Ok time for another overdue update!
I went a couple of weeks not doing anything due i getting a new car.....again! Haha.
I got a 06 ibiza pd130 as part of a swap deal with my mx5. I mainly got it as I'm regularly driving down to London and need the mpg!
It was in a bit of a mess When I got it - horrible inside, messy wiring, broken bits bodged intercooler, no bumper grills etc etc. here's a few pics including before and after of the the intercooler.
It's a decent car now and only has 65k on the clock and is running 180 bhp and get 65mpg on the motorway
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ANYWAY!! Back to the golf!
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I didn't do to well at taking photos to start with haha.
I finished the heatshield, including raising it my 20mm so it sealed against the body, painted it etc. I haven't got any photos but you. Can see it in photos later on
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My bbt supersize tip arrived
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I decided I was going to mount my catchcan where the aircon used to be so I painted it (graphite of corse) and then made up some brackets
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I ordered several parts including intercooler pipework, a silicone throttle body pipe, some connectors for the breather pipework etc.
couple of pics showing TB pipe, heatshield, silicone 45 and alloy 45 for fmic pipes and tip
Catch can piped up.
Got the front end back on ready to mock up the intercooler pipes......discovered my heatshield is in the way of the headlight so had to mod it haha.
Another pic of the catch can pipework. I also had to extend the metal coolant pipe that runs past the tip as I had cut it back and bent it so the supersize tip fitted easily so just used some spare coolant pipe to extend it
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I was still waiting for the rest of my intercooler pipes to arrive so I set about mounting the oil cooler
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I then cut some slits in the arch lines to allow airflow through the cooler and then put some mesh over to protect it
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Then my intercooler pipes came!
Random fmic shot
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Drivers side mocked up.
And the rest
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Then I drilled the hoses for recirc, n75 and map sensor
And that pretty much brings us upto date!
I also bolted the driveshafts on, and cleaned up the hubs, wishbones, droplinks etc and repainted ten as they started going rusty! But no pics!
I've taken the intercooler pipes to get welded and should be done this week
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And couple of negative points.....I found a puddle in the rear wheel well! I think it may be the door-roof deal so have bought another which should be arriving shortly so will see if that sorts it.
I also got some bad new from my mate sorting my carbon bonnet!
He managed to sort it and get it looking great! Apart from in a few places he said where it was pealing was because it had been attacked by paint stripper and has damaged the fibres!
BUT! He said he can sort it and relacquer it again and should be ok!
Couple of pics to show what I mean!
It does look awesome!
Can just see the little dots on this photo. I said it would be ok but he has too much pride in his work to let me fit it like this so is redoing it haha.
So now it for fmic pipes. Get oil cooler pipes up. Bolt exhaust onto the turbo and fit the brakes and then we are pretty much sorted!!
Cheers for reading guys and any comments are welcome
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