[trackday_prep] Paul's Gti6

[Paul_13 212 1 Cars]

I dont believe myself on this. I am such a blonde tw@t!

 

*I am currently bashing my head on the wall*

 

THANK YOU MILES!

 

The brown plug is currently on the TPS and vica versa.

 

Did you recieve my PM?

Edited June 28, 2009 by paul_xiii

[gti-si 0]

DOH!

[Spiky 37]

hence i wanted pictures of the connections

 

does it fire up now?

[Paul_13 212 1 Cars]

I haven't tried yet, wating for my mate to wake up

 

I might just go round there now and start her up with no manifold on, that's sure to wake him up

[Miles 331 1 Cars]

Well if your not used to these then it's easy to make the odd mistake ,

It will explain allot as without that pluged in the ECU would have never seen the engine tuning over.

[Spiky 37]

its the quick fire to blame, when easy mistakes are made

 

maybe jonnie205 needs an appology

[Paul_13 212 1 Cars]

lol Jonnie's not even on here

 

I'm going round there in an hour to have a look at the car.

 

Maybe I did jump the gun with a few things

[Spiky 37]

we've all been in your situation.

 

miles, me, anthony, everyone has to learn, but you just need to thinks things through and investigate before jump to conclusions

 

i have an issue after an engine change on my bro's car, it's just a process of elimination to find the fault, not blame everyone bar your self

 

hope it starts for you dude

[Paul_13 212 1 Cars]

Lol I see what you mean, got to stop jumping to conclusions so quickly...

[rubyna 4 1 Cars]

A bit off topic but with jonnies Reputation what do you expect. The guys a rat and deserves whats coming he recently

had me for £300 and just leaves a dirty trail behind him!! But what goes round comes round etc.

ps. Hope the car fires up now paul, fingers crossed for you mate.. Luke..

Edited June 28, 2009 by rubyna

[Spiky 37]

well i'm glad it's now running

 

hurry up and finish it and enjoy it

[gti-si 0]

A bit off topic but with jonnies Reputation what do you expect. The guys a rat and deserves whats coming he recently

had me for £300 and just leaves a dirty trail behind him!! But what goes round comes round etc.

ps. Hope the car fires up now paul, fingers crossed for you mate.. Luke..

 

I shouldn't, but I'd agree. There's far too many people who have had this exact experience on this forum including myself. I'm all for not disgracing a companies reputation, especially with legal rights etc. But when a forum member has SUCH a reputation for something, I find it hard to ignore, then see people consistantly buying from him.

 

Back on topic, glad you've got it running Paul.

Edited June 28, 2009 by gti-si

[Paul_13 212 1 Cars]

No worries Si, nearly fell into the trap with Jonnie with an engine. But thankfully Anthony came up with his (thanks again)

 

You've probably guessed from above but I got it running :D

 

Bloody loud without a manifold on! Thanks to my mate revving it whilst i'm under the car I'm now half deaf.

 

Out with old...

 

In with the new

 

Where I mounted the gti filter

 

And started assembling the cooling system back together

 

Would recommend one of Spiky's loom to anyone carrying out a 6 conversion, the loom is well made and the 'customer support' is better than excellent Thanks again geezer.

 

I've had a s*it eating grin on my face that hasn't moved all day

Edited June 28, 2009 by paul_xiii

[Paul_13 212 1 Cars]

Started attacking the cooling system today, cut a few hoses to make them fit and used the 22mm tee I got from work

 

 

And my nice new bling oil cooler. Thanks to Miles

 

[Spiky 37]

great idea where do you get it from ..lol

 

thats a small oil cooler

 

i not set ya mates loom dude, disaster in work yesterday and about to drive up country, he will get it this week though

[Paul_13 212 1 Cars]

Ok cheers Spiky no worries.

 

Wonder where I got that idea from....

 

Any chance do you have the light bracket I need in the wanted section? It might be easier if you do to send it off with the loom.

 

Paul

[Paul_13 212 1 Cars]

Little update

 

New inlet gasket- courtsey of PhillipM on the 306 gti6 forum:

 

Fan housing and radiator back on, wired up one fan to be running constantly and one on temp switch. Unsure how i'm going to fit the oil cooler in . Modified slam panel using a persuader, to fit around inlet manifold and breather pipe on TB.

 

Sweet FA clearance

 

Got a question: Am I running this hose in the correct place? (coolant hose from rad)

I'm using the thermostat adapter from Miles.

 

Also thanks to Miles for sending the odd random bits I needed, bolt fitted perfect

[Miles 331 1 Cars]

I think that BBM are looking into a new top hose that fit's better, There again are different ways of routing the std pipe depending on which Air Filter you use as well.

[Spiky 37]

my top hose works a treat, and several other people agree

 

cheap and does the job perfect

[Paul_13 212 1 Cars]

What hose is this Spiky? Cosworth item?

Edited July 2, 2009 by paul_xiii

[djinuk 2]

ive noticed a lot of people are using the phase 2 header tanks,. just wondering if there is any benefit to this ?

[Paul_13 212 1 Cars]

I'm pretty mines a Ph2, its the black one.

 

Heres a pic of what the dials display after i let the engine warm up for a bit:

 

 

Silly me forgot to plug the radiator temp sensor switch luckily it weren't too late

Edited July 2, 2009 by paul_xiii

[welshpug 1,662]

looks perfectly healthy,

 

here's what the oil and water temperature gauges look like with numbers

 

Edited July 2, 2009 by welshpug

[Paul_13 212 1 Cars]

Cheers welshpug, whats the top left (in my pictures) for? I had no reading on it.

 

Thanks

[djinuk 2]

oil pressure i believe.