[car_upgrade] 2.0l Turbo Conversion With A Euro Rallye Flavour

[sonofsam 5]

I've got a couple of litres of House of Color Aquamarine if your interested, its awsome.

Cheers for the offer mate but i've alreday settled for the 106 rallye blue

 

would like to see a pic whens the car is finished as i would liek to fit ralley arches

Sure thing Jean and if your ever on the mainland feel free to come and a gander

 

 

Sam.

[calvinhorse 870]

thats gonna look sic sam excellent idea!!

[sonofsam 5]

Main beam stalk/contact inoperative and slight caliper/disc rub from the big brake conversion

 

So all in all im pretty bloody chuffed

Retest next tuesday should see it right, once the angle grinder comes out lol.

 

Heres some pictures to be getting on with

 

 

 

 

 

Seems SO much longer than a year ago when i started this conversion and joined here.

Had my Tax reminder through the post this morning wich seems very apt.

 

Spec:

 

Non sunroof '90 GTI

XU10 Turbo conversion

2.5" S/ST DIY straight through exhaust.

MR2 FMIC.

2.5" alloy boost hoses.

309 beam/driveshafts and wishbones.

solid rear mounts.

grp N top rubber mounts.

Koni yellows all round.

-30mm

Constella big brake conversion.

Mintex 1144.

16" Compomotive Mo's with Uni-royal rainsports.

Sparco seats and TRS harnesses.

 

Replaced:

Brake lines.solids and flexis 1.6>1.9 conversion

All fuel lines.

fuel filter.

M/C.

Reservoir.

 

All work carried out be Me, Myself and I....

 

Engine bay

 

 

Insurance is through Adrian flux and is £380 a year fully comp all mods declared

Cant wait to get this on track ( dont worry will fit a cage before i go anywhere near one )

I gave it some mild juice on the way home and all im going to say is it felt very spritely indeed

and i defiantely felt a kick in the pants when it came on boost

 

Still loads more jobs for me to do, so its not quite done yet but atleast next tuesday it will be legal.

You never know I might even make it to a south meet some time

 

Cheers All.

 

Sam.

[Guest rob205gti6]

Very Very Impressive - plenty of hard work there but worth it im sure

[Ben Allen 8]

Great stuff Sam, looks like it's going to be a bit of an animal

Bring it on on the Nurburgring trip next year. Turbo torque is useful there

Edited September 14, 2006 by Ben Allen

[Baz 421]

Nice!! Not bad at all, free re-test then? Might have to consult you when i carry on with mine in the next few weeks if you don't mind!

[credowan 15 1 Cars]

Great work sam,

 

Keep up the great wrk mate ill have to see that in the flesh soon

Gary

Edited September 14, 2006 by credowan

[sonofsam 5]

Cheers Rob, yep lots of hard work especially out on the drive underneath on the gravel.

 

Sure thing Ben would love to go there, think i need to learn how to drive againn or atleast get used to the boost

 

Baz its half price re-test, new thing bought in last week so i was told by the tester, who i actually helped test

the car with, quite fun up on the ramp with a cup of coffee.

Didn't know you were doing a conversion, sure mate consult away, aslong as its not to do with the wiring

 

Cheers Gary will do mate, yep will pop over one day once i fitted up a temp gauge

[205007 12]

very nice

 

air filter looks a bit small though, could you not find a bigger one!!!!

[Guest BrainFluid]

Looking good Billy Ray

 

 

 

who i actually helped test the car with, quite fun up on the ramp with a cup of coffee.

 

Ha! Sound like your at a nice small buisness garage there. Mind you I've manged to convince kwik fit to let me help seen as the boss was away there nothing worst when you have to leave your car for an hour at such a critical moment eh!

[sonofsam 5]

Cheers.Yeah the kind of garage that has Playboy and Mayfair as there prefered

*ahem*reading material lol

 

We like the backstreet action!

 

lol 205007 its made a nice mark in the bonnet thats for sure Going for a heat shield and cold air duct assy soon as.

[inferno 1]

Nice to see it finished! any pics of the front on to show intercooler... or hidden? also whatt did you do about the smokey idle? putting up with it or did you do the special bodge we discussed?!!

[sonofsam 5]

Yes it is finally!

 

Here you go mate Front end

Intercooler

 

"I cant see it , can you !"

 

Going to be cutting those bars out to get more air flow so yeh it will be more visible then.

 

That 'specail' bodge wasn't needed in the end, think its was greasy paw prints and the protective layer

burning of the exhaust.smoke at idle no more:D

[inferno 1]

mine didnt smoke at idle for the first 2 weeks of using it:P was only when i left it running t work one day, looked at the cameras and was smoke everywhere! was yours a later engine than my l reg xm? maybe the seals were modyfied in later turbos...? looks sweet mate, nice one.

[TEKNOPUG 3]

What spec is the engine, boost etc?

[sonofsam 5]

Standard apart from the filter, exhaust and IC.

 

No boost gauge as yet.

[Ant 2]

Hey Sam,

 

Well done. Glad you got it all sorted ..They are great fun to drive..

 

Mine been off the road for a month now, as i had a boost leek somewhere.. Should get that sorted soon though

 

Chuffed you got it running.. oh and looks great

 

l8z

 

Ant

[johnrobertgordon 0]

I got mine yesterday, i have a boost leek issue though and need to get that sorted. Also the engine is fouling the brake servo which makes braking interesting.

need to have a tidyup in the engine bay and sort a few niggles out.

 

What intercooler is that Sam?

 

John

[sonofsam 5]

Hey Ant .Cheers:) yep got to agree as soon as i opened the taps a big smile appeared on my face.

Plus the words 'aw sh*t' - gripped the wheel with both hands:)couldn't really concentrate on the driving

though as the bloody awful brake squealing!

Hope you get yours back on the road again soon:)

 

Inferno it is the later RGX engine, no idea if the seals were modified though.

 

John its from a Toyota MR2, looks kinda small, but it goes from the top of the bumper right down to

the bottom of the valance, so the tank cutter will be coming out shortly for the bumper:D

 

Cheers for all the good words people:)

[sonofsam 5]

Christmas has been a very good time of year for my little 205 ( probably spent more time&money on it, than I did my girlfriend

 

Got a nice few jobs done ( as Gemma was working ) including, skimming the inside edges of my arches to stop them

rubbing ,moving the ECU over by the battery

by extending one of the brown multi-plugs (bit of a back breaker, but nevermind. Topic here.

So that meant the air filter could relocated too

Bit of a squeeze to fit the 'has been commented on' large ITG filter.

 

Following on from this

topic also, where I stated "couldn't afford a twin headlamp conversion"

Look what turned up cheap (ish) @ auction

Im hoping they are the correct ones that will mean moving the indicators into the bumper?

Plus now, the twin lights enable me to go 'Edd-XS' stylie with a cold air intake

Still, may use lower vents for brakes.

 

Loads of jobs still do, hopefully all completed by the end of 2007, wich leads me neatly onto:

Happy new year everyone

 

Also nice to meet a fellow forum member face to face, hey Huzzer (Ben), glad you liked the spin in the turbo

Edited January 1, 2007 by sonofsam

[sonofsam 5]

What a magic fit that digital tacho turned out to be.

 

All looked straight forward to begin, but oh no, i had to put the Boost gauge in there too

 

Crazy plan or what!

[miamistu 1]

Cool. You got a separate oil pressure gauge then?

[sonofsam 5]

Na, the engine runs an oil pressure light only, so figure i can fit a small warning light somewere else

[sonofsam 5]

I lied, easier than i first thought Something's bound to go wong though wouldnt be right otherwise

[Guest smokinslim]

Sweeeeeet! Where'd u find the digi tacho, or is it home brew?