ibs 308 Posted October 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2014 Oooops sorry my bad!I am going to take my time but not 2 years worth lol I will put up any issues I have on here then you can all help me out. Need to get GTI international out the way this weekend then I am ready to go! D11PS 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Sarsdub 25 Posted October 3, 2014 Report Share Posted October 3, 2014 Cheeky I did do complete overhaul of car, inc respray lol ibs 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Daverse 175 Posted October 3, 2014 Report Share Posted October 3, 2014 Hardest bit is doing the headgasket imo. If your comfortable doing that (read through our how-to on chains, it comes in handy) then the rest is pretty much bolt on.Best of luck! ibs 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Daverse 175 Posted October 3, 2014 Report Share Posted October 3, 2014 Oh and +1 on the bentley, bit expensive but easily pays for itself. Torque specs at hand make it so much easier ibs, D11PS and daveyboy 3 Link to post Share on other sites
ibs 308 Posted October 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2014 Where is the best place to order the Bentley manual from? Cheapest I've seen it is on ebay for £69 Link to post Share on other sites
D11PS 146 Posted October 4, 2014 Report Share Posted October 4, 2014 eBay would be the best bet, but keep a look out on the forum I found mine on here Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites
ibs 308 Posted October 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2014 I did have a search on here and see that you recently bought one. I think i'll just order the one off ebay Link to post Share on other sites
ibs 308 Posted October 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2014 Great result! Just logged into my other ebay account to order the manual and forgot I was watching one for sale for £43.48 inc delivery! The guy had not put Bentley in the title of it hence probably why it was on for sale for so long. I do love ebay sometimes D11PS 1 Link to post Share on other sites
daveyboy 897 Posted October 4, 2014 Report Share Posted October 4, 2014 Cheeky I did do complete overhaul of car, inc respray lolHave you got a build thread? ibs 1 Link to post Share on other sites
daveyboy 897 Posted October 4, 2014 Report Share Posted October 4, 2014 Also ibs get a thread goin of your turbo build when you start it, I may need to use it when I collect the parts for mine D11PS 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Poriordan 97 Posted October 4, 2014 Report Share Posted October 4, 2014 Ebay for the cam tool just take pics of everything and keep your bolts etc neat and organised Link to post Share on other sites
Sarsdub 25 Posted October 4, 2014 Report Share Posted October 4, 2014 No I did not do one but have all the pics, I should really make one!! As it took soooo long it's all spread on different cameras and phones daveyboy and ibs 2 Link to post Share on other sites
ibs 308 Posted October 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2014 Also ibs get a thread goin of your turbo build when you start it, I may need to use it when I collect the parts for mine I was going to keep this topic updated with the progress so that when someone else searches for the same thing "where to get my turbo setup fitted" they'll see this topic and maybe try it themselves as I am doing. Link to post Share on other sites
ibs 308 Posted October 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2014 Ebay for the cam tool just take pics of everything and keep your bolts etc neat and organised Cheers. Just ordered one Poriordan 1 Link to post Share on other sites
ibs 308 Posted October 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2014 Does anyone know how I would be able to tell which bar/psi spring is fitted in the wastegate? I bought a used Turbonetics one and I'm unsure. Link to post Share on other sites
Poriordan 97 Posted October 5, 2014 Report Share Posted October 5, 2014 Open it it should be coloured each colour is a different strength ibs 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Poriordan 97 Posted October 8, 2014 Report Share Posted October 8, 2014 (edited) Any progress as yet Edited October 8, 2014 by Poriordan Link to post Share on other sites
ibs 308 Posted October 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2014 Not yet couldn't start it as my mates garage where we were going to be doing the work his electric door packed up. So I've spent the last 2 days clearing out my lock up garage. Will be starting on the car tonight. Space is very tight but atleast we will be safe from the rain and cold. Also had to order some rechargeable lights as there is no electric in there Link to post Share on other sites
ibs 308 Posted October 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2014 So we actually got started. Only spent a couple of hours on it tonight but i think we got a fair bit done. Here is the car just before we started on it... As you can see the garage is a bit tight to work in so we will be wheeling the car out as much as we can depending on the weather. We started by removing the front end. So headlights, grill & front bumper all came off. Then we disconnected the hoses off the radiator and let all the water drain out. After this was done we removed the slam panel and crash bar with radiator still attached. From what i can remember we also disconnected the fuel lines off the fuel rail, the main loom plug on the side of the engine, the rest of the coolant hoses, MAF and air filter, gear linkage bracket.Tried undoing the nuts on the manifold but 2 snapped off and 2 are in such an awkward place and were too tight so we could not undo them. For this reason we will be disconnecting the down pipe instead when the car is jacked up. That's it for tonight. Back on it tomorrow evening hopefully. D11PS, Poriordan and GT53BAD 3 Link to post Share on other sites
daveyboy 897 Posted October 9, 2014 Report Share Posted October 9, 2014 Nice work mate. Which bolts were you taking the manifold? Off the head or the ones where it they connect to the downpipes? Link to post Share on other sites
ibs 308 Posted October 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2014 Nice work mate. Which bolts were you taking the manifold? Off the head or the ones where it they connect to the downpipes? It was the ones on the downpipe mate Link to post Share on other sites
daveyboy 897 Posted October 9, 2014 Report Share Posted October 9, 2014 Ahh. Mine were the same. Just take the nuts off at the head an slide the manifolds off there. You need them off anyway to put the turbo mani on Link to post Share on other sites
ibs 308 Posted October 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2014 Ahh. Mine were the same. Just take the nuts off at the head an slide the manifolds off there. You need them off anyway to put the turbo mani on Can you take them all off from above? Will I need to take the air intake manifold off to make it easier? Link to post Share on other sites
daveyboy 897 Posted October 9, 2014 Report Share Posted October 9, 2014 Yeah that'll help. Yes you can get them all off from above mate. Are you using a short runner inlet? Link to post Share on other sites
Neil20vtc 44 Posted October 9, 2014 Report Share Posted October 9, 2014 going to be keeping an eye on this just started doing the same to my corrado, what turbo setup etc have you gone for? Link to post Share on other sites
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