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Jul 27, 2018 21:50:52 GMT
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A mate lives within the London LEZ (not the ULEZ) and drives a Diesel VW van for his work as a mobile mechanic, an 02 model IIRC. He was given a choice, buy a newer van that DID meet the requirements, update his existing vehicle with a DPF etc.... or pay £50 A DAY, just to keep it at his house! Since they apparently keep moving the goalposts, he was reluctant to buy a newer vehicle since that might quickly be outdated, a NEW vehicle is too expensive and anyway, he retires in another couple of years, paying up is obviously a no-no, so he elected to modify. It cost him a couple of grand, but is now up to 2016 manufacturer spec on emissions and this should see him out. So it IS do-able, though I didn't get all the details on just how many different beurocratic hoops he had to jump through to get the modified vehicle approved! Steve DPF and SCR retrofitting is big in the HGV business, many older vehicles can be retrofitted for much less than the cost of a newer vehicle. In Germany if all the relavent emissions controls equipment (EGR, DPF/SCR) are retrofitted it means you can enter a clean city zone (green sticker), and you pay much lower road tax. Hence there is a burgeoning market for aftermarket DPFs with full closed-loop control for older vehicles. |
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Jul 26, 2018 23:42:13 GMT
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Depends how they’re stored. In darkness and no damp I’d be happy enough. In VW stores they say belts 4 years on the shelf and then bin.
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Jul 26, 2018 23:39:20 GMT
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I got given a Draper one, with a couple of different spline adapters. Brilliant job, up to that point i was using a half inch extension and bloody hard to get boxes on input shafts!
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Jul 26, 2018 23:37:09 GMT
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If it’s old an it annoys your neighbours That’s fine for me regardless of what it is Nuff said as young people say.... I’ve 17 cars, he’s got forty tractors and deaf as a post! Fairly hard to annoy the old lad. Great that there’s fifty years between us and something in common, diesel! |
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Jul 26, 2018 11:33:12 GMT
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Good for cleaning engine bay plastics in modern cars. Make a bay look presentable
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I nearly crashed mine coming over the old road between Uppermill and Huddersfield a few years ago on a visit home. Turns out that lots of hills and big heavy car don’t match. Didn’t get a chance to go fast in Cornwall in 2016, too much traffic. Never driven in Scotland. I think most galaxy come with 16” steel wheels, if not 16” Passat ones fit too. That’s what I bought to try and make Passat look Q-car but big brakes > hiding power. Fitted 17” Macau wheels instead, can’t see the brakes almost at all! Didn’t want the wheel wobble with big spacers. Think Passat is ~1450kg. ShaGAlhamba are about 1650kg AFAIK. Mate bought one to move house from Cork to Swindon in one, a 2.3 petrol galaxy. Thirsty barsteward, but cheaper than a one way removals lorry.
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Jul 24, 2018 21:48:48 GMT
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Would love them - sadly funds don't allow.... No no you can have the bits I'm offering you no exchange of money. This is what I like about car communities. |
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Jul 24, 2018 21:03:48 GMT
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They will fit 16” steelies with a 40mm spacer (no thanks!) or 17” (just!) with a 10mm. Matte black for stealth. Drilled and grooved discs, i needed something to stop 240bhp, even though it’s only a bit more than my TFSI Eos (and same 312mm brakes), it feels like flying an Me162...
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Jul 23, 2018 22:19:24 GMT
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If you get a 130, a map alone gets you 180. Cat gut and air filter, slightly lowered on springs and some brakes from an Audi or Passat. Done. That, is exactly what I wanted to hear 😍 Researching this made me go outside this evening and start making the adapters for my AMG brembos to for my 345mm R36 discs  |
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Jul 23, 2018 10:18:32 GMT
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Were you tempted to go to mk4 calipers at any stage? Great work BTW. I tend to get more hassle from MK4 and MK5 calipers these days! Have a set of MK2 ones I got halfway through rebuilding about ten years ago and abandoned them! |
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Apparently calipers from a late T4 Caravelle designed for 312mm discs and a random. VW/Audi disc and you’ve 330mm discs and much better stopping power apparently
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If you get a 130, a map alone gets you 180. Cat gut and air filter, slightly lowered on springs and some brakes from an Audi or Passat. Done.
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Caddy 9K or 2K (98-03 and 03-present). Both available in petrol despite most being diesel.
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Jul 22, 2018 23:52:35 GMT
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I bought a car with the turbo and a bloody awful exhaust manifold the shape of a banana. All in for me (map is free a buddy does it), about 2k euro. That was with new manifold (cast welded), exhaust adapted, and the 150 engine grafting into my MK5 generation car. Garrett GTB2260VK turbo and manifold kit, and Firad 80%+ injectors would see you the far side of 250bhp no trouble. It’s the other stuff that would need sorting. I put a solid flywheel and updated clutch in it to help cope. The PD150 injectors are right on their limit at 240bhp and so quite smoky. 240bhp on bigger nozzles would be smoke free. Inter cooler pipe work is somehow holding together with tec-screws until I make a hard pipe setup (probably do it when the car is apart to do the 4x4 conversion ). And then brakes, suspension, tires. I’ve bought a set of 345x30mm R36 Passat discs and 4-pot AMG Brembos to try and stop it. Runaway train kinda thing. Christ, £1500 for that power is reasonable. The classic is in for test, advertised locally also. Once it's gone I'll step up the hunt. Mrs has admitted defeat, leaving me to choose. I like the idea of the MPV made cool. Missed out on a bargain Alhambra locally. £995 for a 2005 sport. PD130, manual. 148k in it. Bodywork was abused but nothing a day on the driveway couldn't sort for £50 And where they make power too. Comes on boost about 2100, full boost by 3k. 16” wheels and 215 width no match for it. I added power first and then have to sort the brakes to suit. Sharan etc are also parts bin stuff, you could mod them quite easily. |
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Jul 21, 2018 23:15:46 GMT
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I bought a car with the turbo and a bloody awful exhaust manifold the shape of a banana. All in for me (map is free a buddy does it), about 2k euro. That was with new manifold (cast welded), exhaust adapted, and the 150 engine grafting into my MK5 generation car. Garrett GTB2260VK turbo and manifold kit, and Firad 80%+ injectors would see you the far side of 250bhp no trouble. It’s the other stuff that would need sorting. I put a solid flywheel and updated clutch in it to help cope. The PD150 injectors are right on their limit at 240bhp and so quite smoky. 240bhp on bigger nozzles would be smoke free. Inter cooler pipe work is somehow holding together with tec-screws until I make a hard pipe setup (probably do it when the car is apart to do the 4x4 conversion ). And then brakes, suspension, tires. I’ve bought a set of 345x30mm R36 Passat discs and 4-pot AMG Brembos to try and stop it. Runaway train kinda thing. |
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Jul 18, 2018 18:51:41 GMT
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The horrible catch is the crippling excess if you as much put a scratch on it. I was in Latvia recently (I rent cars abroad 4-6 times a year) and for the first time saw their scale of damage costs to individual parts of the car. A scraped bumper was over 400 euros...
I have my own excess insurance that will cover me if they charge me up to 900 euros. I never pay for the super insurance, it’s often twice the cost of the rental alone. I got a KIA Cee’d in Spain a couple of months ago for a week for 66 euros. If it has been super insured it would have been 366.
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Jul 18, 2018 18:03:20 GMT
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These were suppposed to be proper rapid. Almost looks wrong with a manual gear stick in there. Bet it will be a riot to drive when it’s fixed
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Jul 18, 2018 17:50:56 GMT
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I’ve got a PD150 making 240bhp & 375ft/lb at the moment...
And I’m only an injector change from 280bhp and 450ft/lb...
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Jul 18, 2018 10:38:29 GMT
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Polish away the rust stains. You’d be surprised what a machine polish and a tenders worth of genuine vw touch up gets you. That’s a sport so better seats. Wheels are standard VAG 5x112 fare (and Audi and Mercedes The engines are canted forward on them I think compared to the 8 degrees back on a Golf. Still easy to work on. |
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