Dragon VR - relocated battery and shiz!

Right thought it was about time i started a "build thread" so to speak, as some of you kno my head went on the vr so what better time to start on a turbo conversion

couple of pics of my car



and now work begins





Broken chain guides, looks like new chains and guides are needed



got the head off in the end took 4 hours not bad for a novice lol



got a nice spacer in the post, needed to lower the comp




more progress soon

mmmmmm turbo vr mmmmmmmmmmm

looking good dude keep us posted!

will do mate, im thinking gti spring fest is a no no in this

awesomes!

will be keeping an eye on this thread, car looks proper tidy in the pics. shame about the head gasket, but great oppurtunity!

have you got a turbo in mind? spec?

what manifold are you going to use?

what management are you going to run?

sorry for all the questions but turbo'd MK3's make me go weak at the knees........ (not the tdi variety so much)

im straying towards a garrett t04z its a bit overkill for how im going to run it at the moment but keeps me open to more tuning and more power lol, only down side is it cost £1100

iv got the exhaust manifold and short inlet manifold, the exhaust one iv had for ages think its ATP not sure and the short inlet i got from UD the other week

as for the management im undecided yet need to look into it and cost etc

i'll post some pics of the manifolds asap

Pure awesomeness the car looks sweet and vr6 turbo is a must

turboed vr sounds like a plan. im guessing its going to cause a lot of headaches and make your wallet a tad lighter but it will be well worth it.

il be keeping an eye on this one

OMG this is going to be immense. I love this car as it is already.
There's no way I'll be able to keep up with you with a turbo!!!

tinks wrote:

im straying towards a garrett t04z its a bit overkill for how im going to run it at the moment but keeps me open to more tuning and more power lol, only down side is it cost £1100

iv got the exhaust manifold and short inlet manifold, the exhaust one iv had for ages think its ATP not sure and the short inlet i got from UD the other week

as for the management im undecided yet need to look into it and cost etc

i'll post some pics of the manifolds asap

go big or go home....

i've heard of T04Z's to push 700bhp on the right set-up so should be good for future tuning, assumed you'd just use a normal run of the mill T4..... i like it when a build thread does something different!

ah so you've been thinking about it for a while then, makes things slightly easier if you've already kinda planned it and started aquiring parts.

can't wait to hear this when its finished!

Sweeeet! liking this alot!

Dread to think what condition my chain tensioners are in lol!

Still undecided on what to do with mine, gonna do the chains etc end of this year or next year and i was just gonna cam and remap it but a charger is very tempting... lol

Cant wait to see/hear yours tho when its done

talk to guy.

he knows a LOT about how to set up a VR right.

you went for the spacer gasket then!

just out of curiosity as the turbo is "good for 700bhp" won't you be getting a stupid amount of lag from it being so big?

yeh t04z is well overkill and will most probs have abit of lag but im not too fussed cos when it kicks in its gonna be immense

how many miles has your vr done dan?

gonna hopefully get the head in for skimming and checking tomorrow, hope it wont take too long, going to take it to cambridge rebores anyone been to them? got a mate thats had head work done there and he said there good so we will see

ps that vid is the nuts

tinks wrote:

how many miles has your vr done dan?

120k, one of the tensioners is a little noisey but the chain aint rattling yet so im gonna leave it for a while haha

Yeh I thought mine was fine aswell, it's only the bits of nylon that breaks off you gotta worry about if the oil pump sucks that up ur rather fooked

right pic as promised below of the inlet manifold, exhaust manifold and various of bits and bobs

nice looking setup there mate,

cambridge rebores are ok, got my head built up there via a mate of a mate, touch wood it's been ok so far find out soon!

haha yeh you will mate goin in this sat?

yep i'm taking it saturday but won't be back for spring fest which i'm gutted about was looking forward to a test drive!! lol

oh s**t i feel ya pain mate, think mines gonna be out of action for it aswell, depending on the head turn around and shiz

i'd rather it take a bit longer and be right rather than a half arsed job!,

won't have thought the head would take to long tbh pretty std job for them,

you took the valves out?