Project Truck Turbo MkII, gathering dust

[ozonehostile]

well done chap

hope you made it all tidy behind there!

Of course its tidy although its pointless as you can't see it I've even painted the bulkhead black haha

[ozonehostile]

Proof that the dash is actually in haha

[k3ogh]

Love it mate the white was epic! So this is going to be even better so much win!

[ozonehostile]

Love it mate the white was epic! So this is going to be even better so much win!

cheers dude, this re-shell project is just letting me do everything ive ever wanted to do to a 306 basically, loving it

and fingers crossed the white car will live on to boost another day with a new owner, really hope so as it would break my heart to scrap it after all its been through

[sam]

Dude you need to take me out in this once its built

[ozonehostile]

Dude you need to take me out in this once its built

yeah definitely, put your old wheels and baker bm mounts through their paces haha

[sam]

Sounds good to me boyo

[ozonehostile]

Sounds good to me boyo

you coming to pugfest?

[Piggy]

why going with the ph1 dash?!

[ozonehostile]

why going with the ph1 dash?!

its already got the various holes drilled in it for gauges, it has the non aircon deep glovebox and its immaculate

easier just to swap the entire dash with all the wiring still in than doing the same to the phase 2 dash

[ozonehostile]

not much done this weekend as ive had company

but what i did get done was:
water hoses all re-connected, just need to put the rad back on, and im sure those of you who have dealt with heater matrix's before will regognise this little bastard



and secondly, bit of a problem that i foolishly failed to see when putting a phase 1 dash into a phase 2 shell, forgot to change the bloody wiring loom so dash has to come out again and swap all the wires. bit annoying but at least ive caught it at this stage instead of getting pissed off later on by electrical gremlins resulting from mismatched wiring and plugs.

so heres the first job next time i head down the workshop

[puglove]

coming along mate

[ozonehostile]

coming along mate

bit of a holdup with the wiring, but at apart from that its 80% done, just waiting for payday now to finish it. gonna be a busy first week of july to get it on the road in time for pugfest

[puglove]

Im with you on that one, just got 2 or 3 things on the list for this week, then it crack the f*ck on and try and get the Gti ready for pugfest.

And don't talk to me about 306's and wiring!! GGRRR

[Piggy]

awesome.....c'mon...final push

[Danny2009]

Can't wait to seen it finished pal

[Stephen]

Keep up the good work!

[ozonehostile]

cheers guys, been coming along at a pretty good pace considering its been done in the evenings after work.

Pugmarshall has been a big help too coming over most nights to help out, top guy

[ozonehostile]

the invoice for the oil line arrived, £47.92

thats just for the parts:
straight female connectors £5.89
90 degree female £11.11
m12x1.5 adapter £2.97
m16x1.5 adapter £7.13
hose per meter £7.42
washers and other fittings £4.80
VAT £8.00

all genuine mocal connectors and goodridge braided hose so yes it could be done cheaper I guess, but I would rather pay that little bit extra for top quality parts when it comes to vital oil feeds

[Piggy]

oooouch.

[ozonehostile]

Also, haven't been feeling particularly motivated this week so went out in a 1960s volvo rally car today, certainly got the enthusiasm back for stripped out road rockets

[ozonehostile]

back down the shed again last night, sorted out all my wiring loom, managed to cut out all the unnecessary wires for what would be the petrol engine loom, must have saved 2 or 3 kilos out of the loom alone.


dashboard back on now with correct loom and slightly lighter



also got all the oil and water hoses connected on the engine, all thats left to do is put the rad on

[ozonehostile]

finally got around to re-wrapping the turbo downpipe with some titanium fiber stuff, massive overkill on a diesel but what the hell it makes the bay look cleaner



and yes i did transport it wearing a seatbelt haha

and i noticed the downpipe has the same diameter of a coffee mug, fits right in there haha

[Dum-Dum]

That turbo is awesome

[Piggy]

its not awesome till its bolted in!!

[ozonehostile]

its not awesome till its bolted in!!

which it will be tomorrow morning

which reminds me i need to pick up some exhaust paste, not having any leaks on this one!

[Chris_90]

I carnt help but think your engine aint gonna last long, cos you havent done any thing to support the boost, hdi/forged rods, new head gasket, arp head studs???

Think its alot of work to rip it to bits agin when it goes bang lol

[ozonehostile]

I carnt help but think your engine aint gonna last long, cos you havent done any thing to support the boost, hdi/forged rods, new head gasket, arp head studs???

Think its alot of work to rip it to bits agin when it goes bang lol

true, I am going to baby this engine so much its unreal. just get it ro the point where it is running and motd so at least then i can move it around to workshops with better facilities than my dusty old barn.
buying a manual boost controller to keep the psi down and go for a mild pump tune just so it lasts for july then itl be treated to forged rods and my arp headstuds and a victor reinz gasket set.

main priority is just to get it back to its previous state of rolling project instead of money pit in a shed

[Chris_90]

Lol you should do that, and then build the old engine up so you got this to play in why your building the engine then it shouldn't be a big job just swapping engines over.

[zx_volcane]

Perfect time to get some numbers off the turbo while its off the car.

What arp headstuds have you got?

Agree this really would have been a good time to beef up the bottom end a bit while the car was all in bits, will be a pita to strip it all down again once you've got it back together.