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Not much action on this site, so I figured I might as well use it to document my car and BLOW PEOPLES MINDS! Drive a boat on the road? How can that be! Prepare to be amazed!
Im calling this car the boat. Because it is the boatiest vehicle I have ever driven, and I've driven boats. On land and in the water.
Due to my emergency daily dying and not being worth the effort of fixing I needed a car asap, as my nissan exa daily was already in the shop and wont come out for at least another month. Talking to my usual mechanic about my delemena he came out and was like "You should buy this passat" andd I was "Nooo. Its european. Its so boring. Its a boat! I need a car" Then he was like "it has a turbo" and I was like "SOLD!" Or something like this. There was a bit more looking at the interior and some other stuff, but for $2500 this was in incredible condition. Picked it up on Saturday, so Im finally able to look at it.
So heres a picture of me driving it:
For real though, here is a full shot of it:
Here is a close up:
So I will be using this as a daily car and we are selling our FZ swift sport. When I bought this car I already had 6 cars. One blew up and is gone and only 2 months ago I sold a car because I already had 6 cars then. 4 is enough!
Now I'm on a seriously tight budget so the only new thing going into this car is the exhaust. Which at this rate will pretty much be my entire budget. But here is my list:
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Completed - Head unit - Free - Already have like, a billion laying around. However I picked the best quality one that had only 2 channels as I think it'll be fine running speakers without an amp. Here it is without the body:
Completed- Amp - $20 - I only had 4 channels laying around and they were not going to be suitable. So I picked up with 400w clarrion 2 channel. Hopefully it works. I bought it from a wrecker so I can return it.
Completed - Subwoofing - Free - I had a few laying around, I've chosen this one. I used it before in a similar setup and it was alright. And look, it has a doggy on it.
Completed - Replace BOV (DV) - Free - I have a spare bov from a stock rb20 and a stock lancer evo 1. I plan on trying the rb20 one as I know for the fact the evo one leaks way too much. Im hoping a 6 cylinder 2 litre vs my 4 cylinder 1.8 will leak less.
- RB20 diverter is in with massive improvement to response.
In progress - Source new solenoid for fuel flap.
In progress - Fix center vents - $30 - I picked up a spare from a wrecker for $30. I will probably break the old one pulling it out, but its already broken. BUt I dont want to make it worse. I have big hands. I Don't like doing this stuff.
Pending - Find the source of the spastic decisions being made by the climate control
Pending - Full exhaust - Will prob cost me about 800-900. How do I get it so cheap? Secrets. Im aiming for 3 mild steel resonators, which I can pick up for $30 and a $40 cannon. I can get the cat and down pipe done for under 500 so Im good.
Pending - Oil catch can - Free - Like, all 90's nissan engines had like, a million PCVs, so I have a fair few on this on hand. Haven't picked one yet.
Pending - Front mount intercooler - $50 - I only had big ones on hand and I didnt feel that it would suit this car. So I picked this one up cheap.
Pending - Intercooler piping - Low physical cost, high mental cost - The great thing about not buying a kit to save money, is trying to piece together customer intercooler piping on your own! THis is the best part of any car build! And by best I mean the other thing. Not best.
Pending - Heat shield - Cost ??? - I'm actually super pissed at the airbox set up in this car. It is super good and bad at the same time. In order to do the intake work I want I have to shield the airbox area off from the rest of the engine.
Pending - Air box - $10 - I'm going to keep the stock airbox but remove the corner bend to the ram intake and drill a hole in the front of it to install a velocity stack. Two intake pipes can be problem and I normally wouldnt recomend it, but because of the velocity stack attached to the maf and the turbo, it should allow more cold air to be sucked in and more noise to come out. I may also install a scoop on the bonnent, but that is a seperate paragraph.
Pending - Boost gauge - Cost: A large pizza or $30 - I have one lined up from a friend who will sell me a 20psi 60mm gauge for a pizza. If that doesn't work I have another one on the list for $30.
Pending - Some other gauges - $5 - I have a bunch of other brand new gauges I never used. Cant remember what they are, but I'll probably put them in here. Just need cups for them. Good old china made cups for poo change.
Pending - Remove rear badge - free - VW don't make boats, yet somehow I'm driving one.
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EXTRA CASH OPERTUNITIES
These are things I want to do, but will not hold my breath for unless I come across extra non budgeted cash. Being I am a seriously busy man with many cash based activities, this is unlikely.
- Bonnet scoop for air box. I actually have a small one laying around, but the cost is getting it stuck to the bonnet and repainted.
- Wheels - yeah, I originally wanted to do a budget exhaust, but then I saw the figures on the stock downpipe and cat and thats where my wheel money went instead.
- Badge less front grill - nope. Exhaust killed that too.
- Fix cluster controls that do not work. Sure, I cant see my fuel usage, reset my trip computer or even change the time, but I don't have time to look at a dash cluster as I need to focus on putting my foot down to go fast.
- Suspension - all of its, its **** house.
For those that actually wanted to see the car, then here you go. I can feel myself aging just looking at the photos.
Cost, not including rego, regular maintenance and fuel:
$2500 - Car, including RWC
$10 - first round of "new car" injector cleaner
$20 - emergency oil after buying
$33 - cable kit for amp and sub
$100 - list items
Total:
2663
Im calling this car the boat. Because it is the boatiest vehicle I have ever driven, and I've driven boats. On land and in the water.
Due to my emergency daily dying and not being worth the effort of fixing I needed a car asap, as my nissan exa daily was already in the shop and wont come out for at least another month. Talking to my usual mechanic about my delemena he came out and was like "You should buy this passat" andd I was "Nooo. Its european. Its so boring. Its a boat! I need a car" Then he was like "it has a turbo" and I was like "SOLD!" Or something like this. There was a bit more looking at the interior and some other stuff, but for $2500 this was in incredible condition. Picked it up on Saturday, so Im finally able to look at it.
So heres a picture of me driving it:
For real though, here is a full shot of it:
Here is a close up:
So I will be using this as a daily car and we are selling our FZ swift sport. When I bought this car I already had 6 cars. One blew up and is gone and only 2 months ago I sold a car because I already had 6 cars then. 4 is enough!
Now I'm on a seriously tight budget so the only new thing going into this car is the exhaust. Which at this rate will pretty much be my entire budget. But here is my list:
--------------------
Completed - Head unit - Free - Already have like, a billion laying around. However I picked the best quality one that had only 2 channels as I think it'll be fine running speakers without an amp. Here it is without the body:
Completed- Amp - $20 - I only had 4 channels laying around and they were not going to be suitable. So I picked up with 400w clarrion 2 channel. Hopefully it works. I bought it from a wrecker so I can return it.
Completed - Subwoofing - Free - I had a few laying around, I've chosen this one. I used it before in a similar setup and it was alright. And look, it has a doggy on it.
Completed - Replace BOV (DV) - Free - I have a spare bov from a stock rb20 and a stock lancer evo 1. I plan on trying the rb20 one as I know for the fact the evo one leaks way too much. Im hoping a 6 cylinder 2 litre vs my 4 cylinder 1.8 will leak less.
- RB20 diverter is in with massive improvement to response.
In progress - Source new solenoid for fuel flap.
In progress - Fix center vents - $30 - I picked up a spare from a wrecker for $30. I will probably break the old one pulling it out, but its already broken. BUt I dont want to make it worse. I have big hands. I Don't like doing this stuff.
Pending - Find the source of the spastic decisions being made by the climate control
Pending - Full exhaust - Will prob cost me about 800-900. How do I get it so cheap? Secrets. Im aiming for 3 mild steel resonators, which I can pick up for $30 and a $40 cannon. I can get the cat and down pipe done for under 500 so Im good.
Pending - Oil catch can - Free - Like, all 90's nissan engines had like, a million PCVs, so I have a fair few on this on hand. Haven't picked one yet.
Pending - Front mount intercooler - $50 - I only had big ones on hand and I didnt feel that it would suit this car. So I picked this one up cheap.
Pending - Intercooler piping - Low physical cost, high mental cost - The great thing about not buying a kit to save money, is trying to piece together customer intercooler piping on your own! THis is the best part of any car build! And by best I mean the other thing. Not best.
Pending - Heat shield - Cost ??? - I'm actually super pissed at the airbox set up in this car. It is super good and bad at the same time. In order to do the intake work I want I have to shield the airbox area off from the rest of the engine.
Pending - Air box - $10 - I'm going to keep the stock airbox but remove the corner bend to the ram intake and drill a hole in the front of it to install a velocity stack. Two intake pipes can be problem and I normally wouldnt recomend it, but because of the velocity stack attached to the maf and the turbo, it should allow more cold air to be sucked in and more noise to come out. I may also install a scoop on the bonnent, but that is a seperate paragraph.
Pending - Boost gauge - Cost: A large pizza or $30 - I have one lined up from a friend who will sell me a 20psi 60mm gauge for a pizza. If that doesn't work I have another one on the list for $30.
Pending - Some other gauges - $5 - I have a bunch of other brand new gauges I never used. Cant remember what they are, but I'll probably put them in here. Just need cups for them. Good old china made cups for poo change.
Pending - Remove rear badge - free - VW don't make boats, yet somehow I'm driving one.
--------
EXTRA CASH OPERTUNITIES
These are things I want to do, but will not hold my breath for unless I come across extra non budgeted cash. Being I am a seriously busy man with many cash based activities, this is unlikely.
- Bonnet scoop for air box. I actually have a small one laying around, but the cost is getting it stuck to the bonnet and repainted.
- Wheels - yeah, I originally wanted to do a budget exhaust, but then I saw the figures on the stock downpipe and cat and thats where my wheel money went instead.
- Badge less front grill - nope. Exhaust killed that too.
- Fix cluster controls that do not work. Sure, I cant see my fuel usage, reset my trip computer or even change the time, but I don't have time to look at a dash cluster as I need to focus on putting my foot down to go fast.
- Suspension - all of its, its **** house.
For those that actually wanted to see the car, then here you go. I can feel myself aging just looking at the photos.
Cost, not including rego, regular maintenance and fuel:
$2500 - Car, including RWC
$10 - first round of "new car" injector cleaner
$20 - emergency oil after buying
$33 - cable kit for amp and sub
$100 - list items
Total:
2663
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