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Finally got round to making my headlamp covers. Quite involved but turned out OK in the end http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o249/matnrach/turbo/17jul006s.jpg http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o249/matnrach/turbo/17jul009s.jpg Also did a bit more mapping today on the throttle response. Before the...

My MK8 is around 610kg on the road with a couple of gallons of fuel

Hi John
I would be interested. Not too far from me

Have a look at this:
http://www.castaldini.co.uk/images/acti ... ebuild.jpg

I run EFI and use one pump for each tank. The pump outlets connect to a collector pot that feeds the single HP pump. The return flow from the collector pot feeds back via a tee to each tank. However in the return line to each tank there is a tap. I only use one tank at a time so the tap for the tank...

If you look at the picture of the interior on the previous page you can see the roll bar going around the windscreen .
I presume this goes into the sill but I don't know
I can take some other pics if you like

The doors are only shells with no internal reinforcing beams
Is that what you mean?

Its 1293cc.
The ECU is a Megasquirt which I built myself from a kit.
I'm very happy with it.
Like all management systems at this level, its only as good as the person who maps it

Its got about 165hp at the moment

It has got an ECU ( no carbs or distrubutor there!).
Since its all bespoke I had to map it all myself and it needed a little fine tuning

Bit of an update. I found out what caused the gasket failure in the first place. It was detonation. So with a new gasket fitted with a bit more head bolt torque, the spark was retarded by 5 degrees above 0.7bar boost and looks as though its sorted. Boost now raised to just over 1bar. New problem. Ju...