Lito's MK4 GTI

[Lito]

Well ordered some more bits for the engine, timing belt kit, waterpump, gaskets etc. Also found a german company making this top mount manifold...




To replace this


turbo should end up in roughly the same spot, will just need to clock the compressor housing a bit. Any one have tips on this? Is it as simple as unbolting the housing, repositioning it then bolting it back up?

[Lito]

nice, be careful though, you could trap small animals in there...

keen to have a look at your golf sometime if your around, pretty certain i passed you on compton road round while i was back at xmas time.

i'll pm you my number

yeah mate for sure, im keen to have a look at your a3 as well. im pretty much free the entire long weekend if you wanna catch up?

[guile]

Some stuff arrived today...

nice, be careful though, you could trap small animals in there...

keen to have a look at your golf sometime if your around, pretty certain i passed you on compton road round while i was back at xmas time.

i'll pm you my number

[Lito]

Sounded good at Lakeside on Sunday mate!

Thanks mate, was a funny sight seeing that van on the track. Funny thing was I even made a joke about going on the track while we were waiting to have breakfast

[Lito]

And this is what i want to get re-done in a tubular manifold...

I kinda know the guys at the place im getting it done so hopefully they wont rape me on a price. taking it on saturday to get a quote

[h100vw]

Like!

[Water Boy]

Sounded good at Lakeside on Sunday mate!

[Lito]

Some stuff arrived today...





lolz

[vwthunder]

Custom manifold would be $1000+ I think

[vwthunder]

Wow

What kit did you order, i have been thinking about one of the CTS or PagParts kits

Oh you ordered a Eliminator Kit ?
I think the whole idea of this kit is that it is cheaper because you are using the stock exhaust manifold etc. If you want a different manifold i would suggest you order a proper kit

[Lito]

turbo kit and rods ordered!! I need peoples opinions on something though. the kit comes with an up pipe to mate the t25 flanged gt2871r to the stock exhaust manifold (i have the high flow frabkenturbo on there atm). im thinking about getting a custom manifold made up that replaces this setup, do people think it'll be worth getting this done? the k03 flange looks to be quite a bit smaller than a t25 flange. what kinda cost would i be looking at?

[guile]

looking good mate, nice touch with the blue digits

[Lito]

Got sick of waiting for my dual column pod, kinda wasn't sold on the idea anyway. So I install my A/F guage in the air vent.



I'm pretty happy with the install except i think I did something to the bonnet release cable, it's really loose now
Sits on around 14 at idle and mild acceleration, drops to around 11-13 at WOT, 21 coasting in gear

[Lito]

Pistons are forged so no real need to change them, best option would be get a tfsi crank and get a set of pistons and rods to match

Should see the engine increase to 2-2.1l which should reduce lag times

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yeah i dunno if i wanna go to the trouble of stroking it.

atp want $850 to ship here which is ridiculous. found this on ebay for much cheaper...

http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com.au/viewitem?itemId=330800052086&index=3&nav=SEARCH&nid=18295001263

looking at these rods as well...

http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com.au/viewitem?itemId=270996312731&index=6&nav=SEARCH&nid=19177067184

[Njay]

Re: Lito's MK4 GTI

Pistons are forged so no real need to change them, best option would be get a tfsi crank and get a set of pistons and rods to match

Should see the engine increase to 2-2.1l which should reduce lag times

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