Wazzzer's 1.8T... Lots of updates

[Diamond Hell]

You, free evenings? Is there such a thing?   

Thursdays are car nights!

Does Wes exist in the West Wight?  I've never seen him out there.

[Dave_IOW]

He did find his way to Freshwater in the search for WRHQ, so I guess that kind of counts?

[Wazzzer]

had a spare bit of time today as I was off work so I decided to get cracking with the moving of the WMI nozzle

my hose take off from Devilsown...





Silicone hose marked out ready for the hole (eek)



and fitted (phew)



nozzle installed



plug fitted to original hole on the inlet manifold and paint touched up



pipe re-installed showing nozzle location



re-routed the pipe to make it a bit more subtle



and engine bay shot, WMI hidden away nicely 



Will take it out over the next few days and do some charge air temp logs and see what I get

I've also been modifying my VR6 MAF housing and spare airbox lid to mate to each other

VR6 MAF with a piece trimmed off so not to foul part of the lid



then to the airbox, small lugs to be trimmed/ground away





I then tried the MAF in the TIP, no chance it would fit without some finger file treatment, so I sanded it down and even added my own lip to aid the jubilee clip



The result is a perfect fit but I will be sealing them together as there is no rubber O ring to seal them together as there would be with the standard MAF. The TIP will need about 2" cutting off where it joins to the MAF once it's fitted as the VR6 MAF is longer but that will have to wait till I shoot up to R-Tech. I also bought myself a spare MAF to use on the car now so my newer one can be fitted to the VR6 housing

I'lll report back with some logs at some point this week

[Dave_IOW]

Good work bud, more power is just around the corner.... Or halfway up the country 

[Wazzzer]

Cheers mate, I've got a days holiday tucked away ready for it lol

[Rhyso]

Always liked the attention to detail you have Wes 

[Wazzzer]

Thanks buddy, means a lot   :embarassed:

[Wazzzer]

oh and on a bit of a sour note, my front bumper has been "modified" again 

[Wazzzer]

Silicone sealed the VR6 into the airbox lid today

 

 

took the sensor out of the standard MAF to swap with mine, it's a bit greasy so I'll give it a very careful clean before it goes on mine, then the newer sensor can go in the VR6 housing

[Wazzzer]

Cheers mate 

hybrid clocks are finished, pics to follow