Stanced XUD Estate (IT'S ALIVEEEEahahaha)

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Hooray things happening!

Spent this morning fannying about so didn't make the start on things i'd planned but still managed to get the torsion bars on. Had a bit of an "oh f*ck" moment as the bars were sitting about 5mm proud and the offset washer wouldn't fit, but a bit of persuasion with my favourite blunt instrument soon got them in.

I also happened to find some random bits and pieces lying around to make my, erm, smoke chute. sideways and upwards ftw! Going to get a cheap ass exhaust tip from the poundshop down the road too. Coaled to f*ck? No ploblem. Fit a new tip!

Sorry about the crappy picture quality, didn't have my camera so Instagram'd it up

20mm GTI6 torsion bars vs. Performance Torsion 23.5mm bars..



And the bodgetastical exhaust. Can't tell the angle from this but it's 75deg sideways and about 30deg up, will holesaw the bumper tomorrow, extend the pipe a bit and fit a chrome tip. Coaled faces ftw. Kept the "midbox" though to keep it legal. It's got baffles in it, honest!



Got my holesaw out for the tubby adapter plate too, nice 2.5" hole in it for major flow (as opposed to the T2 elbow which apparently drops to 1.75" in places)



I then found a fence fabricator up the road from me who was happy on a quiet Saturday morning to fire the elbow on for me for a tenner and a bit of banter. He's confused by the fact I have a turbo from a Movano van, that's massive, and i'm fitting it to a 306 diesel and aiming for it to be quicker than my GTI was. Two words Mr Welder: disposable engines.

A bit of blue flickering light:



And a bit of turbo porn:



That is all for today, m0ar tomorrow. Including the first fit of the turbo and removing the exhaust to cut the downpipe and line it up properly. This is gonna be so freakin' awesome...