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Defendermatt



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Yeah looking at getting some. Perhaps a shop will give us a discount on 2 sets of you're thinking of having some?

Yeah everything is online or in the Haynes.
Yes I have most of the tools. They're pretty common things really because the tdi is so simple.
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I'd be up for that, maybe we could see if more people would be interested.

Have you got Quaife LSD's front and rear or was that someone else? Any other drivetrain upgrades, will you be using a paddle clutch for example? I'm thinking my 'heavy duty' Valeo clutch is going to take a hammering if I go much beyond 18psi and install the water/meth and nitrous.
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Agree This is a great thread, always on the edge of my seat when reading your Q & A Bow down

I'm hooked Whistle 1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up.

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Uprated pistons sounds interesting Whistle
http://www.totaloffroad.co.uk/vehicles/spe...e-changes/ This one

I'll try get some prices for a set or 2.

Yeah I have quaife rear. Ashcroft atb front and centre. And a hd ceramic paddle clutch.
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This was the one!

http://www.totaloffroad.co.uk/vehicles/spe...nd-goings/

"The first of the bits was a Range Rover chassis and the next bit was that 200Tdi engine. But, again, not any old engine. He acquired a Bowler engine with no intercooler, which is reckoned to produce nearly 180bhp. This went into the 100-inch chassis, mated to an R380 gearbox and a Discovery transfer case. All this was done in a couple of days."

"The chassis was simply clean and stock, and that Bowler engine was an ex-race unit with uprated pistons and rings, crank and head gasket, plus a reworked injector pump. Power, he’s been told, could go up from 180bhp to 230bhp if he adds an intercooler and hybrid turbo. Tasty."

Confused
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I need these uprated pistons and rings! Shocked Shocked Shocked
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Make your own, ceramic coat DIY style Thumbs Up



Will you be lightening the flywheel?
Post #587306 23rd Dec 2016 9:48pm
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I think you need them Matt as well Whistle 1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up.

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Pistons are being professionally coated along with the manifold.

No. Lightening seriously reduces the low end torque which I don't want to sacrifice.
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Excellent! Cool I looked into Zircotec and a few other companies to do the same thing, fantastic until I saw the price Big Cry

Your engine will make mine look like a knackered Briggs and Stratton once it's finished!!

Don't blame you though, why not? Thumbs Up
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Yeah I looked at zircotec Shocked then decided that it's not an F1 engine so went elsewhere.

Haha. Well I want it to last a long time so anything I can do now to increase reliability....or power Whistle
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Merry Christmas everyone Cool

I think fully synthetic oil promotes leaks Whistle
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Perhaps switch to semi
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Merry Christmas to you Thumbs Up In the articale, about the Bowler Tdi race engine are they reliable to use for day in and out or have they got a limited shelf life ? 1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up.

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I've never heard of that Bowler engine outside of the article, bet they're hens teeth! Laughing

Turns out the cause of oil leaking may be more to do with a loose oil return line rather than fully synthetic oil Embarassed
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