Let the tinkering begin...

[Jaymz]

Hay was just a suggestive suggestion does that even make senseLOL

[mikinoz]

Just for quick comparison I have put these side by side;

[Jaymz]

I'll get the exhaust hacked up next week, and the plan is to just ditch the rear huge pancake muff, and then consider a better flowing muff in the other rear "axle" area.

Hay did you see Larry has deleted the big kenworth rear muff and added twin pipes?

He said it makes about the same noise as stock! Go for it, pull them both and go with the straight pipe

[Greg Roles]

I'm lost as to who the heck Larry is, but yeah, I've read the TDI with no mufflers is quite acceptable. I believe the first muffler around the axle area is a resonator, which is a good idea really....

I will start with the pancake, as it should help 0-100 times with the weight loss alone!

Good work Mik, and remember you were the pioneer here! I still want your battery box.....

[Jaymz]

Sorry mate thought you guys had met. Larry's car always looks great, but you expect that from someone who has his own detailing business

[Greg Roles]

Oh yeah and guys, if you plan to refit the top shroud over the motor, there will be a little modding required. The larger diameter Modshack housing I used fouls with the lower passenger side of the shroud. Could pretty easily work around it, but I'm not into heat retention for the sake of a pretty engine top.

Just thought I'd let you "pretty engine" types know

[bmwrider]

OK, been slow lately thanks to work going nuts, but the Mod Shack housing is in. Unlike Mik's pioneering example in his thread, I got the larger, shorter TTDA housing only, as the dry Apexi pod I am running draws air around the edge, and is far less long and skinny than the nice thin and pointy K&N one supplied in Mik's example. I must point out that the MAF and inlet is absolutely pristine with no fine dust at all, so the dry filter is doing the job nicely. When I did the swap I was able to tap the filter and get some bugs and a bit of dirt out, so it will be a routine item to pull out and clean, probably with some compressed air from the inside out.

In Mik's pictorial, you can see the problem he faced was length ( steady...) whereas I have a thickness issue.

Seriously, there isn't a ton of room around the Apexi, but I did get the extra thick insulation upgrade. I will say that Steve from Modshack obviously LOVES fabbing up project airboxes, and his e-mails to me were excellent. The quality of the product is great, and I'm very happy. Steve charged me $185USD delivered with a blank front plate, extra insulation, and just a 75mm hole in the rear. All I had to do was drill the Apexi holes ( easy ) and mount the holder bracket ( a little tricky ). I have thus far blanked off about 1/3 of the front in line with the radiator by silastic-ing in a segment of the front end plate. This picture explains it better, as below the inlet is blanked off. If I wasn't planning a full sealed front, I'd block off some of the top as well, like my earlier bucket version ( which is now available Jamie! )



The top of the housing rubs on the bonnet liner, but it's not bad. I was trying to mount it as high as possible to get as much of the width of the stock over radiator inlet into the bucket as possible. Down below you have to watch the radiator fan, and I've mounted mine as close as I could. It has a few mm clearance, and is pretty solid with the temporary upper support bracket. Once I make the front, sealed "lid" it will ensure it doesn't rub. Still working this out, but most likely fibreglass.

Hey Cogdoc
I'm only new to diesels, in your first photo there, that object with the big hex
bolt cover on it , is that the oil filter and whats in side when you undo it.
I want to do my first oil and filter change

Regards Kerry

[Greg Roles]

Hi Kerry,

Oil change is easy. This is the oil filter housing. You need a 32 mm socket from your local car shop to get it off. It's hard plastic, but be careful as you could wreck the nut getting too carried away with it.



Inside is a removable filter unit you can purchase from any VW service dept for about $18. It's a simple swap, and if you're really keen, prewet the new filter with some oil, so on the first start it gets oil flow quicker.

Drain the oil after a drive, wait a good hour or two for it to cool, as you'll remove a lot more dirt than cold. JAck it up to get to the bolt, but once draining, put it back flat to get it all out. Same when you fill it, put the bolt back in jacked up - carefully as it's an alloy sump and easier to strip than metal - and put it back flat to get the oil level right.

Easy job, and something I am doing every 7500k's outside regular warranty services.

Make sure you change the air filter element every so often too, it's common to overlook and lowers performance and raises fuel consumption. Scary at $1.70 plus a litre!

[Greg Roles]

Sorry mate thought you guys had met. Larry's car always looks great, but you expect that from someone who has his own detailing business

Does indeed look the berries doesn't it....

[bmwrider]

Hi Kerry,

Oil change is easy. This is the oil filter housing. You need a 32 mm socket from your local car shop to get it off. It's hard plastic, but be careful as you could wreck the nut getting too carried away with it.



Inside is a removable filter unit you can purchase from any VW service dept for about $18. It's a simple swap, and if you're really keen, prewet the new filter with some oil, so on the first start it gets oil flow quicker.

Drain the oil after a drive, wait a good hour or two for it to cool, as you'll remove a lot more dirt than cold. JAck it up to get to the bolt, but once draining, put it back flat to get it all out. Same when you fill it, put the bolt back in jacked up - carefully as it's an alloy sump and easier to strip than metal - and put it back flat to get the oil level right.

Easy job, and something I am doing every 7500k's outside regular warranty services.

Make sure you change the air filter element every so often too, it's common to overlook and lowers performance and raises fuel consumption. Scary at $1.70 plus a litre!

Hi Greg
Thanks for that info you make it sound fairly easy mines coming up to 7500 kms I'm on holidays so I'v got the time to do it. Thanks again

Kerry