Updated oil breather hoses

[golf-sib]

tidy.. paint your throttle body black

I will once my 1 year warranty runs out, thing broke a while back

[golf-sib]

Here some more pictures of what I pulled of with £160, not like what awesome are telling you :wink

Engine Bay (withh silver grill of a mk4 )


Close up of engine bay, also heat wrapped the pipe heading to the SMIC:


Close up of breather and oil catch can:


With it being like this it produced 156bhp stock, down at R-tech and 195BHP after

[barry-gti]

What paint finish is that on the Intake and the rocker cover? looks tidy

and also, what type of tubing are you using for the piece above the throttle body etc...

Cheers

[Mk1Macca]

The top hose takes 5 minutes to replace, so even if the cheap one has to be replaced every couple of years it's not the end of the world.

Buy 3 for less money than the awesome one and Roberts your mothers brother!

did you time me doing that aswell then?

It took you 2 minutes, meaning it would take me 5 

[golf-sib]

What paint finish is that on the Intake and the rocker cover? looks tidy

and also, what type of tubing are you using for the piece above the throttle body etc...

Cheers

Powder coat finish, pain to keep clean if you spill anything on it, from spirit to oil, looks nice but a pain for keeping clean got some interest down prept for it as I went DIY with it.

As for the tubing I used normal Vacuum silicone (easy to bend and thicker than the standard stuff), dead on 3m's of it (think I used like 2.7~8m of it), as you replace a lot of the engine with it, from the piping to the TB, to the piping to the inlet manifold, to the vacuum reservoir, to the TIP, to the brake boost feed, which it also fits. But cannot be seen in the picture due to the aluminum tubing on top of it. Believe it was "8mm ID" which is like 3.99 a meter, but I will check the size tomorrow incase I'm wrong.

As for the piping from the DV to the fuel regulator that is 3mm ID vacuum tubing (same as above just smaller ID), 100% sure that’s the size, you will need 1 meter of it as you only use like 40cm of it on the fuel regulator, and you only use it once more somewhere else (think it was under the manifold).

As for the breather piping that was a different silicone, think it was called "coupling silicone" it comes in 3-4ply, its really thick and strong, as well as hard to bend, so buy some joints if you are going to use it, a lot more expensive too, about £9.99 for half a meter, I ended up using 1m in all, 3 of 30cm's and a 10cm piece, but this will vary on using joints and where the oil catch can is located.

If you plan on changing the silicone between the DV and SMIC pipe, then the diameter is 25mm ID, I haven’t done it yet, as I will be fitting a FMIC sooner or later. The silicone will be 25mm ID Vacuum tubing and you will only need 50cm's of it, but what I discovered is, you will need to buy a 90degree 25mm joint as its such a huge diameter it caves inwards when bent unlike the smaller diameter stuff, so a 90degree joint is a must if you are changing this, about £6.99 for 50cm's for this and another £2.99 roughly for the bend, which come in plastic or aluminum.

[Wazzzer]

is the coupling silicone oil resistant though?

[golf-sib]

is the coupling silicone oil resistant though?

All silicone from vacuum to coupling is oil vapors/mist resistant, only time it will decay is if there is a build up of a liquid or solid oil substance. That’s when you will require specialized silicone, such as on the oil cooling side; on the breather system it won't make a difference, especially when coupling silicone is 3-4ply and thick. You see 5ply on a good TIP and 3ply on poor TIP (quality in the ply is another factor). The coupling silicone is very thick stuff, doubt it'd degrade anywhere near as quick as the standard VW stuff if there is a build up, due to the amount of silicone it has to go through. But build up can be reduced by oil catch can, frequent oil changes and not ragging the car... but where is the fun in that! 

I guarantee the AwesomeGTI stuff 5-10 years down the line will start to see the same fate as the standard equipment, as the car vibrates which long term will probably cause the protective skin to crack slowly, but surely.

I just can’t justify that price for a pipe that will suffer the same fate, where I was able too fit a oil catch can and replace allot more silicone for a similar rate.

[topher]

can't you get that catch can to sit down by the battery somewhere?

[golf-sib]

Probably could, I just made a mount and reused studs next to the sensor on the back of the engine bay, just die cut them to a m5 size and bobs my uncle. I imaging you could just use a L/right angle bracket and attatch it to the battery stand as an alternative.

[barry-gti]

Golf-sib. you going eastern-dubs next week?