khare 12 Posted March 23, 2014 Report Share Posted March 23, 2014 Well here is my 1997 vr6 highline. I'm treating this car as my grown up car, tasteful mods and eventually turbo conversion.I've owned it for a couple of weeks and already I've blown £500 in bits and bobs, including coilovers and various suspension bits.Today I went about fitting the coilovers and poly bushing the front end, however the offside front wishbone bolt rounded off so I didn't quite manage to poly bushes both sides, just one. I'll order a new bolt off vw tomorrow and finish the job next Sunday.Car was bought standard and always kept in top condition, pretty untouched, and it showed. The underside was very much factory fresh, no bolts had ever been taken out as they were all quite tough and rusted in. Got there in the end though, just. Here are some pics.And what on earth did vw think when they made the vr6 sump? To get to the front wishbone bolt you need to undo the rear mount and lift the engine up....really? Effort!Some other pics of what I've done so far.More updates next week! Link to post Share on other sites
Bealieboy 1,625 Posted March 23, 2014 Report Share Posted March 23, 2014 Nice one khare, I bet it'll drive nice with the bushes and new suspension. What's the general consensus of opinion on these cda filters then? I understand the concept well enough but noticed someone slating the cda as it was restrictive (on tt Audi) I expect it sounds nice but do you actually get any performance gains. Can you feel the difference? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites
khare 12 Posted March 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2014 Does indeed drive much nicer than before, even though I've still got to polybush the front drivers side and rear axle. Once that's done and I find another team dynamics pro race wheel to add to the 3 I've got, then it'll handle just like my old 16v did. Would like to get some arb's and upper and lower strut braces in the near future too.With regards to the bmc, I can't say I've noticed huge gains to be honest. It does sound amazing however. Deamon tweeks sells 3 types of bmc, with 3 different outlet bore sizes (small engines, high capacity engines and v6 and v8's). Maybe audi requires the larger bore? Not sure. We'll find out next month, I'm putting it on the JKM rollers on the 26th so we'll see what she puts out! Link to post Share on other sites
Bealieboy 1,625 Posted March 24, 2014 Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 That's Interesting. Yeah I bet it sounds sweet. Mines going on rollers at amd on May 11th. It's standard except for magnex cat back. I'd like to give it a good service before going on the rollers, new plugs and leads a must! Perhaps I ought to try those poly bush too. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites
khare 12 Posted March 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 Poly bushes make a huge difference. Huge. The front end feels very tight with them on and the steering feels very much connected to the wheels. Rear end is essential as well, on rubber it feels soft, again poly bushes tighten it up and rear end feels stable and predictable in hard cornering. Link to post Share on other sites
jez_monkey 1 Posted March 24, 2014 Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 Very nice I can see myself being on the lookout for one of those intakes in the next 2-3 months Link to post Share on other sites
khare 12 Posted April 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2014 Put the car on the rollers at JKM today, very happy with results!!! Other than the BMC CDA and ported throttle body done by me, the car is standard engine wise, so now I know it's healthy inside!!! I didn't even do my usual pre dyno service of plugs and oil, so once I do the plugs, oil, leads and fit the lovely milltek decat I have in the shed, I should be looking at 200hp Roll on the good times! daveyboy, Bealieboy, Surreyvr6 and 2 others 5 Link to post Share on other sites
daveyboy 897 Posted April 26, 2014 Report Share Posted April 26, 2014 Nice one how much did you open your inlet? Just to the same diameter as the gaskets? I'm gonna do mine but I'm gonna open the ports on my head tooSent from my LT26i using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites
khare 12 Posted April 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 Just opened it up a bit, need to open it up some more! Link to post Share on other sites
khare 12 Posted May 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2014 Not updated in a while, not much has been happening. Bought a new alloy to replace the one that I broke in the accident, also bought a part worn tyre, Falken 452, I really rate them although lots of people don't. Wheels are now on the car and it's looking fantastic, got the car mojo back!Fitted up new balljoints, new tie rod ends and finished polybushing the front axle so front handles as it should. Next up is rear polybushes, hockey puck front engine mount and exhaust system, as well as a full service, still yet to give it one!! Link to post Share on other sites
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