Jump to content

ibs

Members
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Content Count

    370

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    22

 Content Type 

Everything posted by ibs

  1. ibs
    So just use the sealer without the rubber gasket?
  2. ibs
    I need some advice guys I was having a look at the underneath of my car yesterday and I could see the sump has been leaking oil from where it butts against the bottom of the block. I did put on a new rubber seal but it is not doing the trick. Should I use some gasket sealer aswell as the rubber gasket? Or is there any other advice you can give me? Thanks
  3. ibs
    The Leon Cupra R bembo calipers have been hard work getting the right bits for them. But I have finally got everything I need. Just waiting on the TT wheels to be refurbished then I can get everything put on. I went for matt lewis racing braided hoses for LCR brembo calipers, but they also had to send me out separately 2x fine pitch banjo fittings to fit the calipers. Disc and pad combination that was recommended to me was the Ferodo DS2500 pads, EBC Ultimax discs and ATE super blue racing brake fluid. I'm not doing anything on the rears yet but later on I plan on doing the mk4 rear caliper
  4. ibs
    Got to find some room for the meth injection next lol. Just ordered a devils own 6-30 psi kit.
  5. ibs
    Bit of an update with my car. It's been back in my garage since last week and i only got round to working on it today. It's all run in so the idea was to do an oil and filter change and get it booked in for mapping. Well today certainly did not turn out like that. Firstly I decided that I will run the original oil cooler with the mocal one as I am not at the moment and in order to do that I will have needed to get the front end back off. So I drained down the coolant and got the front end off.... Next I drained the old oil out. I need to get me a socket for the oil filter housing as I have no
  6. ibs

    Hello everyone

    ibs replied to Szymeek's topic in Newbies Corner

    Nice cab mate. Looking good.
  7. ibs
    If your going up the M1 I'm at junction 10 so could meet you.
  8. ibs
    Cheers bud. Working in such a tight space was one of the most annoying things with the build. I ordered a set of mk4 platform braided hoses from Creations motorsport as the guy said he would take them back if they didn't fit. I'll have a look at them when I get them. I'm hoping they will be the right ones.
  9. ibs
    I've been slacking with getting more bits done on the car recently. Been driving it daily and enjoying it very much indeed [emoji6]. Engine is run in nice and pretty much ready to be mapped. Covered nearly 1000 miles in less than a week. So time move on to the next steps now. Ordered up some brackets today which will allow me to run the Cupra R Brembo calipers up front. Does anyone know if the brake lines would be the same for a Cupra R and a VR6?
  10. ibs
    I'm the same as Bealieboy. No rollers for me but I will be there.
  11. ibs
    Diverter valve seems to be working fine as far as I can tell.
  12. ibs
    My issue is not quite the same. Every now and again wether hot or cold when I come to a stop the car will just cut out. It starts back up straight away though. I'm pretty sure it's something to do with the fuel pressure as I've been adjusting it and it's got a lot better but still not 100%. I've got another 100 miles to go before it's run in and then I will take it down to get mapped and get Vince at Stealth to have a look at it.
  13. ibs
    Thanks for the detailed reply mate. I'm using 440cc injectors at the moment which were given to me with the turbo and I'm not sure the condition of them. I also have a brand new set of 630cc which will be going on when I go to get the mapping done.I've not got my own vag-com but I am thinking about buying one. Could you advise on where to get one from? The gear selection issue I managed to sort out. One of the coolant hoses in the bay was getting in the way.
  14. ibs
    Yep trying to. I want it running good before I take it to get mapped.
  15. ibs
    Got to work on the car today. Sorted out the gear selection issue it was a minor problem. One of the coolant hoses was getting in the way of the gear selector thing If that's what it's called. A couple of tie wraps worked a treat. Sorted the downpipe out with some spring washers, self locking nuts and some thread lock stuff. Drove the car for around 100 miles today. The more I'm driving it the more I'm falling in love. The sound of the turbo spooling and sucking in air is awesome and addictive. Even by just driving up to around 3k revs which I'm doing at the moment it pulls so nice and really
  16. ibs
    Cheers il have a read.
  17. ibs
    Ok getting one like that will make it easier, I hadn't seen them with the bolt holes in them. Il have a measure up tomorrow. Thanks bud.
  18. ibs
    Cheers il have a look online for one. Not sure how I'm going to keep it in place though while I tighten the nuts up.
  19. ibs
    Looks like a trip to my local auto factors will be in order tomorrow.Just did a quick search online. So are crush gaskets just a circular ring? Where would be the best place to get one from?
  20. ibs
    Very annoyed right now. Took me ages to tighten them up the first time.
  21. ibs
    Cheers bud. Yep it looks like that is the case.
  22. ibs
    Errrrm ok I've just got home and a couple more issues have arisen. The gear selection isn't great I try and put it into first and it slips into third. I assume something needs adjusting can anyone tell me what to do please. Secondly just popped the bonnet up to have a look and all 4 downpipe bolts have come completely loose!! The gasket that I cut out of the cork material has also disintegrated. I didn't use any self locking nuts on the downpipe or any loctite, do you guys advise me to do that?
  23. ibs
    Boys I'm currently sitting at a service station on the m1 just pulled over to check things over. Been driving the car for around 45mins and it has tried to cut out on the odd occasion but apart from that it has been fine. The car cutting out has been due to the fuel pressure being too high. The original fuel regulators are 3 bar so I set mine to just under 3 bar and tried it over 3 bar too before. But today we tried it at 2 bar and it doesn't cut out nowhere near as much. So I'm guessing the fuel pressure just needs to be adjusted correctly. Apart from that I tried playing with the MAF. What
  24. ibs
    Ok I will try that later. Cheers
  25. ibs
    I will check mine again today. I had to extend mine and the only thing I could think of using was a copper tube which fit snugly inside the existing servo line. Then it had to get connected to the intake manifold with a silicone connector which is slightly bigger than the copper tube. So there might be a leak at that end.
×
×
  • Create New...