Conrod Failure
As part of my ABF 16VT Conversion, I decided to go for some Forged conrods. I stayed away from the Chinese / Ebay Turbo`s after reading several horror stories of […]
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Goodwood August 2014
I`d always fancied going to the Goodwood days run by ACE Engineering, but as they are sessioned and it`s a bloody long way to go, I could never really justify […]
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Destination Nurburgring #10 July 2014
On the drive over, Matt and I tweaked the boost control map to reduce pressure above 6,300rpm to the `low` map of 0.5Bar. This was the first time I was […]
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Cadwell Park May 2014
The car was mapped and ready for Cadwell park. We drove over Wednesday afternoon. The plan was to drive over earlier, but as it was raining, we didn`t see the […]
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Bedford March 2014
Golf went to Bedford yesterday. I`d organsied a trackday there for ClubGTi. We took 35 cars. After the trouble free shakedown at Rockingham, I was looking forward to this. A […]
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Rockingham 2014
The very first outing after `the Golf `became `The Pinderwagen` First trackday since the Turbo conversion so I was somewhat apprehensive before the day started. This session, following Nick in […]
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Turbo Rebuild
The more I thought about it, the more I decided running a totally `unknown` Turbo wasn`t really the best idea I`ve ever had… Bought a `service kit with all the […]
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Tubular Manifold Build.
I looked online and spoke to a few place I hoped might have a ready cut exhaust Manifold flange in 10 or 12mm Mild steel. They are worth buying off […]
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Destination Nurburgring #9. June 2013
This is not VW content, but I think it`s worth posting in here as this trip was the reason I decided to change the direction of my development. I`ve been […]
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