Dan's GTX3582r, 2.0 20v, project '600'

[Dan1720v]

Last Saturday, made the 350 mile round trip to go and collect it. Bought it from a very loving owner, who also gave me alot of other bits and pieces i wasnt expecting, like 5l of mobil 1 oil, tailor fitted car cover and a few others.

Well here it is...

Basic spec:
225PS – 1.8, 20v Turbo – Running the standard map
• K&N 57i Cone filter – freshly cleaned and re-oiled red
• Jabbasport polished stainless heat shield
• Autobahn88 Silicone Turbo intake pipe, in red
• Newsouth phenolic intake manifold spacer gasket
• Forge Motorsport closed loop diverter valve
• N249 Bypass mod
• Various replacement vacuum/boost hoses in red silicone hose

Wheels/Tyres:

• Standard Leon Cupra R 18” wheels – minor scuffs and discolouration, but no buckling
• Toyo Proxes T1-R’s - All 4 newly fitted in February this year, with less than 5,000 miles covered

Brakes:

• EBC Ultimax Discs front and rear
• EBC Yellow stuff pads front and rear – rears have plenty of life left, but the fronts are due for replacement. A set of OEM spec Ferodo pads will be fitted prior to sale.
• New O/S/R calliper, lacquered red to match, fitted at time of brake overhaul (approx 35k ago), plus new brake fluid

Chassis:

• Superpro Polybushes - fitted to Wishbones, Dogbone Torque mount and Anti-roll bar
• Audi S3 upper strut brace
• Original Stock LCR spec springs and shocks – Firm and stiff, but not harsh
• N/S/F Wheel bearing replaced – January 2010

One thing I didn't realise, was how slow these are in standard trim!! Soo...

FMIC
Milltek exhaust, non res, with sports cat.

this shall be fitted next week and hopefully in for mapping at P-Torque at the weekend...

Today gave it a winter protection, using :-
Auto glym SRP
Jetseal 901
Supernatural Hybrid Sealant
Dodo Juice Purple Haze wax

 

[RDS]

Sounds like a great base car to build on

 

[cupra_r_ick]

fabia looks bang on mate

 

[Dan1720v]

Soo...

Stealth

Before,

During,

After.

 

[EL]

Good going mate, making real nice progress there

 

[mc funbot]

Good job there Pal

 

[Dan1720v]

Update again..

Love it!

Then I got lazy and got someone else argue with the seized cat bolts

Already pulls so much better than the standard down pipe back system. Hopefully it'll be in for mapping on Saturday.

 

[akchappers]

What's that miltek like? Just cancelled mine and getting a custom job now as heard mixed reports! Sound good?
Looking good though mate!
Ak

 

[Deleted member 12147]

Out of interest what paint did you use on the intercooler? I'm considering whether or not to paint mine.

 

[Dan1720v]

What's that miltek like? Just cancelled mine and getting a custom job now as heard mixed reports! Sound good?
Looking good though mate!
Ak

It's brilliant. Genuinely the best fit I've had exhaust wise, no fiddling for get it to sit right, just sat perfectly. Sound wise, inside the car, you'd never know it was fitted. And that's at all speeds. Externally, apparently it's a nice tone according to my mrs when I drove past her work lol.

Out of interest what paint did you use on the intercooler? I'm considering whether or not to paint mine.

To paint, I scotched it up, then etch primed it, then 2 coats of gloss black from halfords.

 

[Dan1720v]

Booked in at p-torque on sat afternoon for stage 2 mapping

 

[Dan1720v]

More pictures with another wax coat:

Some pictures to show how (in)visible the intercooler is:

One question, with how the black number plate bracket is, how do people get the big mouth front? as a small number plate would leave the block exposed?

 

[Dan1720v]

Well, took the trip up to p-torque yesterday.

Arrived there will was tied up with another car but took the time to come and explain he was running slightly behind, but would be with me shortly.

After he finished, onto my car it was. Strapped down and ran up on the rollers. Then, on the power run, disaster!! Down to 3 cylinders. Gutted. Especially as the previous lever had only just replaced the coils before I bought it. Will took off the. Engine cover off and found cyl 4 cool had come unplugged. Due to a broken look clip. I think he was relieved as I was!

After a few runs, he unclipped it and took it out. Came back and handed me the keys, I took it out, and at first, a little disappointed, but i think this is due to how smooth it is. However, when I drove away, it felt ALOT better, I'm guessing it was down to the heat soak.

Results were:
Std 224bhp/fly
P-torque 278.0/fly

Std 175bhp/wheels
P-Torque 242/wheels

Std 219lb/ft
P-torque 302lb/ft

Will did say it made 315lb/ft at one point but was getting vibration from the flywheel do knocked it back

The drive home, as expected, fun. Apart from pulling out from strensham services, giving it a boot full and BANG. I initially thought, well, rods did well lol. But it was the dump valve being blown out the charge pipe so a 2 mile walk back to get a screwdriver and all was sorted.

Pics/vid

Graph

Vid:
http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq49/dunlop172/d2135c8b.mp4

 

[Murdered LCR]

Cut the numberplate recess off or get a 3/4 size plate

 

[big eck]

Does the K&N give off a good noise??? I just bought one instead of the Jetex and heard mixed things on them. It sounded awsome on my old Evo anyways lol.

 

[Dan1720v]

Yeh, light burble until the turbo spools, then all you can hear is the turbo lol

 

[EL]

Sounds like you had a right eventful day then dude. Good stuff in the end though, nice power increase there

 

[Dan1720v]

Yeh very pleased with the result. Quicker than my mrs stage 2 fabia Vrs now lol.

 

[J@mes W]

Nice looking motor, good figures from the map too. Enjoy

 

[Dan1720v]

**** just got real y0.

Yep KW V3's.