no real reason for doing it... just had to be done to be different lol

i dont see any gain in performance or throttle responce... nor did i expect it!

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2012

 

Thats well nice mate! One clean classic

 

How difficult was it to do? Did you carry the work out yourself? Very nice bay you have there looks good!

 

Looks good, who did the pipework, like the bracket off the alternator to keep the pipe in place, just about to do the same to mine

 

Wasn't your RA running Compomotive wheels and totally bare without bodykit or spoiler? Did you add these on recently?

 

Thanks... yes all done myself over a week end apart fron painting the alternator. All needed in my case was a length of 12mm and 8mm coolant hose to move the coolant reservoir. other stuff like parallel fuel rails already done and I had another manifold modified and painted ready to go on. All hoses and pipework bought from ASH (auto silicone hoses)

 

Yes mate I still have the RA, this is my other uk car... Not a chance of me ruining the ra with spoilers etc! Lol

 

Looks so much neater, good job well done.

 

That's a relief. Keep that one well mate.

 

Lol... Cheers, she,s a keeper!

 

Excellent job , very nice detail .

 

Now that is mighty fine!

Right that's it I'm gonna get under the bonnet this weekend

 

Thats very nice, looks extremely clean mate, I prefer the black manifold to the green one.
Any chance of some pics of your RA?

 

Thanks, I'll give them a go as that's a very neat install there, mine is still in the early stages

 

That looks superb fella, love it.

 

It's so clean i just had to post in this thread on your behalf.

Post #59
https://www.scoobynet.com/923013-who...classic-2.html

 

Thats super clean

 

Very tidy, great job done there

 

very nice, some cracking work there

 

... thanks! some real nice classics in that thread!

 

what do you do to re mount the aternator , do you have to make a bracket? and do you need a different belt etc?

 

That Looks great, nice engine bay

 

i used an alloy bracket off a car with aircon, drilled it and stuck a bolt through it, fabricated a foot for an adjuster and mounted the alternator on the other side of the bracket upside down. the belt is far longer than standard and needed a tdi golf timing belt idler pulley bolted to the front of the alternator bracket to divert the belt away from the i/c pipe... works fine

 

cool. i have my engine out and have always wanted to do this mod just never had the ***** my donor car has aircon so it has a bracket do you have any more piicys ?

 

+1

I've got a spare Ph 1.5 manifold that I'm planning on doing the same with.

Higher res pics the better if you have more, that you're willing to share.

 

I've got a bracket that I chopped up ready to use to convert for the mod before I bought the Carl davey kit, it's yours if you want it Maggs although it's the same colour green as my manifold and wheels if you remember them

 

 

I'll get more pics up later