Alright... Latest update.
It's been a busy summer.
My big valve head is still at the machine shop... Should be getting close in the next couple of weeks.
Got a new set of BHW pistons and had them flycut to allow room for the larger valves and had them cut .5mm deeper. We did not alter the bowl at all.
Then sent them out and had the domes coated.
Once the head is done I hope to install these shortly after.
I replaced my 034 street density mounts of with BFI 65duro mounts. The 034's dogbone was trashed, the rest might have made it another 10-20k miles. The BFI's are nice. I am extremely anal about vibration and rattles, and I have no complaints about them they are firm but there are no new rattles or vibrations.
A couple weeks ago my clutch started acting up. Engagement was close to the floor before, then it got worse and some extra noise appeared when I would put it in gear. I got ahold of John at Southbend and had a new 29# flywheel with st3+ clutch and flywheel. He was awesome to work with and expedited my order. I didn't get any pics of the new clutch, it was late and I wanted to get the thing in and out of the shop.
Here is a pic of my old DC st3+
I don't have much to complain about with it it held up pretty dang good for some of the abuse I put it through. Think 3000 RPM clutch dump on slicks.
You can see I separated the friction material from the disc. The sprung hub was pretty much trash as well.
Spent the next week bedding in the new clutch. It slipped on me 2-3 times around 650-750 miles, I was leaning on it fairly hard passing some yahoo's that couldn't drive the speed limit. By 850 miles I was able to pour the coals to it and it hasn't slipped since.
I have to say. This is a fantastic package. Buttery smooth engagement. smoother shifts. better harmonics while driving. The extra flywheel weight is awesome, the engine hangs a little during shifts thus almost matching the RPM by the time you change gear. My only complaint thus far is chatter in neutral. I am going to give it 5-10k miles and see if it lessens. My old DC was almost silent in neutral but had more noise under low load in 1-3.
A little glamour shot on a road trip.
This last weekend was pretty much the last VAG show of the year locally. My wife and I went and raced, she ran the JSW and I ran mine. It was her first time racing and the first time for the JSW to hit the track. We got to go side by side the first race. She didn't do too bad for her first time. She pulled a 18.46@75mph. I was proud that she stepped up and ran, now she wants to go more.
I did pretty well. I turned a 14.27@101.5 on street tires. This is pretty much exactly what I turned last year on slicks with the ported head. I have been running all summer in the 14.5-14.6 range, the only change was the clutch and flywheel.
I got beat out of first round eliminations by .034 seconds, so I got pushed into the Run Tuff category. I stay in to the end, and on my last pass I missed my shift into 4th and got beat out.
I still walked away with this plaque but no money
O.C.
