Golf GTI Edition 30 ..Stage 2+ journey has began

[Shoduchi]

I would have bought this IC if I still needed one. This should be much better than mine, though.

[BigA91]

I would have bought this IC if I still needed one. This should be much better than mine, though.

Yeah I wasn't sure if i wanted to spend that much on a IC as I was looking at the other £300-400 options but, I didn't wana buy a cheapy cooler again and then be stuck. I hope this is a good cooler and hopefully lowers intake temperatures quite significantly. I was thinking of giving it a satin black tint to the front but not sure?

[Shoduchi]

It's going to be fitted behind the AC radiator? If so, I wouldn't bother painting it. Following the ad your IC is the good version to buy.

[BigA91]

It's going to be fitted behind the AC radiator? If so, I wouldn't bother painting it. Following the ad your IC is the good version to buy.

Yeah Il be leaving AC radiator in place just incase I don't buy something for summer and could do with using AC

[Tfsi_Mike]

So a trip down to AKS tuning in Bedford and this happened...



@Tfsi_Mike it's all your fault! You jinxed my eBay cooler LOL

Buy nice or buy twice, usually :(. Great mod though!

[tommygti]

What make is the turbo discharge pipe? Is it an ebay purchase?

[BigA91]

What make is the turbo discharge pipe? Is it an ebay purchase?

Yes it's an ebay special, however it fits perfectly fine.

[tommygti]

  Thought so. Whats the quality like? Is it pretty solid? I read a review of theses ebay (china made) discharge pipes and some people found that the metal was so thin and such a poor grade that you could bend/distort the pipe quite easily. Could you send me the ebay link? Cheers
 

[BigA91]

Thought so. Whats the quality like? Is it pretty solid? I read a review of theses ebay (china made) discharge pipes and some people found that the metal was so thin and such a poor grade that you could bend/distort the pipe quite easily. Could you send me the ebay link? Cheers

LOL the discharge pipe I bought is for a k03'd car. I tried only attaching it to a OEM intercooler hose which was also a k03 hose it'll be going back as its no use to me.

[BigA91]

So today got everything on...well almost. Only thing left now is a few exhaust clamps as the clamps supplied are useless and my rs4 valve. Car does sound very nice with the full turbo back exhaust. The dsg thump is epic .




Sorry about the messy boot, I seem to have my bedroom in there lol.



The pump yO



Did come when some nice mints



Whilst I was there, I got a polybush dogbone insert. I use to have this slight engine rock when suddenly apply the gas but this has seemed to have sorted it.



I promise lol, behind all that hidden stuff is a peron cooler lol.

[BigA91]

So I went over to Allumy Motorsport in Notts again yesterday as I had the RS4 valve to be installed and my downpipe 'banging' issues rectified.
Thanks to Rob, he spotted my drivebelt and realised it had bits missing lol.



and the rest of the belt was found later on the undertray 





So I posted last time asking people about this PCV whistling noise I've been having and people said it was normal..which wasn't! On Friday last week, my idle became so erratic and kept fluctuating which was driving me F*CK*ng crazy! Rob at Allumy motorsport changed the PCV & gasket for a newer revision at WALA! My idle is now very smooth and it feels slightly quicker too as it's not losing any boost pressure because of the split diaphragm.





and new one installed



Now guys, if you buy an ebay downpipe, you will need to get the prongs shortened or else, you will get this loud banging and vibration from underneath which will make you hate the car! The prongs were long so they were touching the subframe and you can imagine the rest..





Also, the oem downpipe has a solid built in washer or a 'stop' to help the downpipe from moving forth and back underload which the aftermarket one didn't. This is what I mean...





So clever as Rob is lol, he welded me one on and this is how it looked..





All back to normal now! Thank god! I couldn't believe how much of a difference one small thing made.

R-Tech tomorrow, can't wait 

[Tfsi_Mike]

Little victories! :)

[Deako]

My eBay decat doesn't move an inch. Probably because I have the revo torque arm and solid 034 motorsports bush. 

Surprised they didn't take the tyres off for the "refurb". 

[BigA91]

My eBay decat doesn't move an inch. Probably because I have the revo torque arm and solid 034 motorsports bush. 

Surprised they didn't take the tyres off for the "refurb". 

It doesn't move anymore. The reason why mine was vibrating like mad, is because it didn't have a 'stop' like the oem one does which then causes the mouting prongs to move freely. You have some balls lol to run a solid bush! I get small tiny weeny vibrations on idle from the superpro dogbone insert but i'm kinda learning to live with it.

The refurb job is amazing though! It really is very good and although they didn't remove the tyre, the deflated in completely and when finished, they put new valves in and re-balanced it. Maybe they were trying to save time but never the less, the finish is amazing!
I think maybe during the new year, I may go gloss black on the wheels, although not entirely sure yet.

[AJG09]

Be sure to post up the results later!