My 91 G60

[markmcie 0]

Finally some pics of my C. Bought the car with 96k on the clock and it now shows 102k. Bought it Southampton and brought back to Dublin. I dont drive it too much and its a second car. The odd weekend Ill take it for a blast to blow off the cobwebs.

 

- JMR Stage 4 charger and RSR outlet

- boost return removed

- FMIC

- AMD chip

- 68mm pully

 

- Koni Dampers with original springs

- BBS RM's with chrome rims

- Grey leather interior

 

- New G60 Badges from and rear (old ones were colour coded and grill one missing)

- Has a FSH up till I bought it and a stack or receipts and documents for work carried out.

- 3 previous owners and last owner 9 years.

 

- Replaced and serviced usual stuff - brakes, braided lines, fluids, engine mounts, sensors etc

 

- Want to fit an exhaust system when I get motivated enough. De-cat sitting in the shed.

 

- Heated seat loom waiting to be fitted

 

- Am thinking of getting an SNS 5.5 cause chip was fitted back in 1997 and I imagine it could do with update - anybody any feedback about a chip ???

 

Thats about all I can think of now

 

Edit - couple of pics the day I sold my 16v :-(

[Bendy 0]

hey mate, nice looking motor, bet u chuffed wiv it!!! is it black or grey tho???

[markmcie 0]

Black mate. Yeah its a great car. Had a few small teething problems with it but it runs great now. Real head turner aswell.

[Bendy 0]

ooopppssss only saw the top pic!!! its black, stoopid last post!! nice an clean under the bonnet tho, did it come like that or was that ur elbow grease??

[stevemac 0]

Looks good - what effect does having the boost pipe connected to the ISV have ?

 

Most ISV's are vented to atmosphere when the boost return is removed.

[Bendy 0]

yeah i know wat u mean about teathing probs, but hey would we have it any other way???? my teathing probs involved some house breakers!!! gits

[Phil K 0]

Nice but your suspension looks too high in the last pic ;)

[chaz g60 0]

nice "the wheels to have" i.m.h.o. yeah needs a wee drop though

[markmcie 0]

@ bluevr6rado - The engine was pretty clean when I got it but I sprayed some AutoGlym Engine cleaner on it and hosed it off and it came up even better. A bit of tyre spray on the rubbers and it gives it a nice apperance. The rocker cover was re-painted by the previous owner aswell as the red HT leads.

 

@stevemac - not really sure what the benifits are. The FMIC and pipes are off another 'rado and thats how the guy had it setup. I know its more common to just have some sort of filter on the ISV and Ill probably start a thread asking about it. Obviousaly if its more effient to have it vented to atmosphere then I would prefer to have it like that. But there is no noticable problem having this way. Car runs fine, makes great boost, and it idles perfect. JMR did a great job on the charger and flowing the RSR and the car drives lovely and smooth. I think it might benifit from an SNS chip. Its something Im going to look into.

[markmcie 0]

nice "the wheels to have" i.m.h.o. yeah needs a wee drop though

 

Yeah Im a big fan of the BBS. Had a set on my old Golf and stripped them and fitted chrome rims too. Really set the car off a treat.

 

Were abouts in Spain are you from ? Any C's around your way ?

[stevemac 0]

markmcie, As you may/may not be aware, one of the jobs that the ISV performs is to "bleed" excess boost from the inlet manifold.

 

Once the ECU detects what it assumes is too much boost pressure (can't remember the exact max psi), it sends a signal to the ISV which then opens slightly to dump this excess boost.

 

Your pipework seems to be the best idea that I've seen to prevent this happening. IMO, this is a good thing & I may well install similar pipework on mine when I finally get around to fitting my front mount cooler.

 

By all means, start another thread for this - I think there will be much discussion about it.

[markmcie 0]

Yeah I started a thread in the engine forum Steve. The intercooler was bought off a guy with a tuned G60 (230 brake or so) and Im sure he knew what he was doing when he got the pipes made up.

[Bally 0]

nice car mate...