From Jap to Vag *27/11/13 car being returned to standard lots of parts for sale

[Chris#101]

Lucky sod! Black headlining will finish it off

Looking very nice   

Those new seats look great.

Cheers guys over the moon with them, really set the interior off. Will be doing the healiner pillars etc all black when it warms up a bit for the full anni look 

[Chris#101]

22/03/13

Well Here I find my self again  . Even though ive been away on a 3 week block at college I still find myself buying things  I think I have a problem.

Well, in the last 3 weeks the car has done over 1,200 miles  getting me to and from college and bless her the turbo oil seals issues are really starting to show  how ever she soldiered on and recieved fairly impressive 36mpg   

The car hasnt been washed in the last 3 weeks either so that was the first thing I did when I got home



















So on my arrival home, I had lots of parcels waiting for me 

Seeing as its my 21st birthday next week thought id treat myself 



 







Big shout out to Bill @ Badger-5  Finally ready for R-tech to play with stage 2+ mapping









Bumper is booked in for painting tomorrow morning literally cannot wait to get that on 

Hoping to get new turbo and manifold fitted this week then get myself booked in with R-tech again  , really curious What figures it will pull with their new tiv+ software
Anyone cawant to take a guess ? currently running 241 bhp & 258lbsft
spec

Low mileage K03s borgwarner
Forge actuator yellow spring
Badger-5 Ported manifold
3" turbo back decat non res draft 42 exhaust
Forge 007p
Devils own water methanol injection kit
Jetex CAI
welly cooler fmic 2.5" pipework

Comments & suggestions welcome

thanks for reading

[brett]

Looking good mate ,you ever go to the dubgen meets ?

[Chris#101]

Looking good mate ,you ever go to the dubgen meets ?

Cheers man, am thinking the us bumper will finish it off look wise 

Can't say I've ever been to a dubgen meet. I roll with dailydubs, have a look

http://www.facebook.com/groups/dailydubs/

we have our first meet of the year next weekend

[Chris#101]

29/03/2013

Well Ive had all week off so I thought Ide fit my new badger 5 manifold and recon K03s.

Up she goes



ALso gave her a service, synthetic quantum 10w40 oil oil filter fuel filter and cleaned sump out and cleaned/checked pick up pipe.

Money shot 



Set up Forge tip, Forge Actuator yellow spring 9psi waste gate cracking pressure, 3 turn preload, Badger 5 ported manifold



Now who can spot the problem  was totally gobsmacked when i pulled it out 



yep you got it 



and to think I had this turbo off now long ago in this project to fit my forge actuator and it was immaculate.

Also got my GENUINE US bumper back from paint  so so chuffed with the service, 4 day turn around, finish is fantastic along with the colour match to the rest of the car and only got charged £135 

surely worth some scene points 







And of course I got cracking and fitted it straight to the car and gave it a wash

Now for some whoring



















Comments and suggestions welcome, thanks for reading

[brett]

looking good mate 

[Mr GTD]

WOW Chris

Your projected has moved on leaps & bounds since I last caught up with it, I read thro the hole thing again to refresh my memory... 

Must say its looking awesome, good to see you've upgraded your interior with the recaro's fella...

The only thing I wud add now to the exterior is a twin tailpipe as the single exit looks a bit naff compared to the rest of the car...and esp as your kicking out 230's...

But in all mate its a stunning car

Love that you keep on top of the cleaning(as im a bit OCD when it comes to cleaning my car)...bud as you know black is probably one of the hardest to keep looking great but probably the best when maintained and must say you do a awesome job...

Top work dude, keep it up!

[Chris#101]

looking good mate 

Cheers man 

[Chris#101]

WOW Chris

Your projected has moved on leaps & bounds since I last caught up with it, I read thro the hole thing again to refresh my memory... 

Must say its looking awesome, good to see you've upgraded your interior with the recaro's fella...

The only thing I wud add now to the exterior is a twin tailpipe as the single exit looks a bit naff compared to the rest of the car...and esp as your kicking out 230's...

But in all mate its a stunning car

Love that you keep on top of the cleaning(as im a bit OCD when it comes to cleaning my car)...bud as you know black is probably one of the hardest to keep looking great but probably the best when maintained and must say you do a awesome job...

Top work dude, keep it up!

  cheers for taking the time fella must say the last few months have been pretty full on  so pleased with where this heading. Would never of thought I would of spent this much on her 

Owe bloody hell I can't bare seeing a dirty car on the drive drives me mad  especially with it being black its a nightmare to keep clean but the effort is worth it!

Cheers for the nice comments 

[Chris#101]

07/05/13

Not an update as such just got a spare half an hour so thought I'd upload some pictures of my local clubs first meet of the year: DailyDubs













In other news the turbo hasn't stopped the oil burning issues on idle  although it was lucky I did change it when I did looking at the state of the old one that got pulled out .

So I guess it's a lot more serious than I thought either valve stem seals or piston oil ring. How ever after ringing round a few places I've been getting quotes of £500+ without the guarantee of fixing it 

So I really need someone's advice as to what I should do as its getting worse and worse and I'm doing a lot of miles  .

The engine code is the later AUQ 180