Sooo, its all been happening, I thought I would post up a mid-build report
Some of this is copied off vagcars so bare with me!
So after a lovley drive out:
This had to happen....
It... Was only a matter of time.
The charger was knocking its t*ts off on idle, but it would clear up as soon as you revved it, which to me sounded like something was rather amiss!
After some research I was heading in the direction of that the timing belt on the charger was delaminating, which is fairly common if it hasnt had the 11mm Belt upgrade, so got the charger off, opened it up and its fine and upgraded. b*llocks!
Looking at how to guides ect It looked easy enough to rebuild, so I looked for a rebuild kit £190, then Scott-o alerted me to OnlyChargedDubs in manchester, few messages later the charger is now in his hands, for £300 and it comes back painted and fresh I wasnt going to groan!
And then he phones me... to tell me the charger is fine, what has actually gone is a bearing that isnt even in the rebuild kit because its so rare it fails in the top assembly, so now somewhere between Germany and here is my bearing for it! typical, yet im glad I didnt rebuild it now as I wouldnt have even had the contacts or the sense to look at that bearing.
Anyways it was a good excuse to buy these:
Bartek toothed belts, which may I add I bought on Sunday night and arrived here Wednesday morning at 10:00am with a text asking me if thats okay! unbelievable service especially when they are from germany.
Also bought some uprated engine polybush mounts as the ones on mine are rather squidgy:
Half way through fitting these, as every part that comes off this car either gets fully cleaned or sandblasted and painted, so things take twice as long when you do that.
Supercharger Mount:
Before
After
The grand plan this winter is to get the chassis fully up to top notch and dress the bay up.
Got hold of these beauties!
Adjustable top mounts:
I asked the guy I bought them from (breadman) can he give me just a quick sketch of how they go together, expecting a daft little sketch and I got this!
Awesome sketch I must say.
So I've settled on my Chassis headache of which subframe to go for, Im going to go for the one that keeps the anti roll bars and went with the top mounts instead of rose jointed bottom arms, which are all pornographic yes, but good for a car that might go on track twice a year? probably not. So opted for the less hardcore version but in turn it should drive better on the roads it will be getting used on.
So anyways, got FAR too many things I need to save and order for this over winter, lets hope it can be done for March next year, but hopefully this car should be a huge step above what it is now by next year, Im just going to keep working on it when I can peel myself away from the Pub, GTA, work, dog, bike, GF, ect! Plus I have just got the use of a Milling machine, so watch this space!
Next update:
Quick picture of the wheels
I had these refurbed along with a few other components by Grover at RS Alloys in hartlepool! Top job I must say, the colour is audi hyper silver.
However 2 days after I put the deposit down on some EXTREMLEY special wheels! But watch this space, I wont post pics untill I have them in my hands!
The car is still on axle stands awaiting a handful of tastey suspension/misc parts.