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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #11775 on: January 30, 2020, 01:04:46 am »
Do you like the PS4's

Yeah, I personally do. But I'll have to wait and see what's in store when I need to get all 4 replaced, so far not an issue with them apart from the punture that occurred but has been patched up since and no air loss, will have to keep an eye on it over the next few months  :doh:

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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #11776 on: January 30, 2020, 01:46:21 am »
On the list.

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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #11777 on: January 31, 2020, 11:19:57 am »
Bought an R32! Loving it



original was cracked so added an OEM chrome switch:


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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #11778 on: January 31, 2020, 04:33:04 pm »
Bought an R32! Loving it



original was cracked so added an OEM chrome switch:



Congrats on the purchase!

Could I ask you where you got the chrome switch? Every time I look for one for mine I can't find it with just the rear fog......

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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #11779 on: January 31, 2020, 05:10:20 pm »
Finally got to R-Tech... outstanding Stage 1 but appalling carbon build up needed to be removed first. There are actually 2 inlet valves in there somewhere  :grin: So basically standard with Precat delete, BCS premium sports cat back and injector and inlet manifold clean.  Highly recommended. Car is on 138k miles.

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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #11780 on: January 31, 2020, 06:18:24 pm »
Nice  :happy2:   Things do get pretty filthy in there!  Mine's on the same mileage and was walnut blasted 20K ago I think.  I didn't notice any difference  :grin:

Amazing these engines still make so much power after so many miles and gunk in them  :happy2:


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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #11781 on: January 31, 2020, 07:27:34 pm »
Some great figures and curves there Ripstop. How does it feel to drive? Also are you on stock clutch?

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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #11782 on: January 31, 2020, 08:25:42 pm »
Bet that goes well .

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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #11783 on: February 01, 2020, 10:27:43 am »

Congrats on the purchase!

Could I ask you where you got the chrome switch? Every time I look for one for mine I can't find it with just the rear fog......

Thanks

I just found it on eBay, most have front/rear fogs like you say but there’s still some out there

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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #11784 on: February 01, 2020, 03:24:36 pm »
Just swapped my drivers door lock mechanism due to it getting worse with not wanting to unlock with the keyfob. Used the guide on this site which made the job very easy.


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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #11785 on: February 01, 2020, 09:43:55 pm »
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Nice  :happy2:   Things do get pretty filthy in there!  Mine's on the same mileage and was walnut blasted 20K ago I think.  I didn't notice any difference  :grin:

Amazing these engines still make so much power after so many miles and gunk in them  :happy2:
Cheers Pudding, I took it for a drive after the inlet clean prior to mapping and in my case I noticed a smoother power delivery but no outright change in power. The top end was definitely "cleaner"  :grin: I was amazed at the stock power over book but from the factory its obviously restricted by the precat and standard exhausts. I also like that I can keep the standard air box... all I did was pop a new filter in before going up to Nuneaton.

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Some great figures and curves there Ripstop. How does it feel to drive? Also are you on stock clutch?
Thanks mate... its nice when your effort in prepping the car pays off.  I have done cam chain, follower, DV, PCV, New condenser (better airflow onto the intercooler) and clutch with Millers or Quantum 5/40. The power and torque curves are really smooth and you can tell when you drive it that its very progressive and smooth. Its absolutely lovely to drive now. It really is a totally different car and at the moment I am experimenting with the 5 throttle curves Niki put on. I find level 5 is probably a little twitchy and is too sensitive for town driving or general pootling about.  Level 1 is much more linear and needs a lot more movement to drive well. Currently my favourite is 3 or 4. I am on a Helix organic as after 138k I wasn't going to trust that the new power wouldn't kill the old clutch at some point soon.

All in all best performance upgrade I could hope for on a 12 year old car  :happy2:
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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #11786 on: February 20, 2020, 11:01:53 pm »
Today I did its annual intake valve blow-by of 11 parts fuel and 1 part Xylene(sometimes I use Naphtha or spirits). I put 4k to 4.5k miles per year on it. I have been doing this annually so to avoid a major amount of carbon going through the combustion chambers.
I see above some discussion on noticing a difference in power after clean valves. I never notice more power, but I definitely notice a drastic smoothness when on the throttle and during those early revs. I never do the manual or blast cleaning, but I have bore-scope pics that show me nearly all of the major build-up leaves the valves and inlet ports.
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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #11787 on: February 21, 2020, 08:23:38 am »
Just swapped my drivers door lock mechanism due to it getting worse with not wanting to unlock with the keyfob. Used the guide on this site which made the job very easy.


Hi do you have a link to the guide my passenger door has the same issue:-)

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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #11788 on: February 21, 2020, 05:22:21 pm »
Just swapped my drivers door lock mechanism due to it getting worse with not wanting to unlock with the keyfob. Used the guide on this site which made the job very easy.



You should drive around with it looking like that!  Maybe it's just me but I think that looks well cool  :grin:  Such a convenient way to attack door jobs, well done VW  :notworthy:


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Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
« Reply #11789 on: February 21, 2020, 05:25:46 pm »
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Nice  :happy2:   Things do get pretty filthy in there!  Mine's on the same mileage and was walnut blasted 20K ago I think.  I didn't notice any difference  :grin:

Amazing these engines still make so much power after so many miles and gunk in them  :happy2:
Cheers Pudding, I took it for a drive after the inlet clean prior to mapping and in my case I noticed a smoother power delivery but no outright change in power. The top end was definitely "cleaner"  :grin: I was amazed at the stock power over book but from the factory its obviously restricted by the precat and standard exhausts. I also like that I can keep the standard air box... all I did was pop a new filter in before going up to Nuneaton.

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Some great figures and curves there Ripstop. How does it feel to drive? Also are you on stock clutch?
Thanks mate... its nice when your effort in prepping the car pays off.  I have done cam chain, follower, DV, PCV, New condenser (better airflow onto the intercooler) and clutch with Millers or Quantum 5/40. The power and torque curves are really smooth and you can tell when you drive it that its very progressive and smooth. Its absolutely lovely to drive now. It really is a totally different car and at the moment I am experimenting with the 5 throttle curves Niki put on. I find level 5 is probably a little twitchy and is too sensitive for town driving or general pootling about.  Level 1 is much more linear and needs a lot more movement to drive well. Currently my favourite is 3 or 4. I am on a Helix organic as after 138k I wasn't going to trust that the new power wouldn't kill the old clutch at some point soon.

All in all best performance upgrade I could hope for on a 12 year old car  :happy2:

Have you got the most recent Helix with the billet pressure plate?  I've got the older one with the (steel) Sachs Sporting pressure plate and I hate it!!  Really hard to get a smooth bite pulling away at low revs.  And it's stupid heavy.  I'm thinking of going back to the standard clutch and living with the power limitations I hate it that much, but if you can convince me the Billet one is good, I might go down that route.   I've put about 60K on the older Helix and it's certainly held the power just fine, but awful to live with on a daily basis.

Glad you're happy with the car and the new found power.  These machines are very addictive when sprinkled with the right mods  :happy2:


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