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Dan's GTX3582r, 2.0 20v, project '600'
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Gave mine a good clean today, Clay, paint correction, Jetseal 901, and a coat of Chemical guys butter wax.
Didnt Clean the wheels and tyres, because its in for 4 new conti sport contact 5's on thursday.
Didnt Clean the wheels and tyres, because its in for 4 new conti sport contact 5's on thursday.
Jimmy14
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Final delivery is here, many thanks to Russ, my mate who works for VW as a parts manager..
All genuine:
Cambelt kit
Water pump with metal impellor
Head gasket
Head bolts
Thermostat
All genuine:
Cambelt kit
Water pump with metal impellor
Head gasket
Head bolts
Thermostat
A few pics.
Managed to get the rounded bolt out, so its now at the stage of removeing the oil pump and strainer to remove the rods.
I am also waiting on a delivery from the us of a..
Some pics of today and yesterday.
Loose from the factory? I've no evidence of the turbo ever being removed.
Thats up to date..
Managed to get the rounded bolt out, so its now at the stage of removeing the oil pump and strainer to remove the rods.
I am also waiting on a delivery from the us of a..
Some pics of today and yesterday.
Loose from the factory? I've no evidence of the turbo ever being removed.
Thats up to date..
Well, small update.
Cleaned the pickup...
Rod installation
More parts
Rocker gasket
Turbo gaskets
Manifold gaskets
Updated 'sputter' big end bearings
Tubular manifold
3" down pipe
3" sports cat
Cleaned the pickup...
Rod installation
More parts
Rocker gasket
Turbo gaskets
Manifold gaskets
Updated 'sputter' big end bearings
Tubular manifold
3" down pipe
3" sports cat
Well, due to problems at home(gf...) Meant the rebuild pics are kind of non existant.
Apart from this one.
Heres a pic of the badger 5 tip:
and the manifold:
My rear arb also arrived today
Here's 3 videos.
Noise(with ESP intervention)
http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq49/dunlop172/2ef8c02c.mp4
Spool up
http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq49/dunlop172/5a37b840.mp4
And speedo.
http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq49/dunlop172/b2d68bba.mp4
Apart from this one.
Heres a pic of the badger 5 tip:
and the manifold:
My rear arb also arrived today
Here's 3 videos.
Noise(with ESP intervention)
http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq49/dunlop172/2ef8c02c.mp4
Spool up
http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq49/dunlop172/5a37b840.mp4
And speedo.
http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq49/dunlop172/b2d68bba.mp4
Brilliant work mate, really making me want one of these manifolds but will need to do the rods first as you have done
Well, a LONG overdue update. Not really been in the frame of mind to update due to becoming single again
Anyway
A new bit arrived..
A Neuspeed 28mm Rear Anti roll bar. Decided i didnt like the red it was powedercoated so keyed it up and painted it matt black, in keeping with the car's stealthy appearence
Fitting was a doddle, took all of 20 minutes, and has 3 adjustable settings, soft, medium and hard. Me being me, set straight to hard
Fitted:
Next up, was just an oil change, seeign as it hadnt been changed since the new rods and shells went in. Here is imo a picture worth noting. This is why I ALWAYS run a magnetic plug or atleast a strong magnet on the sump after doing a build, you can be as clean as you like, but in a workshop environment/home there will always be **** that gets in places you didnt see.
I also Fitted braided lines, and did a full fluid change for ATE Superblue. Here is a few pics as to why it is nice to use when bleeding through
Old:
New:
Next up was an offer I saw on here, [email protected] Joel Vermiglio is doing a cracking deal on alignment/corner weighting/camber/castor (basically, if you can change it, they'll set it up) etc for £50. he is part of Bridgwater college's motorsport course. Having been in contact, I got my car booked in for tracking check and corner weighting.
I took the trip down for my booking slot at 5pm, arrived to meet Joel and his tutor (who's name has slipped my mind!) to discuss how the car was used and what I wanted out of it. I explained that I shall be using the car on track alot so would want a reasonably aggressive setup.
First of all he went round checking my current setup, height, wheel alignment and damper settings. I had set the alignment and height up by eye, And I was impressed myself at the results:
FL
Toe 5mm TTout
Height 588mm
Bump 3 clicks
Rebound 1.5turns
Weight 428.5kg
FR
Toe 5mm TTout
Height 590mm
Bump 4 clicks
Rebound 1.5turns
Weight 495.0kg
RL
Height 619mm
Bump 6 clicks
Weight 347.5kg
RR
Height 622mm
Bump 5 clicks
Weight 296.0kg
They then went on to disconnect the roll bars to enable corner weighting.
I asked for my corner weighting to be setup with me and a passenger of similar weight, as Im usually on track with a passenger.
The results looked like this:
Shes a lardy mofo!!
I let them work they're magic on it and here is the result(without passengers) after the 1st adjustment
Not bad I thought!
And after another tweek(with me and a passenger)
Truely impressed!! Joel and his tutor then discussed any handling characteristics I liked or didnt with regards to the dampers, after a short chat they decided to stiffen the front and soften the rear a tad.
Here are the final settings:
FL
Toe 5mm TTout
Height 592mm
Bump 6 clicks
Rebound 2.5turns
Weight 457.5kg
FR
Toe 5mm TTout
Height 590mm
Bump 6 clicks
Rebound 2.5turns
Weight 466.5kg
RL
Height 621mm
Bump 2 clicks
Weight 317.0kg
RR
Height 622mm
Bump 2 clicks
Weight 325.0kg
All in all, I've not really had a chance to push it yet, but the feel of it is very different, feels alot more keen to corner rather than a bit, 'fidgity' like it was.
I can highly recommend them for how it was set up and I'm happy to have taken it there, Its not actually a case study or part of they're course, the money goes towards they're castle combe race car running costs, and they get valuable learning experience of how to set different cars up.
Anyway
A new bit arrived..
A Neuspeed 28mm Rear Anti roll bar. Decided i didnt like the red it was powedercoated so keyed it up and painted it matt black, in keeping with the car's stealthy appearence
Fitting was a doddle, took all of 20 minutes, and has 3 adjustable settings, soft, medium and hard. Me being me, set straight to hard
Fitted:
Next up, was just an oil change, seeign as it hadnt been changed since the new rods and shells went in. Here is imo a picture worth noting. This is why I ALWAYS run a magnetic plug or atleast a strong magnet on the sump after doing a build, you can be as clean as you like, but in a workshop environment/home there will always be **** that gets in places you didnt see.
I also Fitted braided lines, and did a full fluid change for ATE Superblue. Here is a few pics as to why it is nice to use when bleeding through
Old:
New:
Next up was an offer I saw on here, [email protected] Joel Vermiglio is doing a cracking deal on alignment/corner weighting/camber/castor (basically, if you can change it, they'll set it up) etc for £50. he is part of Bridgwater college's motorsport course. Having been in contact, I got my car booked in for tracking check and corner weighting.
I took the trip down for my booking slot at 5pm, arrived to meet Joel and his tutor (who's name has slipped my mind!) to discuss how the car was used and what I wanted out of it. I explained that I shall be using the car on track alot so would want a reasonably aggressive setup.
First of all he went round checking my current setup, height, wheel alignment and damper settings. I had set the alignment and height up by eye, And I was impressed myself at the results:
FL
Toe 5mm TTout
Height 588mm
Bump 3 clicks
Rebound 1.5turns
Weight 428.5kg
FR
Toe 5mm TTout
Height 590mm
Bump 4 clicks
Rebound 1.5turns
Weight 495.0kg
RL
Height 619mm
Bump 6 clicks
Weight 347.5kg
RR
Height 622mm
Bump 5 clicks
Weight 296.0kg
They then went on to disconnect the roll bars to enable corner weighting.
I asked for my corner weighting to be setup with me and a passenger of similar weight, as Im usually on track with a passenger.
The results looked like this:
Shes a lardy mofo!!
I let them work they're magic on it and here is the result(without passengers) after the 1st adjustment
Not bad I thought!
And after another tweek(with me and a passenger)
Truely impressed!! Joel and his tutor then discussed any handling characteristics I liked or didnt with regards to the dampers, after a short chat they decided to stiffen the front and soften the rear a tad.
Here are the final settings:
FL
Toe 5mm TTout
Height 592mm
Bump 6 clicks
Rebound 2.5turns
Weight 457.5kg
FR
Toe 5mm TTout
Height 590mm
Bump 6 clicks
Rebound 2.5turns
Weight 466.5kg
RL
Height 621mm
Bump 2 clicks
Weight 317.0kg
RR
Height 622mm
Bump 2 clicks
Weight 325.0kg
All in all, I've not really had a chance to push it yet, but the feel of it is very different, feels alot more keen to corner rather than a bit, 'fidgity' like it was.
I can highly recommend them for how it was set up and I'm happy to have taken it there, Its not actually a case study or part of they're course, the money goes towards they're castle combe race car running costs, and they get valuable learning experience of how to set different cars up.
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