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Cue tuffty.....
Is anyone else running a lightened flywheel or one of the fidanza flywheels? This fidanza one I am using seems to have a fair bit of chatter during idle. Just took the car out for a quick spin down the road now and it wasn't so evident then but my face wasn't in the engine bay.
Thats the benchmark right there. Awesome job.
Is anyone else running a lightened flywheel or one of the fidanza flywheels? This fidanza one I am using seems to have a fair bit of chatter during idle. Just took the car out for a quick spin down the road now and it wasn't so evident then but my face wasn't in the engine bay.
S3 Baby had a different flywheel to standard on his S3 when he bought it and it would chatter quite a bit. You could notice it when at standstill but the noise changed when the clutch was depressed.
Have to agree that's one fine looking S3 Andy!
I absolutely love the rear bumper and pipes. Great work mate!
Single mass flywheels always chatter mate... hear it all the time on the SEAT's that roll into Bill's with them on...
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Fantastic car Andy, great attention to detail. It reminds me of the widebody S4 Doug has just built at MRC. Perhaps you should make a video?
Not a particularly exciting update.............................MOT passed. Just a case of tax and insurance now, can't wait.
any issues with the MOT or all good?
Finally taxed and insured. Insurance took a while to sort out in the end. I tried different companies for a whole week but either got high quotes or no response then finally I tried Sky Insurance off of here. I did originally try them first but could never get through on the phone but gave them one last try on Friday and they arranged insurance for a good price and efficiently unlike some of the other companies I tried.
Anyway so I finally got on the road to run it in. I've been keeping it under 3k rpm at the moment and will do so for a few hundred miles to run it in before I start to put more load on it and check out what this tune is like from Unitronics. I have been logging the oil pressure via a switch installed in the turbo feed line near the oil filter and would be interested to know if anybody else has logged their oil pressure and what readings they were getting at idle/fast idle etc. I've also had a chance to feel what the new roll bars and suspension are like. The car feels quite tight which is good and the kw sports suspension is firmer than I had anticipated. I haven't seen much boost on the zeitronix gauge but I have been keeping it under 3k so the turbo will barely be spooling up. Just plodding along at the moment with very little power getting some miles covered!
Take it easy Andy, your patience will pay off I also have the KW kit and find it quite a nice medium between standard and super harsh suspension.
I cant get over how good this car looks! Loving the contrast of black against that pearly white.
This is a very well prepped car!
How did you go with the inlet?
More heat shielding mate... S3 heat shielding isn't enough especially on top mount turbo's
You could use either ali or SS tube if you want a hard pipe... the servo line only sees vacuum...
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Andy, with your turbo, shouldnt you be getting WAAAAAAAY more than 194g/s at 18psi?
I get 189g/s from a ko3S that's struggling to make 12psi at 6000rpm!
is it mapped yet?
is that the stock sized maf housing?