It's not true any more that you can only use apple maps on carplay. Waze is now available which is the best sat nav around for traffic. I have a DAB converter for the original aerial in my Rocco and the signal is great... much better than the screen mounted rubbish ones.

I used this one for mine:

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I went through all the tests above with my pierburg including testing the waxstat as you have. I thought the waxstat was fine, I saw similar movement to your test.

On New Years Eve in the pub, I was chatting to a former VW Tech (in the 80's) and he said it would be the waxstat and said he'd pay ...

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Thanks very much Mr Brown. The new to me distributor and a good clean and retighten of the earth points did the trick and it's running like a dream.

Now I am running, I feel happier posting my rolling road graph. It ...

scirockirb wrote:

mr.brown wrote:
I'm pretty sure I have an ABF dizzy - albeit of unknown quality - if that one doesn't work out.

Any chance you could have a look for me sir... I've been a bit heavy handed in the dark with a spanner this evening.



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mr.brown wrote:
I'm pretty sure I have an ABF dizzy - albeit of unknown quality - if that one doesn't work out.

Thanks, I'll let you know within a couple of days. Much appreciated!



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I had the car live mapped on Friday. After 4 hours on the rolling road, the fuelling was sorted and it made 172 bhp but I was warned the dizzy cap was spitting arcs. I was really happy with the result until the drive home. I lost all spark and sat on the hard shoulder.

Thinking it was the dizzy cap ...

Inadvertently entering a show and shine tomorrow... just thought I was going to a show until I received the acceptance email. Fingers crossed for a bit of rain at judging time to hide my terrible paintwork!


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BlackGTX wrote:Nice, im doing an abf conversion on mine but using scirocco 16v induction and then bigger cams air and fuel

Nice! Sounds like a good combination


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BlackGTX wrote:Decent build, be interesting to see what power it puts out when setup

If the mk1 golf I first went in is anything to go by it was somewhere between 170 and 180 with just the ITBs with everything else standard.

It's a Dbilas kit that I bought direct from Germany... have a look on their website. I went for it because it was plug and play... all the ABF sensors are catered for so no fault codes or alterations were needed. I bought it a couple of years ago now... not sure I would now with the current exchange ...

Well I never knew that... thanks @eefy, build thread done with pics!

After many, many chasing phone calls and texts I picked the car up in July 2017. It was running but still on the standard ABF map so was a little lumpy.
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I used the 02A from the Ibiza and the shift tower on a custom mount. A floor mounted pedal box took care of the clutch and brakes ...

I bought some Phase 1 Zender Turbos as a stop gap and I actually really like them. The retro look works for me.
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The project changed gear at this point. A combination of the fact that every time I drove the car I came back with a smile on my face and the value for money of cheap ...

Over winter, one of the wheel cylinders split. I decided to replace everything other than the backing plate as all the springs and both the drums were in a sorry state. This was not a job I wanted to do again, particularly in a freezing cold garage. Some of the springs were a nightmare but after ...