Wazzzer's 1.8T... Lots of updates

[Diamond Hell]

no pics of during as it was a complete arse of a job but this is the state of the base I pulled out

Oh you're good.

And unappreciated by the looks of it....

[Wazzzer]

Totally 

[Wazzzer]

stripped one of the rear carriers down at work with some nitromors to get rid of that hideous green...



got a caliper in the shed which is getting the same treatment but it's proving a bit tough as the paint is very thick...

I've also stuck these on the mirror glass, subtle and I liked them 



Also fitted some new aero wiper blades as mine were shocking. Never buying cheap ones again 

[Wazzzer]

Not done a great deal to the Golf other than boost leak testing it (which finally passed after having the MAP sensor boss welded over) but this popped up on ukmkivs for an absolute steal so I had to buy it. I'm just getting fed up of the constant worry of being tugged with the decat and not having any way of changing it over. Plus finding friendly MOT stations is getting harder 

Anyways a pic of the Miltek sports cat that I paid £150 for 





Being fitted on Weds once the new gaskets and nuts have turned up

Other than that I've just been making sure everything is tip top before the RR day on the 11th of Feb, I don't want a repeat performance of last year 

One thing I will be doing next week is deleting the charcoal cannister and all of the pipework with it

[daz veedub]

sweet 

pics of charcoal delete has ill be doing this mate

did u get that resister in the end, was going to order 1 earlier filled it all out etc then come payment realised my wallet was upstairs and a was 2 hungover 2 get it 

[Wazzzer]

Yeah I did mate, found some on ebay but they were from China so I dunno how long it would take to get here.

Will let you know how it goes

[Wazzzer]

All did not go well, had it fitted and it was blowing from the flexi join 

Got in contact with the bloke who sold it to me asking for half the cost to repair it and he gave it to me which I was very surprised about.

So it was off to Advanced Automotive to have a new flexi welded in and it runs like a dream now.

While I had the decat off I had a good look over it and I was shocked at the condition of the inside of it





The flexi on the inside has come apart so I'm glad I decided to swap it over

While pressure testing I found a massive boost leak on the MAP sensor boss on one of the pipes. The blank that was fitted (as the early Golfs don't have a MAP sensor) wasn't sealing 100% so I made a decision to have a plate welded over the top so there was no doubt it would be sealed. I found lots of other small boost leaks on various vacuum pipes so these have all been sorted as well

Which leads me on to my RR results from JKM at the weekend 

Took it over hoping for a similar result to what I had last time it was mapped and came away very happy

222.2bhp with 243lb/ft so close enough. I was expecting to be slightly down on power due to fitting the sports cat and it hasn't felt as torquey since fitting the FMIC so I'm guessing that's down to the longer pipework run.

lovely smooth power and torque curve 



It's a little lean at the top end but I knew that already, gives me an excuse to fit the VR6 MAF and Calibra injectors next time I visit R-Tech

and a few pics Rob took





It's in for MOT tomorrow so I'm hoping for good news when my cousin phones me lol

Charcoal cannister delete is also done but I need to upload the photos so I can write a little how to as well

Next job is to modify the grilles to fit over the intercooler, then finally get my 256mm rear discs on

[Wayne]

That is a great photo nice power as well.

[tshirt2k]

Yep. Looks like a good Power curve. No over inflated pub numbers there. 

[Wazzzer]

Thanks guys