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Old 05-22-2014, 03:01 PM   #22
peruccy
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Thanks! Car runs very good now. But it still isn't the way I want it. I've got that tuning bug in me

Anyhu... back to the build. Wideband oxygen sensor & LC1 mounted and connected


Wiring went through the firewall


Quite a few cables


There was no other place for the wires to go in the cabin, without taking the engine out, except under the windscreen


Just behind the passenger airbag


I've also installed wires for three gauges, which were mounted on top of the dash (no other place for mounting in this car)


Tidying up the wires


Silicone around the hole, to prevent any water to come inside the cabin


Making an adapter plate for the Porsche throttle body, out of an old intake manifold


Drilled holes


Test fit on the manifold


And on the TB itself


Putting everything together, to see if it fits. I had an old coupling hose laying around, so I could start the car




Of course, there's always a problem with customization. TB is too wide, so the original expansion tank would not fit anymore...


The appropriate tank was from a Golf III, which is also one of the cheapest around


Test fitting


Port matching on the TB


Enlarged intake manifold entrance


I've enlarged the hole by 9mm...


Some more port matching


It looked like this before the very first start up with the new TB


And with mounted gauges. Some people would say they look "ricer", but frankly I don't care that much about that. I prefer function over esthetics all day long


To be continued...
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