Hi guys pretty new to these engines. Got a 2009 Leon FR 2.0 Tdi 170 BMN.
The car absolutely stinks of raw diesel on idle and after a while of idling starts to white smoke, driving sometimes is fine it feels like it drives okay and othertimes feels extremely flat and returns poor MPG.. 30ish mpg...
lol they stood out a bit in the tyre shop so did a quick bit of googling and looked at reviews and decided to buy [emoji16]
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Thanks for the kind feedback appreciate it, I don't know a lot but there's so much good info knocking about on these forums you could rebuild one of these cars from the ground up with the search bar lol!
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Small update to add, here's a small clip of the car on a local small track just took it to see what needs upgrading next and it definitely needs a good set of coilovers the body roll is horrific lol also need to upgrade brakes so may go for LCR or just some ds2500 pads with some good discs...
Speaking from my experience with my Ibiza, when I bought the car it was stage 1 205hp and was decent I liked it but definately felt quicker with the stage 2 mods but not as much as I was hoping for. The difference is noticeable but tbh if your wanted more power your best option is to go for a...
Cheers guys, not much progress atm just deciding where to get it remapped and still waiting for all the catch can fitting parts to arrive, will get some pics when I install it took some pics today at the park after walking the dog of how it currently looks ..
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Hi mate yeah swapped fronts and rears, the Cupra seats don't seem anywhere near as holding as these do and not only that the design looks a bit dated and shitty on the regular Cupra seats, plus these are the same style recaro in the LCR which are quite rare so it's an upgrade of sorts I suppose...
Thanks mate it's coming along now, I get bored of cars very easily so keep on adding bits and messing with bits to keep me entertained lol.
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Yeah the brakes and the turbo were the main reasons I wanted an LCR but I bought the Cupra for like the 6th of the price of a good LCR so thought hell with it and bought it, it's a good car for the money touch wood just lacking power but I'm on with that lol
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