Black stone

[Dekerf1996 27]

Thought i would stick my daily up here after owning her since November last year, although i have been a member on here for 11 year since i had my first VR (mulberry highline), sorry for the long post

 

Well i missed my first VR so much i purchased another (some 8 years later) this time with a bit more go, in the form of a charger, and this time 3 door instead of 5 (although now i have kids and didn't before, which seems the wrong way round, but they made me sell it last time, so now its my choice!!!)

 

Bit of basic info, its a 96 staged 1 charged VR thats had a bit of love over the years on it. However now since the previous owner bodged lots of things needs a whole lot more love

 

So everyone likes pictures:

 

 

 

 

Basic outside spec:

 

Fully repainted at some point in its life, with smoothed tailgate, flared arches, vento front, flushed washer jets, side repeaters removed (then added later elsewhere, why i don't know) Audi door handles and parts of the rear bumper colour coded

 

Limited interior pic, but a quick one of the dash, once i had changed the tiny wheel to a nice BBS one i had lying about: 

 

 

Spec: 

 

Recaro front seats, vento rear seats both trimmed in red leather, with also the dash, headlining, abc pillars, door cards and parcel shelf all trimmed too. 

 

The oily bits: 

 

OBD II VR6 with a stainless 6 branch and exhaust, stage 1 charged, and a stealth map. Its also running konisport coilovers and i think 312mm brakes up front, oh and some RH ZW1's in 17 by i think 9's all round, again painted by stevie and needing some love, but not by me, gonna be for sale as i have a collection of other wheels i want to use ;-)

 

Well all was sort of well for the first few months, apart from a cold start issue. tracked this down to what i think is damage to the wiring loom to the blue temp sensor. However early part of this year things started to go downhill for the car, bits of trim falling off the interior, tyres not sealed properly, stereo issues. Then due to the non-wrapped 6 branch one of the heater matrix pipes splits, and with VW wanting £170 for the pipe, she was taken off the road.

 

I did find a replacement pipe for £30 in the end from VW hertidge, which was a win. Fitted back driving and things went down hill (i drove it about 5 miles) real problems running, struggling to hold power and heavy breathing from the crankcase breather (through a bit of garden hose), i gave up and parked her up fearing the worst. Left her two months until yesterday, when i needed her again. 

 

Cleared fault codes and she fired up first time, and sounded and felt alright. Still the issue with the blue temp sensor and lack of charcoal canister, but great to be driving again. In this time laid up, the interior had taken a turn for the worse. Lots of bits or trim falling off, due to being stuck together with double sided sticky tape, and lots of squeaks and rattles from the general poor workmanship gone into it, with most parts not fitting properly :-(

 

So its now up to date, and it clearly needs some work. I have driven her less than 2k, she has spent 3 months off the road and needs lots of work..... hmmm sound like my other 3 'project' cars, oh and the timing chains need doing

 

Plan is to attack everything over the next couple weeks as i have some 'gardening leave' currently

 

List of jobs are:

 

Engine out, for new chains (yes they are making lots of noise now) clutch, heat wrapping the 6 branch manifold, quite why they weren't done when the previous owner had the car i don't know. Then maybe a light bit more tuning :-)



Interior out for a fix on the previous bodged work



Stereo out to actually install it correctly and stick my decent head unit in 



New summer wheels going off to mike for some loving



Brake overhaul as the discs are warped (new that when i purchased the car) and an upgrade to fit in with the planned power upgrade.



Gear selector off to be replaced by the O2J upgrade 



Then once thats done i might consider a full repaint as I think stevie wonder did the prep work on the bonnet, plus i have caught the front lip, cracking a little of the paint on the front bumper. Will also clean up a few minor rust spots too.

 

So work starts tomorrow on her, already purchased loads of parts and a trip to TPS tomorrow for the timing chain bits is on the cards as well as a few calls to get some other parts ordered. 

 

Will get some up to date pictures too and more of the interior. 

 

Also has anyone got any recommendations on what clutch to use, going stage 2 charged with a few other bits, pennies allowing, so something that could handle up to around 300bhp

[VR6Pete 1,455]

Welcome mate! Looks tidy in the pics and can't believe you have such a big todo list like that! 3 months is nothing. My Corrado was off the road for 4 years, managed drive it most of last summer but the engine is shot. Currently having new one built at stealth and back soon. Good luck getting your teeth into those jobs

Club Chairman

[daveyboy 897]

I love the RH ZW1's mate you should keep them or just give them to me lol. Welcome back to the fold

[c00k 435]

Welcome back dude.

There are so many people out there who think they know what there doing with cars, but actually there just making them worse!

Glad your able to sort most of the thing,

Big to do list, busy will all be worth it on the long run

[Dekerf1996 27]

Well up to date pictures as promised today

 

Looks good from a distance (the further the better!!!)

 

 

 

 

Now the interior, strangely none of the front seats 

 

 

 

boot build, shame the person to install the speakers had no idea about sound staging and put them in the rear door cards.... next time i go to a concert i must stand with back to the stage!!!!

 

 

Now for the bad bits of the interior

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also been speaking to John at Stealth racing, and made a little purchased today. Off to speak to united motorsport in a minute and hopefully Thursday Tony a TPS will set up my trade account so i can spank the credit card there!!!

[bennyk 1,238]

Going to look nice when it's all done, that's one of the reasons why I'm not a fan of fancy retrims they never seem to age very well! What's the stage one charger you have? Is it a z engineering?

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Edited July 8, 2014 by bennyk

[Dekerf1996 27]

Fancy retrims done right are good, this was botched from the outset, edges not fitted right, trim bits not put in the right places, then lots of bits held on with double sided sticky tape hiding bits that simply didn't fit. My fault partly as lots of the problems were there when I purchased the car, but either I couldn't see them (hidden), I didn't notice in the 30 min look round the car or at the time I thought they weren't too bad..... Just when you start adding them up, there are a lot of issues.

The stage 1 charger set up, I think is a z engineering set up

[Dekerf1996 27]

Well after my chat with vince yesterday, these arrived today

Should work well with this I have been sitting on a while

Now this is a stage 2 supercharger set up, to replace the current stage 1 setup the car is running. Should see the car push out over 285bhp once all fitted :-)

Lots more bits to arrive in the next few days. I am also sitting on quite a few parts I have been collecting for the last few months

[VR6Pete 1,455]

Don't hang around do you

[Dekerf1996 27]

Another day, another package

Go these as is had trouble with the ones going to the heater matrix as the previous owner fitted a stainless manifold and didn't wrap it, making the already old rubber pipes perish much faster. Surprisingly the whole kit was cheaper than replacement ones from vw, though as mentioned before i did find cheap replacements from vw heritage if anyone needs any

[bennyk 1,238]

How does it drive with the stage one charger on it? As I've got one sitting on the garage floor that I need to do something with! Though I'm missing the little bracket that replaces the tensioner at the moment.

[Dekerf1996 27]

How does it drive with the stage one charger on it? As I've got one sitting on the garage floor that I need to do something with! Though I'm missing the little bracket that replaces the tensioner at the moment.

Currently (when no fault codes) it drives pretty well, like a vr with a bit more urgency, how they should have been out the box really. It's quick but not fast fast if that makes sense. Very linea power delivery

You might have trouble sourcing the missing bracket of yours though, have you tried calling vince to see if he has one spare?

[GT53BAD 77]

Another day, another package

Go these as is had trouble with the ones going to the heater matrix as the previous owner fitted a stainless manifold and didn't wrap it, making the already old rubber pipes perish much faster. Surprisingly the whole kit was cheaper than replacement ones from vw, though as mentioned before i did find cheap replacements from vw heritage if anyone needs any

Hi mate where did u get this kit from as im after some? Also how much did they cost?

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[Dekerf1996 27]

I got them from amber performance, they aren't cheap as I got a few extra pipes for the oil cooler and the hose clip set, think it was around £300

[Dekerf1996 27]

Well another day another package.... Not a big one, but a rather important one to make things a little easier

And one some parts that arrived a couple weeks ago, after a clean and some paint they will look much better

Just need United Motorsport to call me back and I can spend some more monies :-)

[Dekerf1996 27]

Well more progress today.

Booked the car in on Tuesday for a leakdown test and a compression test, hopefully tell me if anything is up with the engine anyway. I am looking to get the head rebuild anyway but don't want to find out I have an issue with the bottom end once complete.

That's a point, can anybody recommend a decent machine shop to sort my head out, hopefully local to me, Reigate in Surrey J8 M25??

So in other progress today had to clear some space to work on the car.... Well this was in the way, one of my other projects (waiting for new engine, paint, interior and suspension)

I had removed the suspension for some work on it

So into the stores for a rummage and found some struts and springs for her, new top mounts, bump stops and track control arms as these were a bit too old for use

End of day looked like this

Ready for an MOT tomorrow and then it's back on the road, so I have space to tear the golf down after it's tests on Tuesday

[Bealieboy 1,625]

You had a good day by the looks of things. Good work!!!

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[Dekerf1996 27]

Well TPS popped round this morning :-)

Should keep me busy for a few days

[Lukey. 381]

looks like a very expensive pile, mine was nearly a grand and didnt have as many parts !

 

But at least youre doing it the correct way, genuine

Edited July 21, 2014 by Lukey.

[Dekerf1996 27]

It was just under a grand too, includes chains, headgasket kit, head bolts, thermostat bits and polo gear change bit conversion bits. 

 

Still need to get tappets which i have found a nice cheap place to get INA ones and the second hand gearbox cables. 

 

Hopefully that will bit it then, apart from the head rebuild.

 

This rebuild is looking to cost me a hell of a lot!!! Oh well you can't take it with you

[Dekerf1996 27]

Results are in from the garage today and it's not good news

Well it's breathing heavy through the crankcase breather

Compression test

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

175. 142. 138. 172. 159. 161

Leak test

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

50%. 55%. 65%. 20%. 20%. 20%

And when testing it was leaking so badly it was coming back through many different point and other cylinders when doing it

So it's pretty fecked. Think I might get another bottom end and build it up, guess how far do I got, 2.9 overbore? forged bottom end? Low compression bottom end??

[Dekerf1996 27]

Well about time I started working on the car, need to see how bad things are!!!

so then engine as I started

Hello mr charger, notice the maf inbetween charger and throttle body, not the best set up

Anybody any ideas what this blue plug is supposed to go to? I thought it was charcoal canister as I have an error code with it, but further investigation revealed it's still there...

Also this second black plug by the throttle body?

Pulled a fog light out..... No wonder my fogs didn't work!!!

Bit of searching, oh look here looks like a fog light bulb, still connected!!!

Still on drivers side I found this, any ideas? Outside temp gauge??

Onto passenger side, foglight loom

Bumper off, mess of wiring in drivers side

Dodgy piggy back connectors, things not plugged in

Anyone know what this is for??

This fell out the passenger side when the bumper was removed....

Anyone want these? Going in bin otherwise, wiring included, as can tell not used!!!

Left it like this for the day

[Dekerf1996 27]

Well got a bit more done today, front section off

Found that one of the previous owners had cut threw this for some reason

Bit of wiring loom off and it looks like this

Two bolts and a couple of hose clips and this came off

Nice empty space

[Bealieboy 1,625]

Picture 9 is outside temp sensor.

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[DanChave 98]

This will be awesome when you have finished dude, I look forward to seeing the progress