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  1. Lift the Battery out and you will see the loom going in down behind the Battery. You should be able feed them through there. The only problem is getting them on the other side as if I remember right you can't get at that rubber bung through the glove box. You will have to stick your head under the glove box/ dash and find the wires coming through.

    The other way to do it put a wire coat hanger from the cabin side through to the engine bay then tape the wires to the hanger and pull them back through.

    :-)

  2. Cracking stuff Spock. I have just turned green all over.

    I would also be interested in the cost of these pistons and rods as I am looking at a rebuild soon my self.

    Hope you get it back up and running asap so we can see the potential of the rebuild!!!

  3. I am another person very interested in seeing how much the 1g-fe can take. If i end up getting the money for the engine rebuild i will be raising the boost at 0.1bar each week to see what happens!! I will also take note of the characteristics of the engine while doing this to give a more accurate description of its behaviour.

    Although until then I would like to hear about somebody else currently in this position!

  4. Yeah Daza you should easily break 300. You should be up near 400bhp at least with forged internals no probs but then the turbo may start to run out of puff.

    I will soon be going for some forged goodies too so will be interested to see how you get on with yours.

  5. Spock was pushing for 300bhp when his went. He also didn't have the same fuelling setup either. If I can remember correctly he had a 5th injector fitted in the air intake which does work but is not the ideal solution for precise mapping. I will be going no higher than 280bhp no matter what, which should be fine with the right fuelling.

    Mark (TDI) I THINK also said he has seen an IS running 0.8bar with no probs. I shouldn't need 0.8bar to get 280bhp either.

  6. I would say that mine would be up there in top power figures. I haven't had it rolling roaded yet but with a full stand alone ECU, full straight through custom exhaust, return line fitted and bigger injectors about to be fitted I would like to think I would give most people on here a good run for their money. It has also been very finely mapped to get the most from it.

    Once our rolling road gets working properly again I will be mapping the car to 280bhp until I do the engine rebuild.

    I guesstimate that it is currently about 270bhp.

  7. I have heard this term "hosepipe ban" a few times before but never actually put any thought into what it was. I am amazed that there is a ban on using a hose pipe!!!!!

    Why is this?

    for what reason?

    What possible harm could a hose pipe do???

    Am I living in the real world???

    "As he picks his jaw up off the floor!!"

  8. Will a new fuel rail be needed when fitting a return fuel line , uprated fuel pump and regulator?

    NO! :D

    Is it a big job the return fuelling etc as its a job that i have to get done.

    YES! :D

    I wouldn't say it is a big job at all. as long as the person doing it knows what they are doing it should be fine.

    The only problem is having the correct fittings at the right time other wise you will be back and forth to get fittings.

    slightly :offtopic: what went wrong with your turbo ?

    From the day we completed the turbo work the car seemed to be very slightly smokey, even before the ecu was fitted. I also noticed that there was some very slight play in the turbo shaft before we fitted it but nothing to worry about. As time went on the smoke got worse and about 2 weeks before we removed the turbo there was a distinctive whining noise when the turbo was spooling up.

    I contacted Jesse in the states who told me to check a few things first then once satisfied he told me send it back to him!!

    The other thing is that a couple of people have suggested that it was not a ball bearing turbo as it should have been (T28 BB). I also questioned Jesse about this and he said he would check it out for me but seems to keep "forgetting about it" :yawn:

  9. Will a new fuel rail be needed when fitting a return fuel line , uprated fuel pump and regulator?

    NO! :D

    Is it a big job the return fuelling etc as its a job that i have to get done.

    YES! :D

    I wouldn't say it is a big job at all. as long as the person doing it knows what they are doing it should be fine.

    The only problem is having the correct fittings at the right time other wise you will be back and forth to get fittings.

  10. I am waiting on my turbo returning from the states after getting it replaced and I also have a set of 315cc injectors that I am 99.999999% sure will fit the car so they will be going in too. I will be re-mapping the car to about 0.6bar until i get it on the rolling road. Once on there i will adjust the boost to give me a figure of about 280bhp. That is as far as I will run it on standard internals.

    It is not boost pressure that kills the engine it is the power output!!

    I have already done the return fuel line with uprated pump and regulator. This will need to be done as Daz says Adie or you simply won't have enough fuel for more boost.

    The other key factor is making sure the car is properly mapped to be as precise as possible.

    I will let you know the results when I get my own car back after mapping!

    Cheers Marcus. :D

    So with internals uprated, what would the possible boost / bhp be :question:

    That all depends on your turbo system and what spec of internals you have and also your wallet size.

    The sky is the limit :blink:

  11. option 4 is a safe bet as they are very subtle and will deffo compliment the car.

    option 3 is a bit more different than the norm but could still look very nice.

    don't bother with 1 or 2

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