Blinged up engine bay

[devonutopia]

OK, so I doubt I've actually gained any BHP from doing this, but I like the new look of my engine. My car is silver by the way, hence the choice of colour, plus it goes well with the intercooler piping.

From this

TO THIS! Diamond silver cam cover and cambelt cover + chromed fuel rails. Also gave the area a little wipe down.

 

[KROUT]

looks nice on that dirty head. sheesh clean the head and it will be real purdy.lol couldn't resist.

 

[Ed's TDI]

looks nice on that dirty head. sheesh clean the head and it will be real purdy.lol couldn't resist.

LOL Krout! Maybe Devon likes his head dirty!

 

[KROUT]

lol lol

 

[mojogoes]

There a girl i know who's into vw's/owner's......Dev i'll ask her if she could give you a good clean "HEAD"...............for a price of course!!! .

 

[devonutopia]

There a girl i know who's into vw's/owner's......Dev i'll ask her if she could give you a good clean "HEAD"...............for a price of course!!! .

There's nothing like a girl willing to polish your head.

 

[Piranha]

errrrrr......
you're still talkin bout the engine here right???????

Cause I'm kinda getting mixed up!!!!
lofl

 

[T-Y]

So what kind of power increase did you see??? 10HP? 15??

 

[mojogoes]

Having met Jason.......about four and a half inches MAX and a couple of ponies LOL LOL LOL chuckle chuckle chuckle .

 

[Crazy Memphis]

Having met Jason.......about four and a half inches MAX and a couple of ponies LOL LOL LOL chuckle chuckle chuckle .

do you mean in ego or ... to much detail for a chatclub !!1

 

[Slave2school]

Are those runs or reflections in the paint? Hrrmm, brown coolant too

 

[Piranha]

Having met Jason.......about four and a half inches MAX and a couple of ponies LOL LOL LOL chuckle chuckle chuckle .

Mojogoes:

HMMM, Looks like your talking out of experiance

 

[mojogoes]

Mojogoes:

HMMM, Looks like your talking out of experiance

Yeah.......thats why i had to compensate and use a monster turbo!! lol.

 

[Piranha]

Yeah.......thats why i had to compensate and use a monster turbo!! lol.

OHHHHH ok then, I understood differently.
hehe

 

[devonutopia]

Oh dear - How the hell did this topic go so downhill? - Oh that's right! Steve got involved....

My painted head is still doing nicely. Have a couple of carshows in the Midlands part of the UK this weekend, so hoping the new changes go down well. (and no "going down" puns please.... )

 

[skid9uk]

Oh dear - How the hell did this topic go so downhill? - Oh that's right! Steve got involved....

My painted head is still doing nicely. Have a couple of carshows in the Midlands part of the UK this weekend, so hoping the new changes go down well. (and no "going down" puns please.... )

Where abouts in the midlands are you this weekend?

 

[devonutopia]

Where abouts in the midlands are you this weekend?

Northampton for Edition 38 on Saturday, and Silverstone for TRAX on the Sunday. I'm staying in South Leicestershire again, and planning a Skoda mini-meet at the Hope & Anchor in Syston - up your way.

 

[skid9uk]

give me a pm if you go to the Hope & Anchor and i might go, last time it threw it down wiv rain plus i couldn't find it but i know where it is now. Should be free this weekend

 

[Sootman]

Jason,
Looks great...of course get your head polished will help and make the engine look good too
I've been working on the "bling" factor bit too. This is a little old but close to where it is now. What doesn't stand out is the yellow engine block!

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[devonutopia]

give me a pm if you go to the Hope & Anchor and i might go, last time it threw it down wiv rain plus i couldn't find it but i know where it is now. Should be free this weekend

Be there on Saturday ay 7pm. Google for "hope and anchor syston" and it should come up with the postcode to find it. It's kind of by the canal, not far from the dual carriageway which bypasses syston. There should be 6 or so Skodas there, maybe an Audi RS4 as well. (SPITS! Not a TDI )

 

[skid9uk]

cool dont forget a litely modid passat see you there

 

[Formula1TDi]

Valve Cover

Cool valve cover.

I thought of taking mine off and painting it like my Audi 4000 CS.

This "wrinkler effect" paint works pretty good. Has anyone done this with the TDi engine?

 

[Formula1TDi]

Cool valve cover.

I thought of taking mine off and painting it like my Audi 4000 CS.

This "wrinkler effect" paint works pretty good. Has anyone done this with the TDi engine?

 

[Formula1TDi]

Egr

Viewing some of these photos I have noticed that the EGR throttle valve is replaced with a straight pipe (see photo).

Is it possible to replace my factory PD unit with a straight pipe connection? What is the advantage?

Thanks,

 

[devonutopia]

Look up EGR replacement for info on that. Plenty on here.

My cam cover was plastic so I had to give it lots of prep work, and gave it plenty of coats of "plasticoat" - some kind of plastics primer I got off the shelf of a hardware superstore over here. That gave a good base for the paint. I only hope it keeps fairly good given the cover can get fairly warm. I hope it does.

 

[TheoSweden]

Sorry, but I think a clean standard-look looks better than that.

/Theo