ZeroK66

Well... My car was a home brew job... the prev owner who did the conversion did it back in 2002. Firstly with a std turbo, then later upgarded to the IHI. He ran G60 management and had a pretty awful wiring setup to run the G60- management on the 1.8t. Jabba mapped this and it obv ran for a long time with no issues (at least that is what I was lead to beleive). There was one failure a long time ago - a valve melted, but this was with the old K04 (At the first PVW shoot out he went to). Anyway, I replaced the cold start sensor and this appeared to cause the failure. The car had trouble starting when warm. A few test revealed the sensor to be faulty. I had this replaced by Audi based on the engine code - but ended up getting a different colour sensor - but apparently correct for that motor (D'oh - map was setup for orig sensor). I personally thing the sensor has always been faulty and it was mapped based on the readings it gave and so when I put the new sensor in which worked... it went - OH, engine is cool now, lean off mixture... and BANG. I had all pistons pitted, but number 3 was the one that let go. Smudged molten piston all along the bores etc. Fire under the bonet when I stopped... it was the most unpleasant sad day of my life - *sob*

Impressive biggerbig... I will keep an eye on this thread, congrats on the fantastic work so far!

Oh dear... yeah, cyl 3 - piston melted... I didnt think it was a piston melting, I thought it was an oil leak inside the turbo and so drifted to the side of the road. This caused molten piston to go up through the head into the turbo destroying this too. :cry: :cry: - gutted!! The bloke who owned it before me though used it as a daily driver. Yours is looking impressive, will check out the pics - I would love a spin in it when done, bring back memories. So what other stories have you heard about cyl 3 then

Hey guys, Well one of you mentioned saving for the day it went bang... and it did, about 12 months ago, I only had the thing fo r4 months. I chose to sell it as it was and it was taken by designer dubs *sigh* biggerbigben how is yours going?

Sorry - d'oh - simple was the word I meant to use!!

Am after a smile interiour... something with a roll cage, full dash & all that, but just no back seats - maybe just 2 recaros in the front. Anyone got any pics?

Oh dear... just came across an LHD dash... should I, shouldnt I... 450HP motor with a TT dash... what you think 8) :lol:

That is simply fantastic. I may well be going down the route - however my car is LHD and so not really worth it as re-sale value will be less given it is LHD... I WANT A RHD CHASSIS!!!!!! :mad: :mad: :mad:

Speak to the guys at http://www.designadubs.com - they do the conversions all the time. They are working on my C at the moment... re-doing the install - 1900cc, new management, all sorts, well we are talking about price at the moment :oops:

Hello all, Well I see the lupo blades seem to work well, but given that my car is LHD/89 - what does this mean to me? Does this mean I need to buy two Passenger side arms and one pass arm and one drivers arm (This all refering to UK - IE: RHD) Thanks, Leon

Someone must have re-conditioned their gear shift surely?? Anyone have any idea? As for halford... Im sure they do bushes, for a corrado... mmm, now lol

Hello all, Was wanting to fit a set of 2l 16v clocks and wiper stalks + light switches, abs light etc to my 89 rado... just to face lift it a little, and get MPH and a 7K redline. My question is do these items simply plug in and fit??

Could I jump on the band wagon here and ask about the guides, bushes etc?? I am wanting to sort my car which has a lot of "play" in the gear shift and I assume there are guides/bushes which need replacement. Anyone know where I can get them etc? Cheers, Leon

Right... VWs, I am 21... My first VW was at 17... was a MKI 1600 w/ webber, high compression and all sorts of things Then at 18 I got my first MKII - this was a GTS (Dont get them here) Basically GTI Trim and motor, but a carb. This I did everything to, flowed head, cam webber etc etc etc... that was my baby Third came my MKII GTI over here in 2002... had that for a year... this was 2l 8v, cam, chip, zorst, flowed head, vernier pulled, branch manifold the works... 15.6 @ Pod :mrgreen: 8) And now... the 20v C... 8) 8)

That does sound like a brilliant example at that price. I have seen non verified 80K VRs advertised for more!! Hope you are rolling soon! 8)