Chris#101 'From Jap to VAG'

[Chris#101]

UPDATE 22/03/12

What lovely weather weve had here in Norfolk the past week, Dare I say summer has officialy started!?

Well...... A few of the lads at work knew ive been desperately waiting for some bits to arrive and today I was working out in the yard when a courier pulls up, Thought ahh brilliant hopefully its for me carried on working knowing that one of the office lot would sign for it bla bla bla. Anyway 10/15mins pass and I get called in for a Brew and was announced that a parcel had indeed arrived for me. Brilliant I thought, quickly finished off what I was doing then headed in.

Sat down and there was the legit parcel all addressed to me bla bla bla, Started carefully opening it up and sieving through all the polystryine and card.... Well F#CK me, My heart sunk as my blood level rose 

Infront of me was this...




Well    I didnt know what to do the f#cking thing almost got launched accross the workshop, Not only had I recieved a different turbo, its an absolutely knackered:cry: though great Ive been scammed big time.

then a few of the lads came in and started winding me up that I had been mugged off which really wasnt helping seeing I was getting closer to exploding  then they all burst out laughing and handed me another parcel 

ripped the new one apart and inside this beautiful looking GEM greeted me 



Got well and truely stitched up 

Should of known something was up at the beggining seeing as everyone I work with are top notch wind up merchants

What they'd done is gone through the engine warranty box and found a turbo has a snapped turbine under a year old and parcelled it up for me 


The new blower Is a brand New Genuine OEM K* series with all gaskets and fitting 

Sorry for the life story 

thanks for reading will be updating again very soon 

[Chris#101]

Update 25.03.28

Following on from a few updates ago I fitted my catch can

Could I please have some clarrification as to whether ive installed right!?

*T'd off the rocker cover, one going going back down to the oilfilter housing area other going to one side of the catch can.
*Blanked off two nipples on the underside of the inlet manifold.
*Blanked off one side of the y piece that goes onto the side of the inlet manifold, think it has something to do with the brake bolster.
*other side of the catch can to the oil puck on tip !?!?

out with the old


Look at the sludge that gets recirculated back into the intake 


Take one pointless fuse box


Reroute its components


Its new home


mounted


Jumble of pipework



The springs for the handbrake it was talking about the other day


The weekly detail 

Take the country side and put an urban twist on it....

















Sorry for the pictures got a bit carried away 

thanks for reading, all comments welcome 

Adioss

[Chris#101]

Update 01/04/12

APRIL FOOOOLS   

Took a trip to my local dealers on satdee to see what I could waste my money on haha



Also got myself a W8 light to match the bora vents


and fitted, so much nicer and clears the screen alot better than before


Whipage


3.6 liter, 40 vavle, twin turbo, 330bhp


the out come, didnt have time to get it stuck down





? ??



Even though Ive just brought a brand new genuine OEM K series K03s turbo to try and solve my oil burning issue she has been booked in for good messure to get the following replaced;

 
Head gasket
cylinder head skim
valve stem oil seals
timing belt
water pump

I believe there is a metal propelled water pump you can get!? can anyone point me in the right direction??

all comment welcome

cheers for reading

[Chris#101]

UPDATE 07/05/12

Long time no speak and all that jazz, Thought id give you a bank holiday monday update.

Ive been hoarding alot back recently due to having hardly anytime free time.

I managed to bag myself a bit of a bargain , anyone want to guess what 


I also managed to break my drivers side bora vent  , Basically the slates have got a tiny plastic pin on each end which is attached to a lobe which inturn follows the control of opening/closing mechanism... yep I maganged to break alot of them off which just used to annoy me so I purchased another one


some other bits I have been hoarding


Yep you probably guessed right, genuine brushed ali


Also managed to sort out the wiring for the w8 light so its a simple plug and play 


I thought Id try and be a bit original here and im quite pleased with the outcome, normally im not a big fan of the stuff but I think this is a nice subtle finish 




Also aquired a OEM POLO aerial of a forum member


General over look of the interior currently



w8 light installed with white led bulbs




Big thumbs up for wazzer for organsing the groub buy on these, shame it didnt end to well always one who ruins things 
15mm spacers, 10mm spacers x20 m14 x1.5 x 42mm wheel bolts


Have absolutely fallen in love with the plates  cant stop looking at them


Mr postman turned up not long after with my rockor 35mm lowering springs & 2 meters of 4mm silicone pipe


Let the stance work begin

Front before


Front after



Rear before


Rear after


Desperately after a 25th anni splitter then I can officialy say I love my front end haha


and the rear


got half way doing my suspension after using the how to guide to realise that the front topmount bushes are looking alot worse for ware so i had to postbone that but on a happy note I got to take a trip out to the dealers 


so I plan to re attempt the suspension next weekend.

I also have something coming from across the pond which should be here in the next few weeks  anyone want to take a guess?

all comments and critisism welcome

cheers

[Chris#101]

UPDATE 24.05.12

Look what the postman dropped off today 



Anyone want to guess what it is ??

[Chris#101]

Well that game went down at treat..........

For those that are interested it was my devils own W.M.I kit and 4 quartz tank:smiley:





Have found a bio fuel supplier very local who sells 99.9% virgin grade methanol for 80pence a liter 

Also recently purchased a jom splitter off a forum member, going to start rubbing it down in the evenings

[Chris#101]

UPDATE 04/06/12

Half way through the year already bloody madness I tell you dunno where the times gone 


Been a busy lad recently so following on from last time ........

When and got me some paint didnt I



No particular order, but really impressed so far considering its done by rattle, Has orange peel as expected but it hasnt been flatted yet and needs several clear coats but getting there







I also bagged my self an absolute bargain of the bay  infact Id rather not say how much for I paid for it because you would cry 

Genuine Anni rear valance with exahaust cut out, colour coded in LC9Z 



The important bit 



Thought Id change my pollen filter considering I havent changed it yet 



old and new



Anyhow......

Following on from last time

Went and picked up 50 liters of 99.95% virgin grade methanol at 80pence a litre. Ive been advised to do 50/50 water meth so that little lot should last me a while 


Now for the install  .

First thing I did was drilled the tank so I could fit the inline filter and main feed from the tank. Might of got a bit carried away with the 'dab of silicone around the edge just to eliminate any pottential leaks in the future' 



Front end dismantling to mount injector



After speaking to a few people who have already installed W.M.I I found the best place to mount the injector was after the intercooler allowing maximum time for the water meth to cool down the charged air.

after marking the spot and making sure the injector would be hidden and free from obstruction I drilled, tapped & sealed it in 



different angle



Next was too route the feed line from the injector to pump.

VW kindly thought whilst desigining the golf about the possibility of enthusiasts installing W.M.I kits and such things and created an extra 'alley' for the line to clip into 



Bit more routing



For optimum access I decided to mount the manual boost solenoid here for ease of changing the boost the W.M.I kicks in at 7psi



I Figured Id like the pump hidden out the way, whilst having the tank at an easy filling place so decided to mount things like this!



(parcel shelf removed for purpose of picture)



Now for a little review. Well.... For the money it has cost (Sub £300) this has been the most beneficial/noticeable mod I have done and bearing in mind you get optimum results with a map (WHICH I HAVENT DONE) this really has been my favourite noticeable mod. Installing was a piece of cake, It litterialy consists of earthing the pump & solenoid, Live battery + to the pump, 12v ignition feed to the pump, vacumm feed to the solenoid and away you go! I dont have vag com so couldnt tell you of any actuall intake temperatures, how ever after a hard run (and I mean hard  ) the intake plenum is ice cold to touch (quite litteraly). Having the hot fmic pipe so close to the manifold it is quite amazing the temperature difference between when the charged air comes out of the turbo to the charged air that enters the inlet plenum . As far as useage im doing about 2 tanks to a full tank of fuel which I dont think is too bad!
ALL IN ALL I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMEND GETTING ONE

Just a few pictures of the car






Now It really is time to get this mapped Ive put it off for so long but I think im pretty close to maxxing the K03s out

so the spec is

*AUQ180
*87k miles
*K03s
*99' RON fuel
*DEVILSOWN 6-30 PSI W.M.I kit
*CRAFT '42  3" turbo back non res exhaust system
*TOYOSPORTS C.A.I
*TOYOSPORTS F.M.I.C
*FORGE T.I.P
*FORGE actuator yellow spring
*FORGE 007P (soon to have)
*PCV simplified - oil catch can
*N249 valve delete

I think thats everything haha

thanks for reading, comments welcome

[Chris#101]

UPDATE 17/06/12

Following on from last time My rear anni valance turned up 

so got that fitted straight away









I also got myself booked in at R-Tech yesterday for a Stage 2 Custom remap 

This has been well over due but I cant believe now after knowing how much difference its made why I put it off for so long. It took me the best part of 3.5 hours to get there but boy was it worth the drive, especially on the way home  . As soon as I got there the guys got stuck in checking everything was all good and safe explaining what was going to happen .

In the first 30-45mins session on the dyno the guys maxxed the set up out at 199bhp  with a missfire. (Toby your guess what right  ) How ever after they had a quick look around they soon noticed that I had made a school boy mistake by not tightening something on the intake manifold allowing a boost leak. Within the next 1.30 mins they switched the engine off and started indoing the safety straps to get the car off the dyno. With the new live software they have everything can be done twice as fast so to say I was itching for a drive was an understatement.

Even though it was way above my head they took the time to explain they had [b]*[/b]maxxed my set up out  showing me all the figures, duty cycles etc etc. I then went on a test drive  and wow.... I told my friends I was getting a new car to throw them of the scent but this is just as good as. it really is completly different to before. you only have to feather the throttle to cruise and then if you push a bit more it absolutely transforms the car into something else  The power is soo smooth yet agressive its hard to explain. Overall I am soo happy with what the guys at R-tech have done, cannot recommend them enough  if your reading this guys, I will be seeing you very shortly with what you recomended  .

Now the bit youve all been waiting for. Cullygti you were on the money.

They maxxed out my set up with 1.75" intercooler pipework being restrictive . They said theres easily another 10-15bhp to be had with the 2.5" pipework along with + lbft. They couldnt physically get the K03s to flow any more through the 1.75" pipework as heat soak was becoming a major issue even with the meth injection and F.M.I.C. I also had a leaking exhaust triangle turbo gasket which you could hear which of course was loosing a bit of power along with a blocked/rusty toyosport air filter  . Either way Im extremely happy with the power they made considering the above and will be getting all the above sorted asap for another trip up there to get some better results along with launch control being added and left foot brake and boost  .




The most important bit  231bhp & 258ftlb holding a solid 20spi boost 



and a few pictures of a local dub meet with Andynorfolk off here













thanks for reading 

comments welcome

[Chris#101]

Update 24/06/12

Now the performance side of things is nearer enough done , bar the stuff R-tech told me to upgrade . Its time to start on the cosmetic side of things.

First things first, the routinely weekend bath 









So then…. At the beginning of the week this parcel turned up



Going by the results I got last time with a rattle can I wasn’t fazed to crack on with these.

So I went and done some shopping and came home with this little lot



Checked the forecast before starting and cracked on with the tasks ahead.

The spray booth , Bare ABS plastic



Several coats of primer



Primer wet flated using 1000grit 



First coat of LC9Z-Black magic 





LC9Z- Black magic Wet flated using 1000grit 



Top Clear coat 





Again Im really pleased with the finish considering its from a rattle, Maybe paintings my hidden talent!?

Typical the weather has turned for the worst, but I guess that just gives the skirts extra time to harden/dry.

So whilst I’m waiting for the warm weather I dream off, what’s the best method of attaching them to the car? Anyone got any links for products??

Ever since fitting the Anni rear valance My exhaust has been rubbing slightly on it hence the exhaust heat rap up the top, so this time I wasn’t going to take any more risks with melting things so It was up to the work shop to do some fine adjustments.

UP she goes 



Working magic 



The finished article 







I also had a little clear out in the garage where I came across these, so had a little play and this is what I came up with.



The finished article  ….. What boost pipes?



So then people, I need some input Obviously it still needs lowering and stance but what else do you think should be done?

What are peoples thoughts on the wheels? Change completely or painting!?

 was possibly thinking refurbing them in a gun metal grey, but im staring at a blank page with not much imagination


talk to me…. !?

[Chris#101]

UPDATE 01/07/12

New month new picture 

Yesterday after work I was humming and awwwing on what to do with the day. The weather couldnt quite make its mind up if it was going to be sunny or rainy

So i got my thinking cap on and came up with an idea .

Operation stealth

From this 




To this 






I had to cut the engine cover slightly for it to fit


Hard pipes drying



Also got round to fitting my Anni skirts  Have totally fallen in love with my car again

This is going to be some propper picture whoring so appologies in advance.

The weekly detail  So much easier now the hose pipe ban has been lifted 



Reflection b!tch













Thanks for reading, any advise crisitism more than welcome