My 1992 GTI

**DocWalt** · 09-02-2016, 09:54 AM

Crankshaft is back in the car... King sent me the wrong rod bearings but I had thankfully bought a set of VW Motorsports bearings. Clearances look good, 0.003" on the mains and 0.002" on the rods. A little snug, but I should be able to run a bit thinner oil which may help keep the lifters pumped up.

I've gotta put the trans back on and a few hours worth of putting things back together... but it's nearly able to be driven for the first time since before NG

**DocWalt** · 09-02-2016, 09:32 PM

I fired it up tonight and it runs and has fantastic oil pressure. Nearly double the idle oil pressure of before and the pressure climbs very quickly to ~65psi at 3500 RPM and holds that until at least 6k RPM. I'll finish putting the car together tomorrow and go for a drive.

**MDoe8** · 09-05-2016, 12:41 PM

it's been 3 days, has it thrown a rod yet?

**nodoze** · 09-05-2016, 01:14 PM

Is their a shrine to spun bearings you pray to every night in your garage ?

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**stealthee** · 09-05-2016, 01:27 PM

I'll have to take a picture of the spun bearing we took out of a 4g63 yesterday. It's definitely interesting.

**DocWalt** · 09-05-2016, 03:17 PM

No spun bearings or thrown rods yet... but I'm likely selling it to a friend of mine assuming it lasts ~1k miles lol

**DocWalt** · 03-02-2018, 11:39 AM

I pick up a set of brand new Hella lights for a ridiculously low price

Much clearer than the Autopal lights I had before.

Still been working on the tune, it's now pretty pleasant to drive around and faster than ever and VERY smooth when being driven hard. Around town it's not perfect but that's part of the trade offs with HUGE cams and a plenum intake. Low loads at low RPMs are really sensitive and you have to feather the clutch more than stock, but not a huge deal. It drives pretty well considering how heavily modified it is while still looking pretty much stock even in the engine bay.

Anyone want to buy it?

Cosmetically looks kinda "meh" and I found some rust in the rear valence

(hidden under the big rear bumper)