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Offline The Duke

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My new Black GTi
« on: August 27, 2015, 09:33:59 am »
You've probably seen this one before..... Im now the new owner of AlanD's old MK5

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Re: My new Black GTi
« Reply #1 on: August 27, 2015, 09:41:06 am »
I've been busy since buying it 3 weeks ago, so far ive done the following:

It's the little things...




Then i got a bit ambitious...



I also did some some updates to the engine.

From this:



To This: PCV Revamp, Forge Twintake, New battery surround (2nd hand), a good service and engine cover tidy up.







Now she seems to fly along the road, what with all the other work done by the previous owner. Still to come, open airvents, Forge high flow kit to delete the DV, 034 Motorsport solid dogbone mount, new headlight (to get rid of the dull one on the car) and some interior tidying up. more pics to come.
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Re: My new Black GTi
« Reply #2 on: August 27, 2015, 03:15:05 pm »
What's that forge black plate? Looking good by the way
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Re: My new Black GTi
« Reply #3 on: August 27, 2015, 03:36:15 pm »
Good work on the tidy up, are you selling the carbon intake?


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Re: My new Black GTi
« Reply #4 on: August 27, 2015, 04:36:20 pm »
Already sold it on ebay, think it went for about £135 - which is good, because the twintake was £400!!!  :surprised:
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Re: My new Black GTi
« Reply #5 on: August 28, 2015, 09:05:59 am »
Quote from: paulg300986 on August 27, 2015, 03:15:05 pm
What's that forge black plate? Looking good by the way

PCV Deleted - Revamp kit
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« Reply #6 on: August 30, 2015, 08:41:48 am »
Forge high flow valve:





I have started with wrapping the intake pipe with heat reflective aluminium tape. I've done this with the hope that once the engine is up to temp the air going in should stay a little cooler for a bit longer, what with the twintercooler set up too.

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« Reply #7 on: September 01, 2015, 09:33:47 am »
Continued installation:











My 034 Motorsport dogbone mount:



Old:



New:



Shiney new window switches, ooh the excitement



And finally a shot of the front with new fogs and open lower grill vents





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Re: My new Black GTi
« Reply #8 on: September 01, 2015, 10:39:25 am »
Where did you get the switches from mate?


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Re: My new Black GTi
« Reply #9 on: September 01, 2015, 11:03:12 am »
Good old eBay, about £10 and a few days to ship from Europe


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Re: My new Black GTi
« Reply #10 on: September 02, 2015, 05:40:19 pm »
That last pic looks mint mate. Is they a big diff in sound from that forge dv?
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« Reply #11 on: September 02, 2015, 06:05:30 pm »
It's actually pretty subtle, not a stupidly big dump valve sound, Ive noticed a difference in performance too, which probably meant the previous dv was faulty.


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Re: My new Black GTi
« Reply #12 on: September 02, 2015, 09:24:34 pm »
Great work!

Im following a similar route with mine!

Hopefully get a thread up soon!
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« Reply #13 on: September 02, 2015, 09:57:07 pm »
More the merrier :)


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Re: My new Black GTi
« Reply #14 on: September 02, 2015, 11:34:18 pm »
What's the price on one of these kits
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