[Mk2] [NA] MR2 TDI

lozzzzzz · Post by **lozzzzzz** » Tue Feb 03, 2015 8:29 pm

Thanks Pete

2mad · Post by **2mad** » Wed Feb 04, 2015 9:14 am

Your doing great lozzzzzz , keep plugging away .. lots of pics please ... be done in no time

.. one of my favorite imoc projects

lozzzzzz · Post by **lozzzzzz** » Wed Feb 04, 2015 8:13 pm

Thanks 2Mad, that's very kind and very encouraging to read

lozzzzzz · Post by **lozzzzzz** » Sun Feb 08, 2015 5:54 pm

This weekend I exploded a tractor battery in my face and spent hours in A&E having bits of plastic pulled out out my eye and checking for acid damage! Now I have 11 drops a day

and I owe the parents £130 for a new tractor battery!!!

Brilliant!!!!

Luckily my vision is clearing up, a lucky escape!!

More to come

2mad · Post by **2mad** » Sun Feb 08, 2015 5:57 pm

Holy crap mate

.. glad you can still see .. what a nightmare

juliankv73 · Post by **juliankv73** » Sun Feb 08, 2015 5:58 pm

jeez mate, glad no lasting damage to you eyes

Could have been so much worse!

lozzzzzz · Post by **lozzzzzz** » Sun Feb 08, 2015 6:17 pm

Yeah it was a lucky escape really.

Guess what I've just bought on ebay????

(not a new battery yet)

2mad · Post by **2mad** » Sun Feb 08, 2015 6:31 pm

lozzzzzz wrote:Yeah it was a lucky escape really.

Guess what I've just bought on ebay????

(not a new battery yet)

Redtop racing battery ... they dont tend to explode

glad your ok

2mad · Post by **2mad** » Sun Feb 08, 2015 6:36 pm

lozzzzzz wrote:

(not a new battery yet)

Lol i fail... buy a redtop.

lozzzzzz · Post by **lozzzzzz** » Sun Feb 08, 2015 6:47 pm

Hahahaha,

Safety Glasses!!!

I'm just going to wear them everywhere all the time (well in the garage anyway). Its just not worth it, there are plenty of things I do where I'm much more likely to get chemicals in my eyes so I'm getting some good scratch resistant ones.

2mad · Post by **2mad** » Sun Feb 08, 2015 7:03 pm

Yeah Safety Glasses ftw

why did i not think of that

got clear lens ski type goggles my self where them all the time .. look a burk but dont care .. like my vision

lozzzzzz · Post by **lozzzzzz** » Sun Feb 15, 2015 5:30 pm

Had a good solid day on it yesterday. I was really picking the pace up towards the end of the day as I seem to be approaching the next milestone.... Starting the engine in the car. (not quite there yet mind)

I've got the wires from the engine bay through the bulkhead.

And all of the carpet and trim back in, just the box lids left to attach (well in the back anyway).

The ECU now sits in the cubby hole behind the passenger.

And I've started extending the remaining wires to meet up with the dials in the front.

Jobs left to do before I can start it in the car, are:

Finish extending those wires
Mount the fuel filter and connect up the lines
Put some Bio in the tank

It might go then

But could still do with:

Air filter, MAF sensor, and boost plumbing finishing
Exhaust connecting up
Coolant hoses connecting up and bleeding.

Exciting!!!!

More to come

Judderman · Post by **Judderman** » Sun Feb 15, 2015 7:35 pm

Go for it, look what Audi achieved at Le Mans !

Good luck

lozzzzzz · Post by **lozzzzzz** » Wed Feb 18, 2015 9:55 pm

I got the last of the wires connected up and just had to give it a go

There are a number of sensors missing, no exhaust, lots of air in the fuel lines and a flat battery, but it soon came to life

Two milestones left, Moving under its own power and the MOT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tq8LjXg2SEs

More to come

Ben · Post by **Ben** » Wed Feb 18, 2015 10:09 pm

synXero · Post by **synXero** » Thu Feb 19, 2015 9:25 am

Haha! It's got a bit of the big lumpy cam lazy american V8 about it

2mad · Post by **2mad** » Sat Feb 21, 2015 10:57 am

Hope things are going well mate .. must admit very intrigued by this one

Draven · Post by **Draven** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 2:05 pm

Very interested to see this on the road. Top work.

lozzzzzz · Post by **lozzzzzz** » Sun Mar 08, 2015 8:31 am

Thanks all

I've been so busy, I've pretty much had two weeks with no garage time

But yesterday I got a little done.

I finally made up the drive shafts, that should hold

Only kidding, I've sent those off to be made properly, and I'm hoping I should get them back in 3 weeks.

Then I faffed on for quite a while with the Boost plumbing, there are quite a few things that the pipe work has to go around, so its taking a while to get it right. Its go to weave its way between the engine mount, inner wing and the crank and alternator pulley, ensuring that it doesn't touch the drive shaft and suspension bits and has a little room to expand when the pressure increases inside.

Still a work in progress, but getting there.

More to come

lozzzzzz · Post by **lozzzzzz** » Sun Mar 15, 2015 4:39 pm

I've made some more progress although this post is a little modest in the number of photographs. Sorry about that. I'll try and get back to old habits next time I'm in the garage.

Anyway, I've finally tackled the boost hoses, the outlet from the turbo, makes its way over the drive shaft, past the crank pulley between the alternator pulley and the inner wing and gets to the bottom of the intercooler, then the top hose is much simpler as can be seen here:

I've more or less got the main radiator hoses sorted (in my head anyway) so I should be able to get those fitted soon, and I've made a good start at altering the MR2 turbo exhaust silencer to meet the turbo outlet pipe. I'm hoping to get those two things finished over the next week.

More to come.

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