My Daily Commuter • Golf MKV GT

[Nagah]

But there are a lot bad ones. Which one did you exactly use?

[mgpdoc]

[Nagah]

Thanks mate, now I just need to check whether you can buy that in Germany or not.


edit: Of course not.. *sigh*

[mgpdoc]

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

[therealvilla]

Awesome read. Your level of cleanliness is absurd in a good way. What do you use to clean the engine compartment/wheel wells?

I've never cleaned an engine bay/undercarriage in my life. There are no car washes with lift bays here, but I would like to clean my engine bay. It's filthy.

[mgpdoc]

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

[mgpdoc]

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

[mgpdoc]

And one more



Oh and I might have ordered this as well



Cheers

[mgpdoc]

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

[mgpdoc]

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

[mgpdoc]

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 . . .

[mgpdoc]

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

[Nagah]

this is porn.

[mgpdoc]

Thank you sir.

[mgpdoc]

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