[car_upgrade] 205 Dimma

[barry d 6]

stunning dimma.looks mint.

[bazil_205gti 22]

first problem with original engine once fitted found coolent leaking in the sump ripped all back out again and sent it back.

 

they stripped it down and said they couldnt find anything wrong charged me £740!! when it arrive back to me had been damaged the thermostat housing was smashed.

 

second problem fitted back in got it running and found coolent leaking out between head and block see pic

 

http://s871.photobuc...205dimma003.jpg

 

third problem found the sump was cracked around bolt when i removed it found it must have been like it befor it was built as it had red sealer in the cracks on the inside, company told me i must have done it! sourced a new one at my expence.

 

http://s871.photobuc...205dimma004.jpg

 

the crank pulley was buckeled, and where they had fitted some sort of adaptor plate to fit the gti6 mount to the deisel block it kept throwing my auxilary belt off.

 

i then discovered it still leakin into the sump took the head off myself and found the head and block wernt compatible!

 

photo shows where the water way on the head left its mark on the block you can see it would have never sealed! and was like it from day one!

 

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engine taken out again and sent back this time i had identified the problem and obviously it had been there from day one when i asked for the £740 back,they charged me for doing nothing i was told that because i took the head off the warranty was void!!

even tho they was incapable of finding the problem in the first place or in my opinion tried to get away with it and charge me a shed load more money!

 

anyway they finally agreed to build me a new engine with the gti6 block which i wanted in the first place but was told the deisel block was better.

 

after waiting a month for them to source pistons i was told that the standard rods wouldnt fit the pistons and i would need to fork out for forged rods!! another £540! or i could have the first piece of crap back and they would just block the hole in the head kinda defeated the object of me taking the whole engine out again! so i went for the rods.

 

i waited for the delivery and when it turns up its just a pallet with scrap on it they got the pallets mixed up and sent my engine somewhere else day off work wasted. then when it finally turned up a week later i found it to be damged again!!

 

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But there was no chance in hell i was going to send the engine back to them to repair so i sourced a new cambelt cover and fitted myself.

 

Sorry for the rant but i really needed to get it out, has been a terrible experience but glad with the out come.

 

Dont forget to check the title of the Album.

 

I just want to say a big thanks to the guys on here as some of you have been a big help and probably wouldnt have this car to show for it if it werent for you. so BIG thanks!

[pugpete1108 62 1 Cars]

Car looks awesome dude, gutted the engine cost you near on 5k ?

 

To be honest someone would have been getting a dry slap if it were my money but you got there in the end.

 

I'm thinking of a ew engined dimma myself next.

 

Enjoy

 

edit:just got the title of the album, nice touch

Edited June 4, 2012 by pugpete1108

[bazil_205gti 22]

Thanks pal

 

Be good to see more dimmas out there mate look forward to seeing your project

[pugpete1108 62 1 Cars]

i'll be a while, gotta finish mine first.

 

wont be a factory one either as my pockets aint that deep.

[M@tt 77]

awesome work!! you should be very pleased

 

Christ another pile of turd by Hiflowheads!!!!!! what a bunch of cowboys!!?! These guys must surely be on our bad trader list by now or there should at least be a sticky!!

[joris_andriesse 8]

So frustrating reading about that bunch of f*ckers messing up your engine. Arghhh.

 

But your car is amazing, enjoy it!

[lewis205cti 12]

Sorry to hear about all your engine problems, but your Dimma looks amazing in the end. Worth the effort.

[Para 82 2 Cars]

Definitely my favourite Dimma out there. Fantastic looking car, I would love to see it in person.

[erwin_meijer 11 1 Cars]

Love this dimma. And the engine.

[bazil_205gti 22]

Thanks guys glad you all like her

 

heres a few more pics of the rear beam reconditioned and raied as was rubbing.

 

 

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will get a pic of the ride hight see what you guys think im not sure if it too high or not may need to go down just a lil.

 

heres some of the inside after washing the carpet fitting original pjase1 casset player and refreshing the faded door cards which made so much of a difference as you will see.

 

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when i recieved the stereo found nothing lit up so took aprt and souldered in some new lamps much better not bad for 5 quid off ebay was listed just under philips stereo lucky and rare find

 

http://s871.photobuc...14062012875.jpg

 

also fitted head rests in the back as realised they have the tubes already welded in the seats so was pretty simple, just needed the plastic tubes and clips out of a set of front seats, will probably be mixed opinions about the look lol

 

http://s871.photobuc...14062012872.jpg

[Zara 41 1 Cars]

Looking goooooooood )

[lewis205cti 12]

Any progress on this? what did you use to clean/refresh the carpet?

[bazil_205gti 22]

Hi used some carpet cleaner from halfords not sure what make will check but made a world of difference on the door cards,this is gonna sound bad lol but i used permanent red marker it dont come off and is the exact same colour they look new, wish i could tell all the people out there with faded door cards because it only took about 5 mins

 

I ave just recieved today the GAZ GHA that i ordered from the group buy so willget some more pics and fit them tomorrow also it is booked in with track and road on the 2nd of oct so we shall see what she produces with the restrictor in for low boost first.

[Paul_13 212 1 Cars]

I like picture 15 of 29. Another unhappy customer!

[lewis205cti 12]

Thanks for the update mate. I'll be getting myself a red market

[bazil_205gti 22]

heres a few pics of the gha's i fitted yesterday really pleased, as u can see the old Avo's had seen better days lol was shocked how well every thing went hubs pretty much dropped off and they were on with in a couple of hours

 

out with the old and in with the new

 

 

fitted ))

 

 

now just got to ajust ride hight will get a couple of pics not sure to have her low or a almost standard hight as a dimma? thoughts?

[welshpug 1,622]

Old ones look the same, avo are black!

[bazil_205gti 22]

well the other one has an Avo sticker on it???

[bazil_205gti 22]

Finally got the dimma down to track and road to be mapped, had it mapped to the smallest ristrictor for now even tho the compression ratio has been lowered for the high boost i just wanted to see what sort of horsepower it would put out. it did 244bhp which i was very happy with considering a gti6 at standard compression did 260bhp at low boost. so im going to leave it for a while just to make sure ive got no problems. Then look at increasing the boost, taking out the restrictor completely but even at 244 it is an animal to drive heres a vid link to the final power run was such a tense time. ENJOY!

 

[welshpug 1,622]

I think I missed it if you said before, which ecu are you using?

 

will be interesting to see how this engine behaves compared to the gti6 with boost, not massively different I would imagine.

[SurGie 54]

That looks awesome. Love the red stripe, particularly simple but great little touch. Best dimma i've seen in a long time.

 

My sentiments too, the best Dimma project the the drivers forum at the moment, attention to details like what you have done is a nice touch.

 

Black/Miami Dimma's look the best imo.

[bazil_205gti 22]

welshpug: i am running MBE management i think it will be interesting to see what it does without the retrictor, i have decided that il be keeping the front end as it is so no room for a larger intercooler, as i dont want it sticking out the front spoiling the look.

 

so im not expecting it to make the 400bhp but still it is seriously good fun to drive

 

i have just fitted some aero catches to the bonnet as the corners were lifting which was giving me a serious twitch lol looks real nice was a bit nerv racking tho jigsawring out the flimsy bonnet. will post up some photos later

[Zara 41 1 Cars]

Love this car sooooo much! Cant wait to see you both next year!

[bazil_205gti 22]

wheels refurbish next

 

so took me 7 hours to get them apart!

 

 

 

then gave the backs a good clean and wet and dry to remove 27 years of corrosion, then took rims up to Bim to work hit magic and shine them up

 

Paint being removed a good few different layers lol

 

 

 

it appears the rears had never been polished so Bim really had his work cut out

 

 

but after all his hard work got them back like this )

 

 

ordered new bolts came to 173 from Germany just awaiting the arrival, centres have been blasted and being prepped and sprayed same colour as car with the dimma stamp detailed in white will get up some pics as soon as parts come back to me. got new tyres too.