Floor Pan Swap - haldex to come...

[All_Euro]

Re: Floor Pan Swap - haldex to come...

Surely you're not serious about this

I normally run more spring pressure than this but I'll be on low boost for a while so this will do. Depending where this canister cracks the WG, the additional spring should net me 17 lbs. An adjustable Forge unit would be nicer but I can get the same affect for a fraction of the cost this way.

[onceover]

Re: Floor Pan Swap - haldex to come...

Added a 12.5 lb spring to the wastegate to increase the cracking pressure a little...

Surely you're not serious about this

[All_Euro]

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Was having some trouble getting a bolt off my Fluidampr and I don't have a crank locking tool - pry bar did the trick though...



This timing belt kit is pretty cool - just align tension marks and lock it into place. No guess work...



The TT 225 oil drain line doesn't work with the hybrid oil pan that came with my car and the K03 line is too short. I tried bending the TT line to fit but no dice. Ended up having to cut the K03 line and splice in a rubber piece - will add heat shield tomorrow...

[All_Euro]

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Added a 12.5 lb spring to the wastegate to increase the cracking pressure a little...



As much as I've been trying to put things back together, I ended up having to pull pretty much every ancillary off the head/block. The coolant lines that attach to the block,turbo, heater core, etc are different. Thankfully I still have what I need from the TT teardown...

[All_Euro]

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So, I tried welding a bolt to the bolt - but it broke away just like the wrench did...



Ended up sectioning the top like a pizza...



Then the bolts I had available didn't fit. The grade, thread and pitch were good but the bolt head was too big and they had way to many threads. It was a little tedious but I decided to just machine to fit...

[All_Euro]

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Driveshaft came in yesterday. As Colin mentioned, the front sections are the same length and the back halves are different. The new driveshaft was split before it was shipped and the ends weren't sealed up at all so it was pretty messy. Didn't feel like cleaning it up at the moment so I just took a rough measurement and it looks like the difference in length is 11cm...

[All_Euro]

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I'd originally planned to do some porting work on the "new" turbo and exhaust mani that are replacing my K03... two studs came out of the manifold fine but the third - no so much. I'm not sure I'll have time to port anything now but I still need to replace the hardware that I had mostly out. I tried welding a cheap wrench to the head of the stud but the wrench metal is junk and just broke away. Looks like I'll have to dremel the head of the stud off and then hopefully I can vice-grip the rest out...




With respect to the driveshaft - I decided to just source one that's the proper length and then, later, if I move the engine closer to the firewall I'll modify the short section of the driveshaft to suit. Sourcing just the rear section of the centre driveshaft from the U.S. turned out to be more expensive than what I paid for the full driveshaft and shipping from the UK... it should be here in two weeks.

[bobkatkat]

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If he has a dual mass flywheel he can't resurface it

I had a dual mass resurfaced before I decided to go LWFW. Was 65 bucks.

[All_Euro]

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I may just know someone that needs your trans and axles...

Sure - the axles are tentatively sold but the 02M is available.

I do have some other parts available as well but I just haven't made a for sale thread yet... it's on the to do list though. In the meantime - please just shoot me a PM if you're looking for something.

[All_Euro]

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You should at least resurface the flywheel before you put it back together.

If he has a dual mass flywheel he can't resurface it

I haven't done it myself but I've heard of people successfully resurfacing DMFW's... the one on my car looks to be in fine shape though so I'll leave it alone. The new OEM clutch plate that's going on the car is just meant to get me through until I install an LSD or make more power than it can handle. Should be a few years till that happens

[GTi]

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I may just know someone that needs your trans and axles...

[kujiwara]

Re: Floor Pan Swap - haldex to come...

You should at least resurface the flywheel before you put it back together.

If he has a dual mass flywheel he can't resurface it

[onceover]

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You should at least resurface the flywheel before you put it back together.

[All_Euro]

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You should swap the 1/2 out since the ones on the awd ones are uselessly short

This is what I've heard as well... just don't want to start pulling gears out of a transmission that's going up for sale. It's been solid so I'd like to keep it that way - although now is the time to switch gears... maybe I'll just hang on to it for a bit... not sure

[All_Euro]

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Didn't get much done this weekend - need to get in gear in the evenings after work I guess, but these few things will be getting installed shortly. Really happy with the customer service from all three companies... tiny little orders and they all responded and shipped quickly.

SEM side mount intercooler...




Relentless TT 225 downpipe...




PagParts timing belt kit...