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Tej's MK5 R32 HPA Turbo. New pics!
Tejinder:
--- Quote from: NathED30 on May 18, 2015, 11:42:09 pm ---That was me on A45 into Birmingham then mate, all I can say is BEAST! The thing sounds evil lol
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Haha cheers pal. You had a huge smile on your face :signLOL:
Tejinder:
--- Quote from: joms6r on May 19, 2015, 10:56:23 am ---Was good meeting you on Sundays Jolly! Went through the GoPro last night, got a good clip of one of the runs between us :grin:
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Haha you too mate. Our cars are very close haha. Can you PM me the video if you don't mind? I don't really want it on the internet if you know what I mean
Tejinder:
Finally got the time to sit down and do this update
Lots has changed from the previous update
I'll start with the grille. I wanted a more aggressive look for my front end. So I had the idea of cutting 6 holes into one lol
Unfortunately I can't find any photos of the process of cutting the grille and cutting the bumper but heres some shots of the finished part
Next up is a long standing issue with the HPA/HGP kit in my opinion. The intercooler! It's just tiny and way too small in my opinion. I was planning on buying another side mount so I'd run two but I decided against this idea and made my own big front mount instead. The pipework isnt final but it works. I will get all the pipes made and welded so its hard piped the whole system
Originally I planned on trying to use VAG parts so I went ahead and got a TTRS/RS3 Front mount. However once I lined it up I wasnt happy with the size and bought a huge front mount instead and hoped it would work!
Below is a pic of the TTRS/RS3 IC against my new FMIC
Mocking up the pipework and where I wanted the FMIC to sit
Once I was happy with the fitment I realised I had to mount the intercooler to the crash bar. Having snapped 8 drill bits, oxy was the only way!
Now all that was left was to trim parts of the bumper and get all the pipework fitting right
Another task was the routing of the pipework under the bonnet. I've always hated that crumpled pipe in-between the coil packs but due to time restraints I couldn't remove it just yet
Before:
After:
So will everything sorted I went ahead and put the front end back together
I tried it with the lower grille in but decided I preferred it without for the moment
Next thing was tyres and I fancied a change of alloy colour. The plasti dip was also getting a bit tatty at this point
Old tyres needed a change. Conti sport contact 5
Decided to go a satin grey finish and Michelin Supersports this time round
Tejinder:
Next up I decided to try an old intake. I sold this to forum member Zee a few months ago but because we're good friends he agreed to allow me to try the gruppeM with the turbo set up for as long as I needed it
I added a huge 4 inch clothes dryer extraction hose too lol
Here's some photos
Before:
After:
In terms of performance I dont know which is better. The difference if any is minimal but the big difference is the sound! The open cone in a ram intake sounds amazing with turbo! The sound alone more than makes up for any performance loses
Tejinder:
Just a cool photo. This LaFerrari bumped into me and I had to grab a pic haha. Awesome car and I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw it there
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