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Since, I realized the silly mod list for this car is starting to rival my actual project car. I figured it needs it own thread.

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I bought it this way a couple of years ago planning on it being a point A to point B car and not planning on doing anything to it. I knew it was turbocharged one of the main reasons I bought it....

A couple of years later following the "strict" rule of never replacing things unless they were broken. I ended up with this into it.



Engine

Diode Mod
Gizmodo EBC
Greddy RS
3" full exhaust
Full Emissions delete
Hybrid Oil Pan
HKS Intake
BKR7E .022
ECS lightweight pulley kit

Suspension

R32 Control Arm Bushings
Energy Suspension Dogbone Mount
Koni Yellows
OE Sport Springs
Powerflex Race strut mounts
Re11s 205/50/15

Interior

Rear Seat Delete
Spare tire Delete
Cheap cd player
Autometer boost gauge
Monster Floor Mats

Exterior

Custom scratches and dents and many stories to go with them.


I'll try to update this as I can post a few photos not necessarily in any order and try to explain them as I can till I get caught up to today.

This post has been edited by Grappler on Dec 17 2013, 05:08 PM

Oh that made my day. Thank you for the laugh Grappler! Its a nice looking daily, but I have to wonder, why do you call is the Brokeswagon? If its a daily, shouldn't it be reliable?

He says it jokingly, but the paint is in REALLY rough shape. It'll probably eat through a couple clay bars to get it cleaned up decently enough to safely accept any sort of compound.

Also, in before the new RE11s rape your new UPGRADED strut mounts. Wanna go for a cruise?

I was a VW mechanic for 4 months. that's all I could take from these cars.

good luck.

Had an interesting surprise on the way to work today... glad I pulled over when I did. All 5 lugs had worked their way almost all the way out.

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Also speaking of failed mounts I compared the old mounts to a pair of new ones.

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Just a bit collapsed torn and horrible.

Way to retorque at 100 miles, champ. I know you put more than that on them since Friday. Considering you went from Firestone, to Fox's, back home, then to work and back the following day, that was over 100 right there. Naughty, naughty.

And LOL at the mounts, my cruise route did WORK on those.

Google maps says 90ish but yeah im not blaming anyone it they were retourqued on the spot

I had a GTi VR6 (Mk4) for a whole 2 weeks before I got rid of it. The electrical system on these cars is a nightmare.

How's 31psi feel in the RE11s?

Honestly, Its kind of weird they feel slightly vague, I might bring the tires up to 33psi - 35psi. The rear feels a tad bit squirrely under braking but outside of that I still love the tires. They feel so awesome going into corners at double the speed I used to and I haven't hit the limit of the suspension yet.

On another note insurance cut me a check for the hail damage on my car. Going to go get some other quotes see if what they wrote the check for will for sure cover the damages. The brokeswagon is going to be slightly less broken again!!! For some reason though the check is made out to me and the credit union my loan is through so I am not sure how that is going to work


The electrical stuff is a blast I get to pick which light bulbs I can live without

Got the Front wheel bearing fixed today. The car is so much quieter now. I also figured out that the squirming under braking is ABS threshold. Now that I know what it is its kind of nice to have some easily recognizable feedback.

and because there hasn't been a pic in a while....

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Stock ride height yo These are with a 60 series profile I kind of wonder how far off the ground my sub frame is right now.

Started my rear floor trunk aka rear seat delete yesterday got about half way done.

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The idea is to extend the trunk past where the back seats used to be and make it a level surface.

I need more materials...

Swapped out plugs finally today gapped them down to .020 this go around.

I Also got tired of fixing my Hallman every couple of months when it would rattle loose and I would have to do like 20 pulls and get out of the car pop the hood and tighten the thing down a bit more. Seriously I zip-tied and tightened the crap out of the locking nut on the thing and it would still rattle loose.

I have had this Gizzmo EBC sitting around for my 7 and it some how magically happened to get into the VW. I was honestly really surprised at how easy it was to install I soldered two wires in and done. I did a handful of pulls adjusting duty cycle and gain and left it for the evening it pulls way harder than the MBC ever did. The nice thing is the Gizzmo setup has a closed loop option so it helps maintain the boost level just a bit longer.

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Nice, glad to see you finally using that thing.

Be a man, turn it up.

Hahaha The side mount prevents anything past 17psi from really doing anything at all it would just be more hot air at that point. A front mount however and I could spike to 25ish all day

Du Werk

update from the cab of the tow truck

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This post has been edited by Grappler on Nov 25 2013, 07:29 AM

Ridiculous.

Too much horsetorques.

Been a while so I should post more updates. Ended up modding the car a bit more and got a ECS lightweight pulley kit saving myself 3lbs on the rotating assembly. No pics of the install or anything but I do have a photo of a a certain cruise I will add.


Because leaves VWs love Leaves

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WTF! It eats weeds. xD

Its been a while since I looked in this thread

Yes it certainly eats weeds it may be to the slightly lowered nature of the vehicle though

Someone should give Grappler money for this so he can buy RX-8 parts.

Also insuring 3 cars is expensive... but yes more parts my apt. neighbors will also hate me slightly less then.

Well its officially gone as of yesterday definitely going to miss the stupid thing as frustrating as it was it sure was fun when it worked.

A friend bought it and is already taking over the fixing of the brokens he's been texting me nonstop and is oddly excited by this car. I hope it lasts him a long time and he has fun with it.