davidwort's 16v - looking a bit shinier

[davidwort 0]

Should have got something on here a year ago but here goes:

 

Black 1990 1.8 16v

Eibach springs

Koni sport dampers

2.0L Audi 6A block (40,000miles, car:165,000)

KR head ported and gas flowed

Blue Samco hoses

WUR mod for increased fuelling

gas flowed inlet and exhaust manifolds

VDO console gauges

Italvolante wheel

Borbet 'C' types with GoodYear F1's

uprated headlight loom and phillips extreme bulbs

lights 'on' warning

gearbox shift weight added

Janspeed S1 stainless exhaust

Infinity components up front, CD headunit and boot mounted amp

door pocket mounted drivers window switch

Jetex response panel filter + no snorkel

Lupo wipers

passat centre sunvisor

front vibratechnics engine mount

140bhp at the wheels (est 170+ at crank) and 150lb/ft

new rear beam bushes, plus all suspension and wishbone bushings

polished and smoothed throttle body

red dash and switches

Edited July 5, 2015 by davidwort

[corradophil 3]

Looks 8)

Always good to see another valver pushing out respectable power.

[Bally 0]

Nice one dave, good to see yr car on here.. I must say been is this car & driven it & went really well, havent had the chance to drive it since rebuild but must say Dave had me holding the seat when he last took me out on the counrty roads!!

 

p.s just seen me in the pic at woburn standing next to the green rado LOL

[davidwort 0]

Looks 8)

Always good to see another valver pushing out respectable power.

 

Just seen your sig and the lightened flywheel, what sort of difference does that make on the valver? Both Bally and I are interested in this mod but don't want to make the revs drop to badly on changes etc...

 

ta,

David.

[corradophil 3]

The revs do drop a little quicker between changes, but not enough to cause me any concern.

You can notice a difference accelerating particularly in 1st, and a bit in 2nd, after that not much different to std. Mine is a machined std one from Race Power Motorsport on Dartford. IIRC £80 + my original.

Its worth doing, but I'd only do it if I had the gearbox off for another job.

[Bally 0]

The revs do drop a little quicker between changes, but not enough to cause me any concern.

You can notice a difference accelerating particularly in 1st, and a bit in 2nd, after that not much different to std. Mine is a machined std one from Race Power Motorsport on Dartford. IIRC £80 + my original.

Its worth doing, but I'd only do it if I had the gearbox off for another job.

 

Nice one, another bit to go on my list... :wink:

[ben16v 0]

ressurect this from last year..

 

hows your car doing david

 

i`m just thinking about starting some work on my car... been loking through the old stuff

 

would appreicate an update

 

cheers

 

ben

[Bally 0]

went out in his car at the stealth rolling road.. such a smooth car.. got to get my sorted now!!

[davidwort 0]

went out in his car at the stealth rolling road.. such a smooth car.. got to get my sorted now!!

 

Car's still going great, the more miles I put on, the looser the engine gets and the revvier it feels, around the 20,000 mile mark now.

I do a few miles of the M1 each day and it's great for motorway driving now, it sits just at the bottom of the peak part of the torque band at 80 which means it pulls really strongly when you floor it.

I've still yet to get it below 30mpg on a full tank of fuel, even with giving it some real stick, it seems to love Tesco 99.

Had a very surprised BMW 630 convertible on a quiet early morning just after Christmas, came up behind him on the M1 so he started to accelerate away, just sat on his tail till 140+ on my speedo and he finally pulled over to let me past :)

I've added the Stealth tune up plots from 2005 at the top.

[corradophil 3]

That's certainly impressive, makes me wonder how much mine is being held back by the KE-Motronic and wether a re map to suit my engine spec would be a good idea.

[RobyD 0]

I've been in this car too a while back and was really impressed with how well it pulled all through the rev range, quite refreshing after my standard 1.8 valver. Its also very tidy, interiors mint with no rattles and so solid.

 

Very nice motor dave :)

[davidwort 0]

Right, after new ball joints, bushes, steering column, track rods etc etc, the last thing I've been meaning to look at is the front bearings.

These have been on since it left the factory in 1990 and have covered 160K miles in 18 years!

After the trip to the ring this autumn it became clear a bit of noise was developing so after ordering a couple of new VAG bearings today I whipped off the front hubs:

 

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both of them roar like a goodun and one has feel-able play

hardly surprising given the age, I'm just surprised they didn't make more noise when driving!

 

The outer CV boots have been advises on the past 3 MOT's :)

Thought I might as well do these with the hubs off, but they're amazingly still serviceable, just perishing between each fold

 

2.8l 24v Climatronic system.pdfboot.jpg[/attachment:25t7rxam]

 

Taken the off-side cv joint apart and it's in pretty good nick, no grooves worn by the bearings, just a bit polished, feels perfectly smooth, below is the inner part of the cv, you can just see the polished wear mark from the ball bearings, will thoroughly clean and re-pack with cv grease- yuck.

 

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[davidwort 0]

today I will be mostly fitting my new rear disks, pads and bearings, new caliper wind back tool at the ready :)

[dirtytorque 0]

today I will be mostly fitting my new rear disks, pads and bearings, new caliper wind back tool at the ready :)

 

 

alot of pride taken in this car I can tell. :salute:

Good power too.

 

No pics from todays exploits then?

[Toad 0]

:) How've you gotten on today?

[Supercharged 2]

I reckon he's still trying to get the first carrier bolt out without Irwins :D

[Toad 0]

ROFL!

[davidwort 0]

I reckon he's still trying to get the first carrier bolt out without Irwins :D

you cheeky bugger!

well I've done one side without Irwins, taking my time as I've been sunning myself a bit today too,

in fact I must have put a bit of copper slip or something on the bolts as they came undone a treat, shock, horror.

but funny you should say that because Amazon have a set of Irwins delivered for under a tenner at the moment, I was almost tempted.

Anyway, took loads of pics on my new camera so you might be in for an incredibly dull and detailed how-to tomorrow :lol:

Also, for your amusement, I fitted another header tank today, and guess what, non-VW, this one came from GSF :nuts:

I was down there anyway so thought I'd have a look at thier Corrado/mk3 pattern tanks and surprisingly they looked pretty good, anyway for 8 quid (good old CCGB discount) it's fitted and looks the part, even watertight :lol:

[Toad 0]

It's nice when it all just undoes isn't it?

 

I've not long returned home with a trailer load of parts for my VR. :)

 

I've had a GSF header tank in my valver for about 4 years, it's been pretty good really...

[davidwort 0]

was lovely and warm, pic from the garage as I contemplated doing some work:

 

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Taken my time but my grotty old disks and wobbly bearings have gone, everything's had a cleanup so the pads move freely in the carriers etc.

 

here's what I did:

 

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stromlaufplan_gamma4.pdfbrakes_3.jpg[/attachment:2pci6c27]

ETKA Corrado.pdfbrakes_4.jpg[/attachment:2pci6c27]

stromlaufplan_gamma4.pdfbrakes_5.jpg[/attachment:2pci6c27]

Corrado92.pdfbrakes_6.jpg[/attachment:2pci6c27]

passat climatronic wiring diags.pdfbrakes_7.jpg[/attachment:2pci6c27]

climatronic wiring-Golf from May 01.pdfbrakes_8.jpg[/attachment:2pci6c27]

2.8l 24v Climatronic system.pdfbrakes_10.jpg[/attachment:2pci6c27]

[davidwort 0]

more of the same:

Corrado conversion V2 (3).pdfbrakes_11.jpg[/attachment:pk90a26x]

Book1.pdfbrakes_12.jpg[/attachment:pk90a26x]

stromlaufplan_gamma4.pdfbrakes_13.jpg[/attachment:pk90a26x]

ETKA Corrado.pdfbrakes_14.jpg[/attachment:pk90a26x]

stromlaufplan_gamma4.pdfbrakes_15.jpg[/attachment:pk90a26x]

Corrado92.pdfbrakes_16.jpg[/attachment:pk90a26x]

passat climatronic wiring diags.pdfbrakes_18.jpg[/attachment:pk90a26x]

climatronic wiring-Golf from May 01.pdfbrakes_17.jpg[/attachment:pk90a26x]

2.8l 24v Climatronic system.pdfbrakes_19.jpg[/attachment:pk90a26x]

brakes_20.jpg[/attachment:pk90a26x]

[davidwort 0]

and some more:

passat climatronic wiring diags.pdfbrakes_21.jpg[/attachment:18oavcgt]

climatronic wiring-Golf from May 01.pdfbrakes_22.jpg[/attachment:18oavcgt]

2.8l 24v Climatronic system.pdfbrakes_23.jpg[/attachment:18oavcgt]

brakes_24.jpg[/attachment:18oavcgt]

 

and now onto the other side...

 

just make sure you apply the brakes before driving off, need to push those pistons back to where they should be.

[Jim 1]

Super write up mate. Rear discs are overdue on mine so might well tackle this with your write up as a guide :)

[davidwort 0]

and a new header tank, the FEBI one from AVS was absolute shyte, popped down to GSF and for 8 quid (with a CCGB discount) their pattern one (unnamed) equivalent to mk3 part no. 1H0 121 407A was spot on, so I never went for a genuine VW one in the end :lol:

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[RDH 0]

Cheers for the write up, got the bits to do my brakes this guide is a big help.

 

Rich.