Surreyvr6

Painted and Polished a few things....
 
 
1st heat resistant aluminum paint

 
afterwards light sand, more heat resistant paint, repeated for a couple of layers until nice a smooth.
 
 
 
Then colour coat, 2K, Colour coded to same as car.

 
 
The parts that were masked I had already previously polished.

 

 
 
 
I also painted the large pulley at the same time

 
 
 
Most of the parts waiting the be re-assembled

 

 
 
 
Test fit.

Summer wheels taken off and on stand,

Temp mock up using the 2nd spare charger mounted on engine, so I can start looking at making some pipe work. I'd like to do complete alloy piping with just silicone joiners either end.
And MFA and temp sensor built in flanges.

I did mine whilst on the floor still on wheels so it was under pressure with an air gun. I just wound it to the end the removed it from the car.
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Have you tried an airgun/impact gun, they can undo them so fast the strut doesn't spin.  Or you can try gripping the shaft/rod from underneath, although that's quite tricky as it round and can get a bit chewed up if trying mole grips.

Upper air intake vents, that's the one, thought I was half way there lol. Vw parts don't have any in at the mo, oemandmore said they was trying to get some in a few months ago but not sure weather they did or not
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Upper bumper air vents, not so easy to find a set nowadays, looking about £85ish if you find a pair
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Loads of work has been going on with the supercharger,
Loads and loads of research has been done.
No help from the company who took over Z-engineering... RUF.
There meant to not speak very good English anyway, as there a Swedish company.
So I found almost all the information I need by looking in to bearings,
Different types of bearings, how different types of bearing work. How to fit and remove bearings safely, etc.
I found some of it out by watching training videos on youtube, that bearing companies had uploaded.
This is the Video for the main bearings, that run inside the supercharger,
They run on the main shaft, connected to the impeller.
They're called "Contact Angle Bearings". and must be run in a pair!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_vamfXL1fU
The Large pulley that runs on a separate shaft and bearings.
But these are a different type called "Deep Grove Bearings"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfLV5hwcMkw
After gaining knowledge on loads of different types of bearings, and working out what type was inside of the supercharger.
I went about taking it apart. Ready to refurbished and rebuilt
I Started off with the tensioner bracket. As the supercharger mounts where the standard tensioner mounts.
So the standard tensioner needs to be removed, and another tensioner in a different location used.

Removed both pulleys.

Marked the spacers, as there both different.

The pulleys seem in quite good condition and both span freely with out anyway play,
But I was unsure of age. so I removed the sealed covers off very carefully,
and left the bearing to soak in some pure alcohol for about 20-30 mins

After removing all the dirt and old grease from inside the pulley bearings, using pure alcohol and compressed air to clean them out.
I heated some chain saw oil in an old can, and left the pulleys to soak over night.

After leaving the bearings to soak, I removed them from the oil bath, and packed them fully of high temperature grease.
and replaced the sealed covers. I didn't get a photo though.
New high tensile nuts and bolts for pulleys.
12.9 high tensile M10, 60mm length with allen key head. 10.0 high tensile M10 nut with nyloc.

I then set about polishing up the bracket while I had it all striped apart

Not the best photo, but only one I have.
Finally built it back up with refurbished pulleys, new nuts and bolts, and original spacers and washers.

Loads more coming soon!

I'm in newton abbot mate If i still have it in a month or 2 it will have 2.9 obd2 in it
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I think the 8v's are slightly smaller in diameter, 16v and vr6 should be the same. I wouldn't recommend removing the rear silencer, mine had it removed when I got it and it was one of the first things I changed
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Have you dyed your lukey? I've read mixed things about dying, some people say that the material doesn't take the dye very well? Would like to do something with a headliner at some point and was thinking black, but would also like to do something a bit different but struggled with ideas lol
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Cheers guys, much appreciation for the love
Reason I went for accuair was I only wanted the manifold, I didn't want the whole management, I have my own I made, and already installed in car.
Plus I can add more and fiddle how I please as I made the system
My iPhone controller is almost ready, been alpha and beta testing it for awhile now. Complete written code my self. it runs on a raspberry Pi.
Plus V2 comes with pre pressed fittings, so if you damage or get a leaking fitting, it needs to be sent away to get a new fitting pressed back in. You can't replace them your self.
With the new accuair manifold I have it's the new threaded type, so you have your own choice of fittings, and if one gets damaged or starts to leak I can replace it at home, not need to send it away.
For that reason I went for fully braided hoses, which I can screw them direct in to the manifold.
I don't use any Push to connect type fittings, as they can pop off under heavy load. It's rare they pop off, but it can happen. I've seen it happen to other people car. And if they pop off that's your car hitting the deck at what ever speed your driving, as the air release if a matter of seconds.
I now much more confidence in the threaded type fittings, as they are never able to pop off. With charging it soon, and wanting to getting more power I want as much confidence in my set up as possible, so I can drive it as hard as possible
I have new soild adjustable top mounts going on soon, I'm going to buy some soild engine mounts, front was polybushed not long ago, and rear will be getting poly'd over winter

Got all the air ride linked back up with the braided hoses and hit a few local meets.

Then I bought another one of these, so I now have 2. I'm going to re-build them and use the best from both. All new bearings, seals and new high tensile nuts and bolt.

Black roof lining was never an original option, best bet would be to make one up yourself.

I dont have the space, just rented garages thats the problem. On top of all that my younger brother also has a collection of mk1 polos. 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
As you can see i think we have an addiction 

Small update, with some pics to follow soon! The windscreen is getting replaced tomorrow, and then I can finally book the MOT rready to tax the beast on the 1st of October
 
In other news, I was offered money I couldn't refuse for the BBS RX228's, so they have gone, and I picked up some new 16's this morning

Thats going to be one nice engine when it all built back up dude!

I would imagine the easiest way would be to drop the sump off but I didn't think it was that hard unbolting rear mount and raising engine with a jack and a bit of wood under the sump.

So, finally got the car running and took it for it's first test drive roll on the end of the month! I also gave her a celebratory wash!

You can also raise the engine using hockey pucks on the mounts or swap the sump for a shallower r32 one.

Here goes...

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This is my jetta that I've converted to vr6 hopefully a turbo build over winter if I can afford
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Yeah I think the blue and white would look nice. White as the main colour and blue when the switch is active, like the A/C switch etc.
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At 280 plus vat would it not be cheaper to get a new seat I got full leather interior off eBay for 90

This should do the trick
http://www.dubscene.net/forum/topic/6234-mk3-golfvento-led-switches/
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