Well, what a knackering weekend.
Friday I finished work early so the steering rack could be changed. Luckily I became a bit of a hoarder about 8-9 months ago, and bought an lcr quick rack, which has been sat in the garden ever since, as it came in handy.
For those that don't know, the 2 small metal pipes on the a3 racks (I assume, on the tqs for sure) stick out towards the passenger side and were obviously rubbing on the downpipe. The lcr ones stick out towards the back and have some additional heat shielding so are a much better design. That is until you drive the car and hear this knocking that only happens when you accelerate. That'd be one of the large metal pipes knocking against the prop shaft that the lcr doesn't have. Some bendage with a large screwdriver and job's a good 'un.
Top mounts were also changed, and the bearings were dead:
Also whipped these in, just need to code them in to stop the flashing immo light:
They make such a difference as they look so much better. They also keep chugging up to 140, but their were others on my private runway so the bottle went before the car did.
Was busy Saturday until early afternoon. Once that was done we started work on the beast, again. Got a new map on from Dan and voila, no more lambda issues, but crazy boost spike if i applied wide open throttle from low down. Let her get to 3k before opening up and it sits about 23-24 psi.
By the time the bumper was mauled I knew that I wouldn't be joining the pub crew at the hotel, so we decided to make the car sound more like a tuned car should. After a chat with Ben about the Karltek, the Scorpion was chopped open. This is all listed above with pics so no real need for more on what we did.
Up ridiculously early on Sunday for AITP. Drove a steady 80ish and because cruise control is amazing, I got this:
I used about a 1/4 of a tank to do 130miles. Met up with the boys at the hotel then headed back to AITP. Raced Scott off the lights, did a drive by past Karl, went the wrong way and wasted a fair amount of petrol. They all commented how well it goes, and how good the modded exhaust sounds on full go, so I will have to listen to it at some point.
Car got more attention then normal at AITP, but only when the bonnet was open! had a chat with tuffty about a few bits, showed Chris the S2000 filter , had a chat with Cobra88 about mine and his cars as well.
Also took SuperK out in it. Drove like a bit of a tool which is the law when showing a car, but he seemed to enjoy it and commented on how quick it was. It's also made him see he needs a map in his life, which is good.
Averaged 32.5 to the gallon depite all that, so the K04 really was a great upgrade.
