black GTI Progress

[graham-gti]

Hey guys. Just got back from pipecraft in Basildon. They have just removed my centre resonator and replaced with a straight pipe.

Very very quick and a brilliant job. The car sounds awesome now. Slight drone when accelerating up hill but when cruising at 70 on a flat road the noise is the same as standard. The best bit though is the noise from the dsg farts. Sounds epic.


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[graham-gti]

Another small update.

So tonight I fitted my cold air feed from the fog light grill. Looks good. Going to run live data to see my inlet air temp and after that I'm going to heat wrap my intake and run the data again and see him much difference it makes


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[graham-gti]

Few snaps of the cold air feed






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[Mitch H]

Would be interesting to see if the fog light cold air feed makes a difference at all

[graham-gti]

Small update time.

My cars now on around 75k so today whilst carrying out the service I decided to replace the oil pickup.

Very simple job to do even without the ball head hex socket. Managed to get on the 2 tricky bolts with a 1/4 drive ratchet and 10mm socket then I used a standard ball head Allen key to remove it the rest of the way. Couldn't see anything in my sump so happy days with that.

The new strainer installed


Also changed spark plugs,


Fuel filter, oil filter and cabin filter


Car is now set for the ring on Friday


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[ducman77]

Lovely build mate

I need to do some of the same service items as you...
Can I ask...

1) How hard was the strainer swap? I'm not a mechanic but I do do virtually all the work on the car myself. I'm nervous I will possibly make a balls of re-sealing the sump and end up with it leaking after?? What do you reckon the chances of that are?

2) Did you clean your strainer or replace it??

3) How hard was the fuel filter swap?

Sorry for all the numpty questions

Hope you will have a blast at the ring

[graham-gti]

Thanks man.

1) the strainer swap was easy. If you can undo 23/24 bolts then you've pretty much cracked it. There's a few guides knocking about on here and there's some clips on YouTube if you get completely stuck. Asking as you clean the surface of the block and sump and use a small bead of sump sealant you'll be fine. I sealed mine, bolted it up then left for 20 mins or so before refilling with oil. Then I ran it up for half hour or so. No leaks yet.

2)  I've seen some threads saying to just clean the strainer but I just swapped it completely. It's relatively and its just peace of mind.

3) the fuel filter was easy. Just in front of the rear right wheel. 3 pipes and a Philips screw and its off. Pretty easy. The pipes have a lock on them which you have to squeeze/depress then they just pull off. Takes 5-10mins max.

Don't be sorry I'm here to help.

Cannot wait to go. Should be a laugh. I'm going with a few mates. It's Gona be my gti, an e46 m3 and a Megane rs


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[ducman77]

Thanks man.

1) the strainer swap was easy. If you can undo 23/24 bolts then you've pretty much cracked it. There's a few guides knocking about on here and there's some clips on YouTube if you get completely stuck. Asking as you clean the surface of the block and sump and use a small bead of sump sealant you'll be fine. I sealed mine, bolted it up then left for 20 mins or so before refilling with oil. Then I ran it up for half hour or so. No leaks yet.

2)  I've seen some threads saying to just clean the strainer but I just swapped it completely. It's relatively and its just peace of mind.

3) the fuel filter was easy. Just in front of the rear right wheel. 3 pipes and a Philips screw and its off. Pretty easy. The pipes have a lock on them which you have to squeeze/depress then they just pull off. Takes 5-10mins max.

Don't be sorry I'm here to help.

Cannot wait to go. Should be a laugh. I'm going with a few mates. It's Gona be my gti, an e46 m3 and a Megane rs


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Thank you very much
This is exactly the kind of confidence boost I needed
Enjoy the ring!! Should be gorgeous this time of year

[graham-gti]

Will do mate thanks. I'll post pics when I'm back


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[Rippers]

Few snaps of the cold air feed






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Love this. I want one. Do you have a part number and where did you source it from ?

[graham-gti]

Hi mate. It's from eBay. Around £12, I just searched for ramair cold feed


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[graham-gti]

Hey guys.

Got back from the ring on Wednesday. Have to say I had a wicked time. Only managed to get in 1 lap as my car broke when I got there and took me 2 days to get a new brake caliper so miss out on the TF on the Sunday but managed to get on the track Tuesday evening for a lap. The track got closed as I came up to gantry as a yellow Clio blew its engine and set alight. Thankfully no one was injured.

Will Defo be going back again next year :)




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[ducman77]

Sorry for your woes!
But at least you got out and had a go and earned your sticker legit style
Been watching the old YouTube Nurburgring crash videos
They'd put you right off

[graham-gti]

Haha yeah as I said I was really lucky in a way that they closed the track after I drove on. Only about 9 cars passed me so I had pretty much a clear lap. Still feel a bit gutted for the lad in the clip though. Must be sh*t seeing your pride and joy go up in flames


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[Alistair23]

Did you get a time at all?

Went this year (couldn't use my own car due to it being rubbish) and 2nd lap my mate got a 9mins 59secs. Planning to take my car along next year!