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Now that I've owned my car for a year now, I feel like I should properly introduce my car.
This is a 1995 1.9 TDI
Will do a nice photo shoot soon.
Great car, goes forever. Really good for cruising.
Right now I'm getting 900 - 950 KM on a single tank
So I'm doing something right 
It's surprising how much i can fit in the boot with a full steel wheel badly hiding under the carpet (The carpet shows it shape now)
Been able to fit a 4x10'' guitar amp, a big ol'Jazz archtop guitar, my guitar pedal box and my toolbox neatly
After what seemed like a short year of studying, I can now work up the money to do things to my car.
Things to do:
[ ] New brake discs and pads; vented, possibly will turn 5 stud.
[ ] Coilovers
[ ] Boost gauge install
[ ] Making the engine breath better
[ ] Find leak in central Locking (Is there a tutorial on where to start?)
Ascetically, my plans are inspired by the stormtrooper suit and the imperial starships.
So I'll be wanting to make those black textures into a high gloss black along with dark glossy tinted windows. I don't think i could have a painted lip though, got a steep drive way.
But after going camping for the first time, and my mate choosing a campsite down a dirt road for 20 minutes, I found myself hitting a pothole which in result bent the FR driveshaft, seizing the wheel bearing and needing a CV joint replacement.
So my plans of getting new discs are on hold till I get my money's worth out of the repairs and getting on coilovers this summer may not happen, depends how much work i get.
Looking forward to changing the output of the engine.
The dream would be to be at the new GTD's output of 125kW and 350 Nm of torque, but when money is hard to get, I've got a choice of waiting or doing best bang for buck mods as i go. At the moment I'm waiting, green P's...
Now that i have driven a pugeot 307 HDI and a 2010 Jetta 2.0 TDI, i have an idea of what would be optimal for the older TDI.
The 307 has a bigger turbo than the Jetta, but of course comes with more lag and the power kicks in at 3k, which is quite high seeing as mine gets power just below 2k. The Jetta on the otherhand, is much more drivable. To get to the Jetta power would probably be more realistic, though the fuel injection system are different, pump deuce i believe? Maybe start with bigger injectors.
What would be the best step to making the car breath better? I've seen FMIC installed but many people cut into the re-bar and I ain't doing that, i'd rather have a cut up the front bumper.
The long term goal would be to give this car a go around track days, but there's plenty to do till then.
AAMI has free defensive driving courses I can do, so I'll give that a go, then I'll go for some advanced lessons I guess.
This is a 1995 1.9 TDI
Will do a nice photo shoot soon.
Great car, goes forever. Really good for cruising.
Right now I'm getting 900 - 950 KM on a single tank
So I'm doing something right It's surprising how much i can fit in the boot with a full steel wheel badly hiding under the carpet (The carpet shows it shape now)
Been able to fit a 4x10'' guitar amp, a big ol'Jazz archtop guitar, my guitar pedal box and my toolbox neatly
After what seemed like a short year of studying, I can now work up the money to do things to my car.
Things to do:
[ ] New brake discs and pads; vented, possibly will turn 5 stud.
[ ] Coilovers
[ ] Boost gauge install
[ ] Making the engine breath better
[ ] Find leak in central Locking (Is there a tutorial on where to start?)
Ascetically, my plans are inspired by the stormtrooper suit and the imperial starships.
So I'll be wanting to make those black textures into a high gloss black along with dark glossy tinted windows. I don't think i could have a painted lip though, got a steep drive way.
But after going camping for the first time, and my mate choosing a campsite down a dirt road for 20 minutes, I found myself hitting a pothole which in result bent the FR driveshaft, seizing the wheel bearing and needing a CV joint replacement.
So my plans of getting new discs are on hold till I get my money's worth out of the repairs and getting on coilovers this summer may not happen, depends how much work i get.
Looking forward to changing the output of the engine.
The dream would be to be at the new GTD's output of 125kW and 350 Nm of torque, but when money is hard to get, I've got a choice of waiting or doing best bang for buck mods as i go. At the moment I'm waiting, green P's...
Now that i have driven a pugeot 307 HDI and a 2010 Jetta 2.0 TDI, i have an idea of what would be optimal for the older TDI.
The 307 has a bigger turbo than the Jetta, but of course comes with more lag and the power kicks in at 3k, which is quite high seeing as mine gets power just below 2k. The Jetta on the otherhand, is much more drivable. To get to the Jetta power would probably be more realistic, though the fuel injection system are different, pump deuce i believe? Maybe start with bigger injectors.
What would be the best step to making the car breath better? I've seen FMIC installed but many people cut into the re-bar and I ain't doing that, i'd rather have a cut up the front bumper.
The long term goal would be to give this car a go around track days, but there's plenty to do till then.
AAMI has free defensive driving courses I can do, so I'll give that a go, then I'll go for some advanced lessons I guess.
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