Which is faster, yours or the RS4?
Mine, had a little bit more in every area so once he let me passed I started getting away from him.
Which is faster, yours or the RS4?
It's a heavy barge the RS4 isn't it.
Must have really launched it to snap a shaft lol. You're running big power though aren't you? Tbh not driving them all the time means the novelty of driving them doesn't wear off. Mine seems to spend most of it's time being thumped round a track anyway lolLove you're updates always interesting with loads of pics! Not driven mine since october!! Managed to snap a drive shaft in half at santapod, its coming back on the road end of march start of spril so plenty time to fix yet. Really missing driving it
Yeh you say that lol, sh!t myself! everything runs through you're mind when something like that happens. Yeh keep us posted on how the temos are in may. How much did the oil cooler set up set you back if you dont mind me asking?
Good work again matey, where did you get the alignment pins from? Been after a set of these as i need to get my subframe off
Its been perfect believe it or not, its been on now for 2yrs, been driven hard with plenty boost through it and its not cracked yet touch wood! I won mine for about £150 ....... i think i know it was pretty cheap, i think as long as the manifold is bolted to the head 1st, then turbo to manifold and turbo support bracket last under no stress or strain it should be ok but with everything there is always a chance it could crack. Some ppl also say they have had problems with the flanges not being perfectly flat but again mine was fineCheers mate, I just fell really lucky and a set came up on eBay. 1st and last time I've ever seen them for sale tbh.
Was meaning to ask you actually, you've a Direzza manifold fitted to yours haven't you? had any problems with it? I've just won one on eBay and the for the money I paid for it I thought it was worth a punt. I don't fancy the £600 price tag of the Peron one. lol
Its been perfect believe it or not, its been on now for 2yrs, been driven hard with plenty boost through it and its not cracked yet touch wood! I won mine for about £150 ....... i think i know it was pretty cheap, i think as long as the manifold is bolted to the head 1st, then turbo to manifold and turbo support bracket last under no stress or strain it should be ok but with everything there is always a chance it could crack. Some ppl also say they have had problems with the flanges not being perfectly flat but again mine was fine
It can be very fiddly, i suppose you're way would work too just alot of weight to move into place, just some ppl try and bolt it up under stress say if they remove the manifold and refit without loosening the support bracketWon mine for £120 lol
Yeah I've heard they're a bit hit and miss with the flanges, worst case scenario I have them machined flat and tbh I never knew about the bolt up sequence, I always bolted the turbo to mani 1st and then mani to head. Will try it the way you've suggested next.
It can be very fiddly, i suppose you're way would work too just alot of weight to move into place, just some ppl try and bolt it up under stress say if they remove the manifold and refit without loosening the support bracket
I sprayed mine 1st with heat resistant paint then wrapped it, the spray kinda makes the wrapping a little easier as when its shiney the wrap i found kept slipping round when i was pulling it tight, looking into the cpe front panel soon too to help feed some cool air over itWith the longer studs I use now you've no choice but to undo the support bracket on mine, otherwise you'd never have enough room to feed the manifold out. But yeah not undoing that support bracket can cause issues, can even crack the support bracket it's self too. Also have you got any coating or heat wrap on yours? I'm tempted to just heat wrap it cos Im worried about any potential heat damage running it bare
Ahh I'll bear that in mind when it comes to sorting mine out. cheers mateI sprayed mine 1st with heat resistant paint then wrapped it, the spray kinda makes the wrapping a little easier as when its shiney the wrap i found kept slipping round when i was pulling it tight, looking into the cpe front panel soon too to help feed some cool air over it
Iooking good! Loved the change the tubular gave on mine,
Got loads of little niggly bits i need to sort on mine, buts its too cold and im too lazy lol
Haha! I work outside majority of the time so I'm kind of used to the cold, it's working in the rain I detest.
Nice work!! You have been busy! :smile:
Like it, I'm consistently regretting not buying one of these when they were £6/7k.
Looking that much for a CAT registered one now yeahhh, values are definitely going north now.
Exactly. I remember about 5 years ago I could have bought a tidy 70k example :weary::weary: