My Mk4 buildup thread...

[BL33SU]

cant wait til u finsih d set up.. lets see how long your stock clutch will last

[99gti]

And so it starts...

I drop the car off on Tuesday for the first part of the work to begin. The FMIC will be fitted as it's easily adaptable to the new turbo when that all gets fitted. I still need to source a LSD and clutch before I can start on the turbo but I'm keen to get the ball rolling. This kills a couple of birds with the one stone as it get's rid of the crazy boost leak I have at the moment, and also means I'll be able to drive the car in once the turbo is fitted to get the remainer of the exhaust done.

I'm still hunting down quotes on the rest of the gear but hopefully I should have orders placed over the coming weeks.

Very happy days!

[Mrk_Mickey]

Great stuff Neil, ready and waiting for your updates

[jayjay]

yay!! finally! someone who wants to put their power to the ground!!

how much more in gains can you expect from a front mount?

[Jarred]

So Neil, did you tell us how much power all this upgrade stuff will put out? (or did I miss that part??)

And how much does your car weigh JooC??

[rayray086]

Good stuff Neil I like your initiative, everything all planned out and ready for execution!

[99gti]

So Neil, did you tell us how much power all this upgrade stuff will put out? (or did I miss that part??)

And how much does your car weigh JooC??

Between 220 - 230bhp or 165kw depending on your prefered flavour.

The Mk4 weighs in at a hefty 1200kg's.

[DaveMack]

The Mk4 weighs in at a hefty 1200kg's.

Lardbutt.

Dave

[Preen59]

Fair enough, just keep in mind that standard UPS air will take around 3 weeks, on the longer side more likely.

Err.. USPS will take around 4 to 7 days priority airmail. Don't use UPS, they're a pain and more expensive.

[99gti]

A few pictures to keep you lot happy. Also I got some new stickers plus a few down and out ones but you can't see them untill I stick them on.

[Mrk_Mickey]

where did you get that dubway sticker!?

[99gti]

Empiregfx.com

I put an order in a few weeks ago and forgot all about it untill I went and checked my mailbox for the first time in a long while. The wheel whores.com came from LowVeeDub (thanks again).

[Preen59]

where did you get that dubway sticker!?

Empire GFX i'd say.. http://www.empiregfx.com/shop/home.php

[No457 Snowy]

Neil, just spotted this and thought you might want to look thru it as they look to be doing deals on clutch kits and some other stuff you've mentioned. I've never dealt with em, and you'd have to see if they ship O/S.

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=3709720

Snowy.

[99gti]

Well FMIC is in - a huge thanks to the lads from Castle Hill Exhaust. Chris has the patience of a saint. It wasn't smooth sailing and I'll get photos up shortly to show you once day light is here.

As suspected I had a huge boost leak on the charge pipe running into the old tiny SMIC and the amount of boost I have back up top is just pure awesomeness. My car still sounds like darth vader (the diverter valve plus CAI) but without emphysema now (the boost leak)

Visually it looks awesome however there was a lot of work involved to get it to fit. We had to carve away at a fair bit of the front bar but it's not noticeable looking at it. I havn't been able to get the front valance back on yet because I was busting to take it for a drive but I'll do that tomorrow.

One small problem is that when ever I come on boost it sounds like we also installed a rubber ducky squeaker into one of the boost lines. We ran into a problem with a split hose that goes from the throttle body back to the break booster. We replaced the hose but I suspect that is what is squeaking. It's very loud in the cabin, right in front of the driver. It sounds like its inside the cabin but tomorrows investigations should sort that out.

Photos to follow shortly.