My 04 STI Type UK
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Another update.
The block is now back from the wngineers and everything started going back together yesterday, pistons and rods are in, head bolts are in, uprated bearings are in, oil pump, water pump and head gasket all done. Just heads back on and then back into the car by Thursday ready to connect everything, new hoses, manifolds and turbo back in.
Here are a few pics I got sent yesterday.
The block is now back from the wngineers and everything started going back together yesterday, pistons and rods are in, head bolts are in, uprated bearings are in, oil pump, water pump and head gasket all done. Just heads back on and then back into the car by Thursday ready to connect everything, new hoses, manifolds and turbo back in.
Here are a few pics I got sent yesterday.
Quick update, the engine is pretty much all back together. Just the new hoses and injectors to go on then time to get it back in the car and get the new gauges wired in. There are a lot more pics of the rebuild in stages so I'll be posting those as soon as I get them sent over to me.
Ordered another new shiny thing today, after much listening of real cars, YouTube videos and Internet searches regarding quality and fitment etc I've decided to order a Kakumei IM-RS-01 3 inch cat back exhaust. Going to be ordering a Japspeed sports cat closer to mapping time as I've heard surprisingly good things about them considering the low cost.
Can't wait for it to arrive now.
And here's a video, not my car though.
https://youtu.be/E_Jcptw46SY
Can't wait for it to arrive now.
And here's a video, not my car though.
https://youtu.be/E_Jcptw46SY
One engine back in and running sweetly! Last couple of bits done and dusted over the weekend and a few miles on it to check all is well. And it's been down to Thwaites Developments Racing in Warwick today to have the 800cc injectors put in and a running in map sorted. 700 miles to go with minimal boost and a 4250rpm redline. I can't wait to get it back down there in a couple of weeks for it's fun map...
Excuse the crappy standard wheels, it's still on winter tyres for a couple of weeks.
Excuse the crappy standard wheels, it's still on winter tyres for a couple of weeks.
Well after a few weeks of work, the car is past the first 1000 miles and that means it's finally had it's proper engine map done this week! To say I'm happy with how the car is now is an understatement, it rides and handles brilliantly with the new shocks and H&R springs, the shocks have bedded in nicely now, just need to get the geometry set to the Prodrive settings now and that's all done, the stage 2 clutch has got a bit lighter now that's bedded in more.
I can't thank Mark at Thwaites Development Racing enough, nice smooth pull all through the rev range with the map he's put on the car, and it's certainly made good numbers on his dyno with the mods I've got so far. His guesstimate for it was 330bhp, before it even touched the rolling road. Once he was done it was at 333.3bhp/260bhp at the wheels.
Plus I now have the sheer anti-social joy of launch control and anti-lag
Pic of the Prosport gauges and ATI pod all wired in and working now also.
And the most important pic, the dyno graph.
And a quick video of the anti-lag
https://www.instagram.com/p/BDaRPGiG8q5/
I can't thank Mark at Thwaites Development Racing enough, nice smooth pull all through the rev range with the map he's put on the car, and it's certainly made good numbers on his dyno with the mods I've got so far. His guesstimate for it was 330bhp, before it even touched the rolling road. Once he was done it was at 333.3bhp/260bhp at the wheels.
Plus I now have the sheer anti-social joy of launch control and anti-lag
Pic of the Prosport gauges and ATI pod all wired in and working now also.
And the most important pic, the dyno graph.
And a quick video of the anti-lag
https://www.instagram.com/p/BDaRPGiG8q5/
It turns out there is one small downside to have fun with anti-lag, the gasket on the downpipe appears to have disappeared/melted so there's a steel one going on tomorrow.
Aside from that, it's running sweetly. Drives and pulls really nicely, responsive and it sounds epic. So happy with it at the moment.
so there's a steel one going on tomorrow. Aside from that, it's running sweetly. Drives and pulls really nicely, responsive and it sounds epic. So happy with it at the moment.
I think the TDR dyno is a tad conservative, Mark there said cars with similar mods usually do around the 330 mark on his dyno so 333 was pretty much bang on the money.
As an aside to that, it's had what felt like a bit of a misfire for a while on cold starts, usually for around 30 seconds to a minute of driving then it goes away. After a bit of searching I've seen one recommendation is too run the car on VPower rather than the Tesco 99 it's usually run on, I figured I may well give it a go before searching for earth's or having to swap out coil packs. It's run sweet as a nut for the last 2 weeks now there's a couple of ranks of VPower gone through it, no cold start issues and it feels like it's pulling harder also. Would be good to get it on a dyno again to see what it's doing with the engine run in a bit more and it feeling better on the VPower.
Just a small update, had a rabbit take out my splitter so fitted a new one and also had the bonnet scoop repainted as ithad chipped and paint had bubbled on the top, as it was having some paint anyway I've also taken the opportunity to have the headlights de-tangoed and the bezels hit in satin black.
And less than 9 hours later Bugs Bunny's twin decided he'd had enough of life 4 miles from my house on the way to work!
So another new splitter has arrived today, that'll be going on Friday afternoon when it's in for an oil and filter change.
That one annoying mishap aside the car is running sweet with its new engine build, pulling nicely, sounding epic and stopping as it should now I've swapped out the dogs
t EBC brake pads for some normal Ferodo brake pads.
Here are a couple of pics from a blast upto Buxton and across the Cat n Fiddle a couple of weeks ago.
As an aside to that, it's had what felt like a bit of a misfire for a while on cold starts, usually for around 30 seconds to a minute of driving then it goes away. After a bit of searching I've seen one recommendation is too run the car on VPower rather than the Tesco 99 it's usually run on, I figured I may well give it a go before searching for earth's or having to swap out coil packs. It's run sweet as a nut for the last 2 weeks now there's a couple of ranks of VPower gone through it, no cold start issues and it feels like it's pulling harder also. Would be good to get it on a dyno again to see what it's doing with the engine run in a bit more and it feeling better on the VPower.
Just a small update, had a rabbit take out my splitter so fitted a new one and also had the bonnet scoop repainted as ithad chipped and paint had bubbled on the top, as it was having some paint anyway I've also taken the opportunity to have the headlights de-tangoed and the bezels hit in satin black.
And less than 9 hours later Bugs Bunny's twin decided he'd had enough of life 4 miles from my house on the way to work!
So another new splitter has arrived today, that'll be going on Friday afternoon when it's in for an oil and filter change.
That one annoying mishap aside the car is running sweet with its new engine build, pulling nicely, sounding epic and stopping as it should now I've swapped out the dogs
t EBC brake pads for some normal Ferodo brake pads. Here are a couple of pics from a blast upto Buxton and across the Cat n Fiddle a couple of weeks ago.
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Cheers gents.
There's a couple of small bits I'd like to do in the near future, finally managed to find the Prodrive geometry settings so that'll be done in the next week or two, other than that I just want a bigger turbo to get it in/around the 400bhp area. That should keep me happy once I'm at that point....
There's a couple of small bits I'd like to do in the near future, finally managed to find the Prodrive geometry settings so that'll be done in the next week or two, other than that I just want a bigger turbo to get it in/around the 400bhp area. That should keep me happy once I'm at that point....
Another small update. Another oil change done yesterday, no more buys in the oil so it's run in quite nicely. Sorted out the drivers door speaker as the power wire had removed itself from the crossover and, another splitter is on!
Gave it a wash and polish today as it's not been done for 3 weeks? Clayed and polished the headlights as there was some overspray on them.
The finished article.
Gave it a wash and polish today as it's not been done for 3 weeks? Clayed and polished the headlights as there was some overspray on them.
The finished article.
Bit of a road trip over the last week, had a week away with the gf and a couple of friends down in Cornwall so over a thousand miles done in the last few days between driving there and back and the driving we've done while there.
Gave the car an oil and filter change, cleaned the K&N panel filter and a general fluid level check before I left, it hasn't used a drop in that time so all is definitely well with the rebuilt donkey. The new exhaust can best be described as boomy on the motorway so that may be changed in the future but for how often I do long motorway trips it's bearable for now.
And a couple of obligatory pictures as always, one at the house we stayed and the location of the second one is pretty obvious....
Gave the car an oil and filter change, cleaned the K&N panel filter and a general fluid level check before I left, it hasn't used a drop in that time so all is definitely well with the rebuilt donkey. The new exhaust can best be described as boomy on the motorway so that may be changed in the future but for how often I do long motorway trips it's bearable for now.
And a couple of obligatory pictures as always, one at the house we stayed and the location of the second one is pretty obvious....
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