Audi A1 by mgpdoc ••

[mgpdoc]

So, truth be told i was pushing my luck somewhat

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Untitled by mgpdoc, on Flickr

In the past i entered the sea with the Cherokee pretty ofter at this particular spot. However . . .

This is not a Jeep

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Got pulled out by a family car, but not without my pride and my car being hurt as well. AC radiator got pushed by the bad Darkside IC installation probably, and also, wheels were scratched from the rocks at the beach.

Had no Ac for the next days, and scratched wheels, oh well

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Untitled by mgpdoc, on Flickr

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On my way back home, at a highway parking

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Got back to Athens, and lost no time

First AC radiator replacement, and new mounting points and brackets for the IC, properly this time, and not like my half-ass job on a bad product

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All done and I love how the new BEHR Ac Radiator is silver instead of black

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Looks mean

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Temporary Audi wheels while mine were sent to be painted

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Gave it a proper wash

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Do these wheels make it look like a Renault or is it just me

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I also ordered this Powerflex mount - Diesel Specific - To reduce engine movement which was getting frustrating especially after the track visit.
It increased vibration, but reduced movement like it should

Powerflex by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Oem

Powerflex by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Powerflex by mgpdoc, on Flickr

And then wheels were ready

I opted for a change to see how it would look. I normally like to keep my cars in a two tone theme. And this is no exception, it was red and black.
However, i thought I'd give it a go on something rather different.

So. . .

Gunmetal Wheels by mgpdoc, on Flickr

This is what I came up with

Gunmetal Wheels by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Gunmetal Wheels by mgpdoc, on Flickr

First time on the car

Gunmetal by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Wheels by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Gunmetal Wheels by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Gunmetal by mgpdoc, on Flickr

They sure look bigger

Wheels by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Gunmetal Wheels by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Wheels by mgpdoc, on Flickr

To be honest at first i couldnt get used to it but the more i saw it the more i liked it

Wheels by mgpdoc, on Flickr


Threw on some Rota caps in Gunmetal which I ordered from UK again

Gunmetal Wheels by mgpdoc, on Flickr

And the box as well

Summer by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Car is currently away on vacation mode, seeing some dusty roads and beaches

Summer by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Summer by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Cheers

Summer by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Mike

[mgpdoc]

wanting to do the same thing on my bmw e90.. cleaned the intake manifold and egr. it was full of crap. removed at least 1,5cm of crap all around the inlet.

Havent had the chance to clean the internals of those parts yet, but at least i stopped its becoming even more in a very early stage. At some point though, it will be cleaned properly.

[C2_mad]

wanting to do the same thing on my bmw e90.. cleaned the intake manifold and egr. it was full of crap. removed at least 1,5cm of crap all around the inlet.

[mgpdoc]

So, this is the place we will be working on for this post. This, and the EGR system.

Dpf by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Here's an idea of the crap that goes inside your inlet on a diesel car with just 28k miles on the clock. Sad is it not ?

De-Dpf exhaust install by mgpdoc, on Flickr

De-Dpf exhaust install by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Block of plate to the rescue

De-Dpf exhaust install by mgpdoc, on Flickr

EGT sensors off

De-Dpf exhaust install by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Lamda Sensor off

De-Dpf exhaust install by mgpdoc, on Flickr

After A LOT of fiddling and swearing, the downpipe came off

Dpf by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Not in piece sadly as for this to happen probably all the subframe would have to come off so ef it.

De-Dpf exhaust install by mgpdoc, on Flickr

First test fit

Dpf by mgpdoc, on Flickr

De-Dpf exhaust install by mgpdoc, on Flickr

TB block off plate - will change to matching bolts later

De-Dpf exhaust install by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Downpipe path

De-Dpf exhaust install by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Here is where it got tricky will get to that later

Final dp part which is modified with a v band to match the rest of my 3inch cat(what cat lol)back

De-Dpf exhaust install by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Dpf by mgpdoc, on Flickr

De-Dpf exhaust install by mgpdoc, on Flickr

De-Dpf exhaust install by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Dpf by mgpdoc, on Flickr

This is the part where we had clearance issues. Downpipe touched the steering rack. Ofcourse, once again, bolt on fitment wasnt the case

Dpf by mgpdoc, on Flickr

So out again to modify it

Reshaped it and it was great afterwards

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Matching bolts as promised

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Sensor on

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These however had to be left plugged and tucked in place, cause the car cannot work without them. Even after the ecu remap. Will see if maybe at a later version.

Dpf by mgpdoc, on Flickr

This map sensor of the DPF was removed though

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Egr and boost pipe removal by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Egr and boost pipe removal by mgpdoc, on Flickr

As was this EGR part from the Exhaust manifold to the EGR

De-Dpf exhaust install by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Car was a little rolling-coal happy

Egr and boost pipe removal by mgpdoc, on Flickr

But nothing a wash and wax cant fix

Egr and boost pipe removal by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Egr and boost pipe removal by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Then i decided to remove the complete EGR assembly as it was no longer used, to save weight and clean the engine bay even more

Oil return line has to be removed

Egr and boost pipe removal by mgpdoc, on Flickr

And you have to make a U-joint for the water pipes that run to the coolant radiator of the EGR which is also removed. Luckily i had the U-joint from the A4 hehe

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Blocked this hole as well

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And this is what was removed

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Untitled by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Egr and boost pipe removal by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Then, we remapped the car, it made another 10hp but we havent finished yet, will get back to you with more results once we fine tune it

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Big shoutout to etuners greece, and Stelios Alexandrakis in particular.

Cheers

More to come

[mgpdoc]

Your cleaning skills are amazing, glad to see you posting again with all the bs that photbucket has pulled. I even got an email about it and I haven't used it in years which I thought was funny. That down pipe looks great.

Hey mate, thanks for the love. I am very frutrated with their shitty business and all. Will get to an email once i have the time

[hinrichs]

Your cleaning skills are amazing, glad to see you posting again with all the bs that photbucket has pulled. I even got an email about it and I haven't used it in years which I thought was funny. That down pipe looks great.

[mgpdoc]

Photobucket has really screwed up literally every forum I go to. I'm glad to see you still at it. What type of products did you use to clean the bay? It turned out amazing! It looks better than new. Keep it up

I really dont know what to say to be honest. All this work, all these years, and now i just cant see my build threads again.
It is really disappointing. One should have time to go against them to be honest. I am sure something can be done.

Thank you for your support mate.

As for the engine bay, I used some Meg's APC dilluted to begin with, agitated, and scrubbed with various brushes even toothbrushes.
Then, wiped everything off. Finished it with Meg's All Season Dressing which is an amazing product.

Cheers

Mike

[06RawRsx]

Photobucket has really screwed up literally every forum I go to. I'm glad to see you still at it. What type of products did you use to clean the bay? It turned out amazing! It looks better than new. Keep it up

[mgpdoc]

Some weeks ago I ordered and received the Dpf delete 2,5 inch Downpipe from Darkside Developments. Quality was great as you will see yourselves in the picture.

Darkside De-Dpf Downpipe by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Darkside De-Dpf Downpipe by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Darkside De-Dpf Downpipe by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Also bought some EGR blanks

Darkside De-Dpf Downpipe by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Darkside De-Dpf Downpipe by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Darkside De-Dpf Downpipe by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Adapter for the lambda senson which is the only one that will be re-used

Darkside De-Dpf Downpipe by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Darkside De-Dpf Downpipe by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Darkside De-Dpf Downpipe by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Darkside De-Dpf Downpipe by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Darkside De-Dpf Downpipe by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Darkside De-Dpf Downpipe by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Darkside De-Dpf Downpipe by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Darkside De-Dpf Downpipe by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Darkside De-Dpf Downpipe by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Darkside De-Dpf Downpipe by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Darkside De-Dpf Downpipe by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Next posts will be about installing it and much much more to bring you up to date

Cheers

[mgpdoc]

So many many things have happened while Photobucker has been letting us down, and I havent posted updates ever since. But, I decided I must keep this going on, cant afford to lose all this after all these year.

So, first I did a proper engine bay wash

Some befores

Engine bay wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Engine bay wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Engine bay wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Engine bay wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Engine bay wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Engine bay wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Engine bay wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Engine bay wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Engine bay wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Engine bay wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Engine bay wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Engine bay wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

And some afters

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Engine bay wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Engine bay wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Washing engine bay by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Engine bay wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Engine bay wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Engine bay wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Washing engine bay by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Engine bay wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Engine bay wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Engine bay wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Engine bay wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Engine bay wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Washing engine bay by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Engine bay wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Engine bay wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Engine bay wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

Engine bay wash by mgpdoc, on Flickr

And here is the location that some things will change.

Dpf by mgpdoc, on Flickr

But all that in the next post.

Cheers for now.

[mgpdoc]

Hello guys. Been some days that i was ready to update my build threads of all the cars, when I logged in to my threads, and saw all my pics gone missing. I thought i had gone overboard with bandwidth, but then I also remembered, that i have a premium account, so that doesnt happen. Long story short, I figured out what PhotoBucket had done.

So, currently, more than 8-9 years of build threads are useless. All that work and effort is lost.
And what is more, Photobucket gave us NO warning, nor did they send their thoughts on this change whatsoever.

I accept paying for using one's services. I dont accept being bullied into doing it, in such a non-professional way.

I cant tell right now how I will continue blogging my build threads, but i wil definitely WONT be paying photobucket not 400, but not even a single cent.

Cheers

Mike

[jotemha]

Wow.
You put so much love and work into all these little details - amazing!

I think I would have used some velcro to install the rear floor..


Other then that, amazing car!

[mgpdoc]

Car saw some time at the track, and also did really really well for what it is, especially since it was also my first time at that track. Gave some MX5's a pretty rough time, especially my friend Tom's that recently bought one, a late NB one











Had some serious issues with Oil Temps, had to push for maximum 2 rounds and then cool off for lik 3-4 laps. It was 40o Celcius, and car did not like that at all.





Almost 4 sec slower than me







I had really missed some track time, so will be revisiting soon enough, with this car, or the golf as well.

Also, I wanted to do something about the back side, where having removed the rear seat bench, there was red exposed metal, which i didnt like







Quick visit to my trim shop







Pics dont do it justice, came out great IRL





Also, got around to fitting my oem rear parking sensors on the S-Line bumper i installed

Removal





Said sensors



Installed





Looking great



When I find some time, i will also retrofit them to make them work as well hehe



Cheers, plenty of more to come

Mike

[mgpdoc]

Damn bud, coming along nicely. What difference has the larger intercooler made?

Like I said in the post, massive. I expected it to have some difference, but not that noticeable.
Expect some more power mods and then a new dyno

Can'5 get over how clean and well kept this thing is. Love what you've done so far. Looking forward to more! Any plans to have give the recaro's some red stitching to match the rest of the interior?

thank yo uvery much for the good words
yes there are some plans, although to be honest, i like it very very much the way it is now. But in my mind i know how to make them even better

Thanks

mike

[Randomofodication]

Can'5 get over how clean and well kept this thing is. Love what you've done so far. Looking forward to more! Any plans to have give the recaro's some red stitching to match the rest of the interior?