The Project Pad

lol, oops!

shit'll buffout

wtf new tires on a new trailer? hit something or ?

ok Aaron 3 blown engines do not bother you trailer tire ????????????????????

so it was a long day. and it didnt end the greatest, either. nothing major.... just the head is off the car again as there was alot more leakdown on cyl 4 than we like, after initial run it time. but that is fixable....

motor is in and fired up first try, like it should. warmed it up, fixed one leak in an oil line.

and somehow, Joey had some stickers made for the car, and they look VERY GOOD. the ring-of-rods logo is Silver and the lettering is White. red would not have showed up on the car....

seems the guys next door to his shop do this work. MOSO Graphics..... and they do some outstanding work. and Steve is a really nice guy, easy going, and totally into what we are doing with this car....









so.... picking up where we left off.

painted the block, a nice silver to match all the base aluminum stuff.



and getting the head gasket and studs in.





next, installing the head







putting all the lil stuff in place







tensioning the TB after dialing in TDC and marking all that needs marked.






and now on to installing this thing.

















and just because, here are the start up vids as per my usual. the first is dry cranking to build oil pressure. this took 3 trys before we saw pressure, and i even filled the filter. it could be because the oil was sitting in the sun, and the Delo 400 15w-40 was as thin as water, i dunno. but it got pressure finally. when doing this sort of thing, you want the injectors and coils unplugged, as well as no plugs in the motor. makes it easier to spin over....



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First start :woowoo: Lookin good man, but too bad you had to pull the head again. I am diggin the IE graphic! Can't wait to see this beast in action!

awesome she is a life again wooo

Aaron, you are unbelievable. I have so much respect for you for all of this, never seen someone move so fast! I really hope I get a chance to see this thing in person sometime and meet you.

Graphics look awesome too

sounds amazing aaron.

hope this one lasts longer.

what tensioner roller is that? its pretty awesome

lucas13dourado wrote:what tensioner roller is that? its pretty awesome

Integrated engineering

lucas13dourado wrote:what tensioner roller is that? its pretty awesome

yup. what he said. IE makes it, but not for the 058 motors yet.

http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.p ... NEERING!**

and seems i am getting alot of help this go round

Joey had some custom vinyl made up, it looks good to me.....

and as it sits now.... taking head to shop in AM for work to #4 ex valve seats. leaky leaky me no likey.

Wow I am SO impressed your car is already up and running again! Way to go man!!!

WOOT!!!!!!

there are a couple guys here that dont waste any time. we have been stayin real late at Joeys shop, with assembly, etc. and Joey and Ricky stayed at the shop(s) til 2AM workin on it last night.

and another view of the startup.

this was taken with the glasses of fury.... its goofy, but they work decent for $20. Joey was wearing them....


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I am so buying a set of these glasses! Awesome work Aaron!

ME TOOO

I want the glasses of fury so badly

Impressive work Aaron. There are those that will think that if enough money is thrown at it........., but the groundwork and labor still has to get done and YOU GUYS did all of that. Again nice work AND FAST!! I hope it is as fast on the track.

thanks John. and yes, many people do not understand what sort of sacrifices it takes to make something like this happen this quick. Joey owns and runs a full service shop full time. i work full time plus. there have been a few late nights on this build, but it runs. its not like i can just "take off" and do my own thing.... i gotta work around other schedules and such.

today, the head shop has the cylinder head. Joey must have greased some palms or something, because they pushed stuff aside to work on the head. they cut new seats in cyl 4 and re-lashed the lifter/cam interface. the machinist even stayed late to get the work done today. i gotta stop by in the AM and pick up the cyl head, then take it over to him before i go to work.

and i stopped by on my way past from jobsite to office, and the car looks good sitting out in the parking lot.

I just realized your still 4 lug! HOLY CRAP! Aaron your hardcore man... hahahaha

yep 4 lug.

sooooo. another long day. got it all back together, prime for oil pressure. crank over for fireup. running, getting warm, notice something. HMMMMM. the front wastegate tube is LOOSE?

shut down, tear off the wraps. the WG tube off the merge is broken about 3/4 around!!!!! WTF OVER????? time to get the glue gun. spent about an hour or so MIG'ing it all back together. this manifold is officially a write off now. its only gotta last one day, and thats Sunday. seems the 16 ga experiment is concluded LOL. the welds did not break, rather the material right next to. dunno why, and today it dont matter..... will plan that out with a different manifold. same style, will probably leave the turbo where it is to lessen the work involved with the exhaust, dunno and right now dont care.... all i wanna do is run the livings out of it on sunday.

head is back on, car is running fine again. dyno tomorrow night.

a couple pix, just cuz thats what i do. spent a substantial amount of time cleaning and cleaning.... and i even got the inter-cam timing SPOT ON THE FIRST TRY!!!!! one shot deal YO!

head stud row..... mmmmm. nice and ARP'ish.





lucky Joey just HAPPENED to have another IE large bore gasket around. this one was for the red 20/20 R32 swapped car he is building. STOLEN! i will replace it, as that car is a long ways from needing it yet. we already ordered the replacement. also of note, ARP assembly lube aplenty.





and the head on and putting stud nuts on....





here is Mini-Dave, the shop apprentice, turning wrench on a fast car. he started here in high school, on a vo-tech type program. and they like him (his GF is smokin hot i hear LOL) so he got himself a job. he does all the menial shop boy type stuff, as we all know what that entails from growing up in car type atmospheres. takin out the trash. sweepin the floors, fetchin parts, etc. but he also gets tons of hands on training too. when we/Joey build something like this, he gets a ton of knowledge in how things are done, and done right. he gets his hands dirty on all types of jobs, from the basic oil change to the full on timing belts, coilover installs, clutch jobs, even trans rebuilds, etc. i have my two 01E 5 spds down there, they are gonna tear into them sometime....

but they all at the shop take the time to teach him right and wrong. and the why this goes first or what happened to the thing to make it no worky any more. the way it should be. and he is a quick learner too. wow, that was longer than i thought it would be. oh well LOL.

Nice do work son!

SWEEET!

good luck again!