Hi all,
I'm new on here so I thought i would start a build thread. I started out buying the car off a guy who works for me as it was cheap and thought it would be cheap fun :roll: . The car is a 1999 225 with 112k miles, chassis is super clean and paint work is very good too. I thought if I bought something a bit older it would be easy as I didn't want to get involved in loads of custom stuff, that didn't last long.
I have always been into tuning cars and had a lot of different cars. A year and a half a ago I gave up with my Honda S2000 as the engine kept failing, it was a 600hp gt30 powered car running 1.2 bar boost with a quaife sequential gearbox and motec m150 ecu with paddle shift. Most stuff was custom like camshafts, cooling system etc etc and the thing was crazy fast. I sold it all and bought a Audi R8 LMX which I still have.
So August last year I wanted something I didn't care about to take on track and the TT happened. I needed to do a few bits to it as there was a couple issues here is a pic of it when I first got it
So first job was to strip it, which was easy. I tried a a of my mates alloys to see what the offset was like....
Way too wide so went for a smaller set of the XXr's 8.75" et32 from memory.
I then started ordering parts:
Tillett B6F seat
pro alloy big ic kit
revo stage two map
various intake and breather parts.
Milltek 3" exhaust
both wishbones and all hubs and suspension arms
every powerflex bush going
eibach antiroll bar kit
Steering wheel
Quick release boss
Forge baffled sump
Safety devices Rear cage
Then my dog got hit by a car and was in a bad way with a broken leg so my heart went from the project. In November it came back and I started more work again as the weather had turned I thought I might as well push on with mods.
Whilst I was not into the car the parts i had ordered turned up then I found out the ic kit didn't fit my car for some reason so a deal was struck so I altered the pipe work so it fitted. I did this in between work when i could be bothered with it. I was annoyed as it turned into more custom work. [smiley=bigcry.gif]
I also bought a alcon big brake kit off a time attack car that my mate supports so more custom work to make it fit, wasn't the end of the world as just needed some bells and brackets to be machined. Oh and it needed a hydraulic handbrake as the rears have no mechanical handbrake.
I put the stage two map on and the clutch went so ordered a sachs solid flywheel and paddle clutch. I got my arse into gear stripped and powder coated all the suspension components, brake brackets and bells machined so it could all be fitted at once. I trailered my car over to his so he could do it all and took his evo back as I needed to do work to his.
This was all done beginning of December and we put it on the dyno to check it out with the new map on it......something was wrong, it was so lean up at lambda one whilst in boost, we messed around with so many things to no joy. I bought a new afm from a local motor factors, new fuel pump and new fuel filter. Still no good so I took it for a drive to log it just to make sure something funny wasn't happening on the dyno........bang exhaust valve broke.
New engine ordered and my mate fitted it for me on the dyno again and still the same it had all different sensors and the afm was a oem one from the secondhand engine. after hours of work, I bought yet another afm from vw. All worked and was fine. I had a total of 4 afm's and only one was good. I found out the afm had been changed just before I bought the car and it must of been one meant for another 1.8t engine, during all this I learnt a lot of motor factors list the wrong part from the apx engine.
So we only finally sorted that last weekend, so now more work to get her ready. Making new bells for the brakes as the calipers needed more clearnce so building the spacer into the bells. Going to order a second seat, harnesses and the front section of the cage next week. I should take delivery on kw st xta coilovers this week as the car is super high even with eibach springs on due to weight being taken out. Once that is all done it should be ready for track day. I have missed loads of details but you'll see all the other bits that's happened during the time.
Down pipe was touching the driveshaft coupling
Forge sent baffled pan with hardly any welds and one had already cracked
Cage install
I'm new on here so I thought i would start a build thread. I started out buying the car off a guy who works for me as it was cheap and thought it would be cheap fun :roll: . The car is a 1999 225 with 112k miles, chassis is super clean and paint work is very good too. I thought if I bought something a bit older it would be easy as I didn't want to get involved in loads of custom stuff, that didn't last long.
I have always been into tuning cars and had a lot of different cars. A year and a half a ago I gave up with my Honda S2000 as the engine kept failing, it was a 600hp gt30 powered car running 1.2 bar boost with a quaife sequential gearbox and motec m150 ecu with paddle shift. Most stuff was custom like camshafts, cooling system etc etc and the thing was crazy fast. I sold it all and bought a Audi R8 LMX which I still have.
So August last year I wanted something I didn't care about to take on track and the TT happened. I needed to do a few bits to it as there was a couple issues here is a pic of it when I first got it
So first job was to strip it, which was easy. I tried a a of my mates alloys to see what the offset was like....
Way too wide so went for a smaller set of the XXr's 8.75" et32 from memory.
I then started ordering parts:
Tillett B6F seat
pro alloy big ic kit
revo stage two map
various intake and breather parts.
Milltek 3" exhaust
both wishbones and all hubs and suspension arms
every powerflex bush going
eibach antiroll bar kit
Steering wheel
Quick release boss
Forge baffled sump
Safety devices Rear cage
Then my dog got hit by a car and was in a bad way with a broken leg so my heart went from the project. In November it came back and I started more work again as the weather had turned I thought I might as well push on with mods.
Whilst I was not into the car the parts i had ordered turned up then I found out the ic kit didn't fit my car for some reason so a deal was struck so I altered the pipe work so it fitted. I did this in between work when i could be bothered with it. I was annoyed as it turned into more custom work. [smiley=bigcry.gif]
I also bought a alcon big brake kit off a time attack car that my mate supports so more custom work to make it fit, wasn't the end of the world as just needed some bells and brackets to be machined. Oh and it needed a hydraulic handbrake as the rears have no mechanical handbrake.
I put the stage two map on and the clutch went so ordered a sachs solid flywheel and paddle clutch. I got my arse into gear stripped and powder coated all the suspension components, brake brackets and bells machined so it could all be fitted at once. I trailered my car over to his so he could do it all and took his evo back as I needed to do work to his.
This was all done beginning of December and we put it on the dyno to check it out with the new map on it......something was wrong, it was so lean up at lambda one whilst in boost, we messed around with so many things to no joy. I bought a new afm from a local motor factors, new fuel pump and new fuel filter. Still no good so I took it for a drive to log it just to make sure something funny wasn't happening on the dyno........bang exhaust valve broke.
New engine ordered and my mate fitted it for me on the dyno again and still the same it had all different sensors and the afm was a oem one from the secondhand engine. after hours of work, I bought yet another afm from vw. All worked and was fine. I had a total of 4 afm's and only one was good. I found out the afm had been changed just before I bought the car and it must of been one meant for another 1.8t engine, during all this I learnt a lot of motor factors list the wrong part from the apx engine.
So we only finally sorted that last weekend, so now more work to get her ready. Making new bells for the brakes as the calipers needed more clearnce so building the spacer into the bells. Going to order a second seat, harnesses and the front section of the cage next week. I should take delivery on kw st xta coilovers this week as the car is super high even with eibach springs on due to weight being taken out. Once that is all done it should be ready for track day. I have missed loads of details but you'll see all the other bits that's happened during the time.
Down pipe was touching the driveshaft coupling
Forge sent baffled pan with hardly any welds and one had already cracked
Cage install
