I warn you this isn't very exciting but it tells people who i am when they see me post.
I've had my 1.6td jetta for 2 years now and it's transformed a bit in appearance and performance wise and plummeted through the floor with reliability and now it's
really dead.
It has 350k on it so im not surprised it has enough blow by to cause run aways, cracks between every pair of valves big enough to let coolant in AND require countless items to be replaced. (hoses, wiring, fluid tanks and other expected items)
A little background may explain some of my choices and actions. I got this car for $500 in grade 11 and had 1 semester of auto class so i thought i could take on the challenge of keeping a diesel alive. Grade 12 rolls around i take auto again because it saved me tons of money the previous year and that year i got to build a '73 Nova with a 400 in it and race it for the school - fun stuff. I hadn't really done much other than 1 HG. I found a couple sites like this one and thought to my self, "hey maybe this could be a fun car!" (it was
really slow) I changed the seals in the pump to accept biodiesel and at the same time did the govenor mod and timing advance spring/shim removal. I ordered some mercedez nozzles and tried to get it to start better from then on. I was told the pump needed to be replaced and it would cost thousands so i said screw that i don't have that kind of money and i need a car to go to work. (It wouldn't start in the first place, hence the 500$ but i somehow managed with the help of a block heater)
SO! here we are, i still have no money (going to university) it's flat black (roller style), coilies on the back (cant get the front struts apart :evil: ), euro bumpers, no rear door handles coz they were broken, bigger tires 165/75/r15 with flat black bbs style rims with chrome studs, home made glow plug relay/switch and it wont start anymore at all no matter how long i jump it for but i can always roll it but that's getting rediculous.
My parts collection!ARP head studs
1.6 bottom end to be 1mm over bored (Edit: hone now due to lack of funds)
mercedez nozzles
building a 3' down pipe and exhaust (Edit: possibly switching to a 2.5)
volvo intercooler im going to cut in half and tig to be twice as thick and remove the plastic (Edit: looks like its going in the big bumper as is now)
1.9 AAZ head and TDI intake from prothe with EGT gauge w/sender, boost gauge, oil temp and i need a water temp still.
I somehow picked up an oil cooler that is so filthy i dunno what to do with. It needs new hoses.
My plansHave completely changed....
aaz head + porting (nothing crazy mostly polish)
maybe 25 pounds of boost if the intercooler takes it.
Through my job i have access to a HVLP sprayer so im waiting for my boss to give me a date when i can borrow it for a week or so when the painting season slows down so i've always been waiting to paint it. I think it's going to go glossy black.
It had some embarassing body damage and rust so i just removed all the plastic and did some body work and prepped it for priming
I had to reshape this fender because it was missing one.
as you can see its flat black now. I used the mineral spirit tremclad method because it was easy and fast bust most of all cheap!
My boost gauge set up as seen in a previous post. At least i keep it clean. (Edit: thats gone now i couldn't stand the buzzing of the dial on the pin)
the volvo intercooler - its massive
Looks chaulky because i waxed it, i shouldnt have. Also missing the metal bumper. I had to modify it to accept the euro bumper and had it ground down and painted with rust paint (by the grade 11's obviously) because it was a little rusty. OH and it doesn't have the coilies on in that picture. The rear tires are super super tucked into the fenders now and the ride is really tight with just the back ones in. I didn't wax or buff the gas cap flap (haha some onamatpoia there) so it looks nice and the rest doesnt haha.
Pretty sure im using the wrong thickness (3 hole) head gasket because from my recollection the pistons don't protude at all. THAT could single handedly possibly be the cause of the starting issues. Depending on the protrusion with the new pistons im getting (im going to keep using the stock rods because i dont trust the chinese ones fom prothe) will determine the new HG. I sorta hope i was using the wrong thickness HG because then it will put less blame on my IP. This is a photo from the first time i took the head off. The first job in gr.11. (EDIT: Was the wrong HG. need a 1 hole. And no more new pistons anyways so... what can you do!)
No more interesting photo's yet. I have
tons of the head and the block without a head on it because i'd never see that before but we all have on here haven't we. All of the above photos are at least 3-4 months old except for the boost gauge one.
Oh and i kept the roof racks of course. I took the locking plates off. they were broken and i was told that the racks couldnt be taken off. Yeah what ever they came off
(Edit: wish i had a picture of that *ahem* removal :roll: )
still waiting for parts
My project is basically to make a reliable efficient car to go to school and back that will also launch me up the mountains to ski resorts and still start up there in the cold!!!
Edited as of Nov.4 '08