Club G40 Forum
Club G40 => Photos and videos => Topic started by: grungeisdead on October 28, 2010, 02:43:23 am
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Genuine G40 Grey metallic, non sunroof.
K reg 173,000 miles on shell
Engine:
Block replaced at 150k with a PSD one rebuilt at 100K included, new oil pump, new rings, all bottom end shells, seals, gaskets etc.
Schrick Camshaft with vernier pulley.
Ported/flowed head, new valve and guides, gaskets, seals at engine rebuild.
Thinner metal headgasket,
GT manifold port matched to head,
51mm throttle body,
G60 green injectors,
Jabba induction kit and heatshield,
Boost return mod,
PSD 4 branch exhaust manifold and full PSD 2 box exhaust system(Fully heat wrapped) with receipts for around £700,
Helix Organic Clutch,
RPM Tuning Cast Alloy Sump (no longer make these),
Mocal Thermostatic Sandwich Plate with 16 row left front mounted oil cooler,
Stage 4 full blend charger,
65mm PSD Alloy Toothed Belts,
G-lader serviced June 2010, oil seals and apex seals with fresh klubber grease and new gates belt.
Custom mapped at PSD about 3 years ago with all upgrade parts fitted.
Water injection kit plumbed in and built in to activate at high boost. Not wired in at the minute.
New fuel tank fitted.
Suspension/Chassis:
PPP Subframe stage three with wishbone conversion
Uprated driveshaft with new CV joint.
Front Upper OMP Strut Brace.
Rear Upper OMP Strut Brace.
HnR Cup Kit - 60/40
New Rear Beam bushes(rear beam stripped, cleaned and painted late 2009).
Brakes:
256mm front discs with Audi calipers.
Rear shoes replaced 2009.
Goodrich stainless Braided Lines throughout.
Wheels:
14" BBS RA's with Falken ZE519
Interior:
White dials with custom blue back light and matching heater controls,
3 off matching white gauges '0-15psi boost pressure(with calibrated correction chart), oil pressure gauge, oil temperature gauge in radio DIN slot,
AFR gauge and battery meter built into button blank.
Alpine headunit in lower dash cubby with remote control.
Roof wrapped by DKnight in textured black vinyl
New gear gaitor
leather VW gearknob
fire extinguisher
Comments:
couldnt resist this little gem, as it completes my mk1-3 trio! i am one very happy bunny!
few tiny little bits to sort out, but these are all minor mk3 specific faults, the car runs flawlessy and i am throughly impressed, big respect to my man barney, and to jason (g-spot) for his hard work and dedication, which has made this G into quite the beast.
will take some current pics soon after a good polish =]
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click me
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the following will be up for sale - does anyone have any guesstimates as to pricing?
G40/GT exhaust manifold and de-cat downpipe + extra pipe tapped for lambda probe
unserviced original charger - 150k
1 full blend charger needing apex seals
BMW Front mount intercooler
RPM Tuning 68mm pulley + matched chip
also got the following healthy list of spares,
OE Charger pulleys + v-belts
G40 Alternator
G40 Engine Mount
G40 Starter Motor
G40 Pistons x 4
G40 Tappets
G40 Sump
G40/GT Passenger Rear Arch Trim
G40 Beru Lambda Probe
G40 Standard Intercooler VGC
G40 Standard Cam
G40 Charger Outlet Collar
G40 Knock Sensor x 2
G40 Various Boost Pipes
G40 Injector Rail + Loom
G40 Inlet Manifold
G40 Water Pipe Rear
G40 Charger Oil Feed Pipe - Old
G40 Charger Oil Feed Pipe - New
GT Injectors
GT Early Spec Rear LIghts
Mk3 Polo Drivers Headlight
Mk3 TCA - no rubbers
Mk3 Gearbox Mount Rear - No Rubber
Mk3 Coil - No Amp
Mk3 Rear Brake Shoes
Mk3 Heater Controls
Oil Catch Tank
Stub Axle Spacers x 6 (10mm)
Lucas 54 Calipers stripped for powdercoating + seals + pistons and bolts (no carriers)
another full blend charger needing apex seals
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Love this car dude, respect. :D
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Really good example this, nice one! ;D
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Lovely car this, lets hope it settles in nicely with the other 2 and doesnt get jealous! lol
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you mean the other three :lol: i'm sure they will play nice
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cheeky! Love grey ones. Enjoy it!
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What the hell is that orange thing by the brake fluid res?
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cheers georgia ;) i am enjoying it fully and it shall be looked after well =]
turbs - its a oil breather pod with guaze, will change it and point it downwards, but eventually get a catch tank so i dont get a dutty oily bay!
now sitting on a HnR Cup Kit!
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looks well sweet mate!!!!
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What the hell is that orange thing by the brake fluid res?
And there was Saf telling me it was his dildo :lol:
I cant see you working on the other two now mate now that you've got this to play with ;-)
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Cool man, looks muchos better.
Yeah surely this one will be sapping all of your spare time/monies sooner or later... nature of the beast! lol
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cheers dudes =]
naah theres not much that needs doing on this beast to be fair!
replace all engine mounts with new VAG rubbers
rewire up oil pressure and temperature guage
remove aquamist and sell
possibly fit FMIC but i dont think its required
sort dropping drivers hinge
give the car a full mop
steam clean the bay
fit a catch tank
clean up and paint some engine components
remove rear brake light
change quarterlights to bonded versions
change heater blower, or clean/oil fan to stop it squeaking!
black side indi's
remove G40 badges and put on Polo Coupe badge on rear
probably going to sell the PPP frame to a friend and a buy a PPS one, as I like new things.
then all it needs at some point is a bit of rust tidying up and a blowover!
As for the other cars, i've got a new engine coming for the peril, and the inlet manifolds for the carbs should be ready soon, but before i stick it in the peril, itll all be going in the mk1 polo and that'll get taken for an mot so i have a list of work that needs doing on it, before i take it to get sprayed up.
GT has sold now to a friend, and gets to stay local which im pleased about. Just need to move house and get somewhere with a garage and i will be the happiest pup in town woop woop
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Bare in mind if you remove the Aquamist it'll need remapping to suit. That car's had a custom map from Steve with the 'mist turned on. Personally I'd leave the Aquamist on!
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cheers dudes =]
naah theres not much that needs doing on this beast to be fair!
replace all engine mounts with new VAG rubbers
rewire up oil pressure and temperature guage
remove aquamist and sell
possibly fit FMIC but i dont think its required
sort dropping drivers hinge
give the car a full mop
steam clean the bay
fit a catch tank
clean up and paint some engine components
remove rear brake light
change quarterlights to bonded versions
change heater blower, or clean/oil fan to stop it squeaking!
black side indi's
remove G40 badges and put on Polo Coupe badge on rear
probably going to sell the PPP frame to a friend and a buy a PPS one, as I like new things.
then all it needs at some point is a bit of rust tidying up and a blowover!
As for the other cars, i've got a new engine coming for the peril, and the inlet manifolds for the carbs should be ready soon, but before i stick it in the peril, itll all be going in the mk1 polo and that'll get taken for an mot so i have a list of work that needs doing on it, before i take it to get sprayed up.
GT has sold now to a friend, and gets to stay local which im pleased about. Just need to move house and get somewhere with a garage and i will be the happiest pup in town woop woop
Paint it?
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andy - the aquamist is plumbed, but not wired in. i need to do some reading up on the kits first, before i make a final decision really. didnt think the aquamist would have an effect or require the car to be mapped to suit. if you guys dont mind, id be happy to bring it over to you, i know the area round your unit well as my old unit was only a stones throw away. wouldnt mind someone with a keen G eye to cast it over the motor.
yoofenstein - not really the same is it painting it?! Its not for a colour change, its more for some nice new rose-joints and I have one before and rated it highly. I cant fault this one, however, but the cost of change wouldnt be much, and it would mean adam would get a cheap subframe for his own G.
only thing i want to sort it a clunk when changing gear, and going over rough surfaces, mainly originating on the left side of the car, the steering arms are all fine, TCA's are fine and the top-mounts are good, so im suspecting the minute, its the rear gearbox mount rubbers are a bit past it, so once they are replaced, hopefully the noises will be gone and if not thats another bit of troubleshooting out the way, and less parts to check.
out of interest - does anyone know if this cars ever seen the rollers in its current guise? and does 10 psi of boost sound like at higher revs? the car is really nice giving good off-boost power, and around 5psi of boost from 3-5 and 10 above, which means you can get some go, without spinning up the wheels.
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Boost sounds a little low to me, mine goes straight to 10psi then rises to 11-12. And i think mine isnt right either, charger hasnt been refreshed for a couple of years. Check for boost leaks first though maybe? Block the boost return with your hand whilst on idle and listen for any hissing
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will do mate, ta. the charger was rebuilt by jason only 4 months ago, so ill check tomorrow for boost leaks. need to order a couple of spare belts and some ptfe spray as well. now covered just over 600 miles and spray some in today, will drop the oil after another circa 1k
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I'm unfamilar with G40s, but couldn't your engine mods reduce boost pressure by gaining flow? i.e Ported/flowed head, GT manifold port matched to head, 51mm throttle body..?
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I mapped a G40 a month or so ago that had a Schrick cam, BV head and GT inlet - with a freshly rebuilt stage 4 'charger that was making about 10psi of boost, so it sounds about right.
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Surely it should boost to around 10psi almost instantly though? and not have to rise with the rpm as much?
I know mine is pretty much instant, and i have near identical spec to safs as well.
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cheers andy thats good to know, and cheys, that sounds like the correct theory, ive read similar in some of jasons old posts.
turbodaily dude - ill have to have a proper play when its dry, i think it would boost straight to ten under full throttle, but ive only had a couple of dry roads and mild wetness. im not complaining tho, as being able to drive it with low boost means i can actually use the power, rather than spinning up the wheels boosting at 10!
what are your specs anyway and have you had yours on a rollers? im tres curious, and also mad looking forward to the spring. i bought my first g40 in autumn and ran it as a daily then, and sold it late february, not your first thought for a winter daily, but i loved it none the less!
reason i was worried about it saying 10-10.5 psi was some of jasons old posts saying things like it was boosting at 17psi?! but thats 1 bar is it not? i may be wrong in what im about to say but i think the g chargers put out 0.7 bar in standard guise, so the figures of 17 psi (1 bar) i think may have been with the RPM smaller pulley and without the headwork/gt inlet.
ive sent him a pm anyway with lots of questions so hopefully he will get a chance to reply when he gets a break from the younguns =]
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My engine spec at the moment is:
76mm wossner forged pistons (1310cc?)
ported and flowed head
Thin metal headgasket
51mm throttle body
Gt inlet
G60 injectors
Psd chip
Bar-tek 62mm toothed belt kit, with custom extra tensioner
Newman 276 cam (? cant rember the code! lol)
Front mount intercooler
Mocal oil cooler
Baffled steel sump
Boost return mod
K&N airfilter and G60 boost pipe
Full blend psd charger
Catch tank :P ;)
Psd Manifold
2.5'' exhaust system with side exit, 2 silencers
Havent had it rr'd lately, but the last time i had it done back in 2007 it made 176bhp at engine advantages in essex, then at the clubpolo rr day 08(?) at aldon it made 169 i think.
But it has since been rebuilt again with a few more of the mods listed above.
So im hoping after a good custom map at some point after ive rebuilt the charger gthis month, it will make 180-ish. Can but hope! lol
I was led to believe (by steve pit) that a 65 mm pulley should make it boost to 15psi (my cousins 1341 does this), i have a 62mm pulley, no boost leaks etc, yet it doesnt go above 11psi. So im gonna rebuild it and hope i find a few more psi's!
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ahhhh were pretty close then, bar the FMIC and forged pistons. (and the catch tank haha!)
stuck my hand over the BRV today and no leaks anywhere, refitted the air filter hose to the charger and its definatly far better,need to cut the hose in two places so it fits snugly by the two socket cap bolts that hold the charger inlet piece on.
i think with a non-ported head, inlet and tb, it would boost higher, for the reasons by Chris above, but if you do manage to squeeze any more power out of it let me know! will measure up the charger pulley tomorrow to find out what it is!
should be nice to get them both on the rollers in jan and find out what they are both doing! checked the paperwork and the schrick cam ive got it a 272.
woop woop, yeh id be happy with 180!
deffo think ill be sticking the FMIC on in the near future!
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Yeah it should be intresting mate, looking forward to it! Maybe im being abit optamistic with the bhp lol, but i would be well happy with 180 but prob end up around the 170 mark again!
My mate cy is bringing his grey one with pretty much the same spec too, bar a few bits. Literally building a fresh forged bottom end for it now so it should be in, and run in by then.
What fmic you got out of intrest? Ive got a frontera 2.3 tdi intercooler on mine! lol. fits perfect though, just the right size. Maybe that will also cause a drop in my boost pressure? larger space to fill?
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It's off a BMW 320d apparently, got a bmw sticker on it anyway. should be the right size to sit snugly around the rad. todays been a good day as the roads have been quite dry and the airs been cold, been top fun brapping it about. who's your mate with the fresh 1341. shoud be well tasty. andys breadvan was absolutely hooning everything at the strip!
not sure about the intercooler dropping boost pressure with a bigger space, my readings of 10-11 are with the standard. nice to know you have forged pistons tho so you can fit and forget about melty melty!
dude anything over 170 is rapido! roll on jan!
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My mate ctothey on clubpolo, also on here but rarely. We did a full resto on his a couple of years back,also refreshed the motor with rings etc, but its on 235k at the mo, crank is worn so has low oil pressure. Had a 58 lump with a melted piston so we rebuilding that to 1341 and plonking it in. Crank is mint on this so its all good.
Should be a very intresting day to say the least!
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woop woop rolling road day next week =]
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well today was interesting!
went to a rolling road day at awesome GTI, as its only around the corner, was hoping for circa 165bhp.
impressed with the results, less so with the staff. Granted I should have told them not to red-line it, I assumed they would know that G-laders arent designed to hit the limiter. apparently they had done the same with a Mk2 golf G60 earlier in the day. Anyway they did indeed hit the limiter and we were greeted oil shooting out of the oil breather! it was definatly not from the boost release valve, and the charger is always well lubricated (2 secs of pfte in each inlet at 2k rpm every 500 miles) so i think it was just due to heavy breathing. it does breath heavily anyway, it was apparently a 100k engine, rebuilt 28k ago, (original engine replaced at 150k, car now on 178k)
anyway pushed the car out, cleaned up all the oil, checked the levels and topped up, drove it home gently and doesnt seem to have sprayed anything else out. oil looks clean and is 15w40. grrr
anyway figures
Run 1
ATF:- 169.70 Bhp
ATW:- 145.56 Bhp
Torque:- 136.87 ft-lbs
Run 2
ATF:- 170.17 Bhp
ATW:- 149.19 Bhp
Torque:- 141.33 ft-lbs
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video plus a cool pic
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3 months of blatting it about in low-traction surfaces meant baldy mc baldy falkens so stuck the OZ's on temporarily.
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its amazing the difference in traction between budget tyres and performance ones even with 5mm more tread than the falkens, I'm still spinning up in most gears!
next job is to change the gearbox selector shaft seal as its leaky mc leaking!
also with massive thanks to stuart norman of PPS for sorting me and a few friends out with a fantastic group buy, I got the new subframe on at the weekend, and the old subframe will be heading its way over to Cheys03 at the RR day
woop
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I like them wheels! 8)
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braved the elements to wash and polish the car pre mot. car has a new ticket woop, needed rear wheel bearings nipping up (so they got regreased too) and an os outer cv bootay.
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emissions hmmm fitting a spare lambda, new vw blue and black temp sender tomorrow, as well as changing the gearbox selector bush. will be a good way to christen the new unit!
but ive got a gt head, which is going to be rebuilt with some g40 sodium valves. are the followers g40 specific too? as i have the ones in the GT head but also a spare set of ones from a PY lump.
the refreshed head is hopefully going to grace the g40s original rebuilt bottom end and i can bolt all the standard gear back on the engine.
btw does anyone have a snippet of the loom with the vag-com plug? mines been butchered for a radio power feed.
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first decent wash since above! and now running a relatively standard 97k engine (shell now about 200 miles off 180k)
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