Wazzzer's 1.8T... Lots of updates

[Rhyso]

Shed engineering FTW 

[Wazzzer]

Yeah I love it, especially when I think of the money I've just saved...

[golfyste]

Did you do the OD slightly no to make it a bit more of a interference fit?

[Wazzzer]

Yes I did mate, not a lot as I can't be doing with struggling lol

[golfyste]

Haha sound dude
If your struggling just you can always chuck em in the feezer haha   

[northeast_gti-t]

Just caught up with your build thread wes some great work done and looking good keep up the good work

[GrandMstRamRod]

Just caught up with it aswell, looking great dude,

[Wazzzer]

Thanks guys

I gave Forge a bell this week and enquired about their revised piston for the 007p and without any provocation they offered to send one out free of charge which is damn good service IMO

It arrived next day so I thought I'd rebuild it while the kids were in the bath

What you get in the kit...



new piston (left) vs old (right)



You can see the added O ring for the seal on the newer piston rather than relying on the metal to metal seal of the old

All the parts cleaned up and ready for some new lube and O rings



and built back up



off to the bin with these bits



Definitely feels like it holds boost better but I knew the DV needed rebuilding anyways. The addition of the O ring on the piston is a definite improvement though and excellent value for money being free!

[Wayne]

Cracking work with the mirror repair

[Wazzzer]

Thanks mate, I've had to add some spacers under the spring now as it was a bit shakey but it's still all good

Sourced another rear bumper off a mate who's breaking his Golf so fitted that this evening with my old man. My original bumper isn't too bad but it has a few scuffs on one corner and the paint is cracked above the number plater from some dozy bint hitting me up the arse a while back