The Racetractor. The End.

[Piggy]

Yes mate, it'd be awesome to meet up, we need a few of us for a dyno day, once I've got my car done...

Sadly I think the stock HDi exhaust manifold is just too small - that's half the reasons for them screwing up their valvetrain, the XUD one is like a High Performance race manifold in comparison LOL! I think I'm going to simply build a really small manifold that literally goes into a pipe... Sod trying to bring all 4 runners round, it's not worth the time or the effort, but just something to bring it out the head better would be nice.

wana come on Sunday?? help us finished it, you can have a fiddle with the pump there and then!!

The manifold looks like this:



So its not too bad I suppose, kinda stumpy 4branch. I had to use a 90 degree off that but its 2.5" to help the flow and seemed to match the measurements of all four inner pipes that I measured. soon see anyhow.

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thought should do a little update due to the efforts some of the lads put in to coming over and helping!...

basically major job was swapping gti beam on and old beam back on the green turd to keep me mobile.



not painted it as yet, as it is hopefully being lowered on sunday by Puglove...what a star

the lads finished the front end suspension...all new joints and links, shafts in, new updated Powerflex front bushes...went in an absolute dream!!!
And the lower brace too.



and some pipework got fitted...dumdum style



hope before sunday I can managed to paint the rear calipers painted in readiness.
Get exhaust downpipe finished and painted.
rear end undersealed.
fuel filter housing finished....

decided on the 2.1 fuel filter housing as its larger and holds a larger filter.
So I stripped it down, cleaned it and modded the stat to stay open so on veg it will always warm it.

ordered new pads all round today...£30! and some other little connectors and bits of pipe.
Need to finished cleaning the plastic top intake mani too...its so gunky...yeauch.
Get the EGR blanked off the the gauge and LDA boost nipples (!) in.
Then final paint.

Just need to order couple last boost pipes to take from turbo, as boost inter piping needs reducing down to turbo outlet size!!!

and I will be dead by saturday!!!!