my mk4 project

and a quick photoshop \/ \/



heres a few pictures of my mk4 T when i was fitting the new turbo etc

specs:

Mk4 1.8t
Remap by Rtech Hinkley
3" downpipe n decat
Ramair panel filter
smoothed and drilled airbox with cold air feeds
polished inlet manifold
polished internals of turbo (prob made no difference but meh)
cranked waste gate to 18 psi (soon to be 20psi)
boost gauge

plenty more to come
forge 007p recirc valve

looks very clean mate, a nice solid base car, and u got the recaros too!!!


nice

its not as clean as the pics make it out to be unfortunatly it has a bit of a repair to the passenger side not too bad but i notice it and it annopys me lol

the recaros are lovely but the whole car needs a bit of tlc at the moment im just trying to get her running perfect then ill start tidying her up cosmetically
in the new year shell be a cmopletely new weapon

i'm sure its nothing u canrt handle!! anyway, i would imagine you would struggle to find a 7 year old mk4 which dosnt need some sort of work to be done!


oh yeah wot do u mean by a 'smoothed' air box!!??? never heard of that b4!??

sounds like one of Dubsys wonderful inventions!!

Fitzy wrote:

oh yeah wot do u mean by a 'snoothed' air box!!??? never heard of that b4!??

You know what it is Fitzy, they are next to the cufflinks

lol excuse my spelling and grammer lmao

sMoothed air box internally for increased air flow and minimum disterbance apparently lmao

smart motor mate

recaro's are so lurvly

Gricey wrote:

sMoothed air box internally for increased air flow and minimum disterbance apparently lmao

oh, ok...........never heard of that before thats all

nah i hadnt either but after fitting the usual cone filter getting nice noises but big power losses due to heat soak, i found after some research the best bit is to put a panel filter in and remove the casting marks in the airbox and smooth out with a dremel to get a nice smooth un disturbed air flow. coupled with a samco throttle inlet pipe and a dsg cold air feed it is the best cold air filtration mod you can do on a mk4 turbo as it doesnt increase excess heat into the air

Nice car there dude! mk4,s are growing on me... esp after the last edition of PVW (mk4 madness)

Ah ha, another MK4 20VT.
Interested in the engine work you have had done as I had planned similar when I got mine. However, I have been chasing a turbo leak for the last nine months that has left me almost hating it.

It would be interesting to compare the two cars to see what I could get with the remap and other work. I have a fully licensed VAG-Com diag kit so we could map sensors and see what the boost is running at.

mate i know the feeling mine is a little touch annoying at times , im more then happy to give u a hand finding your leak mate there is a pancake pipe that goes along the drivers side wheel arch check that is bolted up and tightend and tighten the hose clips with a little spanner youll get them much tighter

also on the push clip fittings there is an o ring make sure thats not pinched split or perished as itll loose preasure if your about i can show you where i have had issues and see if they match ??

i need to get a copy of licensed vag com i only have unlicensed atm and its driving me mad

oh and your more then welcome to come give it a blast be interesting to see what its like next to a standerd one :d . the bloke that mapped it is the muts nuts i wouldnt rekommend anby one else over him he was a legend

I have replaced so far with silicon:

Cold side to inlet.
Pipe to DV
Hot side pipe to MAF
Upper and lower crank gas pipes, all of the buggers.
Forge DV fitted as well.
I have replaced the oil filler as I have heard a hundred reasons for this leak.

The pancake has yet to be fiddled with, there was a plan to uprate the intercooler at the same time.

Which one is this push clip fitting? I have yet to spot it probably

there is one from the throttle inlet pipe into the turbo and one from the turbo to the intercooler just off the exhaust side of the turbo it comes up over then down

I plan to put a weekend aside to work on this again, just got to pick a day not raining, snowing or too cold to feel my hands.

when u do gimmie a shout and il see if we cant put our heads together and fix it

This is what nomads is all about, car nuts helping each other out, that's why I love this scene.

great news

today at the rollers i hit 217bhp @ fly 182 @ wheels
232 lb/ft of torque
20psi

get in i was so happy with that

well done -good show .................i bet that makes a MASSIVE difference compared to the 150!!

oh yes cause the quoted 150bhp factory is at fly so that makes it 112 @ wheels (preety poor tbh)

its very lively that torque is dooing a good job of munching my tyres

Let me have a go.... I want 217 too.
What mods would you say have made this possible?

Exhaust? Intake? Intercooler? Pipes?
Obviously the tune has mapped the fueling but I though 210 was about the max I could get mine without playing with the above.

Should be very happy with that.

3" decat n downpipe (WARNING THIS WILL CAUSE EML LIGHT but the bloke i use can map this out )
forge fully recirc valve (uprated spring in the post)
Remap
Smoothed (de seamed) air box drilled with ramair panel filter
heavy right foot


allso your boost issue is your car very hesitant ??

check your turbo intake pipe as this is what iv just had to replace on mine as it wasnt staying attached kept coming off and causing majour issues

Thats awesome Gricey.... id be well pleased too.. de-cat,s certainly make a difference, cant wait to get mine now