lion 0 Posted January 13, 2012 given up on the 16 vt, has taken to long , been to expencive and i have lost patience. so all that abf stuffs up for sale with manifolds ect..... decided to do the easier more reliable 20v option will stil be using the megasquirt management and give it a remap picked up that today and had rest of engine bay stripped body shop will smooth down a few more bits and spray it using the work van to move car back to mine while waiting for body shop Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
destructiv dave 0 Posted January 13, 2012 given up on the 16 vt, has taken to long , been to expencive and i have lost patience. so all that abf stuffs up for sale with manifolds ect..... Nnnnnooooooooo!!! Thought you were keeping it old school. Fair enough though, got to that stage a couple of times with mine. You still getting Nando to give you a hand? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lion 0 Posted January 13, 2012 Nnnnnooooooooo!!! Thought you were keeping it old school. Fair enough though, got to that stage a couple of times with mine. You still getting Nando to give you a hand? Yeah he's still gonna be doing all the work, was with him this morning and he talked me into the 20vt....looked on ebay and got one same day Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lion 0 Posted February 21, 2012 back from body shop and couldnt be happier, engine should be going in tomorrow pics: also got the downpipe from QPeng going to have all the wiring looms hidden behind the wings and get the bay tidied up Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Bacon 5 Posted February 22, 2012 given up on the 16 vt, has taken to long , been to expencive and i have lost patience. Having had a 16VT many moons ago, I don't blame you at all! 1.8T or a 2.0 TSI is what I'd do these days.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lion 0 Posted February 23, 2012 got my bits back from powdercoaters today, and hopefully have them fitted to engine by end of the week. also got the engine fitted, my mates doing all the wiring and tidying up now Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Abdul 0 Posted February 23, 2012 Looking good man. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
odub 0 Posted February 23, 2012 i'm liking this a lot Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lion 0 Posted February 24, 2012 got the new parts fitted, looks more like a proper engine now Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JonnyVW 0 Posted February 24, 2012 Hey Ryan.....Looking good bro!! It's certainly getting there!! I'm keeping my Rado now....Seeing the progress on yours is making wanna get mine done ASAP!!!! Where did you get your bay done? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lion 0 Posted March 3, 2012 Got bay done in perivale, but he won't be doing another bay anytime soon, Brake lines, and new fuel lines fitted now, just need to get some boost pipes and some hoses made and she should be good to start Still need to tidy up to bottles, and move the screen wash bottle somewhere Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Abdul 0 Posted March 3, 2012 Looking good Ryan... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lion 0 Posted March 7, 2012 picked up all my parts i sent to get flocked in black, got the dash, a-b-c pillars, tunnel, speaker supports and the door triangles done. will hopfully fit it all on the weekend and will put up the pictures, very impressed with how well they turned out Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Abdul 0 Posted March 7, 2012 Progress sounds good mate. You about on saturday? I'm going to be popping down to Nando's for some work. Would love to see this! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lion 0 Posted March 7, 2012 I'll be there mate, not sure if I've met you all ready, but look forward to seeing you there Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Abdul 0 Posted March 11, 2012 Good meetin you today... Flocked bits were awesome!! A couple pics I got of yours: You can see where the coilpacks been hidden here Gotta say Nando's done a fab job on yours. I've got to pay him a couple visits over the next few weeks to sort a few more bits on mine... What turbo u got btw? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lion 0 Posted March 11, 2012 cheers for the pics abdul, its a k03s, the 180 engine from the seat leon. fitted all the pillars and some of the dash when u left Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Abdul 0 Posted March 11, 2012 Yea Nando mentioned. Seeing yours makes me want to pull my engine out and go to town on the bay lol. Got a million other things to sort first though!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lion 0 Posted March 27, 2012 Picked up all the boost pipes after being powdercoated, they will be fitted tomorrow with all the hoses, Just waiting for my dumpvalue from ebay to arrive and that will be everything here, Can't wait to hear it start, still not sure on the condition of the engine, still not heard it run...but hopefully will be running with a basic low boost map by Friday Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lion 0 Posted April 3, 2012 (edited) towed car back home yesterday, enigine is all done, boost pipes dumpvalve everything, small problem with the ecu, so once thats back i can start her up. few pics of flocked interior and pics of engine all finished i want to find some sort of cover for the top of the rad just to make it look neater, also im going to get all the bottles sprayed to match the car got a few more bits to flock, looks nice but all ready i can see its going to be a pain to keep clean cheers to JonnyVW for sorting me with the smooth front bumper, will be attempting to fit this tomorrow, needs doing after damaging my bumper whilst towing not the right colour, but will be a big improvement for a few months until the full respray and the seats now fit Edited May 11, 2012 by lion Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lion 0 Posted May 11, 2012 IT WORKS!!! got home to find my mate continuing to try and sort the ecu and wiring problems, it runs and drives(poorly) i need to get an EGR blanking plate for the AUQ engine and get it mapped now, cant wait to drive it now also on the look out for a boost controler Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lion 0 Posted May 12, 2012 Sorted a blanking plate, been driving it about today, the map doesnt let the turbo kick in at the moment, but all ready it is a major improvement Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
16vTdub 10 Posted May 12, 2012 Good news mate :thumbleft: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dannyboy 0 Posted May 13, 2012 Don't worry mate I had these problems when I was doing mine.I was forever trying to get sensors working.lol. looks brilliant at the moment, I promise you will feel better once you get that turbo kick in the ar$e ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lion 0 Posted July 14, 2012 not updated in a while with the problems logging on via the pc, but over last month: few more pics of the dash finished, headlining only thing left to do, also a few pictures cleaned up before we left for inters IMAG0355 by r.eastland, on Flickr IMAG0385 by r.eastland, on Flickr IMAG0388 by r.eastland, on Flickr completed interior by r.eastland, on Flickr we went inters on the saturday, had a few tries on the sprint, 0-60 in 6.31 and the 1/4 in 14.48, without the car being mapped i dont think it was too bad :) just ordered a new shallow sump from PSI tuning as i had to get recovered after breaking mine in a pot hole looking to retrim the headlining in dark purple once its back on road and also still saving to get the car mapped anyone got any ideas what i can use to cover the radiator, and also the pipe coming off the inlet? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
