Matt's GTi

I remember we had a scorpion exhaust on our first GTi and I found it worked very well with a S/S manifold and header. It made a really nice noise above 4000RPM and it was a bargain at just £25!!
 
bushell said:
Your welcome bro;)
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Cheers:thumbs:

Almera bandit said:
I remember we had a scorpion exhaust on our first GTi and I found it worked very well with a S/S manifold and header. It made a really nice noise above 4000RPM and it was a bargain at just £25!!
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Well mine wasn't quite that cheap but not far off it;)

rich12885 said:
glad you finally got it fitted at that bargain price lol. Noticed any difference in power at all with it on
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Yeah it does seem a bit more free flowing and pulls better I think.
 
Yeah it is in pretty good nick. When it's dry in the summer it's getting the whole underside treated.

I don't mind admitting that he (bushell) can drive better than me at the moment.
 
It shows how long ago i updated this, I had to search for the thread to find it lol.

Well hopefully I'll have a bit more time to spend on the car now with the lighter nights soon to come.

I haven't really done much but have been constantly cleaning it and even driving it now and again.

I fitted a Black powder coated rocker cover and some VZR rear lights:)

Despite the quick pics I took where the car is manky, I apologise I think they look pretty nice.

More pics will follow tomorrow when the car is cleaned.

Also was away on holiday and took a couple of snaps there too;)

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After: New Rocker Cover
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Does my engine look healthy? Any reason for the deposits on the underside of the old rocker cover?

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New Lights

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And a few snaps Before I went away:

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Brother's (bushell) Civic:

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And finally snaps on Holiday:

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And this is place we rented:

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Get that bay cleaned ;) Nah looks great mate! Tried texting you but msg wouldn't go through, musta been in the middle of nowhere!
 
spot on, powder coated inlet and it will look mint :) maybe sand the lettering on the rocker cover.....
 
Chris180 said:
Get that bay cleaned ;) Nah looks great mate! Tried texting you but msg wouldn't go through, musta been in the middle of nowhere!
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I will be cleaning it the morn if the weather holds up, Yeah I was in the middle of no where with no signal.

RAJackson said:
your engine is immaculate inside.

the deposits you are looking at are silicone of some type. nothing to worry about.
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Cheers Ross thanks for clearing that up, Could do with being a bit cleaner though, due an oil and filter in a couple of hundred mile;)

FOSSIL FUELS said:
does look good mate... defiantly need some more colour in your bay tho :D
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I'm not sure, really struggle to find that all important contrasting colour.

rich12885 said:
loveyour car mate one of the cleanest gti's around and a great colour
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I like the colour, but would still rather have a blue one though. Or some really good products. I'm going to try a few different one's at a detailing meet next week so hopefully come away with something that will bring out the best in this weird colour. lol

Sam said:
spot on, powder coated inlet and it will look mint :) maybe sand the lettering on the rocker cover.....
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I have got the powder coated plenum here to fit, but didn't feel that confident in doing it, will it be much harder than the rocker cover?

Almera bandit said:
Now that is some really good shine there and what a stunning reflection.

Your car is looking very nice indeed, keep up the good work!
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Cheers, just need a really good camera and a better photographer than me, should have some better pics up tomorrow.
 
Sam said:
its certainly more involved than the rocker cover, never tackled one myself...
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I stripped one out of my old gti that i was scrapping, but that was a while back and i didn;t really take much care and attention as it was being scrapped and i was just removing it. Hmmm, not sure i should tackle it.
 
i done my chromed plenum in about 20 mind after installing my SR20

not a hard job to do but do what joe did and what i forgot to do and relocate the earthing wires on the top of the plenum to the bottom.. makes it look soo much nicer....

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GOLD :D
 
canny be that difficult, just be methodical and take your time

and dont go putting no stupid colours in the engine bay ; )

OEM fresh
 
mattmera said:
I have got the powder coated plenum here to fit, but didn't feel that confident in doing it, will it be much harder than the rocker cover?
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Last had my plenum off about 6 months ago, but iirc, there`s 6 or 8 bolts (needs a decent length ratchet extension to reach the front ones) & I think 3 pipes that connect to the plenum, the one at the back is a total bitch to get at & is a right ball ache to get back on! :-(

Feel free to correct me on any of this anyone. :-)
 
Not so sure on the gold, I like the all blackness of it.

Very true Sam, just take my time, we'll see how i feel tomorrow.

I will do that Rob, can they just go anywhere, as long as there is good contact etc?
 
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