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#15 by zukgod1 on 28 Sep, 2010 13:56
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Bought a Caddy, blew the head gasket on it. Replaced the head gasket on it. Installed Coil-overs on the front. Installed some BBS wheels. Upgraded to GTI vented/drilled rotors. Bought some RECARO seats for it. Bought a few turbo parts so I can convert it to turbo. Bought some Hella reflectors so I can add my HID's and PIAA headlight harness. Picked up a FF trans so I can actually drive it. Bought a GTI lip.
I know there is more but that's all I can remember at the moment.
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#16 by theman53 on 28 Sep, 2010 14:24
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I am usually the least observant person on the planet, but what is up with the grill? It has a little smile going on toward the passenger headlight. It almost looks bent.
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#17 by zukgod1 on 28 Sep, 2010 14:37
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It's not snapped in all the way and has been that way for long enough now it go straight.
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#18 by fdnyguy on 28 Sep, 2010 15:20
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It's not snapped in all the way and has been that way for long enough now it go straight.
Nice truck. Good luck with it.
Stay safe, stay well. Jimmy. -
#19 by jack's lack on 28 Sep, 2010 15:22
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I got a Spal 4" puller fan for the oil cooler. I have bolted it to the core, but I am dragging my heels on the wiring. I need to do so much wiring with this car it is daunting.
I scored some new Febi strut tower mounts at H20 for $35. Maybe I will slap them on this weekend.
Oh yeah, I drove up to Ocean City MD for H2Oi on Friday night and back on Sunday :crazy: 610 miles each way. The car did great. I have developed a crack in my windshield though I don't recall any trauma that would have caused it.
However,I met some cool people, saw some amazing cars, and had a great time so it was definitely worth it.
Oddly enough my best tank achieved a 45mpg average and that was the one I got at a truck stop in Emporia VA before several hours of driving on 55mph backroads through the bucolic hinterlands between I 95 and the coast. This tank also included all the sitting in traffic and several spirited and sooty passes up and down the strip with my fellow VW enthusiasts while I was in Ocean city. I was trying to show those gasser guys that turbo bark sounds way cooler than a blow off valve.
Anyway I got my next tank south of the bridge-tunnel on the way back. The tanks that were burned up entirely on I 95, which for those of you who may not know is a 70 mph limited access highway that is as straight as an arrow and flat as a board, only gave me 42mpg. All my efficiencies are a little low because according to my GPS my speedo is a little slow. I'm thinking I need a taller transmission, because I wasted a ton of fuel driving like an idiot in OC and still did better than I did on the highway.
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#20 by R.O.R-2.0 on 30 Sep, 2010 07:30
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I turbo'ed my Jetta. What a world of difference! I can actually use my 0.75 5th gear at 55 mph now.
Here is a pretty crappy picture but you get it.
No intercooler for now. I had to have it running so I can drive it to school this coming week.
bigger intake piping would turn that engine into a different animal. why make it suck thru a drinking straw? not saying that the way i did it is the right way, or that much better, but i used 3" intake piping all the way to my turbo. i know its not seeing any restrictions up on the top end.. yours would probably gain almost 5 psi up top with a better air intake to the turbo.
i used to run real small intake piping on my rabbit, then i switched, gained 5 psi, and was way happy.