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 Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2021 1:20 pm |
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Joined: Sep 21, 2014
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Location: stoke on trent
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On Thursday we will be fitting the following
4-1 stainless exhaust manifold
lightweight crank pulley
steel gear linkages
quick shift
looking forward to getting these bits on as it will certainly add to the driving experience, need to sort out an exhaust system to finish off that side of things especially as the rear box is now blowing.
Hopefully will be able to fit the full uprated engine mount set and front strut brace before the end of the month.
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Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2021 1:43 pm |
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Location: stoke on trent
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Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2021 4:18 pm |
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tomorrow the car will be having the following going onto it (all being well)
4-1 manifold (possibly decat at same time depends whats easiest haha)
oil and filter change
new fuel filter
quickshift and steel gear linkages
i have also got the car booked in on 29th october for a custom cat back system at MIJ performance in walsall
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Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2021 5:43 pm |
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Nice one,
Those coilovers I have on my 180. VERY harsh ride - on my MOT they stated (jobs worths)
Monitor and repair if necessary (advisories):
Front suspension has little movement due to upgraded components.
I reckon best suited to the track.
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Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2021 7:08 pm |
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Location: stoke on trent
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glad to see the forum back up and running i have a few things to update on so ill copy/paste over best i can
21/10/2021
On Thursday the following were fitted
4-1 manifold
short shift and steel gear linkages with uprated fork bush.
alloy crank pulley
Oil and filter change
I can say without any hesitation the car feels so much better now on the gear change and also the manifold has really opened it up from 3.5k onwards it certainly pulls harder.
I have the car booked in for a set of Avon zv7 tyres also and really can't wait get the stainless system on there next Friday afternoon.
I've also bought a spare cylinder head that I'll be sending to Al developments and then complimenting that with a pair of Newman ph2 cams and a custom remap of the oe ecu at GT Motorsport.
31/10/2021
went to collect the spare cylinder head from my local parcelforce yesterday this will be sent to AL developments for porting etc
in midweek i received the new water pump and cam belt kit that will be fitted at same time as the new head.
Had to postpone getting an exhaust made on friday as we have had some bloody horrible bug in our house for over a week now which has seen me having take a total of 4 days off due to looking after my son and myself also being bad, so for the time being i got this ordered.
A little temporary fix for the car to replace the blown standard part. I'll be going full custom once the engine develops in the new year
01/11/2021
One thing I have been looking into is how to upgrade the front brakes without having pay 1k+
(i know you guys will already know all of this)
standard front discs are only 266mm in size so the obvious first option would of been to go for a set of GTi 180 calipers/discs which would up the size to 283mm.
After a bit more of a search I fount out that a model of the 307cc had 302mm brakes and they are also interchangeable with my car.
So a quick trip to eBay and I fount the calipers required for £40 and got straight onto euros for a set of brembo discs and ebc green stuff pads (will run yellowstuff for track use)
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Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2021 7:20 pm |
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| JamieM wrote: |
Nice one,
Those coilovers I have on my 180. VERY harsh ride - on my MOT they stated (jobs worths)
Monitor and repair if necessary (advisories):
Front suspension has little movement due to upgraded components.
I reckon best suited to the track. |
sounds like he was a proper one 
should be bang on for what we want until we change over down the line
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Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2021 6:21 am |
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Hi guys been hugely busy with work so things have slowed down a bit.
But I have managed do a few more little bits on the car
Gave the throttle body a much needed clean
Fitted a new set of Ngk spark plugs all gapped correctly.
And also got the sportex back box on there what I'm really happy with looks wise and also I can't fault the sound it's just enough (as said this is only a temp set up until I go full custom when we get the engine build underway).
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Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2021 1:11 pm |
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Location: stoke on trent
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Purchased this last night
Been doing a lot of research on a piggyback ECU and these things seem to be right at the top, they can even run throttle bodies etc when ran in fuel implant mode.
This will be going on as soon as I get the ported head and newman cams in there.
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Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2021 6:01 am |
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Joined: Sep 21, 2014
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Location: stoke on trent
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been massively busy with work tying up the last jobs before a little xmas break.
update on the car is as follows
the water pump decided to let go, but i think it only did about a max of 3 miles in said state.
Going to test the head to make sure the gasket is in good shape and if so will be doing cambelt/waterpump etc during xmas and new year.
Did a bit of swatting up on best way and it seems that taking the engine off its mounts and lifting/tilting forward makes he job a hell of a lot easier, this will also be the ideal time to fit the uprated engine mounts 
if it turns out the head gasket is shot then I have a spare cylinder head here that will be sent to AL Developments in the new year for porting etc and well look a uprating the cams at the same time
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Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2021 12:42 pm |
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Great news the hg is fine, I did think it should be but you never know.
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Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2022 9:27 am |
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Joined: Sep 21, 2014
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Location: stoke on trent
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After being let down on numerous occasions to use a friends ramps at his garage I decided to get the car over to my good mate rsmat at ocd productions to get some of the work underway and most importantly get the new water pump and cam belt kit on there.
I'll hopefully be able to join him on the spanners and rattle a few jobs off also.
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Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2022 5:04 pm |
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Location: stoke on trent
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Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2022 9:22 am |
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Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2022 8:51 am |
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ew little updates for anyone interested
carbon fibre door cards should arrive either tomorrow or monday
the car now has a fresh 12 months MOT and it passed without a single advisory, which for a 2005 car what i paid a grand for cant be bad.
new rear brakes and braided brake lines have been fitted
next on the list is get the front brakes and braided lines on, sportex centre section and then coilovers.
one thing that has become noticable is the cars now running rather rich since fitting the exhaust manifold, so once its back here ill get my mate at gt motorsport to map it as is for me this will do for the time being and keep things safe.
really cant wait get back out in this thing, will certainly have a more drivers focused feel to it.
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Posted: Sun May 15, 2022 3:22 pm |
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Location: stoke on trent
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got quite a few updates that have happened over the last month
firstly the new front brake set up was fitted
comparison of old disk size compared to new
i ordered a new set of numberplates with a little nod towards mr ocd (rsmat)
vmaxx coilovers have been fitted and already has really made the car feel more planted, just working out how much to drop the ride height now, possibly between 35-50mm
my newman ph2 cams finally arrived after just over a month, these are about as extreme as i can go on standard injection once we go over to throttle bodies these will be swapped out for ph4 cams.
OMP front strut brace fitted
OMP steering wheel fitted
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