1.8t refresh build

[foster9099 10]

Once I had all the plumbing for the turbo sorted out I fitted my refurbished one

 

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When I went ahead and compared the 2 turbos side by side, my refurbished turbo has a bigger inlet when is interesting. The turbo on the left (refurbished) was the turbo the previous owner had on the car when it was remapped and when the engine was at its best. They changed the turbo to the one on the right when they had engine failure on the previous engine, they told me that the car was never quite the same afterwards.

 

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The engine with all the accessories attached.

 

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The clutch and flywheel was in good condition, the clutch actually didn't look that old but it did slip on me a couple of times. I took everything up to CG Motorsport in Leeds to get something that would handle the extra power. They rebuild the clutch plate to a dual friction material, this is organic on one side and paddle on the other. They also refinished the flywheel and pressure plate and gave it all a coat of paint. Sadly I didn't remember to take a photo of the clutch before it all went together.

 

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Gearbox on and ready to drop in the car.

 

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Back in the car.

 

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At this stage all the engine wiring has been connected and the radiator is test fitted with the top cross member.

 

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The previous intercooler and piping arrangement was a mess so i'm going to be re-engineering the whole setup. I have some bits of silicone joiners and piping but I will be needing more, I didn't realise how expensive even a simple 90 degree joiner is. Adding all the piping bits I need its easy for it to add up to £50 £60. The image shows the small gap that I have to fit my piping through, there is enough room and it massively simplifies the whole setup compared to what it used to be. The intercooler only just has enough room to fit between the top cross member and the power steering cooler.

[Bauhaus 3]

Thats looking good, coming together quite nicely.

 

I was thinking of getting one of those aluminium radiators, how do you rate the build quality of it ?

[Simeon 0]

Nice progress, coming together quickly

[foster9099 10]

Thats looking good, coming together quite nicely.

 

I was thinking of getting one of those aluminium radiators, how do you rate the build quality of it ?

 

Just visually it looks really good actually, the pins fit perfectly in the holes on the lower cross member. The top bracket fits into a little slot just like the original. It comes with a plug in the bottom which I removed to screw in the sensor. So actually for the price i'm pretty impressed with it, the real test will be when I get to running the car.

[foster9099 10]

You might have noticed the 45 degree bend intercooler pipe that I had originally put on. When I tried to test fit the air filter there was nowhere for the filter to go, I then knew I had 2 options, find a new way of running the intercooler piping or relocate the battery. As it happened a friend has a load of off cut bends of 2.25" stainless steel, I can weld stainless and create a much better fitting pipe run.

 

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This is what we came up with, the intercooler piping going down underneath where the air filter will sit.

 

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Here is the pipe joining up to the intercooler. Im very pleased with how this turned out. Now i just need to get a couple of fittings, one for the N75 valve and one for the re-circulation valve.