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With the weather turning nice in Central Oregon, I was finally was able to enjoy my first ride of the season. I took the car off the lift earlier this week, where it had been for the past 3 months. I worked on it on and off, just when I felt like it, very relaxing. The car is a 2004 Turbo Cab with hybrid turbos, GT2 intercoolers, FVD flash and Europipe. 45K miles. While I could afford a newer Turbo, I just love this little cab. After having owned a Panamera Turbo S with PDK, I still feel like the Metzger coupled to a 6 speed is a more exciting set-up.
Tasks completed : - Sachs 2.5 clutch & new flywheel - Pinned the coolant hoses at 8 locations - New coolant expansion tank - New Engine mounts (RS964) - New 997TT transmission mounts - New CV boots on both front axles - New clutch master cylinder
Overall, a very rewarding DIY which I enjoyed a lot since there was no pressure involved. In addition, I might have saved myself quite some money (cost for this project was about 3K$ in parts). The main stressful part was this week : taking the car off of the lift and firing it up for the first time. All kinds of thoughts went through my mind as to things I could have forgotten to connect. 3 things went wrong upon startup : first I was spraying fuel all over the engine bay (connection at the fuel filter not tight enough). Then a coolant hose popped off as I was out for my first test ride (lost about 3 gallons of the pink stuff - had to refill and re-bleed). Finally, yesterday one of the hoses between the turbo and intercooler blew off. Simple fix. This afternoon I took it out and was able to put some stress on the new set-up. The car ran like a raped ape and I saw 1.2 bar on the dash. Oh - and the new clutch is amazing, it is actually coupled to the BBI slave cylinder which I had already installed last year. Mission accomplished, happy as a clam
Awesome! Great job! I'll be undertaking a similar project sometime in the next couple years. Currently waiting for my stock clutch to die and it just won't give up. Then it's upgraded turbos, clutch and pinning the 4 fittings I couldn't easily reach with the engine in the car.
Awesome! Great job! I'll be undertaking a similar project sometime in the next couple years. Currently waiting for my stock clutch to die and it just won't give up. Then it's upgraded turbos, clutch and pinning the 4 fittings I couldn't easily reach with the engine in the car.
You could also decide to upgrade your turbos first. That will take care of having to wait for the clutch to die
04-09-2021, 06:27 PM
