got the intercooler as far back as i could, and as high as i could without running into problems with the IC tubes hitting the frame rails, but heres what i got!






and the bumper, had to cut the fins out unfortunately

 

Booo!!! We said no cutting bumper!! lol Should've just bought a better intercooler. Your pockets aint empty cuh'

 

paint job looks great man keep it going

 

Car has come a long way so far, I personally would have made some brackets to move the radiator back and move the IC back further to avoid cutting. Oh well, it still looks good.

 

i would have had brackets if it would have been worth it, i tried to mock some up but there is crap for space in the vr to move the rad back at all and i really dont care for the mk3, i want to sell the shell and get a corrado and swap the engine, im just trying to fix it up to sell it. i would have had to move the radiator back almost 2 inches to avoid any cutting

 

latest update, new tails! 1000x better looking in my opinion, also sprayed my wheels silver

out with the old




in with the new

 

digging this!

 

wideband sensor should be in today, on to better A/F ratios!

 

needed to replace my o2 sensor so i got the innovative mtx-l wideband, which has a o2 sensor that can be calibrated, i got a new set of NGK BKR7EKU's to put in because it was running rich and fouled my current ones, and i did an oil change yesterday, and am doing one right when i install the new plugs and wideband. hopefully the maf cleaner i used will help a little bit if not ill have to replace the maf soon, but this should get my ratio's a little better!

not sure how i want to gap the plugs yet, if anyone has any input on gap sizes please let me know. I have mine currently at .028 but a lot of people are saying they are down to .024 with no problems, I havent had where mine are set but any valuable input is appreciated. also put on my new metal valve cover with gasket, rerouted all my spark plug and vacuum lines to organize it and clean up a bit.

and also when i was taking my IC tubes in and out i found a small leak where it had been rubbing again the rad support, got it welded up and can already notice a difference!

pics.






will take some of the valve cover in the am! too dark when i finished

 

im almost done hooking it up, just need to run the wideband wire to ecu

I had all autometer guages, but switched the a/f to the wideband, so now i have 3 autometer which are boost, oil press and volts
I started looking at all digital guages after i got the wideband, but honestly im not too sure if i like them. i prefer the watching the mechanical needle instead of trying to read a digital readout thats changing every .3 seconds haha seems unnecessary

pics of valve cover

before



after




also got that ptp silica turbo blanket installed, noticeable difference especially with the heat shield already in place