But there are a lot bad ones. Which one did you exactly use?
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So, time for another update.
Spend a lot of time doing work on the car while waiting for parts.
First, I wanted to do something with the gearbox.
Before pics of it
Seen better days
Came out decent
I was thinking of painting it, but it will surely come out again very soon, both for clutch kit, and to change the 4th gear, or the gear that i will destroy one way or another. Been in the tfsi game for some years, i know that will happen, so already, ready, LoL. So that will do for now
Then, i remembered I have the Precision Intercooler from the Audi
cleaned and will propably replace the S3 8P IC i already have
Then, being that the car has been a daily for some years now, it is only logical that it has been filled with grime over time.
Pics of said engine bay filth
Left to dwell with special mixtures of cleaning stuff
and then out came the water pressure and brushes, which resulted in this
Really excited with the results
After the bath
It went inside again to sleep
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So i have some more things to show you.
Removed the front end to pieces and decided to clean everything separately.
The S3 8P intercooler was instantly sold that day without even listing it
Then it was time to reduce some of the crap that sit on my intake manifold
Fuel vapor lines
Removed tb to work better on the manifold
Time for this to go
and it will go for sale
Pile of junk getting bigger
And then of course i removed these from the manifold ports
and re-installed the small plastic side caps to fill the gaps (the ones APR is selling as billet )
Then I cleaned and enhanced all the hoses
Removed OEM engine mounts and fixed some scratches
Driver's side
And then things got interesting. Had a big shopping day at the stealership
Shared no expense wanted to go new all the way
Wait that's not all
As well as these gaskets
Then, I thought, let's find an OEM GTI Intercooler
Let's hack the end tanks out of it gently
Let's cut the unnecessary connecting ends
And then, clean them and use them as very light spacers/installation kit for the oem ac radiator and mishimoto radiator, lol
more to come, stay tuned guys
Cheers
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Found this in my steering wheel this morning.
They come in teams of 4 I guess
Then I sourced some Audi parts, like my 4in intake
Plenty of heat sleeve
My AEM filter
Got dirt ? LoL
And a small teaser of things that have started to arrive
Engine is being cleaned and getting ready for assembly . . . stay tuned . . .
Cheers
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So some more boxes
Sorry China
Let's see what's inside them
Transmission mount
Engine mount
I love the quality of these things
I will also be using the Audi TiAL 50mm BOV and bought a new Aluminum Flange for it as well
Bought some of this
Well ok, not just some of it
Yes I wont forger dear DEI
Then some rods
Good old IE rods that have done the trick with great success over years
Nothing fancy to show you here
Threw some bearings in there as well
And then I also found this
Which is not the VF one I went for initially cause they were not in stock
Great quality to be honest
And then a place for the turbo to sit on
More to come guys
Cheers
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I think I found my engine oil while wondering around in the garage
Oh there they are
Motul 300V Chrono 10W40 and these for the first round of drinks for the engine
Then it was time to move to the front end
And test-fit the mounts from the oem IC and see if everything would work like it should
AC radiator on top of them
And done
Next the radiator and fans assembly
Then it's a matter of chopping in order to fit this serious size IC from PTE
and everything will come together
Then some work on the car till engine is back from the machine shop
Feel free to call me crazy
But I will do what i did with the Audi and loved it
Look again
Whereas some more things arrived
Still missing the two shiny things that will sit on the exhaust manifold.
Cheers
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So I have a rather big update to show you. Let's document it in two parts
This beauty arrived
In matching colour with my Audi BOV
All springs included
Wait is this new ?
No but look at this cleaning
And look at those billet ones
Brand new
Crank all polished up
Cylinders ready as well - 83mm now
And head is ready as well
Let's move things to Tom's Garage for the beginning of the assembly
Cleaning everything and checking all oil routes again and again
Old school assembly oil
ARP goodness and starting from bottom end to top
A close up before final torquing to spec
Let's check for tolerances
Then, moving on, it was time for these
Tom adjusted the rings himself as always
More on the update to follow . . .
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Pistons rings installed
Lets open those ARP bolts
ACL Race bearings
Putting everything together
Time for the pump assembly
New Pump tensioner, for sure
Done
New gasket for the rear of crank
Put some glue in the sump
Install it
Play with cat until it is dry
Install more parts
drink a beer and enjoy
Audi was very jealous needless to say
Lets mate that engine block with something else
Let's say this
But first let me put some ARP studs in there
And a gasket
Hello supertech valvetrain
Lets throw some cams in there
Test fitting cam cover
and ARP bolts
Closer look
Put some glue in there
And close it off
Lets get ready for installing belts etc
Found my timing belt on the 2JZ
ARP crank bolt painted to remind us to bolt it to spec later
Torqued down along with the crank pulley bolts
Let's install that painted side cap too
Time to install the exhaust manifold
I love new hardware
Something is obviously missing
WG adapter is also not here
Sit back and admire what you did
New Oil housing installed
Oil cooler installed as well
New hardware on knock sensors
New thermostat
Engine is done
Waiting for the turbo for the fabrication to continue.
Cheers
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So I had another box some days ago
Lets open it
Yes it is what I ordered
Some pics for size comparison - yeap it is bigger than the car - LoL
Random shots
Suck It
Some V-Band clamps that we will play with
And for some odd reason this came out of the car
Who knows what will happen . . .
Meanwhile I am on vacation with another toy
this 4.0Lt engine loves fuel so much
See you at the greek beaches hopefully
Cheers
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