Well overdue Update as have been far to distant as of late with plenty of decorating, new job, other work and a partner that has needed time for the dust to settle where a certain hatchback is concerned lol
Few pics borrowed from Bills facebook page
Although the graphs show this and its old setup are pretty much nearly the same in the lower rev range its a completely different story actually driving it, the higher comp, cc, stroke and of coarse manifolds etc totally transformed the car off boost and the lower end of the range, it feel like its got so much more torque and just pulls be it round town or on the motorway
The car is still fecking awesome and going on strong, its had a couple of issues but nothing thats not to be expected with the heat cycles and running of a new build
As reply to the econimical side of things it can be really good, probably better than ever if you drive REALLY sensibly, i did so as a trial run which was a 95 mile round trip to an interview with sainsburys just cruising between 70-80, and to my surprise i only consumed just under a quarter of a tank with the dis saying 55mpg (i know its lying as can only be calibrated up to 750cc injectors and im running 1000's)
So far fuel wise have had this many mile to litres but next on should be more as have driven sensibly for part of the tank
215 miles 50 litres
225 miles 55 litres
228 miles 58 litres
The car itself is going well and has provided a whole new level of excitment the last couple of days as has been wet and has brought back some the excitement that i have missed since going 4wd......breaking traction and having to correct and actually fight the car a bit whilst accelerating in 2nd and 3rd
I can also confirm that the car hasn't got any kind of limiter as maybe previously thought and does go OFF THE CLOCK...i managed to find a terrible quality video of another car with simular spec doing the same thing but not sure if i can upload it lol
For some reason the works computer won't display photobucket so will have to update some of the photos via mobile
Now all the good bits are out of the way i will start on the more unhappy parts
The brakes are driving me mental with squeal...ive added anti squeal shims now which have improved things but theres plenty of squeal still present so am probably going to put some 2nd hand oems in that i have got knocking about in for now and save the ds3000's for track
The battery as some of you may know decided to swell like a ballon at Bills and nearly self combust, i have been in contact with JJC who it was purchased from and they requested i send the battery back to the manufacturer for analysis
They after having the battery 3 weeks deemed that the battery isn't covered by warrenty which being only 6 months old at the time of failure find disgusting and they don't seem willing to budge at all so will try other routes with this battle now
When out for a spirited drive one day as i slowed up to a round about it was very clear something was wrong as there was a cloud of steam coming out from the bonnet, once pulled over i was surprised to find that the turbo coolant return hardpipe hosetail had broken off where it joins to the rubber oem pipe, this seems to be a manufacturing failure as looks like is originally pressed onto the boss that you weld to the pipe, anyways have now pushed the pipe over the boss and clamped there which is holding up fine
The downpipe also appeared to be fouling but only when its really hot, it was quite clear that this is down to it expanding when hot as once under there was quite clear had been rubbing on the prop doughnut which supprissingly when cold had a reasonable amount of clearance
I have to say that now i have looked at it more closely underneath i cant believe how little clearance there is in there and give Bill his dues on the 4' part of the downpipe there isn't either enough room to get a finger each side of it
I'm currently working on a double gauge pod for the steering column to house my stack boost gauge and new stack il pressure gauge, then eventually i'll be getting an afr gauge in the A piller mount
Think i've included everything in the essay
Ps Sam it sounds lovely, it is louder exhaust and induction but i was previously running a resonated milltek, the induction is a lot louder i suppose due to more airflow bigger tip and being top mount
