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  1. Posted

    Had a funny one when i was filling the car up in tesco. A chap in an S3 was in the lane opposite and was waiting to get parked. He gave me the thumbs up and wound his window down to start chatting. His face was quite a picture when i held out the keys and asked if he wanted to swap for keeps. He laughed and asked why i would do such a thing and i retored "i bet you never worry if your cars going to start everytime you put the key in the ignition" we both laughed and he came over to look at it. Said thanks for letting me take a look, shook hands and off i went.

     

    I think he was the only person who like the car especially when i started it up, i get alot of frowns from other people in petrol stations due to the loud noises the G60 makes, inconspicuous its not!. Made me smile though that somebody took the time to come over and say nice things about the car.

  2. Posted · Edited by bendunstan

    and i've already had my first volkswagen "nod"

     

    guy in an old oval window beetle, matt black ridiculously low slows down to go past while i'm sat in traffic, has a good look at the car, looks at me, and we nod at each other grinning.

     

    good times !!

     

    Did the beetle have solid "drag style" wheels on it and a roof rack? If so then that usually resides over by me in banbury. Seen it about the town a couple of times parked up. I say a couple, pretty much every weekend!

  3. Posted · Edited by bendunstan

    Yeah aeb is an 058 block so you could essentially fit one of them, obviously there is the managment side of things to take care of wether you keep your g60 managment which you would probably have to alter things or go for something else. I think also there is other stuff you have to change on the longitudinal engines (aeb) for them to go into a transverse engined car (corrado)

     

    I was under the impression that a 99/00 seat Leon Cupra had an aeb engine and this was transversely mounted, might be a way to cheat a little.... Worth investigating at least. I plan to use an large port aeb head along with pistons and con rods so will probably acquire a complete engine anyway.

     

    Not gonna happen over night anyway so will take my time and try and do a good job on it.

  8. Posted

    bit of a thread revival but thought i would be better to use an older thread rather than start a new one,

     

    so i want to turn my g60 into a 20v G60 partly because ive not seen another for a long time, last one i remember was the 20v g60 rallye motorsport painted blue and white car, and its something different, I also like the way the head looks nice and tidy, Hoping i can make a proper engine cover fit on top too out of a tt engine cover so will look very factory, this however of course depends on bonnet clearance. Ive spent many an hour looking at the information on the vortex forum which is where i found most of the information so far but they dont seem as friendly as the members on here and you can get so consumed with different peoples takes on the conversion i find myself getting a bit confused. Im also aware its probably easier, cheaper and i will get more gains out of doing a straight 20vt swap but i brought a g60 for a reason and thats the noise it makes so want to stick with it. I would really like to hear from anybody who has done this or knows somebody who has done this conversion and if anybody has any advice or tips then again im all ears. Im still doing research on the project and starting to slowly gather the parts listed.

     

    So my shopping list looks something like this

     

    The shopping list then looks something like this

    20V AEB Head

    ABA 4 Layer Metal Head Gasket

    16V Crankshaft Sprocket 26T

    20V AWP Camshaft Gear

    8V Intermediate Shaft (machined to fit the 20v Cam gear)

    OEM 9A 16V Timing Belt Tensioner

    153T Timing Belt Curvlinier 2 Profile

    AEB 1.8T Pistons

    AEB 1.8T Connecting Rods

    Exhaust Manifold A3/Gold 1.8 20v NA plus custom exhause from mani back

    Audi TT Intake Manifold

    Custom Chip

    ABA Crankshaft (machine down 5.9mm)

    Peugeot Distributor

    OEM Turbo Oil Pan

    G60 Intercooler or similar

    Supercharger Rebuild to Stage 3/4

    Bigger Injectors

    HT Leads

     

     

    My plan is to buy a complete AEB engine from a seat leon cupra and rob the head, pistons and con-rods as it seems that it will be the easiest way to get all these parts. As long as they are from a fairly low mileage engine i dont think i will have a problem. I need a machine shop to get the intermediate shaft and the AWP cam gear to fit together and other than getting a Front mount intercooler plumbed in it shouldnt be that much hassle :cuckoo: . Obviously i will need a trip to a RR to get a custom map but with stealth Racing literally up the road i shall have a chat to them and see whats possible.

     

    Its certainly an ambitious task i want to undertake, well it is for me, but i think it will be worth the effort. Just wonder at what point the wife will provide me with divorce papers :)

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    buy a set which are not welded mate, im sure they could be split but there is more scope for it to go wrong than there is for it to go right. I would also be asking myself the question "why where they welded in the first place?" . i would hazard a guess that they were not sealing properly when bolted up.

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    Update,

     

    A visit to my parents this past weekend have i think well and truely blown the cobwebs out of the car this trip was not without its faults though. After a 120mile trip to the folks i literally pulled up outside the house and the throttle pedal fell to the floor. I dont think i would have laughed if it had happened 20mins earlier when i was on the M20 but i did see the funny side of it. I thought the throttle cable had snapped but it was actually the little rubber bush that the cable pops into in the accelerator pedal arm. A quick trip to GSF and a huge bill of £1.30 and the car was running again, untill the hook part of the throttle cable then snapped. Dad has temporarily fixed it by welding it back together as nowhere local could source a new cable and i have one on order at local VW dealer.

     

    Dad had a bit of a look around the car as hes very much more mechanically minded than me and has no reason to wear rose tinted glasses when looking at the car as i seem to and apart from needing some new rear discs and pads (will change bearings at same time) it seems pretty sound. We spent a little time tidying up the loom in the engine bay as it looked a bit of a birds nest behind the nearside headlight and we discovered why my boost pipe keeps popping off. the steel ring in the pipe has wiggled its way down so the jubilee clip was compressing the two pipes onto nothing. Again another little issue fixed and it was probably caused by me when i reattached the starter motor cable that had plagued me in the previous post as i had to undo the pipe to get to starter.

     

    So whats in store for the G60 in the future, well im going to take a rather adventurous route and i would like to convert the car into a 20v G60. There is a wealth of knowledge on vortex forum but it cam be overwhelming sometimes. If anybody has any experience of this set up i would love to hear from you. Im not really interested in huge power gains as im very much aware that popping a 20v turbo engine in would give me much more power but i dont want to loose the G60 charger.

     

    The shopping list then looks something like this

    20V AEB Head

    ABA 4 Layer Metal Head Gasket

    16V Crankshaft Sprocket 26T

    20V AWP Camshaft Gear

    8V Intermediate Shaft (machined to fit the 20v Cam gear)

    OEM 9A 16V Timing Belt Tensioner

    153T Timing Belt Curvlinier 2 Profile

    AEB 1.8T Pistons

    AEB 1.8T Connecting Rods

    Exhaust Manifold A3/Gold 1.8 20v NA plus custom exhause from mani back

    Audi TT Intake Manifold

    Custom Chip

    ABA Crankshaft (machine down 5.9mm)

    Peugeot Distributor

    OEM Turbo Oil Pan

    G60 Intercooler or similar

    Supercharger Rebuild to Stage 3/4

    Bigger Injectors

    HT Leads

     

     

    My plan is to buy a complete AEB engine from a seat leon cupra and rob the head, pistons and con-rods as it seems that it will be the easiest way to get all these parts. As long as they are from a fairly low mileage engine i dont think i will have a problem. I need a machine shop to get the intermediate shaft and the AWP cam gear to fit together and other than getting a Front mount intercooler plumbed in it shouldnt be that much hassle. Obviously i will need a trip to a RR to get a custom map but with stealth Racing literally up the road i shall have a chat to them and see whats possible.

     

    Im in no rush to get this done and am to be honest still researching about the project so for now am beginning to collect all the needed parts.

     

    Questions i have,

     

    What BHP could i expect from this kind of set up? I was thinking about 250 and id be well happy with that!

     

    Do i really have to use a rallye/golf g60 intercooler or can i choose something a little more affordable? I keep seeing them for sale for around £500 and i think thats a bit too rich!

     

    Can anybody see any obvious problems with this set up?

     

     

     

    Thanks all

     

    Ben

  15. Posted

    Thanks for the advice guys, so had a proper look at the car last night. The wife had picked up a new ignition switch from the main dealer and I swapped it out. Turn the key and........ Nothing! So I called my dad! Checked fuses, did some trick with starter and jump leads and then noticed a loose cable under the boost hoses. Yep all my problems were caused by a disconnected plug! Slightly red faced the g60 purred into life first turn if the key. Swapped old ignition switch back as its been replaced recently by the looks of things and the cars golden again.

     

    All smiles here again and a reminder to check the simple things before expecting the worst.

     

    New mantra for me - keep it simple, stupid! :)

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    No click from starter motor or anything. It just doesn't start turning over at all. Everything seems to work electrically except ignition. What's best way to test the ignition switch? Get the trusty multi meter out? Gonna go through fuses too in case it's something simple but was way too dark when got home to check them.

     

    Any ideas what could have caused the ignition switch to fail? I don't run a stereo and this has been removed prior to any weekend drives so doubt this could have caused a short. Had been to petrol garage while car was hot and started fine and it started fine when cold with no bother. Guess I should be thankful it happened on the drive.

     

    I was wondering if somebody might have a picture of a standard Ecu chip too. After rooting about the extras that came with the car I have found another Ecu chip which doesn't look like something vw would use. I've attached a comparable pic which looks the same6ujana4a.jpg

     

    Anybody shed some light on this? Cheers

  18. Posted

    So a little update, finally done the boost return delete and I couldn't be happier although the wife now refuses to get in the car and I don't think the neighbours are too happy about the noise either.

     

    I had a fairly lengthy chat with the guys at OCD about doing this mod and recommended that because my car will be doing limited mileage then popping a cap of oil into the charger every 1000 miles and I should be golden!

     

    Taken the car out a few times now and think the cobwebs have been blown out now. Seems to be much happier on super unleaded than whatever was in the tank when i got it as torque, response and power seem to be improved. Although I might have to do a few extra hours to pay for the fuel!!! unena3av.jpg

     

    All the stereo is now out of the car too awaiting its new owner. The wife surprised me by buying me a car cover from halfords which protects against mould, damp and condensation. A triple layer jobbie which so far seems really good value for money.

     

    Like all corrado stories though there is a downside. After a evening jaunt, parked the car on the drive and went In the house. My wife decided we needed something from shops for dinner so I happily volunterred, any excuse for another drive!, but the car wouldn't start. All lights come on. Fuel pump whirrs all dash lights come on and then go out but noting happens, the car doesn't try and turn over. I'm assuming it'd something to do with the immobiliser? Any ideas what else it could be?

  20. Posted

    He thinks its pushing around 250BHP hence why i called him up to rolling road it cus i think thats bull.....

     

     

     

    "cake" i forget im the only one on this forum without a bus pass sometimes hahaha I shall speak to him about cake....

     

    Im just looking for a benchmark really, not had the car for very long and its had a bit of work done internally etc. Want to make sure ive not lost power somewhere down the cars life and it should help me choose what direction i take in regards to tuning ie like find a new engine :)

     

    Be interesting to see what your friend is pushing out although if the 1.8t came out of a 225 TT or similar i dont think 250 would be very difficault to achieve. Superchips claim something stupid like a 50bhp increase just with a chip and if you only get 2/3rds what they claim its still an extra 35ish bhp.

     

    Maybe you should have a little bet, if he does push 250 then you pay for the cake and if he doesnt then he has to fork out for it :)

  21. Posted

    good idea about the ECU. fingers crossed they dont actually try to get into the car. many years ago in manchester, on an old car on the drive, i had some idiots try to bend the top of my passenger door out so they could pull the door pin up....needless to say they just f***ed it up :(

    but the cops caught them running off & told me they would give them similar treatment as my car on their way to the station lol

     

    if its ok ben i will chat with the gf, as the items will be for her rado not mine, & drop you a message to arrange a convenient time for us all :)

     

    thanks in advance!

     

    Thats exactly what im trying to avoid and the reason im going to leave the parcelshelf out of it for a while. If they can see there is no stereo then hopefully they will be less likely to try and break in if they are the opportunistic type and like you say its the damage they cause doing it thats the main issue. What ever happened to the days of people respecting other peoples possesions, Id never have dreamed about doing such things!

     

    Just let me know when your available and we can sort something out im sure.

     

    cheers

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