Kevin Bacon

It's drag strip ready as well with the Gemini gear set and uprated drive shafts :) Now that would controversial wouldn't it, someone buying it and running it up Santa Pod every weekend :lol: The crazy man repainted the car because he wasn't happy with VW's finish. Now that is seriously next level fastidiousness!

You don't need selant with the rubber gasket. Just make sure the mating surfaces are completely smooth and clean. The trick to it not leaking is making sure they're torqued consistently across all 25 odd bolts, and not over-tightened. It's quite easy to buckle the steel sump by over tightening the bolts, and then it leaks.

VR6s are very picky with MAF sensors, so you could try a new one of those. I found running it a lot richer than usual made it smoother at idle, but you can't do that without turning off the lambda and remapping it. It's just a very hot running grumpy engine and some of the fuel evaporates as it travels down the long runners to the rear bank.

I owe you an apology Mr Bowen. It's me who's talking rubbish :)

Definitely rubbish then :lol: Seriously though, I've never had an issue with VR6 sump bolts with rubber gaskets or ally sumps etc. But just to be safe, I would just get a bag of generic 4Motion / R32 sump bolts from the dealer. VAGs all use ally sumps now (thicker flange thickness) therefore plenty log enough. I might even have a load of them in my "Drawer O' old vag ****"

Who told you that rubbish?

Agreed, it is a bit of a lazy advert. I gave it some consideration over the weekend because I know what's gone into this car. Spent many hours on the phone with Shaun during it's build and taking this on would feel like the car has come home, but it's way too mint for me. I like to use and abuse my cars and it would be peppered with stone chips in a matter of hours, which would be a crime of the highest magnitude! It needs to go to the right person to keep it unique and pristine. Anyone considering it, there's more than £16K in this car just in parts and labour.

Good stuff, I thought it highly unlikely you were scamming someone!!

What was this all about? - http://www.r32oc.com/topic/129033-kadvr6-anyone-know-this-person/

That's just how they are. R32s are the same. It was never the smoothest of 6 cyl engines.

Spitfires and the Lancs fly over my way a few times a year and the thrum of those merlin engines is a thing of beauty. I can only imagine what 100s of spities must have sounded like during WW2! Seeing / hearing them is an instant patriotism buzz.

Sweet! I love seeing a pile of clamps :lol:

£15k iirc Shaun and I followed the same path and I know how much it cost to build this car. £16k is a steal.

The price :lol:

The main problem with Chinese turbos is they're not very well balanced and the bearings are rubbish quality. Leave them as they are and yeah, it won't last long :lol: However, if you were to send your Chinese job off to somewhere like Turbo Dynamics to get it fitted with decent bearings and properly balanced, you'll still be coming in waaaaaaaaay cheaper than a genuine Garrett and it'll be a decent-ish unit. I prefer the real McCoy myself, but there are options to suit all wallets. As with everything Chinese, they will build to the quality you're prepared to pay for. iPhones are made over there don't forget, and the vast majority of other premium consumer electronics. They're just good at copying and reading the market. They've seen a market for cheap turbo kits and have filled it :) If anything, I would say the country to avoid for turbo kits is America. Now they really do knock out some crap, jesus. Stick to people like Schimmel, AEM, USRT and some of 034 Motorsport's stuff is OK.

I thought Heritage and Classic were the same thing, lol! I ordered a MK2 vinyl sill trim from Heritage recently and I did initially think the postage seemed a little steep, but it arrived the following morning and well packed, so didn't mind paying it. Unfortunately businesses have to find ways to keep themselves afloat and if they do it via postage costs, fair enough. Ebayers do the same thing. Dealers do it via parts. The labour rates just "keep the lights on" and pay the wages etc etc.

No worries. I tried it on a few random clamps last night and it's a good bit of kit :)

And you get yet another zesty Red Bull kick when you add the G60 final drive to your VR's gearbox :D Honestly, I cannot believe how lethargic a bone stock VR6 is compared to one that's been 263'd and G60'd! Liking the 3 in a bed shot :)

Yeah I can relate to all that :D Glad you're still enjoying it. So many people sell on VRTs after building them. The people who got the Stealth Racing package or built and mapped their own, hung onto them. I'll leave people to draw their own conclusions from that :D Yeah that was Clarkson driving the Corvette. Sums it up quite nicely :) You really do expect a 90s Corrado VRT (especially a visually standard one) to have 90s VW performance! That's a mega torque curve for the RS4!!

Race ya to this one :D http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/audi/rs4/rs4-avant-2-7-biturbo--milltek-exhaust-sat-nav-new-cambelt-fsh-just-serviced/2595671?isexperiment=true

Hmmm, maybe one of those is worth a look!

TBH I've not encountered any spring clamps on a VR6 / R32 engine that couldn't be accessed with a normal plier tool. The heat exchanger ones are awkward to get at with mole grips etc, but the proper pliers make them a doddle.

Haha, VRTs do tend to do schitt on things quite easily, and without running silly boost pressures either :D Nothing compares to the old school savagery of a VRT. Modern turbo cars are nice enough, but they're too civilised and linear. I like to wait a bit for my boost. Get comfy in the seat, make sure my grip on the wheel is tight, and then the flood of craziness arrives and you hear the front wheels scrabbling. You just don't get any of that drama from a TSI Golf, and the noise, the noise! :D One of best car memories ever is hammering my VRT along a 1 mile tree lined road and then stamping on the APs at the end of it. The sensation of speed because of the trees was immense and the brakes were the cherry on top to finish off the tasty slice of boost. Hmmmm, I need to do something. The R32 just isn't a car I take out for the hell of it like I did the Corrado. In fact I haven't done that once in the 18 months I've had it. 4WD is nice though :)

Nothing wrong with WAGs handling one's tool :) Jubilees are just crap and shouldn't be used anywhere on the engine, imo. The spring clamps are fit and forget and keep a constant tension on the joint, which is exactly what you want. Cheap jubilees rust and you can't get them off again. Better jubilees are still rubbish because people either over tighten them and cut the hose, or too loose and hoses come off. Remember the cooling system operates at around 15-18psi pressure. Not only that, the tension on a jubilee clamped joint relaxes because there's no spring tension to compensate, so you have to periodically check them. They're junk, don't use them guys :)

Nope. I'm the same as Jeff Cabbage, I would prefer to do it myself for the learning experience and to save money, but I'm thinking of upgrading to a MK5 as I want DSG in my life. Then I might turbo that :D