Love the manifold jack!

That looks epic. Will you need swayed edges on the manifold to keep the pipes from popping off?

Love the manifold jack!

Thanks mate me too!!

That looks epic. Will you need swayed edges on the manifold to keep the pipes from popping off?

No mate, it's having a vband welded to the end, just so I don't have to have a silicone connector and 2 hose clips

Also got the box painted

Ah good plan mate :)

Manifold does look good :)

I love V bands,but not 100% sure on there sealing ability tbh.

I've used one on the exhaust on my kit car and it doesn't seal totally as I can see soot on the insides of the actual clamp when it's removed.

so when you are pushing circa 2.5 bar of boost through the intake I think they will leak a bit.

Manifold does look good :)

I love V bands,but not 100% sure on there sealing ability tbh.

I've used one on the exhaust on my kit car and it doesn't seal totally as I can see soot on the insides of the actual clamp when it's removed.

so when you are pushing circa 2.5 bar of boost through the intake I think they will leak a bit.

 

In all honesty mate I have never had any experience, long story short I ordered one from china and I got a notice saying I had to pay to get the item, so i told the company to stuff it. I then ordered one from Darkside which was fine, then for some reason the other one turned up too.

 

Now, comparing thew 2 pieces of kit, the billet caps of the Darkside one just butt up together, whereas the one from china they have inner rim of the billet caps interlock which for sealing purposes should be much better so I'm going to use the Chinese one!

 

Ordered loads of other little bits the other day too, A new dipstick, a new dipstick sleeve (orange bit), Oil housing gasket, new fuel filter, new oil filter, new thermostat, tandem fuel pump gasket, managed to pick up a brand new foglight for £15 which most people will know are expensive for a vrs so that was a bargain, and a new auxiliary belt for my aircon delete.

Ah right,got a link to the Chinese ones please so I can have a look :)

Maybe tempted to use them if they do alloy ones.

Are you doing all your boost pipes in stainless?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/151919116540?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2648&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

 

That's the link for the Chinese one

 

Yes I think so mate, the only problem I can see is welding the aluminium v-band cap the the end of a stainless pipe, ill have to see.

I see what you mean,like the look of those tbh :)

You won't weld stainless to alloy at all!it won't

I see what you mean,like the look of those tbh :)

You won't weld stainless to alloy at all!it won't

 

I can vouch for them that they are decent!

 

That's what I mean, Looks like the boost pipes are getting made from aluminium then 

I have just checked and the flanges are made from steel.

 

" Made of high quality stainless steel

Clamp is made of T-304 Stainless Steel

Flanges is made of T-409 Steel "

 

Winner winner stainless dinner

So, some of you may remember me ordering my quick shift kit, well it turned up today!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Really decent kit, Impressed with the quality and the detail, cant wait to get it fitted now!

That looks very nice

That looks very nice

 

It wasn't cheap but its well worth it. 

That looks amazing. Let me know how it fits and you get on with it :)

That looks amazing. Let me know how it fits and you get on with it :)

I will report back deffinatly, aparentlynits a bit tricky to get it set up perfect but I like a challenge

In all honesty mate I have never had any experience, long story short I ordered one from china and I got a notice saying I had to pay to get the item, so i told the company to stuff it. I then ordered one from Darkside which was fine, then for some reason the other one turned up too.

 

Now, comparing thew 2 pieces of kit, the billet caps of the Darkside one just butt up together, whereas the one from china they have inner rim of the billet caps interlock which for sealing purposes should be much better so I'm going to use the Chinese one!

 

Ordered loads of other little bits the other day too, A new dipstick, a new dipstick sleeve (orange bit), Oil housing gasket, new fuel filter, new oil filter, new thermostat, tandem fuel pump gasket, managed to pick up a brand new foglight for £15 which most people will know are expensive for a vrs so that was a bargain, and a new auxiliary belt for my aircon delete.

What size belt did you go for, for your air con delete? And did you need to get a different type of tensioner or just use the normal one?

 

Car is looking very well, hopefully see it at some shows the year?!

What size belt did you go for, for your air con delete? And did you need to get a different type of tensioner or just use the normal one?

 

Car is looking very well, hopefully see it at some shows the year?!

 

Replied to your question over instagram mate!

 

I appreciate that mate, you defiantly will. Should be ready in march 

Made good progress tonight, Primed, painted and lacquered the tandem fuel pump, alternator (even masked over the copper to retain colour), water pipe.

 

 

The list so far, I have repainted the oil housing, complete with new filter, O-ring and gaskets

 

Tandem fuel pump painted, all new gaskets.

 

Alternator refurbed

 

Water pipe refurbed

 

New dipstick tube (metal bit), new orange sleeve, new dipstick itself

 

Repolished all the chrome 

 

Painted the gearbox and lacquered 

 

Painted the block and lacquered 

 

v-band welded onto inlet manifold, bolted up with a new gasket

 

Waiting for exhaust manifold as I'm having an adaptor flange made, that can be bolted up with new gasket too. (refurbed the bottom oil return), Then the turbo can be bolted up with new braided oil feed, (new downpipes gasket too)

 

Then I can start mocking up the hard pipes to be custom made.

 

I really am getting there now, there will be pictures to follow soon

Just an example of refurbing parts

 

 

 

after a few hours of ire brushing/splitting/taping

 

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Even refurbed the plug

 

 

Wide array of random parts

 

 

Also the new dipstick tube thanks to lofty for that one!

 

 

Gave the headlight inserts a sand down too using my gf's nail file haha ready to be sent off for colour coding 

 

 

Should have some more exciting photos tonight if all goes to plan

Gave the skuttle panel to my mate to weld up a few holes, cut some brackets off and smooth it over,

 

 

 

Goin to drop it off at the painters this weeks sometime along with my light inserts then I can rebuild the lights and get this bolted back in the car

Edited 12 January, 20179 yr by skodalad

Shiny shiny soon then? These little jobs take ages to do but are ultimately the most satisfying!!

Shiny shiny soon then? These little jobs take ages to do but are ultimately the most satisfying!!

 

Yes mate, going smoothed and colour coded  :D  I completely agree, I have also ordered a part that even skoda themselves have to order direct for, Its the heat shield that goes onto the bulkead, half material and half is like foil.

 

Its going to come to around £110 for a heat shield haha But considering I have nothing in the engine bay I need it, as it will be very visible

Made good progress today again, all ancillaries bolted up, new oil feed in, manifold on, still waiting on turbo and exhaust manifold to come back from my mates. New sump fitted, but run into a problem with the quick shifter.

Old sump off







Weapons of choice to change the dipstick tube, what a slut of a job.





As you can see the pivot point is miles out, gonna have to get my mate to make me up an adaptor that bolts through the old pivot point with a tube for the new pivot point to go through, not going to be easy, if the fulcrum is out I'm sure it won't engage gear. I'll have to have a think

Edited 14 January, 20179 yr by skodalad