What a weekend, 3 solid days of a knuckle busting swearing good time. Just a few minor things to put back together.

Replaced timing belt, engine mounts (S4), snub mount (PureMS), vacuume hoses, N75 (went with J type), BPV (baileys), switched to K04 (AWE kit), port&polish exhaust manifold (I didnt see a huge difference from the old one but there was a difference), test pipe (they should have made it 2 3/4, what a pain getting the damn nuts on, rear o2 sensor hole should be rotated more to the side), electric fan.

I was a little nervous with the timing belt but that was one of the easiest things to do, no problems at all. I forgot to tighten the return coolant line on the turbo, when I filled up coolant started to leak out. That is a major pain in the *** to tighten with the turbo bolted on. Im still running on the stock software but the car feels faster than before. Boost spikes at 10psi and holds around 8-9, I never got past 8 with the k03. Not sure if the test pipe or N75 may have somehting to do with that. I can clearly hear the turbo spool now, even at 5psi. Ill be sending out my ecu next month, cant wait for that. The car feels a little smoother to, not sure if it is the engine mounts. My snub mount wasnt in too bad of shape but that may have something to do with it to. I did have vibration when the car ideled. I adjusted the dookikey that the snub fits into. The vibration is much better but it is still very slight there. I also feel a lot of road transition but I think that is my suspension, im getting a lot of squeaking, I will be replacing that in a few months.

Next up ECU software, fuel pressure regulator, and MBC.

 

very nice, I love those weekends

 

why wait a month to send out your ECU ? which file are you going with ?

 

who are u sending ur ECU to?

 

Its going to AWE, they still have the chip. Im using their K04 program. Are there any others for 99? I never asked.
I need my car for work and am going on vacation next month so that will be a good time to send it out.

After some more driving the shifting and feel is MUCH better. I can shift into first now with out having to come to a complete stop. Everything just feels so much smoother. I would say the mounts are a very good upgrade.

 

you should look into changing your tranny mounts to the allroad mounts, i've heard that's a pretty good upgrade as well...

 

That wont work for the 1.8 tranny. The driver mount is different. However I was thinking about switching to the 2.8 tranny

 

that would be another good idea...