Make a donation
« previous next »
Pages: 1 ... 13 14 [15] 16 17 18   Go Down

Author Topic: Black magic Mk5 GTI track car  (Read 97790 times)

Offline fuscobal

  • Won't Shut up.
  • *****
  • Thank You
  • -Given: 2
  • -Receive: 27
  • Posts: 659
Re: Black magic Mk5 GTI
« Reply #210 on: May 19, 2013, 01:32:06 pm »
Danish, am I asking too much... for a gearbox to change gears like this one >
? :))) The X-trac sequential used in BTCC is about 18.000 pounds !!!
Logged
Mk5 GTI 6MT - Revo stage 3

Offline danishmkvgti

  • Just look at my post count
  • ******
  • Thank You
  • -Given: 243
  • -Receive: 154
  • Posts: 3680
    • Email
  • My Ride: http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,7823.0.html
Re: Black magic Mk5 GTI
« Reply #211 on: May 19, 2013, 06:28:05 pm »
I have already looked at a set of seats from the 599 on ebay, only 7000,- euros for them  :laugh:
Logged

Over the top mod list ;o)

Offline the bruce

  • Just look at my post count
  • ******
  • Thank You
  • -Given: 322
  • -Receive: 100
  • Posts: 1591
    • my GTI
Re: Black magic Mk5 GTI
« Reply #212 on: May 19, 2013, 08:44:41 pm »
Quote from: the bruce on May 15, 2013, 09:52:22 pm
Quote from: fuscobal on May 15, 2013, 06:32:52 pm
+ water temps after the mods were amazing > max 85deg celsius !!!


Pretty COOL !!!  :happy2:

Should help increasing engine life significiently - at least I hope so !!

 :drinking:

BTW, what about oil temps?
Logged
"You get what you pay for."

Offline fuscobal

  • Won't Shut up.
  • *****
  • Thank You
  • -Given: 2
  • -Receive: 27
  • Posts: 659
Re: Black magic Mk5 GTI
« Reply #213 on: May 20, 2013, 08:53:08 pm »
Don't know but I think the climatronic doaesn't show that info correctly as it was 95deg all the time no matter what I was doing !
Logged
Mk5 GTI 6MT - Revo stage 3

Offline fuscobal

  • Won't Shut up.
  • *****
  • Thank You
  • -Given: 2
  • -Receive: 27
  • Posts: 659
Re: Black magic Mk5 GTI
« Reply #214 on: November 10, 2013, 10:25:59 pm »
Finished installing the Wiechers roll-cage and Schroth racing belts. The roll-cage has been welded everywhere as I didn't find the bolt style to add enough stiffness to the chassis ! Weight added would be 25kg for the roll-cage and 4kg for the harnesses

PS : Also replaced all interior and plate number bulbs with leds !





IMG_7261 by fuscobal, on Flickr



IMG_7262 by fuscobal, on Flickr



IMG_7263 by fuscobal, on Flickr



IMG_7264 by fuscobal, on Flickr



IMG_7265 by fuscobal, on Flickr


« Last Edit: November 10, 2013, 10:28:24 pm by fuscobal »
Logged
Mk5 GTI 6MT - Revo stage 3

Offline fuscobal

  • Won't Shut up.
  • *****
  • Thank You
  • -Given: 2
  • -Receive: 27
  • Posts: 659
Re: Black magic Mk5 GTI
« Reply #215 on: November 10, 2013, 10:26:28 pm »

IMG_7266 by fuscobal, on Flickr



IMG_7268 by fuscobal, on Flickr



IMG_7272 by fuscobal, on Flickr



IMG_7275' by fuscobal, on Flickr



IMG_7278' by fuscobal, on Flickr


Logged
Mk5 GTI 6MT - Revo stage 3

Offline fuscobal

  • Won't Shut up.
  • *****
  • Thank You
  • -Given: 2
  • -Receive: 27
  • Posts: 659
Re: Black magic Mk5 GTI
« Reply #216 on: November 10, 2013, 10:26:43 pm »

IMG_7280 by fuscobal, on Flickr



IMG_7281 by fuscobal, on Flickr
Logged
Mk5 GTI 6MT - Revo stage 3

Offline danishmkvgti

  • Just look at my post count
  • ******
  • Thank You
  • -Given: 243
  • -Receive: 154
  • Posts: 3680
    • Email
  • My Ride: http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,7823.0.html
Re: Black magic Mk5 GTI
« Reply #217 on: November 11, 2013, 07:52:27 pm »
Awesome looking, got to say it looks like the things i consider doing to mine, but i haven't found the courage for it yet ;)
Logged

Over the top mod list ;o)

Offline rex

  • Just look at my post count
  • ******
  • Thank You
  • -Given: 50
  • -Receive: 74
  • Posts: 1306
Re: Black magic Mk5 GTI
« Reply #218 on: November 11, 2013, 08:45:46 pm »
Very nicely done, my friend!  :congrats:
Logged

Offline fuscobal

  • Won't Shut up.
  • *****
  • Thank You
  • -Given: 2
  • -Receive: 27
  • Posts: 659
Re: Black magic Mk5 GTI
« Reply #219 on: November 12, 2013, 05:12:35 pm »
Thanks guys. Danish, I hesitated a little bit myself before going this route but now I'm happy I went this route knowing I have another daily car. Several points :

- The leds brought the total consumption down from around 60-70W to about 5W which should also spare my battery
- The torpedo light was on at all time when the car wasn't locked which may have been the cause of my Odyssey battery ending dead several times while the car was at my mechanic (they kept the car unlocked). I noticed that only by seeing the light on after removing the lateral panel in order to install the leds to the passenger's feet
- After 4-5 removals, the very soft screws that came with the Recaro seats were done. I barely succeded in removing some of them for the last time. Thanks to rex's tip, I bought much harder screws from Fabory and with a thicker head. If you can imagine the high quality screws costed me less than 3 Euros but Recaro didn't think they should use such expensive screws on a 700Euro seat (+200-300Euro for the rails)
Logged
Mk5 GTI 6MT - Revo stage 3

Offline fuscobal

  • Won't Shut up.
  • *****
  • Thank You
  • -Given: 2
  • -Receive: 27
  • Posts: 659
Re: Black magic Mk5 GTI
« Reply #220 on: January 30, 2014, 04:02:10 pm »
Some late updates :

- I finished installing the roll-cage from Wiechers. The kit came with all bars joined through bolts which I didn't like at all and found it to bring too little aditional stiffness to the chassis. Also, although I've ordered the bar for my Schroth harnesses mounting, they sent me a horisntal bar that was to be connected right behind the seats on the lower main frame (close to the air-con for the rear passengers). The harnesses can in no way be mounted on that as the angle to the horisontal plane is much more than the 20deg as advised by Schroth. Therefore, I purchased a steel bar and installed it on the rear rollcage fixing, on top of the wheel arches. All being said, I welded everything, including the 4 points on which the rollcage fixes to the car and I've reinforced those points with thick metal plates !
- Installed the Schroth harnesses using the supplied eyebolts at the recommended angles
- Purchased a Manfrotto 2-arm mount for my big Canon HF-G30 camera (I will also be using a Gopro 3+ for rear or driver/co-driver filming)
- Since recent logs showed my LPFP was barely reaching 3bar at redline, I've purchased a TT-RS OEM LPFP which hopefully will work well with the OEM controller. Once the weather allows it, I will install it and run some logs







Logged
Mk5 GTI 6MT - Revo stage 3

Offline Pikey Motorsports

  • Just look at my post count
  • ******
  • Thank You
  • -Given: 29
  • -Receive: 34
  • Posts: 1793
Re: Black magic Mk5 GTI
« Reply #221 on: January 30, 2014, 04:10:45 pm »
nice.. im in the process of fitting a cage/seats/harnesses!

fingers crossed your okay with the pump ive been running one for about 3k on the standard controller now
Logged
TSR PERFORMANCE GTX30 520BHP
LITCHFIELD R35 GT-R 660BHP
MSL E63 AMG 720BHP
HCP BM3 M5 800BHP

Offline fuscobal

  • Won't Shut up.
  • *****
  • Thank You
  • -Given: 2
  • -Receive: 27
  • Posts: 659
Re: Black magic Mk5 GTI
« Reply #222 on: January 30, 2014, 04:58:14 pm »
Wasn't that difficult of an install. Forgot to mention the roll-cage has 18.5kg in the standard version and about 22kg with the tube that I've added. The harnesses have about 4kg ! I've also exchanged my door cards with some black OEM ones and removed 17.5kg !!! (that;s how heavy mine were) !

Pikey, please tell me what was you pressure with the OEm pump ? (I suppose it was low and that's why you made the change). Have you got any logs with the TTRS lpfp ?
« Last Edit: January 30, 2014, 05:03:10 pm by fuscobal »
Logged
Mk5 GTI 6MT - Revo stage 3

Offline Pikey Motorsports

  • Just look at my post count
  • ******
  • Thank You
  • -Given: 29
  • -Receive: 34
  • Posts: 1793
Re: Black magic Mk5 GTI
« Reply #223 on: January 30, 2014, 05:02:38 pm »
Quote from: fuscobal on January 30, 2014, 04:58:14 pm
Wasn't that difficult of an install. Forgot to mention the roll-cage has 18.5kg in the standard version and about 22kg with the tube that I've added. The harnesses have about 4kg !

Pikey, please tell me what was you pressure with the OEm pump ? (I suppose it was low and that's why you made the change). Have you got any logs with the TTRS lpfp ?

i dont do none of my logging i leave it all to my tuner... i changed because i have a big turbo setup
Logged
TSR PERFORMANCE GTX30 520BHP
LITCHFIELD R35 GT-R 660BHP
MSL E63 AMG 720BHP
HCP BM3 M5 800BHP

Offline fuscobal

  • Won't Shut up.
  • *****
  • Thank You
  • -Given: 2
  • -Receive: 27
  • Posts: 659
Re: Black magic Mk5 GTI
« Reply #224 on: January 30, 2014, 05:04:02 pm »
Ah, ok...totally different situation then. I guess if it's good for you, it will be more that I need on my k04 :)
Logged
Mk5 GTI 6MT - Revo stage 3
Pages: 1 ... 13 14 [15] 16 17 18   Go Up
« previous next »