Pashley26 Posted February 12, 2015 Report Share Posted February 12, 2015 (edited) Woooooo!!!! That's at BELOW 1 bar, it's just actuator pressure. When this is mapped it's going to be a f**king monster, arguably it's capable of more power and torque than the S3 had 300bhp on the cards. I hate public transport, in fact lets just cap it off...I f**king hate London. Almost a 4 hour train journey later (to travel less than 50 miles), I got to the station, as I was on the phone to Prawn and walking to his house I said 'f**k me, there's an amazing looking Mk2 coming the other way! It looks just like mine but the reg is different, what's the chances of that?!' Turns out Bruno had put on a bit of a welcome party, his friend was picking me up from the station in his stunning 16VT Mk2. Got to the car, had a quick chat, threw an envelope of cash at Bruno which he didn't even look at let alone count. He gave me the keys, I told him I'd be back in a couple of weeks to pick up all the spares and off I went. Proper job. The traffic getting back from N11 London, at 6PM was HORRIFIC. Two hours of constant stop start traffic crawling at that annoying 2mph crawl pace that isn't quite out of gear foot on the clutch but doesn't warrant stopping and then setting off again. Rrrrrr. The car was perfect though! Then as soon as I got out of London I absolutely annihilated it to Prawns, where it also didn't skip a beat. Took some pictures. Battery voltage and ambient engine bay temps. There's a couple of issues. It's HUGELY over cooled. It just never gets up to temp, ever. It's got a double core aluminium radiator with two fans on it, which is massive over kill. The rear engine/gearbox mount is toast. There's a lot of slop. It's too low, and the tires are too small and the wheels are too big. It needs mapping, badly. But otherwise, it's rad. Edited February 12, 2015 by Pashley26 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolfa Posted February 12, 2015 Report Share Posted February 12, 2015 Will look great with a caravan on the back of it that will! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted February 12, 2015 Report Share Posted February 12, 2015 Will look great with a caravan on the back of it that will! I want one, just for lols. I can get a little trailer for all the tires and tools for track days! Who ever thought a track car with a tow bar could be so attractive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george_seamons Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 Those wheels are so f**king hideous. Other than that, it looks cool. I'd love a 1.8t mk2 golf! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 Those wheels are so f**king hideous. Other than that, it looks cool. I'd love a 1.8t mk2 golf!This. Look forward to seeing it at Curby! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted February 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 On my lunch break I just fitted an aux lead that goes from here: To here: I now have CD's, USB stick and aux to use in the car. Winner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 The joys of old cars without those shitty f**king 'break if you try to take them off' trim clips! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 Finally got round to booking in the car for MOT next week. Hoping it shouldn't need anything major, but expecting a few bushes and bits I've not had a chance to explore yet. Be a good chance to throw in some poly bushes if so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted February 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 Amen to that Adam, I've had that centre console out loads already, changing gear boots etc... Rainbird - to answer your question on FB, unfortunately not, the aux on the back is actually for a CD changer (Which I assume won't work). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD™ Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 Can usually get adaptors for that Mike, and it's much cleaner. My current car, the 5 series and the Mini (RIP) have had devices by Connects2 which have done a great job and all plugged into the CD changer port. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted February 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 I paid 99p for the aux lead, I don't really have any desire to spend more on it It's not too untidy as it is, so I'm not that fussed... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartMini Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 (edited) plan for the weekend: (as well as the 25mm eibach front arb) Anyone seen this? i thought the old bushes had duct tape in them, so i pealed it out, it looks like it was a part of the bush? is it some anti-friction material? Edited February 13, 2015 by MartMini Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolfa Posted February 14, 2015 Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 (edited) Rainbird - to answer your question on FB, unfortunately not, the aux on the back is actually for a CD changer (Which I assume won't work). You need http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-SONY-UNILINK-CAR-STEREO-AUXILIARY-AUX-INPUT-ADAPTER-/250753030337?pt=UK_In_Car_Technology&hash=item3a620b98c1 that, I always have Sony headunits and that changes CD 2 into AUX, because jack leads coming out of the front of a headunit looks rough as f*** Edited February 14, 2015 by Jolfa 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted February 14, 2015 Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 Just bought some 15" BBS RA's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted February 14, 2015 Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 plan for the weekend: 2015-02-13 18.30.24.jpg (as well as the 25mm eibach front arb) Anyone seen this? i thought the old bushes had duct tape in them, so i pealed it out, it looks like it was a part of the bush? is it some anti-friction material? 2015-02-11 23.20.52.jpg I attempted my ARB bushes the other week but had to give up. The new bushes mean't that the bolts were too short to reach into the threaded part. The internet says this is very common and most people used longer bolts. I tried that, although I was using cheese bolts and managed to snap them due to the tension required to compress the bushes. Going to get some better bolts and try again sometime. Also, the bushes have a thicker part which must face towards the ground so you can put them in incorrectly if your rushing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted February 14, 2015 Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 Decent, longer bolts to pull the bracket into place then the standard bolts to hold everything together Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted February 14, 2015 Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 (edited) When I did mine a few weeks ago I used a mini g-clamp to hold the arb to the subframe then used the standard bolt. I know it's an entirely different car but just some food for thought. I was also fitting black series powerflex bushes which I think are somewhere near diamond on a hardness scale. Edited February 14, 2015 by dann2707 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted February 14, 2015 Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 If the one I fitted to my dogbone mount is anything to go by, I'd have to agree 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtisRider Posted February 14, 2015 Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 One Impreza seat in, one more to go.... hopefully this side will be faster! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted February 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 You need http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-SONY-UNILINK-CAR-STEREO-AUXILIARY-AUX-INPUT-ADAPTER-/250753030337?pt=UK_In_Car_Technology&hash=item3a620b98c1 that, I always have Sony headunits and that changes CD 2 into AUX, because jack leads coming out of the front of a headunit looks rough as f*** I definitely don't need that, there's nowhere for that to plug in to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted February 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 So, no de-cat fitted still. That shit ain't moving. Gonna get my suspension and de-cat fitted by a local guy who has better facilities to chop it off and sort it properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartMini Posted February 14, 2015 Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 and shes fitted! ended up having to buy some superpro bushes as i buggered the ones up that came with it. Honestly the difference is like night and day, SO much more stable through the corners and at speed And David, i just used a crow bar to compress it enough for the bolt to catch 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolfa Posted February 14, 2015 Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 I definitely don't need that, there's nowhere for that to plug in to It should have if it's CD changer compatible... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtisRider Posted February 14, 2015 Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 Relocating the handbrake mounting is a wanker, it's going to be tight as fookery in there! Getting closer now, the drivers seat felt so good when I had it briefly mounted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted February 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 It should have if it's CD changer compatible... It has a blue aux socket, which I read was a CD changer socket... I was under the impression that green aux sockets were for audio? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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