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Made some progress... had an issue with one of the GSF fans (new at the time of fitting the VR6 in)... I had been getting quite a large vibration from the fan when they were on and turns out that the larger fan was the culprit and the blade assembly had come loose
...so a bit of locktight later and it (and did the smaller fan too) was sorted...
The CFS rad is quite a bit thicker than the OE rad....
Also being a fabricated product the tolerances were a little out in places...
Nothing a little filing can't sort out... with all that sorted I fitted the fan pack...
Next job was to sort the PAS pipework.... I used the 20v pipework when I originally fitted the VR but due to the way the engine tilts forward its got a habit of hitting things...
Also the feed hose from the reservoir was modded as best I could at the time to try and clear the alternator that was more forward now....
I had to cable tie it out the way to clear the pulley... when I bought the 4 motion gear box I also grabbed the PAS lines... so now fitted those...
I didn't get a pic of the feed hose but the 4 motion one clears the alternator by miles now... the only issue now is that the run to the rack goes a different way to the S3 pipe... this means I need to sort a bracket out for it to secure it properly... I think I will be needing to change the PAS pipework again once I get the DSG box on but thats a problem for when that happens
During the last week I worked on the inlet manifold and headlights (as they were getting a little misty)... sanded down the powder coat...
...followed by some etch primer, Simoniz's best wheel silver and a few coats of clear lacquer...
Next up was the headlights...
Used the same lacquer on the headlights too...
Today I did some more on the car... I swapped out the fuel rail to the AN fittings one and fitted the mani...
Then came the 'fun' part.... I knew the aircon would be an issue...
...so some tactical modding later and....
I now need to mod the front clip now lol....
Ah well... joys of modding cars right?
<tuffty/>
...so a bit of locktight later and it (and did the smaller fan too) was sorted...
The CFS rad is quite a bit thicker than the OE rad....
Also being a fabricated product the tolerances were a little out in places...
Nothing a little filing can't sort out... with all that sorted I fitted the fan pack...
Next job was to sort the PAS pipework.... I used the 20v pipework when I originally fitted the VR but due to the way the engine tilts forward its got a habit of hitting things...
Also the feed hose from the reservoir was modded as best I could at the time to try and clear the alternator that was more forward now....
I had to cable tie it out the way to clear the pulley... when I bought the 4 motion gear box I also grabbed the PAS lines... so now fitted those...
I didn't get a pic of the feed hose but the 4 motion one clears the alternator by miles now... the only issue now is that the run to the rack goes a different way to the S3 pipe... this means I need to sort a bracket out for it to secure it properly... I think I will be needing to change the PAS pipework again once I get the DSG box on but thats a problem for when that happens
During the last week I worked on the inlet manifold and headlights (as they were getting a little misty)... sanded down the powder coat...
...followed by some etch primer, Simoniz's best wheel silver and a few coats of clear lacquer...
Next up was the headlights...
Used the same lacquer on the headlights too...
Today I did some more on the car... I swapped out the fuel rail to the AN fittings one and fitted the mani...
Then came the 'fun' part.... I knew the aircon would be an issue...
...so some tactical modding later and....
I now need to mod the front clip now lol....
Ah well... joys of modding cars right?
<tuffty/>