Kevin Bacon

Due to natural human skepticism and years of Alien movies, even if we did find evidence of alien life, we wouldn't believe it was real anyway.

According to Alien vs Predator, 'God' is this guy:- [ATTACH=CONFIG]75862[/ATTACH] Personally, I believe we are the real Truman Show. The stars at night; scientists tell us they are Suns but we all know that's bull. They are in fact just pin holes in a giant blanket letting light through from 1000s of bulbs.

It says they've got a bloke from AMG in to develop it, which I thought could be good as they might redevelop the block in ally, but then again AMG seem to prefer developing old war horse engines instead of creating new ones! Kind of an odd move really as Quattro GMBH is part of VAG and they developed the TT-RS's 5 pot motor, so it could have been done cheaper in-house.

Worse than that is when you get no response or thanks for helping someone, and then you don't see any posts from them again until the next time they want help.

It says there will be a range of VR6 turbos making from 340 to 450hp, so they'll probably boost the R36 engine for the Passat too. Something us VRT fans have always wanted - an OEM quality turbo kit! Get down to the dealer for the bits soon after launch and the bits will be MUCH cheaper than when the aftermarket get wind of it.

Oil less turbos - http://compturbo.com/spotlights/oil-less Still needs a water supply but that's a peice of cake to tee off the engine!

Not surprised by that in the slightest. Typical old school English company not keeping up with the times, expensive, slow to deliver and patchy quality.

I think that's why bonnet pins are a legal requirement in some US states, even on full carbon bonnets with factory latches.

Yes he means Corrado. He bought my old car! Regarding bonnet pins, not needed on a quality full carbon bonnet like these. It's the cheap schitty fiberglass overlay jobs that flap about at speed and splinter apart.

Yours is an Audi BDB engine, which I think is MK5, so no cams for you. Sorry chap :D I should have said, the Schimmel 24V cams are for 2.8 BDE and 3.2 BFH only. MK5s will need a Schrick cam I think. Maybe Stealth can confirm.

23hp and 16lbft according to Techtonics. It's not always about the numbers though. Apparently they fatten up the midrange with no loss of bottom end or idle quality, but it the main benefit is it pulls harder from 4000.

Perfect time as the 24V cams have 100 bucks off - http://techtonicstuning.com/main/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=2_14_101_427_104

Hi Vince There's rumblings of a GB on the R32OC for Schimmel 264/260 cams. I think one of the guys from that forum may have contacted you already. I know there are a quite a few R32 owners on here too, so would you mind asking Bill what he can for the same quantities of 24V cams too? :D Cheers Kev

"Maxtuningrods-uk" :lol: That's definitely Chinese all right :D It's amazing how they can sell a GT35R copy for £155 and still make a profit. The controlling interest of the company must pay the workforce and absolute pittance. Quite sad really, but good for us! I certainly wouldn't run one of those on an engine as I don't trust the metal quality, but at the back of the car where it's much colder, no worries! I'd stick with the internal wastegate tbh and make it even simpler. I think simplicity is key with a rear end job because it means jacking the car up or putting it on a ramp every time there's a problem or if you need to do maintenance, so the simpler it is under there, the better, imo :D And to that end I would also do rigid boost pipes front to back. No silicon that can get ripped, or cheap clamps that can rust up, get knocked off etc etc. I think with smaller turbos I'd do one per bank if you can run 2 pipes down the car! Deepest Darkest Norfolk, lol. I used to work in Naaaaaarwich and yeah, there's some 'rum old' parts of Norfolk :lol: Absolutely. I know both parties read the forums, so I won't say too much, but suffice to say I've known Vince for 13 years and wouldn't trust my car with anyone else :)

See the VRT breaking thread. Gearbox for sale. Yep, doable on the driveway.

It could be a supply / demand thing. GT30s must sell in greater numbers! If we're talking genuine ones, I've used a GT3071R, a GT3076R & a GT3582R and they were all within 50 quid of each other. How things have changed!! £600 for all that is indeed a bargain! I was thinking of no oil or water at all. Just lump the turbo at the back, exhaust in and out, boost pipe to the front and that's it :) I was also thinking of a truck turbo. Something simple and agricultural that won't mind hanging under a car! There must be tractor or digger turbos out there that don't bother with oil and water feeds, lol! You won't get very far with United Motorsport. They are famous for being unresponsive and with something like this, you really do need need Vince on the case anyway. Yeah I would have come to the RR day myself but I'm on call with work, booooooo! No worries. I'm really keen on this idea. I'm not even that bothered if it works or not, I just like the experimenting :D I think general awareness of it is still low and it will always attract negative comments from the traditional route guys. Don't knock something until you've tried it I say! If it doesn't work, I'd have no problem reporting my findings if it saves someone else the hassle & expense :D Maybe next summer!

Damn good price!

I think there will be a little lag, but not as bad as some people suggest! That's why I thought a GT30 might work a bit better. It certainly is a gearbox breaker when mounted to the engine (I know of 2 guys who broke 5th and quite a few more broke 3rd) but with all that extra pipework from being rear mounted, I think it will be about right! These electric supercharger guys use dry ceramic bearings -http://www.phantomsuperchargers.com/index.html I don't know where they get the turbos from but that's what we need :) The temperatures at the back of the car will be very low compared being on the engine, so it shouldn't need oil really. That would make life so much easier!! For the pump, I'm sure I saw a youtube clip of an STS installation and they used a Meziere pump. I used one for my chargecooler and they're the best by miles! Interesting clip and comments - Yeah I would get a walbro drop-in pump, the GSS340. Stealth sell them for around £90 but they are unique in providing a sleeve so that it fits in the stock pump cradle properly ;) Good for 500hp. Yeah the MK5 MAF is a little bigger than the MK4 but again, I've heard the standard MAFs can peak out at 280gram/sec, which divided by .80 gives you 350hp :) I'm pretty confident Stealth could map it with a standard MAF. I hate all that 4" bore MAF housing nonsense to be honest. That won't happen on mine for a while yet!

Awesome! Not a fan of all the gold and excessive front camber, otherwise amazing work. I love the couch in the garage, so they can sit there admiring the gearbox with a bear :lol:

I don't mind iOS7 per se, it's just made the phone sluggish.

Chuck Norris approves the use of username and date labels :) Tempted by the 5 as my 4 is incredibly clunky since putting ShyteOS7 on it! What was the reason for the warranty replacement out of interest? My colleague has a 5 that is currently flattening it's battery at the rate of 1% every 2 minutes!

Bloody hell, I remember that from the early 90s magazines. It was minter than mint!

Oh yeah, piece of p1ss! With the roof tilted, sharply jolt panel liner with your hand to detach the clips, slide back into the roof, undo the 4 torx bolts, lift roof out :D To realign it afterwards. the front must sit 1mm lower than the roof line and the rear must sit 1mm proud.

Blimey, where have 5 years gone?!?! Yeah that's right, yours had monster midrange torque :D Yeah after 9 years, it was time for me to move on and as you've seen, I ended up in MK4 land too. I was never taken by FWD MK4s but the R32 feels like a completely different car. Not the quickest thing out of the box, but it makes up for it in other areas :D

Is this for a glass roof or steel? On both, I've found it easier to superglue the leading edge to the panel (stops it moving when fitting the rest of the seal), heat the seal with a hair dryer / heat gun, smear a light amount of fairy liquid onto the panel and whilst stretching it at the same time, press or tap it on. When you go all the way round and meet the leading edge, cut it a few mill short, dab some glue on the panel, stretch the seal to close the gap, press and hold until the glue sets. Done.