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Engine Specific Info and Questions => IDI Engine => Topic started by: zozep on August 14, 2008, 07:07:11 am
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Heres the start of my build thread.
I bought the car in Quebec for 750, came with 4 winter tires.
Heres the parts I am planning on changing up...
-Fuel pump (Gilesified)
-Turbo (a used turbo, hopefully in good condition)
-Injectors
-Glow plugs
-Timing belt/tensioner
-Head Gasket (metal)
-Head Studs
-Cylinder head gaskets
-Starter
-Alternator
-Battery (hopefully relocate to trunk for more room for future intercooler)
-Waterpump
-P/S pump
-motor mount and tranny mounts
-tie rods (full)
-axles (full)
-front grill, to badge less dual rounds
-Japanese style door handles
-front cross drilled and calipers/flex lines etc.
Future installs
-big downpipe to straight back exhaust 2.5
-intercooler
Thats all I can think of right now... i'm gonna post some pictures of how the car looks now, and my progress... right now I'm waiting to get the turbo, injectors, waterpump, axles and the pump to Giles, as well as the metal headgasket, I have everything else.
I'm picking up the studs today.
I didn't know how much patience you need for this.
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Here's whats come off so far..... Junk.
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Here's the donor car...
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gee looks like my car :)
body looks to be in great shape !
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Looking good man :D
Where did you get your studs from and what did you end up paying?
I'm still interested in your motor
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I'll basically be taking the front end off the Golf and bolting it up to the jetta...going to use as much as I can... it has a new starter, alternator, p/s pump, battery, sub frame, suspension, grille...etc.
Cool... yeah the block and the head are yours...its just too bad I can't get them out before I get the pump out to you, would cut the pump price by a third....
I'm coming into Pickering either friday or saturday...I know friday would work better for you, can we meet up somewhere so I can give you the pump?? I work till 330, so would be at the Nuclear plant around 430 5oclock...
I got the studs from a company here in peterborough, I have a tax exemption card, so i ended up paying 140 total.
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:D I called around today, will be picking up the head Studs after work in an hour, the total on those is 157.50 or something like that, what have others paid?
Tomorow I'm picking up a used turbo because i'm too cheap to rebuild the one I have. At the same time i'll be dropping off my pump to Giles.
:roll: I'm getting impatient...
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thats what i paid for ARP studs
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for the turbo just check the axial play. you can have quite a bit when its cold.. theres a certain point where the 'looseness' is a good thing (less resistance) its somewhere between nice and tight, and the wheel blades rubbing the housing (not good!!)
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Some parts... :D
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Ran into a bit of a snag in the front end... :shock:
So heres what the brake lines are supposed to look like...nice and neat..right? :wink:
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When I got the car, the guy told me he put lots of money into the brakes, ... of course a quick look and we can see it wasn't all lies...
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following the lines out, something just doesn't look right.... :shock:
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And then found this.....
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I have to say... i'm quite speechless. An untrained monkey could have done a better job.... :x :x
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You can't really tell, but the retaining nut was all chewed up from vice grips....
F!@#in' hacks... I wish they didn't exist.
I'm still estimating the car to be on the road mid September though... :lol:
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wow those brake lines are :shock:
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Hahha. Nice brake lines you got there!
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:shock: I know... I want to strangle whoever did this with them. :twisted:
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I think I saw that done on the "Red Green" show once!!!!
More duct tape needed though, man!
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Everyone, allow me to clarify, that I found the lines in this state, I did not fabricate this brake line nest of shi t. :x
Now I get to cutting it all out :shock: :(
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Heres the turbo I bought on friday, dropped off my IP to Giles too...he said the turbo is pretty much brand new, so i'm happy about that.
On the way there, the stupid cable fell off my gas pedal on my mark2 golf, and..just..was not fun. :x
anyway, heres some pics of the turbo.
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that tangle is supposed to cool the brake fluid... loool
it will be an interesting build as the car is in a poor state, but Giles pumps are said to have an anti-rust effect :D
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Interesting yes. It will Have been in poor shape, but as you can tell from the long list of parts I am replacing...it will not be the same car.
The body is in great shape for it being totally stock, the engine was leaking oil due to the head gasket, and so the sub-frame is well oiled... 8)
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Heres the turbo I bought on friday, dropped off my IP to Giles too...he said the turbo is pretty much brand new, so i'm happy about that.
:)
goodluck with the build.
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Yeah your pump was a rusty pile of junk. I stripped 3 bolts taking it apart :roll: But it's nice and shiny and in 100s of pieces right now waiting for some black voodoo Giles magic
I see you are a victim of pre fabbed brake lines, awesome :roll:
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Got some new parts today from that eMiata site that everyone loves talking about... Along with injectors and door handles I bought a timingbelt with tensioner and waterpump, both of which, I wont be using. Oh well.
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I couldnt find my keys this morning, so I had to take the Soccer Mom Van...
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Sooo, I ran into some trouble with my daily driver this weekend. Looks like I blew a HG, but I dont give a crap enough to check... This car has left me stranded for the last time!
Heres some pics of my adventure... I ended up having to get a 250km tow sitting next to the guys dying smelly dog the whole way. Not impressed.
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Looks like a fine dog to me.
Enjoy your pump :P
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sitting next to the guys dying smelly dog the whole way. Not impressed.
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HAHAHAHAHAHA! :lol: Thats funny as hell :lol: Iam laughing so hard I can barely type... :lol:
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that sucks.
man a 250 km tow that must have cost you a fortune !!!!
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insurance takes care of that, well at least around here. :?
hope its the same around there.
blown HG, well it seems so, oil from exhaust would point to turbo failure, but your engine bay wouldn't be like that.
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insurance takes care of that, well at least around here. :?
hope its the same around there.
blown HG, well it seems so, oil from exhaust would point to turbo failure, but your engine bay wouldn't be like that.
Tow was 300 cash... :cry:
Luckily its an NA so it didn't overheat too much... Turns out that cruising 130-135 for an hour shook the oil filter loose :?: :? :shock: ... Washed all the oil off, put more oil in and turned it on... it was leaking from there, so just put on a new filter and presto... it just won't die.
I got my Giles pump yesterday :D and some injections lines from Tyler... Now I just have to figure out what I'm going to do for the turbo... I've been searching the threads and reading up on it... I get that I need a gated boost controller, anyone know where I can get one? Dr. Diesel suggested SMOKEYDUB, but he hasn't responded yet...its really the last thing on my list before it gets put together...
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Guess I should of checked my messages before posting... I'll let you all know how it works out.