Car Things This Weekend
 

I feel devoid of car related things now back at work and not driving round in a convoy of interesting motors - what car events are on this weekend people ?

World Rallycross at Lydden Hill.

My 'car related thing' for the weekend will be cleaning all the bugs off it and working out what to do with it...

prepping and gathering bits for Rich to work his magic Tuesday :ok:

Oh yea - I got to get them euro bugs off the BM as well. They seem to 'splat' more than a GB bug (or maybe I hit them faster).

Subliminal Transmissions Inbound

Probably catch some live streaming of the Nurburgring 24hr's.

Might actually wash the car properly.

Consider a BBQ every day of the bank holiday weekend.

Convince Steve to purchase an STI lump with appropriate turbo...

Purchase exhaust manifold gaskets and dipstick seal/o-ring along with oil and filter in prep for new sump fitment sometime soon.

Work out what to do about 'track unfriendly' exhaust noise issues.

Good shout - can pick up some tips from the race

I put a bung in the EVO, but it was a pain and kept shaking free with the vibrations. Tracks like Brands they have the drive by's so it would pass a static but ping the drive by. Had I have kept it I would have fitted a quieter system (I actually did buy one but sold it before fitting it). Milltek are pretty quiet.

3" de-cat down pipe, un-resonated centre section and a Milltek back box, pinged the drive-by 3 times before they bought me in.

I have a resonated centre section to fit but don't think it will make enough of a difference.

Whats up with it fella?
saw a comment about boost related issues on your trip?


Ive got a list as long as my arm on the mini to try and make some track time, for this weekend and juggle family time too,

+1 hoping to make the trip on Sunday :ok:

Issue with the actuator/wastegate sticking meant that instead of spooling the turbo correctly, it was dumping the exhaust gases straight out the back... we managed to fix it in the hotel car park but it was temperamental after that.

Car got home fine, that's the main thing :)

As always mate - if I can help in any way let me know :ok:

Doing absolutley feck all cause im bloody working lol .

Just seen there's this as well Nick... nice and nearby!

https://www.brooklandsmuseum.com/wha...le-association

Is it the actuator sticking or the wastegate arm seizing.
A td04 actuator should be easy to come by or even borrow.
Or you could buy this: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/122510628758

May as well replace the entire turbo, VF35?????

One available from Tuesday :ok:

Depends on budget. £20 could fix it.
Vf35 would need injectors

I posted the same time as you, think your TD05 is a better deal

Us too 24hr race cheering on, wine/beer and BBQ. :-D

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That's my weekend 😁


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Oooooooh exciting :ok:

Main thing is it came home complete . Worth swapping actuator and seeing what happens ,

Nurburgring 24hr live stream, British commentary:

https://youtu.be/4qJDbQSp6mA

Just seen one of the R8s pretty much airborne despite the down force!!!!!

Thanks mate, appreciate it :ok:

I'm not completely sure, when we split the pivot point both the wastegate arm and the actuator moved freely. Its like they're binding on the join. Thankfully it never seized completely like it did on the Saturday after tweaking, so still had reasonable boost for the weekend. Greased it up in Germany and ran without the heatshield so I could easily adjust if/when it happened again.

The 18G might be a bit much power-wise? Concerned that I still have a minor head gasket leak as the expansion bottle was still getting high in Germany this year after laps, but don't think it blew coolant out like last year (ambient temp was lower this year though). Upping the power might force my hand into rebuilt/new long engine? Although I'm still considering this option now, rather than just fix turbo....

That's an option... but same as above point... could be a cost effective swap though as can get hold of pinks easily enough. Just depends if a good mapper is willing to help out ;) ;)

Maybe..... will let you know mate :ok:

I'm expecting that a 99k miles ragged TD04 probably needs to go in the bin. When diagnosing the actuator issue we could sometimes hear a funny metallic sound, almost like occasionally the compressor wheel is touching the housing :o so expect there's considerable play in the shaft. Won't know until its off the car though.

Throw a used td04 back on for time being with gaskets prob could do all this for sub £90 and use while save for a rebuild or sti swap.. :)

Have you checked the float and play in The turbo, easy enough to do if you have a silicone inlet pipe?

OEM plastic inlet...

If the actuator is loose it does rattle as if it's the compressor wheel touching.
We had that on one of Rob's old cars, we were both convinced it was the turbo binding, but it ended up being a loose wastegate sorted by applying more pre-load to the actuator.

If your bearings are shot you would be blowing oil through at a fair rate.
The oil seals are like mini circlips either side of the bearing sleeve. So if the sleeve is worn it would soon knock out the seals.

I had this too!! Totally forgot , thought same but was the waste gate penny rattling caused but actuator preload issue I swapped a new turbo in and solved but didn't need it as found issue after removed..

I love forums.

Someone asks what car events are on this weekend and the thread turns into a full on diagnostic session. :lol:

Lydden Hill for me with a couple of mates (may aswell take advantage of free VIP tickets again), much to the wifes disgust! :wife:

Car Things This Weekend
 

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That's my weekend car stuff done in the garage, weird seeing 6bar of oil pressure with out the car running 😁


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Looks very tidy job there Chris :ok:

Very pukka ! Proper stuff

Fixed Passat, cleaned Passat, cleaned Scoob, removed bird crap from Fiat, that's all the car stuff for me this weekend.

I have done 100miles bedding in the k-sports... another 150miles planned tomorrow and Monday, then final bedding in on way to rich tues... also cleaned the scoob :ok:

That's a surprise :-D

Well after 100 miles there was dirt on it - poor thing isn't used to dirt ha ha ha