with uni and that finishes in 2 weeks!

Edited 14 May, 201313 yr by etches69

After a brain fart whilst chucking the vac pipes together I'd plugged the BOV pre throttle which had been restricting the boost for the 500 miles i'd done so far( Cheers Andy). I've cranked the actuator rod up and swapped the vac pipes over. Now seeing around 0.9 bar so a little tweaking is needed.

One of my rear top mounts popped through the rear turret so I needed to sort that out the other day, just used some bits off the old suspension so that was all good. Still got the oil leak from the oil cooler sandwich plate but I've ordered a thermostatic one now so that can go on in 100 miles with the oil and filter swap.

All I can say is that I nearly shit myself when the boost went up to 0.9 bar haha, feels wrong having a polo with the amount of power its got lol . Needs the tracking sorting out again and some more bits ordering but I'm too busy with uni and that finishes in 2 weeks!

When you coming up to mine and taking me for a spin?

Where is yours max ? haha

Cleaned the car for the lowdown meet (Y)

loks so fresh! whats it like speedwise now then?? any videos?

Pretty nippy eric! What sort of vids you want?

Pretty nippy eric! What sort of vids you want?

I meant the unit!

Need to experience something like this lol

eric! What sort of vids you want?

You know what sort of videos Eric want's and it's not of your car

Right then, not updated this for ages as I've been so busy finishing uni exams, dissertation getting it through MOT etc so I'll get you right up to date.

Mot Time came the week after uni finished, this was the emmissions...

Also failed on a couple other bits including steering rack boot, wipers, bulb and horn.

Managed to sort all them out other than the emissions so was all good for a bit until I could sort that problem out.

Next came the splitting of my oil cooler line

Fecking shit, never buy a cheap one off ebay even if it does have braided hoses and more rows for cheaper than the mocal version!

My road loves me...

The p-slot wheels I've had on my car for a while were just a stepping stone to let me get the wheels I actually wanted. Impulse came me and a couple of mates went to fetch these...

All of em had 4 coats of paint and maybe one layer of powder coat, I attempted to remove the paint...

Nitromors is completely shat, I spent hours on em and still couldn't get the finish I wanted.

A quick conversation with a local lad led to me taking them to BatchGlow, shot and powder £30 a wheel.

Which looked completely sick. I got lucky with these as they were advertised as 4x98 et 20 M05s but they actually fit 4x100 and have the vw centre bore !

Heres a comparison of the offset difference between my old set and the new..

As the offset was 18mm further outwards I needed to raise the coils up to see what the deal was with fitting. Mk1 rear coils need modifying slightly so the working travel of the adjustability isn't to low so these were sorted off Kiz

Difficult to fit when you are chucking a few things on the thread of the coil strut , took a couple of days but it got sorted eventually,

A trip to my mates garage a couple of fridays ago enabled us to sort the timing, CO emissions, solder some wiring (my terrible rushed version needed redoing) and fitting a new blue temp sender. Managed to get the emissions through which is decent and it runs better now!

After that got the tyres with new valves all sorted and fitted (Y)

Also I've got some other bits and bobs to sort, including some new seats, relocating both battery and washer bottle, and this strut brace Stinky Pete made for me.

Weld in for the harnesses to be attached to. Just needs a good clean now before fuelled society and bugjam!

Bloody love this thing, love the new updates, the wheels look fresh and glad to hear its running well now.

200.1 bhp before a 50 shot of nitrous last year . Hes just had it all out lightened and balance and knife edged crank etc . Needs an lsd soooo badly!

Not seen a car shift from full traction to 100 like it tbh

Is that the one I beat down the strip a few years ago?

Cheers Higgo!

Andy - yes it's the same car but its had a new engine and megajolt with the addition of nos. He dropped a valve on the way to pod so needed a rebuild!

Bit of a better angle

Edited 12 July, 201313 yr by etches69

You about tonight mate? I've got that brace in my car, and the scuttle panel at work.

Car looks amazing!

Would look better if it didn't have as many shopping trolley dings haha! I finish at 9 dude and am going to a mates after. Could nip by straight away to pick shizzle up though :)

Just a few pics from fueled society

a fuzzy one from the lowdown meet!

Edited 16 July, 201313 yr by etches69

Lowdown meet, by my mate Fraser

Did some work on this at the weekend, finally got round to fitting some parts I've had in the cellar for a while.

Got a mate to weld me some shizzle together (Y)

Got the brace made up by a mate by Stinky Pete , was a little short but still fit. My mate Bradders TIG welder had fun

Wanted one to stiffen up the back end and to mount harnesses to.

Got some seats cheap as an inbetween , ended up chopping the frames down as my head touched the roof.

Need to spray the frames up, but lobbed em in all the same.

Needed harness mount points in the centre so had to take all the crap out first, no rust holes yet!

and the new OMP mounts

Just need to sort some exterior surface rust before Leeds now!

Edited 11 August, 201312 yr by etches69

Photo from Leeds by a mate off Club G40!

Edited 19 August, 201312 yr by etches69

this makes me want a set of compos.

Yesss eric, a good choice for 14" wheels. Not light in the grand scheme of things, but a decent choice for abuse :)

Loving this

I'd have the inter cooler black but thats just me. Deffo copying your rear brace aswell!

Keep it up

Loving this

I'd have the inter cooler black but thats just me. Deffo copying your rear brace aswell!

Keep it up

Glad to hear you've got another G man!

Main issue with spraying the intercooling in my opinion is reducing its heat transfer effectiveness. I am due to sort the coolers fixings at some point in the future where I will try and keep the vanes in the bottom hole of a new ish bumper I have (to try and keep it looking standard ish).