MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: vRS Carl on January 01, 2011, 01:13:30 pm

Title: My Recent additions to the Blue Bullet
Post by: vRS Carl on January 01, 2011, 01:13:30 pm
Been doing a bit of work to the Blue Bullet and broke my Disc & Pad changing virginity  :grin:

Yesterday with the generous help of our very own Mr Fuller :notworthy: :congrats: :notworthy: the following was done.

New Rear OEM Discs and pads

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fww275%2FTaufe%2F79bfbcea.jpg&hash=4b2d6a3aee82de1f2fdd806d11874cd90c0b1728)

New J-Hooked 345mm discs (thanks to our Brake Guru DaveB) and OEM pads (Yes the Lump hammer was needed :signLOL:)

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Full set of VF Engine mounts. Which in the words of someone else make the car sound "like a 6 Pot" :laugh: Only took pics after installation so can only see the engine mount :sad1:

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Oh and one of these :wink: (although this was fitted 3 weeks ago somewhere else)

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That came in this box......

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A huge thanks to Stu as now, after his expert tutelage, I can change brake pads, discs and engine mounts (which I wasn't confident doing as I'd never done it before) :happy2:

Oh and I Mustn't forget Hedge. Without his "Supervisory" skills we would have been in a right kerfuddle  :booty: :laugh:
Title: Re: My Recent additions to the Blue Bullet
Post by: Hedge on January 01, 2011, 01:49:04 pm
I was only there for food. Had I known you were dismantling your car I would have turned up earlier with a freshly sharpened wit and a big hammer.  :grin:
Title: Re: My Recent additions to the Blue Bullet
Post by: vRS Carl on January 01, 2011, 02:01:03 pm
I think the hammer we had was just fine. Although my right boot did a better job on the front drivers side caliper :signLOL:
Title: Re: My Recent additions to the Blue Bullet
Post by: Janner_Sy on January 01, 2011, 02:01:50 pm
the hammer AKA the Persuader.  Only a k04 or LSD left for you know then carl. Youhave pretty much everything else on there
Title: Re: My Recent additions to the Blue Bullet
Post by: vRS Carl on January 01, 2011, 02:10:11 pm
No need for an LSD I don't push the car that hard to be honest so have never found myself wanting grip (well except in the snow  :laugh:)

K04 is for the people who take the path of least resistance.  I'm taking the hard route and chasing the Seat Leon K03 Supercar :signLOL:
Title: Re: My Recent additions to the Blue Bullet
Post by: Janner_Sy on January 01, 2011, 02:13:58 pm
K04 is for the people who take the path of least resistance.  I'm taking the hard route and chasing the Seat Leon K03 Supercar :signLOL:

Good choice, thats only a £70 mod.  by mod i mean a quick run on AMDs rollers which seem like they are back to their usual inflated results.  Free Hp in a doggy bag anyone?
Title: Re: My Recent additions to the Blue Bullet
Post by: vRStu on January 01, 2011, 03:29:36 pm

Good choice, thats only a £70 mod.  by mod i mean a quick run on AMDs rollers which seem like they are back to their usual inflated results.  Free Hp in a doggy bag anyone?

Harsh  :santa:
Title: Re: My Recent additions to the Blue Bullet
Post by: Hedge on January 01, 2011, 03:37:25 pm
I think the hammer we had was just fine. Although my right boot did a better job on the front drivers side caliper :signLOL:

Seems the blunt tool won over the surgical precision of the hammer.  :P  :xmassmiley:
Title: Re: My Recent additions to the Blue Bullet
Post by: vRS Carl on January 01, 2011, 04:07:46 pm
I think the hammer we had was just fine. Although my right boot did a better job on the front drivers side caliper :signLOL:

Seems the blunt tool won over the surgical precision of the hammer.  :P  :xmassmiley:

Sometimes the Brute Force of a Blunt Tools is required  :laugh: :booty:
Title: Re: My Recent additions to the Blue Bullet
Post by: Janner_Sy on January 01, 2011, 04:21:17 pm

Good choice, thats only a £70 mod.  by mod i mean a quick run on AMDs rollers which seem like they are back to their usual inflated results.  Free Hp in a doggy bag anyone?

Harsh  :santa:

some results from VAGOC

Paolo (jungleman) - S3 stage 1- Evolve Stg 1, Milltek Cat Back, Evoms - 345 bhp & 338 lb/ft

JamesS3 - S3 - stage 2 (ITG & MT TBE & Revo) - 377.4bhp and 355.8lb/ft

gixxer990 - S3 - Stg 2+ Revo, MT TBE, Evoms,Forge DV, Autotech, RS4 FPR - 394.6bhp and 359.5lb/ft

they latest efforts at a RR day say otherwise. lets be fair all 3 cars are making around 40hp more than normal. 

So carl, you should be over the 300hp region easily and into the seat k03 supercar territory
Title: Re: My Recent additions to the Blue Bullet
Post by: vRStu on January 01, 2011, 09:38:43 pm
Shoulda gone to Superchips  :driver:
Title: Re: My Recent additions to the Blue Bullet
Post by: rdfcpete on January 01, 2011, 09:44:22 pm
Full set of VF Engine mounts. Which in the words of someone else make the car sound "like a 6 Pot" :laugh: Only took pics after installation so can only see the engine mount :sad1:

Any vids/audio Carl? I'd be interested to see how they've influenced the sound on the VRS :happy2:
Title: Re: My Recent additions to the Blue Bullet
Post by: vRS Carl on January 01, 2011, 09:50:04 pm
It's the noise in the car mate and I don't think an audio/video clip would do it justice.

I'll see if I can make a clip for you but it would be better if you were in the car.
Title: Re: My Recent additions to the Blue Bullet
Post by: vRS Carl on January 01, 2011, 09:50:39 pm
Shoulda gone to Superchips  :driver:

I might just do that next time  :wink: