Ashmond - 'mk4 1.4 bottom of range to 1.8t Dub'

[Ashmond]

Right this weekend I went down to Portsmouth to pick up a set of cream leather recaros from "charliefletcher". didnrt know how Cream would look with my all black car but for the price I couldnt actually say no. They were in need of a clean and maybe a repair kit. These were the pictures before I went to go get them:





Now installed and clean they look like this!







R32 bumper to be ordered..

[Ashmond]

http://www.youtube.com/user/joshdubpolo#p/u/0/1f2QdNyzQDI

Not even running any boost through it yet either, so imagine what it will sound like then!

[Ashmond]

I havent updated this in a while so thought I would finally do it. I sent the car down to a garage (not mentioning any names) to finish off the mk4 paint and engine, as you could see from the last video it ran, boosted and sounded pretty damn good but they rang me and said they wanted £2,500 as they would have to start from scratch which I thought was ridiculous so I said for them to get on with the painting and il sort the engine out. Fell victim to the old "out of sight out of mind" symdrome and got preoccupied with other things. Got a call from them saying what are u doing about this car, I had assumed they were going to paint at least but no so I deceided to cut my losses and hire a garage privatley that I could store it in that we could work on it whenever i wanted and also to buy a run around to make it easier for collecting parts but also so I didnt have to rush the golf for the sake of having wheels again...which brings me up to the beginning of december when I got my garage and car back:



Car:



By having the garage with the car inside and my trusty fiesta diesal I can get the mk4 100% before bringing it out rather then before rushing just to have some wheels:



first thing was first it needed a clean, seats came up nicely:



Engine is still looking half decent, parts needed though before we can continue, got my list now and over 50% of the parts I have got in a week just waiting to get paid then I can buy my injectors. S3 ECU has been mapped. Other parts are being ordered from various sources to get this looking as factory pipewise as possible.




New Brakes all round to be ordered at end of the month as well as completely checking the car prior to MOT, brake lines, bushes, suspension, wish bones, etc. Due to having the garage I am able to work on it whenever so far we have made a list of what I need and Ive 90% of it already; we took the ancillaries out of the engine bay that werent needed; old 2.5" maf, filter, etc as new s3 parts to go in and got the laptop out for new parts/part numbers (cheers V Dub Ben as per) The boost pipes have been removed and I have dropped them into a fabricators to weld the spouts for my n75 and dv as per the OEM charge pipe:





Bits have started to turn up this week:



Pipework has been dropped into fabricators too to get spouts welded for DV and N75, should be ready next week:



Will update after this week and weekends work has been carried out. Im not in a better financial position then when the majority of the progress was carried out this should be moving along very swiftly with the help of vdubben (white1.4 -> 1.8t ko4 hybrid bold) and Sammy (smoothed silver and orange bbs golf+ car) both helping me out as their cars are nigh on finished.

I also had to put this up for a bit of inspiration at work:



More Updates to come after this weekend as the boys are "booked" in for a day of dubbing!

Thanks for looking

Ash

[Ashmond]

Good weekend and some real progress made. Engine almost all the way there just need to grab a new n75 valve, get boost pipes back from the fabricators and get a maf flange then we looking good. Got my ECU remapped again with a stage 2 APY s3 remap, 3" maf and some other bits. We Plugged in the ECU and fired her up. She sounded good, obviously throwing up a load of random non engine fault codes/ We also bled the clutch so my mate who works at National tyres can hang the exhaust on the ramp and sort the blow. Boost pipes should be done by wednesday when I can replum the intercooler, dv and n75 valves.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_iAbSypDXM

Like I said exhaust needs to be hung hence why she is sounding a bit "throaty" lol. Funny thing is, I got quoted 2 grand to do what we did in 5 hours after spending £140 and that obviously wouldnt include the new map

[Ashmond]

If theres one thing you can count on is that I will keep it up..too much effort to leave it now hence why I didnt sell it when times were tough.

Pair of headlights just bought that have had the Joey (anni style blacked back). Il get some pics up when they turn up

[Ashmond]

Another update;

my boost pipe has now had the spouts for n75 and dump valve onto it:





Engine now runs perfectly, not im on the other bits - cleaning the car up inside, engine and outside. Getting my litle bits and pieces sorted, some more bits already turned up before christmas;





After christmas the exhaust is getting hung, new brakes are going on, tracking and balancing too. Still on the look out for a L041 straight black passangers wing and bonnet. Inbox me if you know of any.

Big progress is being made at the moment

[Ashmond]

New brakes have turnt up too, will be fitting these on the weekend:

[Ashmond]

Another update;

Epic weekend for me. Deceided to take the car off the stands and get it rolling now the clutch had been bled and the majority of engine parts have been fitted. The intercooler wasn’t very secure and the old bolts were bent and corroded where the car had been sitting for a while without a front bumper on so Sammy and I went to B&Q to get the necessary bolts. We also rearranged the pipework so we could include the Forge MAP sensor flange into the pipework

Sammy is too cool for school:




Fitted my 3” filter to my new filter:


I then went removed the EGR valve from the side of the engine and fit the blanking plate to give me more space for the boost pipes;


My s3 injectors turnt up along with my N75f valve, these were the last pieces I need in order for this engine to run properly;


Fitted;


Trial fitted my new bumper as well; need to take about an inch off the left fmic pipe so it sits back and the bumper can slot on perfectly, but bought a hacksaw this morning and will be doing that this evening;



Then I moved the car out the garage for the first time in a couple years where I wasn’t pushing it. It was actually driving;


Little vid – obviously not giving it full beans as it is a residential road;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBfZ47ydono

This weekend we also focused on the interior, the silver painted trim I had in the car didn’t really go with the cream so deceided to go for some subtle carbon wrap rather then painting as a) its cold out and b) its a lot easier. BIG Thank you to Sammy for doing this for me as I did try but just don’t have the finesse needed;





Also the rear lights benefitted as the white part stood out on a black car;





Next weekend im going to be hitting the interior hard with the cleaning and the refitting of all bits as well as the fitting of my boost switch so I can have the car at about 100bhp and full power just on a switch to save strain on the engine and on my pocket in petrol money.

Thanks

[Ashmond]

After loosing a weekends worth of work to the snow the week previous, I decided I had to make some serious headway with the car either on the interior or finishing the last few tiny bits on the engine. First thing was first she needed a clean and I put the plate back on to give it that almost there feel (all in my head but nevertheless):



 It then started raining in true form so I thought best to get the interior back together looking much more like a whole car again inside;

I tackled the easy parts first and got the stereo out of my fiesta and installed it into the mk4 as a temp stereo until I can get a double din unit:



Installed, obviously the silver parts on the side are to be wrapped still






Next was to get the door handles sorted so I trimmed off the excess wrap and them came out really well I think:



As with most mk4’s my interior was shot to pieces so I hit up a new breakers near me which seems to be a goldmine as I got all of the below for less then a tenner (including the boot carpet)



As I was driving out I saw a Bora in another yard so decided to see if there were any vents going cheap, there weren’t  but I did see that they had a set of clocks like the old set that I wished I never sold (times were hard)…..I thought no way, somebody had taken the vents but left these clocks, you got to be joking, its got to be diesel, alas it was petrol and I snapped up a set of Bora Sport clocks like my old set for a BARGAIN price…..to say I was chuffed and still am is an understatement! So I put down a deposit and collect them this weekend, as an added bonus they have the trip computer which is already wired up to my stalk from my old clocks.



When I got back Vdub Ben gave me a shout and said he wanted to do the wiring to extend my map sensor so he came over and did that, just need to be soldered now:



We decided to have a look at the serious blow in my exhaust and I have ordered up a step down sleeve and the centre rubbers for it. Once they arrive il get under and fit them, problem in theory should be solved.



He was also telling me about how he had his boost run into his cruise control stork so he could have a third of the power then flick the switch full power, I wanted a bit of this so I bought the resistors, my button and thought it would look quite sweet in the blanking plug where you Gti owners normally have your traction control…I don’t have that so thought good thing to replace it with. Didn’t have the tools so went round sammys, got the hole drilled and used the mini dremel to get the right size hole:

 



Fitted (needs to be wired up then it will light up ‘Boost’ in red when pressed and should match the rest of the dash;



Also spoke to VWUnit and he needed a set of OE mk4 headlights and I needed a good condition 1.8T Gti steering wheel so we gonna do a straight swap. Just needs to install the cream handbrake get a few little cream parts to tie in the seats, nothing major and then interior is 90% finished.

Quick pic of how its looking at the moment



PROGRESS!! Finishing last few bits off in the next couple weeks then hopefully paint, tax, mot and insurance next month – think im going to miss U.D but nevermind I should be out for shows after that.

Comments welcome as always

Ash

[Ashmond]

Last night I met up with a member from Edition, VWUnit top bloke that I hadnt seen in years but kept in contact with since helping him out with a few bits, he wanted my old headlights to split and he he a 3 spoke MINT leather gti steering wheel which I wanted as Im focusing on the interior atm. The 1.4 4 spoke wheel wasnt cutting it for me anymore, neither was the random green wheel that turned up from somewhere so last night I met up with him around 11 in Catford to swap, very happy with it as it is literally mint, no wear or scratches at all. Once I pick the clocks up on the weekend I just have to cover the rest of the centre console, order some new matts with cream piping and fit my new seat belts then interior is done. Moving fast on this now, just want it done and dusted!