Pic of the first fill up, drives like shit at the moment but it's off to be mapped on Wednesday, can't wait.
Pic of the first fill up, drives like shit at the moment but it's off to be mapped on Wednesday, can't wait.
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Well after what can only be described as a disaster last year, with my engine not being as healthy as it should have been I had to pull it out and put a new one in, I didnt bother doing anything to the new one, except clean and paint it, fit my cams and do the cam belt and change some gaskets.
It's now looking all good again
It never made it on the rollers last year due to the engine. But I'm booked in to be mapped on July 14th so hopefully all will go well and I'll be flying around in this finally.
Also it just passed its MOT so that's sorted for the year
Tester was very happy with it, no advisories.
Only things left are to fit my gsi spoiler and side skirts, plus I'd like to do something with the interior, maybe a retrim in the future.
I'll update this after the dyno session.
Nick
Last edited by totalnova; 20-06-20 at 10:09 AM.
Well its been a while since I updated this, a lot has been going on in the back ground, just when I thought the car was done it kicked me in the balls more then once.
So the car was done, just needed mapping to get it running correctly, so after waiting what seemed an age to get its turn on the rollers, it was finally my turn. So we had an issue with the crank sensor which in the end turned out to be the loom, two wires back to front but it was soon sorted and sent back.
Attempt two, this is where its gets interesting after having a little play but still not running right the the car suddenly dies, long story short the valve has come into contact with a piston causing some damage to the piston.
After leaving it to sit for a few weeks I decided to just throw an engine from a scrapped car in it and get it going, so onto ebay I went an got one delivered on a pallet, got it all cleaned up and put it in, started it up and............ knock knock knock knock knock, I turned it off and went it inside and sulked.
So only one thing for it, order a rebuild kit, new pistons, new rings, bearings, gaskets, the lot. I rebuilt it in my garage and got it slotted into the car and it started first time, success.
Then it had a wheel alignment
So back to the dyno, finally all was well and the car made a healthy 146bhp, this is a 30bhp more then the 116bhp it came with from the factory. Plans for the future are to get my cams sorted out as this engine is running standard ones and have the head flowed, but for now I'm just going to enjoy it.
Nick
Last edited by totalnova; 11-03-21 at 12:02 PM.
Sounds like quite the emotional rollercoaster!
Were you able to diagnose why the valve hit??
It had catcam camshafts in it and it was on standard cam sprockets, all timed correctly. I havent looked into it to much and I dont want to sling mud, but something isn't correct with them
So back on the dyno today, had some issues last time so had to go back
36hp more then standard, I could probably get another 15 with cams and headwork, but to be honest I'm happy with how it is.
Just love driving the thing
Nick
Last edited by totalnova; 21-04-21 at 10:32 PM.
Torque looks decent too - nice and useable!
Will be great fun to drive with that power on a nice revvy engine
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