Project: Eva the Wagon

[FER86GTI]

so my build thread isnt as cool as anyone else's but oh well. ill post shit because im bored.

so i own a 1990 passat wagon with a 16v. its really clean and i only payed $1000:thumbup:

so i have already done alot to it, im just going to start this thread with what i have recently done.

Here's the wagon





As of right now it has around 200,000 miles on the body and 120,000 on the motor. List of stuff done:

A4/B4 2.0 close ratio trans swapped
PS/AC delete
Custom Exhaust
Modded air box
Custom Gauges(factory stuff didnt work)
Custom Shift boot and E-brake boot
Work Equip 03 reps
Painted calipers red(big whoop lol)
nuespeed sport struts
Smoked turn signals
and i fixed a bunch of issues it had.

[FER86GTI]

so i got bored of sitting around today and decided to start something. I haven't done much to the wagon in the last couple months so i wanted to do something to it.

i have been talking amongst my friends about paint my valve cover and stuff, so i decided to do that today.

While i had everything off, i check the valve train, chain, belt, plugs, wires, cap, rotor, and just random siht.

Valve train looked great, no noticeable marks or nothing loose.
Chain was in good condition, not loose but right amount of slack.
Timing Belt has two marks on top like it was rubbing on something but the belt looks good, teeth look great, its got the right amount of slack, im going to replace it to be safe. its only going to be around $50.
Plugs were sh!tty, so i bought some new ones.
Wires are old and brittle, so i am getting better condition ones from the junk yard for like $20.
Cap&Rotor are off of the Jetta, so there old but better then the original one from the wagon. I'm going to replace them just cause there cheap.
Got new intake gasket and TB gasket today. Valve cover gasket looked new and was in good condition. The valve cover was finger loose, and i noticed the plugs were soaked with oil so im guessing that was my running issue.
I'm going an oil change tomorrow, cleaning the air box, CIS and intake boots.
Probably going to sort out some wiring and re route somethings to clean up the engine bay.

On to pics.
Here's the intake

The Valve cover before

Under the valve cover

Taping the valve cover

started to paint the cover

painted the intake black cause it was old and scratched to hell, i didnt finish taking the tape off the valve cover when i took the pic.

I also cleaned the inside of the intake and cleaned the throttle body.
The throttle body was black when i started, now its all shiny!



Imma finish everything tomorrow, ill take pics of what i do.

i do plan on lowering ti alot more when spring time rolls around.

[FER86GTI]

i did finish Eva today. clean some more shit, changed the plugs, and put everything back together and started it.




i also picked this up from tiger auto salvage for $5.

its got some broken spots, im going to see if my buddy gene can help me make a custom grille with angry eyes and vents.
kinda like this one.

http://rsbodykits.co.uk/product.php?productid=114544&cat=2880&page=1

[ChristopherJason]

nice work on the engine cover !

and cleaning it up, hope to see more !

[FER86GTI]

there will be more, just nothing crazy until spring. summer plans are a nice n/a 16 with itbs, lower, and some other shit.

[wchoy]

looks like this is going in the right direction! should be sick! keep us posted.

[FER86GTI]

thanks man, here's some more pics.

[Chuckdee]

so far, so good. Looking forward to seeing this slammed!

[FER86GTI]

yea me too, my buddy just offered me coilovers for only $75 in good condition. im excited about that.

[FER86GTI]

i found a bend in one of my wheels oh well atleast there fake works!

i gotta start doing some work to it in the next couple days, i have been getting really bored with forza 4...

[P78]

can't wait to c this slammed

sucks about ur wheels

ssr?