WireZ MK3 16V as requested by Dom

[WireZ]

How I bought her two and a half years ago:


Done a fair amount of stuff to her since...

Started with a heated highline interior from my old 16V:


This done for a while but after missing loads of black and blue Colour Concept interiors on ebay I bought a Yellow Colour concept and broke it with the intention of re-coating the centre panels/door cards which I'll prob do before winter:



Yes, yes... its noisy, and completely minted, but not permanent   

16v Anni Clocks:



De-Arched, pretty much fully poly bushed, rear axle spacers machined from old stub axles, front 10mm spacers, Bilstein springs/dampers and machine polished:


MKIVed my Anni clocks and have a MK3.5 wheel and MK3.5 switches



I'll post up more cosmetic mods later.


Some breathing mods:



TB also ground and flowed, chipped.

Got one of these for £30:

Nice and OEM quiet. 

Hotgolf flywheel as well from 9.5KG down to 5.5KG:


and one of these:

Passat short ratio 3.94 internals rebuilt into an ABF case:



Note to self: I will never rebuild another box as long as I live unless I have the proper tools!

At present with a passenger and a bootfull of luggage it matches a A4 170 TDi up to 85 (gave up at this speed) and empty it will horse an old Astra 1.6 SRi Turbo so it's reasonably nippy!   

[dom]

Good work, glad to finally see one of these from you

It's a shame your so far away now otherwise i'd have brought mine upto you sometime for some help with some engine mods 

[tdi_blu]

Lovely motor mate love this colour as theres not to many about love the leathers kinda miss them in my old vr.What is that centre piece out of behind the hand brake bit if you know what I mean lol looks good..

[dom]

If I remember right from when I saw it it's a us spec centre console, but I may be wrong!

[Wayne]

Looking good.

[Dmonday]

Looks like a nice project

Dan

[Jimp]

Looking good  How much of a difference to acceleration did the shorter ratio internals make?

[WireZ]

Thanks for the comments folks...  Not at home at the moment so don't have access to all the pics.

Yup @ Dom; it is a US Spec centre console- Cheap as chips on ebay.com (just be carefull with postage) but to everyone - make sure you get the leather gaiter as the plastic one is gash.  Metal bracket can be had from VW UK for about £6 but the PN is at home on my PC.

@ Jimp: It makes a big difference to acceleration.  Airbox, TB, exhaust mods, Hotgolf flywheel (makes a big difference on its own) and a chip will probably only make a few BHP.  In effect its like having another 25-30 brake on tap and for a 4MPG hit on cruising it's well worth it.  I can still easily make 40-41ish mpg on the MFA at 50-60mph and get over 400 miles to a tank.  The ABF should have shipped like that from the factory - not too short at all and makes overtaking a breeze.  Still think it's not quite as nippy as it should be but trying to get to the bottom of it.

[Jimp]

Sounds like the new internals are a great mod. I really like the idea, most people ignore stuff like drive ratios. Good thinking

[Gervais]

Those colour con seats look imacculate!

Nice project