Loving that mate

How clean is that engine bay!

Do you actually drive it?

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Yea it's my daily.

Iv a soft spot for this motor.

Any thought on these logs? I think I'm a bit down on power for a stage 2 revo. A quick maf reading is showing 213 so roughly 255bhp.

Yea it's my daily.

Iv a soft spot for this motor.

Any thought on these logs? I think I'm a bit down on power for a stage 2 revo. A quick maf reading is showing 213 so roughly 255bhp.

 

I think there is a little something missing.

 

My car's engine bay is soo far from yours.  I still have 1/2" of mud and sand in the subframe from an off road excursion.

New oil cooler fitted along with thermostat. I noticed the expansion tank was going a bit yellow even tho it was new a few months ago. I thought this oil coolant heat exchanger could be the culprit. Not exacly interesting but some pics anyway.

Draining coolent

Expansion tank removed

And cleaned

Thermostat buried away.

Oil drained then filter removed exposes the oil cooler.

Oil cooler off.

And new cooler in.

Re attached all pipes and filled with fluids and she's away again. Peace of mind job more than anything.

just received some goodies from Awesome GTI.  

 

ECS R8 coil packs and holder plate.

 

Real nice bit of kit and compared to the price for just the OEM coil packs of £134 the upgraded ones and mount plate came to £147 with next day delivery. Will post some pics up later on today. 

 

Also got a new noise - sounds like tappet rattle or something wondering if its only appeared since i replaced the oil cooler. Doesn't sound nice at all so think ill replace the breather prv check valves and inspect the hoses. hopefully nothing to worry about but it wasnt there a few weeks ago. 

Source of the noise was from me removing the rubber seal from the scuttle panel. Nice and quiet again now it's back on.

The coil packs made a huge difference in the power delivery and all round smoothness of the engine. Look sweet too.

The rocker cover needed a repainting to so gone for black high temp this time.

A quick snap from today's visit to midland vw for Chris to tweek the revo map and new cv boots.

Dyno graph.

The rollers apparently read low at midland vw but.

Dark blue line was when the stage 2 was first put on. I had a duff n249 valve so leaking boost.

Pink line was this mornings first run.

Light Blue line today's last run with the revo map given more timing and a bit more boost.

First time since ownership I gave the Titty a full detail. Took 2 days which include fitting a V6 bumper but I think was well worth it. Interior took a few hours but now smelling fresh.

I can't stop sneaking out the house for a peek as it's never looked better.

Run down of the job

Snow foam

Detox shampoo

Clay bar with Maguires ultimate

Snow foam

Dry

Dual action polish with t cut silver finish

Snow foam

Meguires convertible top cleaner and jet wash

Snow foam

Glass polished

Autogylm hd wax hand applied

Engine bay cleaned with elbow grease and rubber cleaner

Hope you like too.