Carry on and he might tuna you in
...and its currently brokenHe's spent a few squid on this car
This calls for your old avatar back......and its currently broken
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Shell we reel this in now. ???
Winning at life
Any plans to get the suspension set up professionally this time? Wasn't the ride height set to where it looked pretty last time, lol.
Excited to see the outcome of all this!
It's like
Technically this car will run forever, it just happens to now be on the 3rd engine and 5th turbo
Technically this car will run forever, it just happens to now be on the 3rd engine and 5th turbo
Any plans to get the suspension set up professionally this time? Wasn't the ride height set to where it looked pretty last time, lol.
I'm hopeful it'll do well!
Even on George's setup at 410 there was evidence of some pretty poor misalignment at the exhaust flange, and that's on a factory fitment.
You can see the carbon buildup where the ports havnt matched on George's engine. Hopefully port matching both the Inlet and exhaust side will really help the efficiency.
Due to the way the turbo drops onto the adapter I'll be drilling the adapter and turbo flange and installing a dowel pin setup to make sure it stays 100% aligned when installed.
I could be wrong but I believe the block required an overbore due to damage from the last blow up hence the need for oversized pistons rather than OEMThe stock 1.8T BAM Mahle pistons (forged!!) are really really good for a production piece. Buddy drove them with a GTX3071@2,7bar and had no problem but sadly the head dropped a valve. In most of our other 1.8T builds (350 - 520hp) we used them and never had iusses.
Germany fastest 1/4 mile Golf with FWD use also the stock BAM pistons. So in my opinion they are good engough for a 350-400hp track tool.
In my 11 year ownership, including what's about to be fitted:
4 engines
9 gearboxs
8 turbos
7 sets of wheels
6 sets of front seats
8 sets of front brake calipers
2 shock / spring kits
4 sets of coilovers
5 steering wheels
And about 40 driveshafts
Triggers broom has nothing on the a3
And I wouldn't change it for the world!
Erm Nick, not that it really matters but those are 82.5mm pistons not 82mm like you said a few days back.
Just mentioned it incase you hadn't noticed, lol
Hey prawn,
love your build theard. It's one of my favorite in the WWW. You always try to improve the car
Seb
Erm Nick, not that it really matters but those are 82.5mm pistons not 82mm like you said a few days back.
Just mentioned it incase you hadn't noticed, lol