Nialls supercharged GTi6 - project tidy up

[Niall]

Stick at it mate, your nearly there and she really is looking beautiful.

Are you sure the "coating" on the "damaged" charger is a proper coating and not just inlet gunk?

Yeah Chris its properly damaged. These chargers have a clearance of a few thou between the rotors so even a scratch in the teflon coating will make a difference. Although it sounds fine which I'm surprised about, once you get some back pressure on it i doubt it will make much boost if any at all.

Today - Weather shit; giving up for now.
Im not even fussed about working on the car. I was expecting problems with a big conversion especially as i haven't done anything like this before. Its the weather that is really destroying this for me and i just don't want to look at it at the moment. But still, in between the bad weather, i got out there today to get the major problems sorted - mainly the chronic oil leak(s) and the single bolt through the manifold into the cat.

First problem was the leaking heat exchanger. I took it off and realised i had made a pretty big f*ck up. I bought the heat exchanger and just assumed it had a seal on it bearing in mind they are non replaceable. Guess what? No seal. Thankfully, i managed to remove the seal from my old one and fit it to this one and so far, its not leaking (although i have just gone to the end of my road and back but before, you could see if seeping out!)
Second one is a bit more major....

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That would be a cracked sump. I saw this when i painted the sump but it just looked like a dent which you kind of expect seeing as the engine came from a lowered car but i guess not lol. Thankfully, its only seeping out when the oil is warm at a very slow rate so i have made a temporary repair (anyone remember my head bolt issue with the 1.8? ) and will get it welded at the end of the month.

Tomorrow, job is to get my dials working and possibly install my clutch switch for full throttle gear shift
Oh and sorry but i seem to be making a habit of turning these into essays. Sure most of you are getting bored of these "small" updates by now