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Madmans' OEM+ Diesel Build 17 Years on!

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[C]INDEX TO MADMANS BUILD

Click links to go direct to the page (needs fixing since forum changes)

Madmans GTTDI130 spec.

Engine & Ancillaries

Allard EGR delete

DIY fabricated 57mm alloy and silicone Intercooler pipework

More intercooler and pipework pics here in Sleekys post

1.8t pancake pipe (bigger than PD130) 60mm silicone to intercooler- 50mm silicone to red turbo pipe

godspeed alloy uprated side mount intercooler

80mm cold air feed from lower grille to standard airbox

link to origional 80mm cold airfeed topic

K&N panel filter

KĂĽberl Tuning GmbH chip stage Blacksmoke remap tweaked

FR&R Tuning STB Remap currently running fast road map

Raceland decat down pipe

Remus Stainless system (straight through)

Diesel Geek Panzer sump guard (sound proofed with 6mm neoprene)

Powerflex dog-bone bushes

Removed N18 & N239 valves...leaving just the N75 valve

Running Gear

O.Z. Arristo R32 alloys 18x7.5 refurbed by CAS coatings in Antheracite- silver fleck

tyres Uniroyal Rainsport 2's 225 40 18 Uniroyal Rainsport 3 225 40 18

Zimmerman drilled discs all round 312mm upgrade front

Greenstuff pads

Weitec Hicon Gt coilover Kit + bushes + bearings

Powerflex rear beam axle bushes

Forge alloy - carbonfibre strut brace

Poly bushed front wishbones

TT Front 20mm ARB

312mm 256mm F & R brake conversion 312mm Zimmerman discs

DIY maintenance jobs I've carried out

All of the above mods

Cambelt change

Water pump

Water temp sensor

Ancillary drive belt

Thermostat

MAF sensor

retapped (Helicoil) engine mount thread

Cv joint boot...too many times

Arch liner intercooler vent

Delock drivers door

Cleaning the VNT mechanism with Mr Muscle Oven cleaner

Cleaning the VNT again with mr Muscle oven cleaner

Innotec Turbo clean

312mm brake upgrade

Under body cleaning/ arches de-greased Surface rust treatment

Interior

Pioneer double din head unit AVH-P3100DVD

Vibe Litebox stereo 2 - amp

Focal 165VB 2 way component speakers

Pioneer secondary speakers for parrot car kit

Alarm - Dual blue LED's

stripped and polished netoptic trim (full set)

.:R line mats TT pedals

Exterior

4 Motion front vallance

Miscellaneous

stebel Nautilus compact air horn 130db

Depo black projector headlamps - 6000k HID compact kit 5000k Hid kit Audi projectors fitted in the Depo housings

silvertec indicator bulbs

tinted repeaters

LED sidelights 6kk

Stubby antenna New polo antenna CELSUS AN3022DAB DIGITAL RADIO (DAB) & AM/FM ROOF MOUNT ANTENNA

Car was new April 2002

The car was formerley owned by Allied Grain Berwick upon Tweed Scotland, where it was a reps car. It had full service history at Western VW Edinburgh, with oil changes every 10k and had just under 80K when i was introduced to it.

I fell in love with this Golf in 2005...

A mate ( 2nd hand car dealer) lent it to me as my car was off the road. I took it to Croft to watch the Touring cars and was very impressed by it. I asked him how much it was going for and got it for ÂŁ7500 cash. It replaced a 1994 Astra mk4 1.7 TD the issuzzu engined vauxhall which Id had from 6 month old. It pretty much stayed standard for a long time. I put a set of R32 rims on which were a Xmas present and left it at that for a while ...the more I browsed this forum the more ideas I got. It started with a K&N filter and 80mm cold air feed. I also got a very expensive German tuning box for reasonable money from a mate. Then one day it was down on power and that was traced to a choked up EGR and inlet manifold. I did the EGR delete and ran it for a while till I finally got a coilover kit due the susspension been rather saggy. It had a full set of zimmerman drilled discs and greenstuff pads put on for the MOT Aug 06....so that was the start of me spending a fortune

This was it in its totally origional condition

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Then with the R32 rims

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night shot

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Twilight

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#1,477 ·
Yep they've ruined it for everyone.

What I don't understand is why they want so much in way of a fee? If it was reasonable most people would pay it, but I can't see many paying what they want.
True enough Jim....If it were a reasonable annual charge I would pay. I don't really need the amount of storage space they want me to have, There are far cheaper storage options out there.
 
#1,479 ·
It's just an absolute pita swapping and re-embedding all the photos in the correct place. I did try Flickr few years ago, but I found the app was crap so stuck to photobucket.
I've been using IImgur so far, actually for a few years.

Are there any ways we could get more storage on uk-mkivs for more photos?

i'd be happy to pay a monthly fee for bandwidth / traffic to upload pictures to somewhere which won't go offline :)
 
#1,480 ·
I've been using IImgur so far, actually for a few years.

Are there any ways we could get more storage on uk-mkivs for more photos?

i'd be happy to pay a monthly fee for bandwidth / traffic to upload pictures to somewhere which won't go offline :)
Good question...might be best starting a topic in the lounge or forum problems page to get an answer from admins.

cheers
 
#1,482 · (Edited by Moderator)
Well its been a while since I last logged in here....

The car is still going strong although its time for a new turbo as I have plumes of smoke!

Just had new wings and sills fitted. Painted all front end.

Had a dent repaired on the rear arch caused from someone who drove into me!

Cars looking well.

How is everyone putting photos up these days? I see photobucket are still holding us to ransome!!!
 
#1,483 ·
How is everyone putting photos up these days? I see photobucket are still holding us to ransome!!!
Personally I use Flickr and then jsut trim the fat from the embed link.