Brakes look awesome, will the master cylinder be able to push enough fluid for them lol 

1 hour ago, stevobeavo said:

Brakes look awesome, will the master cylinder be able to push enough fluid for them lol 

Yeah it'll be fine, more than adequate from the research I've done

Finally managed a few hours on the old knacker tonight. Got the hydraulic link pipes fitted to the calipers, fitted the pads, anti rattle clips and then fitted them into the car. The previous custom HEL stainless braided brake hoses were used, along with new copper washers obviously.

 

Then refitted the freshly freshened up stud and nut kit, run out of loctite on the very last stud!!

 

 

 

 

Rear brakes are next!!!

 

 

Very nice.

Love it!

Lookin epic!

Best fabia around. Bar none.

It will be almost a crime to drive this when it's done! Keep up the good work.

Enormous progress this evening...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

fitted this!

 

The boot lid will be clayed and machine polished when it's all back together, its in a disgusting state.

And there was me sitting here waiting for pictures to load.....until I scrolled down lol. 

 

Cars coming along really well 

Rear brakes are off for some custom machine work at the moment so just doing other fiddly jobs off the list. 

 

Fitted new genuine VW glow plugs, smear of anti seize paste and nipped up to 11nm with the torque wrench.

 

The braided oil turbo feed pipe was a swine to route discretely but I did it..

 

Lots of folks loop it towards the bulkhead but I wanted it as close to the original path, ended up putting a rivnut into the wiring loom bracket and secured it with a p clip 

 

 

 

I fitted the powdercoated Darkside large bore TIP, along with the inlet boost hose

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Darkside TIP comes with a hose for the breather, so fitted that..

 

 

I'm acutely aware of the fact that I'm not running an aftermarket catch can (yet) but I will wait until the engine is back in the bay before I start looking into some custom mounting place for one. My big thing is I MUST keep the OE engine cover as that's the whole plan, and most of the aftermarket stuff sacks that off, but where there's a will there's a way etc...

 

The Darkside 80mm silicon pipe from TIP to airbox was offered up and yes I'm relieved to say the engine cover still fits..

 

 

Remeber a while back I located the Water/methanol injection nozzle into the bottom of the gutted EGR.... I've had a change of plan. I was going to run the meth pump under the drivers inner arch but research is telling me to run the pump near the reservoir, so I'm gonna have to go boot mounted... so the meth pipe will come through the bulkhead on passenger side. Luckily the inlet had a hole that I blanked before, reused that and it'll mean an easier run for the pipe 

 

 

New 90 degree meth pipe fitting is on its way.

 

 

Do you need to run adaptors for these calipers? 

On 08/10/2017 at 21:47, RobLarby said:

Do you need to run adaptors for these calipers? 

Yes Rob, used the creations Motorsport ones. 

 

 

Would you mind sending a link, pm or fb I don’t mind

Really struggling with motivation on this at the moment, so have been quite happy to leave the garage doors shut for a few weeks. 

 

The rear brakes have have been sent away for a very light bit of modification with Adam (Southy on here), so I'll get those back in the next couple of weeks then get back onto it. 

 

I have managed to construct an oil drain solution for the GTB2260 Turbo that's both effective and simple, albeit it using blue oil resistant silicon hose for now, don't worry the Black is on order...

 

Once I've got the black hose I'll do an exploded picture showing the three parts I've used but all in its less than £30 and fits and works. Much better than trying to bodge the OE pipe.

 

 

 

The 90 degree methanol pipe fitting arrived as well.

 

 

 

Ordered some new flywheel retaining bolts as well, so theoretically once I've finished the oil drain, made an extra support for the turbo to block I'm at the point then I can think about getting the engine mated to the gearbox and fitting it back in the car... shock horror lol

6 minutes ago, RobLarby said:

Would you mind sending a link, pm or fb I don’t mind

https://www.ebay.co.uk/i/121213389050 

 

thats the same same as I got from creation Rob

 

Link not working... I'll FB you it!

Edited 10 October, 20178 yr by Lofty

13 hours ago, Lofty said:

Really struggling with motivation on this at the moment, so have been quite happy to leave the garage doors shut for a few weeks. 

 

The rear brakes have have been sent away for a very light bit of modification with Adam (Southy on here), so I'll get those back in the next couple of weeks then get back onto it. 

 

I have managed to construct an oil drain solution for the GTB2260 Turbo that's both effective and simple, albeit it using blue oil resistant silicon hose for now, don't worry the Black is on order...

 

Once I've got the black hose I'll do an exploded picture showing the three parts I've used but all in its less than £30 and fits and works. Much better than trying to bodge the OE pipe.

 

 

 

The 90 degree methanol pipe fitting arrived as well.

 

 

 

Ordered some new flywheel retaining bolts as well, so theoretically once I've finished the oil drain, made an extra support for the turbo to block I'm at the point then I can think about getting the engine mated to the gearbox and fitting it back in the car... shock horror lol

Great to see you back at it

did you replace the screws on the air box? If so do you have a link to the ones you used?

Still looks like it’s coming on well!

Motivation is always an issue this time of year... cold, dark, cold... dull.

 

Hopfully the thought of getting the engine back in will help push things along

 

I’ve done the same with the oil return on the last 2 GTB builds I’ve done by the looks of it  tried it on my own about 2 year ago after being disappointed with the xman kit and it’s still going strong.

 

On 11/10/2017 at 12:34, Dark_Hero said:

Great to see you back at it

did you replace the screws on the air box? If so do you have a link to the ones you used?

I've never been able to find the screws that hold the air box lid down anywhere, even TPS don't list them. I chanced across a tdi in a scrappy with mint ones so "acquired " those

Ah lucky find then

You can buy the exact same screws with the same shape head and colour from b&q and other places but with a Philips head if that’s any good.

Thanks, will have a look

Pretty much 2 months since I’ve laid hands on the car, bit guilty but life gets in the way at times!

 

The ECS Tuning big rear disk kit was fitted previously and following the fitting instructions meant I had to “ease” the caliper carrier out with a grinder to accommodate the larger diameter 309mm disc, even despite the spacer bracket. This in my mind compromised the carrier as it took strength out of it and was perilously close to the slider mechanism, so I spoke with Southy off here about some machine work. 

 

It was decided to machine the disc down to 306mm and this meant no grinding of the carriers. New carriers were sourced and the disc and bells fitted up today.

 

 

 

The vRS calipers have been fully refreshed and will be going back on this week. The stud and nut kits also gone on since the pics were taken. 

 

 

Had a long weekend off from work with tremendous intentions to do loads on the car, but things conspired against me as usual!

 

I did manage to get all of the rear brakes assembled on one of the evenings, handbrake cables all fitted and clipped to the beam with new fixings. 

 

 

I did fit new handbrake return helper springs to the calipers but you can’t see them in the pics.

 

The rear height adjuster has been wound down to the required height hopefully.

 

Arch liner will go in next then all the lovely fresh Sprint Yellow will be hidden...

 

Today saw a few fiddly jobs done. The new Darkside FMIC was never gonna cut it and blend into the OEM+/Stealth set up looking all shiny and polished Alloy.....

 

 

 

So I set upon it with a variety of scotchbrite pads and some brake cleaner, keyed all the surface up then etch primed and satin blacked it. Theory being black intercoolers dissipate heat much better than silver, plus I don’t want to see it hanging out the front of the car... not my style lol 

 

Looks better now in my opinion..

 

 

 

The alloy hard pipes will be similarly scotched and etch primed but they will be coated in crackle black to mirror the appearance of the top OE textured plastic boost pipe.

 

More soon. Maybe. Possibly.

Edited 18 December, 20178 yr by Lofty
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