January 22, 201511 yr Nice work [emoji106] I bet it shifts off the line like a stabbed rat at 5k launch [emoji5] can't beat that just remapped feeling either [emoji33] [emoji51] [emoji12]
January 22, 201511 yr Very nice mate. You might get along with brocky hes just signed up in thr newbie section he's got a blobeye too doing it up not long had antil lag and launch control done.
January 23, 201511 yr Author Cheers Chaps. Gambit I've just checked out the thread, looks like one to watch :) As my car has been sat for best part of a year, it seems my battery has taken a turn for the worst. Alarm chirp on startup every morning this week, but failed completely this morning and needed jumping. Checked voltage with the car running and getting 14.7v so the alternator is fine. Got myself an AA trickle charger which is on the case now, see if it's recoverable or if the battery needs swapping.
January 23, 201511 yr Yeah be nice to see you both doing Cadwell ;) Yeah I'd say it's just flat battery hopefully severable.
January 23, 201511 yr Author Really wanna do more Cadwell this year, did plenty of Blyton last year whenever I flew home which is a great track, especially for learning - but Cadwell has character!
January 23, 201511 yr It's an awesome track I love it strangely satisfying to go round, I think with it being so narrow and the hills just gives it that edge over most.
January 23, 201511 yr Author Aye the undulations are excellent. Also, I signed up to run at the JGM memorial event at Elvington. Anyone else attending?
January 23, 201511 yr I should be going if not going to Castle combes. But looking more like I'll be going JGM memorial. You need to look at the events thread more lol :D
January 24, 201511 yr Nice car buddy some good time and effort put in to the car there just what i like to see what day is this memorial on as im only an hour from york
January 24, 201511 yr Its on a Friday mate we've been offered a club stand but same weekend as japfest don't think enough is going to make the minimum up. I can't remember the date lol 15th of some month [emoji1] I'm on the phone at the minute but its in the events thread.
February 17, 201510 yr Author Had a mixed couple of weeks with the car, but as of today - we're on a high! 1) Booked Oulton Park for 31st March, did I say that already? 2)Car started bogging down in second. Fiance's brother came round to seethe car, went out for a ride in it and it was holding back in secondgear - and a bit in third. It annoyed me, but I had to go away for acouple of days so left the car parked up at work. Gotback, and on the drive home - floored it on the bypass and it violentlycut power on boost. Got it home and quickly found a tear in the vachose feeding the FPR reference: Chopped the end of the vac hose, refitted and went for a drive. No more violent cut-outs, but still hesitating in 2nd and 3rd. Hmmmm.. 3) Ordered a new fuel pump. SWRD 340lph in the car was new, but still an "easy" thing to swap out and rule out. Thanks to Alyn @ AS, my Deatschwerks replacement arrived in less than 12 hours - !Removed! brilliant service. Swapped it out on the drive: Took the car out, pulling like a boss in all gears - excellent :) 4) Fitted a CDF Brake stopper... no pics. 5) Had the car booked to go see Andrew Carr again, this time on a rolling road. Went down today, Andrew was aware of my fuel pump/vac hose adventure - so we were expecting a troubleshooting session, but as I got on top of things at home - it was to become a power run! First run on the rollers, car made 378bhp. Andrew explained it was running quite rich, presumably because it was previously mapped on a failing or inadequate fuel pump. He leaned it out a bit, and the next run fetched 391bhp. Two more tweaks led to 395 and then finally 398.6bhp with 362ft/lbs of torque, oh and a massive grin from me! Happy boy, that additional 20bhp I gained today is most definitely noticable - car is an absolute hoot.
February 17, 201510 yr Nice job mate and mad that tiny hole did that much. Think be on my list this year to get in for another remap.
April 12, 201510 yr Author Been slacking on updates, got a couple though. Car has been running fine for a few weeks now, no repeat evidence of it bogging down or misfiring. After seizing up one of my Brembo's at Blyton last time out, I decided to buy a seal kit and some paint and go for a refurb. Everything went great with the seals and paintjob: Bolted them back up to the car, fitted all the lines and then came to tighten up the bleed nipples. Got all the way around the car to the last nipple on the last caliper, and it stripped the thread out... This was all about 5 days before Oulton Park :( I responded by sending Ian@Godspeed some money... :D Got the AP's bolted up, and did a few bedding in miles. Also gave the car a post-winter wash, went full on with: Snow Foam 2bm wash with CarLack shampoo Iron-X Sonus Clay DA Polished with 3M pads and Sonus Restore Hand polish with Carlack protection and sealant The observant amongst you may also notice I moved house, so now have a double garage for my tinkering :)
April 12, 201510 yr Author Next up is a purchase I made back in October(?) DAMD flat bottomed wheel. Smaller but chunkier: Then it was Oulton time, finally! :D Day was very wet, cold, windy and we even had hail and snow!! Morning running was very slow and nervous, with lots of red flags. Got some good mixed/dry running in the afternoon though despite traffic. Car felt great, loved it. Cadwell now booked for the 29th.
April 12, 201510 yr Lookin good mate. I had noticed it was another house.. That would explain why no one was in when I've been lurking ;) Really like that flat bottom steering wheel looks loads better I wouldn't mind something like that myself. Enjoyed the video too something about the turbo flutter thought the clio could have moved over a bit sooner though :)
April 12, 201510 yr Oh and if I'm not busy on the 29th and remember I'll have a drive up to spectate think it's still free :)
April 12, 201510 yr looking good buddy im there 24th 25th and 26th but will pop up 29th. what turbo you on btw
April 12, 201510 yr Author Thanks Gents, will look out for you at Cadwell. Running TD0520G with a billet compressor wheel.
November 22, 20169 yr Really liked this thread. Sorry for bringing it back from the dead haha. I like what you did with the center console and changing the LEDs to match it all up. I'm kind of in the same boat now as what you were. DEFI gauges are in white, red speedo, green climate control...kinda want to go all red or, red and white as I can't change the DEFI's (I think?)
November 22, 20169 yr Have to agree enjoyed reading this thread from the beginning some great mods and well executed. A lot of what you've done is similar to what I'd like to fit. I like the bonnet struts so any info you can recall about them would be appreciated 👍👍. Car looks great a real credit to all the hard work and effort that's gone into it 😎😎😎
November 24, 20169 yr On 2/17/2014 at 6:23 PM, Fonzey said: My red clocks and head unit looked ace, but the other green crap didn't. Sorry to ask again, but can I just ask for a write up on how you did this? I want to change mine as I'm not sold on the green with the red speedo clocks...and I've got white DEFIs...thinking of going red as well for these. Also, where did you get the black controls from?
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