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Mk7 R Build thread now up
SurreyED30:
Yeah I totally agree, Martin will be stage 3 by January latest :P another turbo will pop up in the for sale or eBay lol. Wmi sounds good but isn't it also quite risky ? Weather was nice today Did you change the centre caps over today mate?
Jake
MC71:
--- Quote from: Dave J on May 18, 2014, 06:26:14 pm ---Love the TD's - would love a set! Car's looking great with these fitted - very jealous!
I know you say these are winters only, but once you get used to how the car handles / rides on these lightweights, I bet you will be rocking them all year!!
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Fanks Dave! :drinking:
Not really driven the car yet to tell if the handling or/and ride has improved or changed., we shall see.
--- Quote from: dan930 on May 18, 2014, 08:31:30 pm ---
--- Quote from: Dave J on May 18, 2014, 06:26:14 pm ---Love the TD's - would love a set! Car's looking great with these fitted - very jealous!
I know you say these are winters only, but once you get used to how the car handles / rides on these lightweights, I bet you will be rocking them all year!!
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Is it a really big difference with lighter wheels?
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OEM Pescara's are 12kg, my BBS VZ's are 11.3Kg and the TD 1.2's are 9kg. Along with the lighter Porsche Calipers its going to make a bit of a difference to the unstrung weight. Add some TT wishbones and alloy S3 hubs and it will make a real difference.
Note to self: Add TT wishbones and hubs to list! :grin:
--- Quote from: dan930 on May 18, 2014, 08:35:45 pm ---Martin,I reckon u be on stg3 BT nextyear the latest :evilgrin:
I've looked into Wmi for my R in jan,it would cost around £800 minimum
Fitted & Setted up...
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Nah, happy with stage2+ Danny. :innocent:
£800 for WMI sounds about right, I've heard around £1k for parts and install.
--- Quote from: SurreyED30 on May 18, 2014, 09:27:05 pm ---Yeah I totally agree, Martin will be stage 3 by January latest :P another turbo will pop up in the for sale or eBay lol. Wmi sounds good but isn't it also quite risky ? Weather was nice today Did you change the centre caps over today mate?
Jake
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WMI isn't risky, if anything it's a benefit with the lower intake temps etc. Only heard positive things about it and the benefit it brings. AFAIK the WMI kits have some kind of a fail safe fitted too.
Been at work all day so no chance to put the caps on. Will get around to it one day this week (maybe).
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SurreyED30:
Maybe I read it wrong on a site, can't remember which :sad1: like most things there's going to be good and bad reviews lol. Will look forward to seeing this one day and also reading your next updates :happy2:
Jake
MC71:
Mini Update
First off.....
Thought I'd add a wee bit more air flow to the CAI so added some ducting via the fog grill which goes through to the right area where it's needed. Started off by buying a pair of cheap fog grills from eBay, a 80mm Air Inlet Ducting Funnel and some 500mm long x 80mm wide heat resistant Ducting from Ramair. I've no real idea if this will help (or hinder) so next time I go see Niki at R-Tech I'll get his opinion on this.
I cut the hole out and removed some of the honey cone effect pieces, glued the funnel in place and added the ducting. I've also painted the fog grills in gloss black (still need to apply a few layers of lacquer though), looks better IMO.....
And........
Hydro Dipping
I had a few other bits Hydro dipped that I had been meaning to do for ages. As always I sourced extra parts as I never like to use my OEM parts in case I ever decide to return the Mistress to standard. The interior parts were painted in the same Dark Grey paint as before followed by the Carbon Effect dip, the one used for these 3 parts was CF012.
I also had my spare set of Mirror casings dipped but in a slightly different Carbon Fibre effect that has a much deeper gloss applied, C/F dip used was CF05-DG. As before the mirrors need reprinting in a Dark Grey and then the C/F dip applied followed by the said Deep gloss lacquer. Still a marmite mod to some but the chav in me loves it, not the cheapest thing I've done either but the quality is incredible.
As with the original parts I had done i used Hydro-Graffix, they're based in Maidstone and the main man is Adrian.
Their site.......
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The plain interior parts I sent off........
And returned along with the Mirror Caps.....
Interior parts fitted......
Mirrors.....
Heatshield
As the REVO intake I have doesn't come with a heatshield for the exhaust manifold (which bothered me) I bought one from Garage Midnight recently as I spotted one on their site. Same as the EVOMS one, just a wee bit cheaper, so a win win.
On their site....
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Spayed it Matt Black with VHT paint so it doesn't stick out too much in the bay. Fitted, thanks to Si (Simon_2.0t), the man with the big socket!! :notworthy: ......
Also bought a complete genuine .:R32 bum, few plans for this but that for a latter date! :wink:
rich83:
Nice little air vent mod... i have thought about doing that a few times. :happy2:
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