Poriordan 97 Posted November 13, 2014 Report Share Posted November 13, 2014 Getting there mate ibs 1 Link to post Share on other sites
D11PS 146 Posted November 14, 2014 Report Share Posted November 14, 2014 Never thought of it before but now that you mentioned it yes it would look good. Any idea where to get one from?I think you can get one from awesome GTISent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ibs 1 Link to post Share on other sites
ibs 308 Posted November 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2014 So on Thursday evening we got back to work and managed to get the crank bolted back on and all the new rods attached to the old pistons. We got 2 of the pistons back into the block and left it at that for the night. Last night got back to work again but it has come to a stop as we managed to break one of the piston rings and not having any joy with getting some more quick so looks like I can't do nothing until next week now! D11PS, J4Y VR, michael5556 and 1 other 4 Link to post Share on other sites
Therusterman 59 Posted November 17, 2014 Report Share Posted November 17, 2014 Doh! Keep at it, turning into an interesting build. daveyboy 1 Link to post Share on other sites
michael5556 247 Posted November 18, 2014 Report Share Posted November 18, 2014 looking good Link to post Share on other sites
ibs 308 Posted November 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2014 Got round to doing a bit more on the car last night. Started off with cleaning off the top of the pistons. Should have really done that while the pistons were off but hey ho! Then put in the ARP headbolts into the block. Next got out 1 of the headgaskets which I bought 2 of and realised that its a 3 part head gasket. Wish Vince had told me that! I would not have needed to buy 2. So I separated the sections and put on the bottom section then my spacer plate and then the top section of the head gasket. Pistons before: Pistons after plus headbolts on: D11PS, daveyboy and Russvrt 3 Link to post Share on other sites
ibs 308 Posted November 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2014 So the head has been put back on. Torqued in three stages, 40Nm, 80Nm and then 109Nm.Still trying to decide weather to paint the head black or leave silver. What do you guys think? Quick pic of the rocker cover placed on top just to see what it looks like: D11PS 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Therusterman 59 Posted November 19, 2014 Report Share Posted November 19, 2014 Leave it silver, will look fugly if it was all black. ibs 1 Link to post Share on other sites
daveyboy 897 Posted November 19, 2014 Report Share Posted November 19, 2014 I'd leave it solver too ibs 1 Link to post Share on other sites
D11PS 146 Posted November 19, 2014 Report Share Posted November 19, 2014 It makes a nice contrast silver and black Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ibs 1 Link to post Share on other sites
ibs 308 Posted November 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2014 3 likes for silver. So silver it is then! Link to post Share on other sites
ibs 308 Posted November 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2014 Need some help guys. I was having a look at the old oil cooler and the new mocal cooler I will be fitting and have noticed on the old oil cooler there was a pipe coming off the block going on to it as marked in the picture below. Now the question is what do I do with this pipe once I fit the mocal oil cooler sandwich plate as it does not have a connection for this pipe. Link to post Share on other sites
Therusterman 59 Posted November 19, 2014 Report Share Posted November 19, 2014 Doesn't the sandwich plate just fit between the original oil cooler and the cap which seals it? Link to post Share on other sites
ibs 308 Posted November 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2014 I thought the original oil cooler gets removed completely. Can anyone else confirm which way is correct. Link to post Share on other sites
ibs 308 Posted November 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2014 Ok so did a bit of searching and also spoke to Poriordan on here and have confirmed the old oil cooler gets taken off completely. The pipe coming off the block and the other pipe that gets connected to the crack pipe can get joined together or you can remove them both completely and cap off the connections. Link to post Share on other sites
ibs 308 Posted November 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2014 Did a bit more tonight. Schimmel 263 cams are in. Couldn't get one of the sprockets off the old cam. Ended up breaking my own 1/2 x 3/8 adaptor and my mates snap on one! Decided to go and see if any of the garages would be open still and found a guy who was still open at 9.30 at night and he manged to get the bolt undone. Great result! Didn't bother going back to my lockup though as I had already put everything away. But also managed to get my bottom chain in so tomorrow I should be able to get the top chain done. B7D VR, Poriordan, D11PS and 1 other 4 Link to post Share on other sites
Therusterman 59 Posted November 20, 2014 Report Share Posted November 20, 2014 Regarding the external oil cooler, when I did a quick google, the ones I saw showed the original water-cooled cooler in place aswell, running in parallel with the mocal. Link to post Share on other sites
ibs 308 Posted November 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2014 (edited) Regarding the external oil cooler, when I did a quick google, the ones I saw showed the original water-cooled cooler in place aswell, running in parallel with the mocal. I think the ones shown with the sandwich plate in front of the original oil cooler are on gti's. Plus the threaded bolt supplied with my kit is nowhere near long enough to do that, Edited November 21, 2014 by ibs Link to post Share on other sites
ibs 308 Posted November 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2014 Just received a delivery of some more bits... daveyboy, Poriordan and D11PS 3 Link to post Share on other sites
daveyboy 897 Posted November 21, 2014 Report Share Posted November 21, 2014 Mate your gonna have a nice bit of kit there when it's all built and running. I envy you more and more every time I read this thread lol I need to start collecting parts for my VRT build D11PS 1 Link to post Share on other sites
chrisvr6t 19 Posted November 21, 2014 Report Share Posted November 21, 2014 I ran my original oil cooler with the external cooler, just had to get the bolt made there and then no extra charge Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites
ibs 308 Posted November 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2014 Mate your gonna have a nice bit of kit there when it's all built and running. I envy you more and more every time I read this thread lol I need to start collecting parts for my VRT build That's if it ever gets finished! At this rate it will be next year by the time it's done. daveyboy 1 Link to post Share on other sites
ibs 308 Posted November 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2014 I ran my original oil cooler with the external cooler, just had to get the bolt made there and then no extra chargeSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk I'm not going to use the oem one. The Mocal one should be more than man enough for the job. I went for the 19 row with the thermostat. D11PS 1 Link to post Share on other sites
ibs 308 Posted November 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2014 I'll just leave this here damian8588, B7D VR, Russvrt and 4 others 7 Link to post Share on other sites
Daverse 175 Posted November 24, 2014 Report Share Posted November 24, 2014 Well it matches your engine stand at least ibs and Bealieboy 2 Link to post Share on other sites
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