Hi all,
I have a 2002 Leon Cupra which a few mates and I bought cheap with the intention of using for track days. It's a fab car, and we really chuffed with it - it's almost too nice to use!
So far I've done some mechanical bits like the timing kit/water pump and flushed the oil ways etc, and we are moving into the stage of removing weight. Everything has been removed from the front seats backwards. Roof, carpets, bench, boot trim, rear wiper are gone. It's made the car much faster and a real hoot to drive, it's like a little van.
I've got a few questions before I go any further that I need some technical help with before getting into a potential mess, so Any advice would be brilliant.
1. I'd like to remove the AC unit on the engine but I don't know what size belt I'll need if I ditch it, or do I need some sort of idler pulley with the oem length?
2. Are there any issues in terms of what I can't easily remove behind the dash? I need the car to be street legal and MOTd. The plan is to take away everything possible but put the dash skin back in so that it looks like a normal car from the front seat view.
3. I'd like to fit a battery kill switch but will that screw with the alarm? Ideally I'd like to remove the alarm but again I'm wary it'll cause immobiliser issues (unless that can be removed too?)
4. Finally car is leaking water, looks like it's coming in from behind the dash. Are there any areas of weakness I can check first in fixing this? I don't care about the looks so happy to fill it with tigerseal or something lol.
Cheers.
I have a 2002 Leon Cupra which a few mates and I bought cheap with the intention of using for track days. It's a fab car, and we really chuffed with it - it's almost too nice to use!
So far I've done some mechanical bits like the timing kit/water pump and flushed the oil ways etc, and we are moving into the stage of removing weight. Everything has been removed from the front seats backwards. Roof, carpets, bench, boot trim, rear wiper are gone. It's made the car much faster and a real hoot to drive, it's like a little van.
I've got a few questions before I go any further that I need some technical help with before getting into a potential mess, so Any advice would be brilliant.
1. I'd like to remove the AC unit on the engine but I don't know what size belt I'll need if I ditch it, or do I need some sort of idler pulley with the oem length?
2. Are there any issues in terms of what I can't easily remove behind the dash? I need the car to be street legal and MOTd. The plan is to take away everything possible but put the dash skin back in so that it looks like a normal car from the front seat view.
3. I'd like to fit a battery kill switch but will that screw with the alarm? Ideally I'd like to remove the alarm but again I'm wary it'll cause immobiliser issues (unless that can be removed too?)
4. Finally car is leaking water, looks like it's coming in from behind the dash. Are there any areas of weakness I can check first in fixing this? I don't care about the looks so happy to fill it with tigerseal or something lol.
Cheers.