im a fan of the 4x4 elegance octavias considering one as a project car. mmmm

watching this!

Hi All,

We've came away for a few days to Slaley Hall near Hexham to find a few inches of snow...

These are the 3 chariots of choice.

Craig

I've just picked one of these up as a new project car to bolt my old K04 turbo too, some great work in here.

Well after reading Fears page and see his speaker purchase I decided to copy ha ha.

Just fitted these this morning and pretty impressed with the sound quality.

I had planned fitting a few more of my bits this weekend but were heading up to Jedburgh on the Scottish Borders today for the weekend. Can have a good blast up the A68.....

Craig

At the money they are a cracking little bargain ain't they

Nice easy fit aswell!!!

Just been packing the car to head off to Jedburgh for the weekend....

I new that cargo net would pay for its self some day ha ha....

Craig

Just arrived up at the Caravan in Jedburgh! Car was scrapping over the grass on the site ha ha.....

Craig

This Weekends plans.

Fit:

Short Shift kit

Braket bearings

JVC head unit

amp wiring kit

rear ARB & drop links

Also hope to finish off my TT alloys.

New CD player....

Busy busy.....

Craig

Sub & Amp wiring kit arrived....

Craig

Hi All,

This morning I fitted the new short shift kit and verdict linkage bracket bushes.

The OEM shifter.

The OEM shifter came off easily without issues.

Then removed the 3 bolts holding the linkage bracket in place.

Old bushes came out after I attacked them with a Stanley blade.

New verdict bush ready to in.

New short shift all in place.

Took her out for a test run and all working as per it should, the gear throw as been shortened quite a lot but all gears engage correctly and just feels a lot nicer to change gear now, You can be a lot more confident with a faster gear change.

I would recommend these two mods

Cheers Craig

Hi All,

Well iv got the sub and amp now so that's this weekends job.

Also ordered some more silicone hoses and a cold side kit to move the DV across in between the throttle body and the intercooler!.

Craig

Don't move the dv !!!!!!!!!

Took her out for a test run and all working as per it should, the gear throw as been shortened quite a lot but all gears engage correctly and just feels a lot nicer to change gear now, You can be a lot more confident with a faster gear change.

I would recommend these two mods

Cheers Craig

Real good work! what sort of difference does the little bushes make?

Don't move the dv !!!!!!!!!

How comes you wouldnt move the DV??

As its best position is as close to turbine as possible further away can induce some lag

Nick at Rtech has done a write up somewhere and what he don't know about 1.8t tuning isn't worth knowing !! Lol

As its best position is as close to turbine as possible further away can induce some lag

Nick at Rtech has done a write up somewhere and what he don't know about 1.8t tuning isn't worth knowing !! Lol

Doh!! Already ordered the kit.... I suppose I can still use the silicone pipe from the throttle body to the intercooler pipe work and just blank off the DV outlet!!

Craig

could do what ive done,leave the dv where it is and feed it to cooler pipe,dunno if its ideal or not lol looks good though

Could be an option! Best of both your way pal....

Looks like you have a slight kink if the lower breather pipe!?!

yeah i did in that pic sorted it after taking that,pipe was packed solid with crud after less than 2 weeks of being on thier :peek: ,fitting catch can now anyway so happy days! :clap:

My silicone hose kit arrived this morning, Thats this weekends job sorted.

Cheers

Craig

Looks good. Hope the fitting goes well

Hi All,

Todays job was to fit the new silicone hose from the intercooler pipe to the throttle body...

Head light out to gain more access.

OEM pipe.

Where the OEM pipe meets the Forge pipes.

OEM pipe off.

Throttle body was nice and clean which is always a good sign.

New pipe in place.

The new pipe had a slight kink due to it been slightly longer than the OEM one, So I put another jubilee clip round the centre and tightened it up until the pipe was 100% round again!!..

DV blow off pipe hooked up.

And all finished..

Well that's another job done, Next is an oil catch tank to be fitted so if any one has a DIY link to how to hook up the catch tank this would be great cheers.

Craig..

looking good buddy kink seems a bit weird i didnt have any probs :'(

looking good buddy kink seems a bit weird i didnt have any probs :'(

Its just because the Forge pipe work comes up quite away than the standard pipes, Its all good though

Craig

Went to a local "VAG CARS" meet the other night and found a couple of pics, Not taken by me...

Craig

Hi All,

Got round to finishing off my TT Ronals which are for track days & winter use really. Decided to swap them over today with the briskoda how fast day approaching quickly...

Craig