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Not may updates on this car for a long time as I have been enjoying it and for once im happy with it and don't want to add or do anything more to it .
The only one thing that has been causing some issues has been the tyres .
I change the tyres to continental sport contact 5 units after the car went stage 2 and they were great in all conditions but after the last map and the diff fitted they are really struggling to put the power down in second gear as they would with 320 LB/FT at 3000K rpm .
Third gear onwards they cope well but even then are on the limits of what they can do .
With this in mind and reading a few things I have got some wider and gripper Yokohama ADO8R tyres in 215/40/17 ( the stock size is 205/40/17 )
It will be good to see how they get on with the extra power and torque and the extra grip the diff offers .
The only one thing that has been causing some issues has been the tyres .
I change the tyres to continental sport contact 5 units after the car went stage 2 and they were great in all conditions but after the last map and the diff fitted they are really struggling to put the power down in second gear as they would with 320 LB/FT at 3000K rpm .
Third gear onwards they cope well but even then are on the limits of what they can do .
With this in mind and reading a few things I have got some wider and gripper Yokohama ADO8R tyres in 215/40/17 ( the stock size is 205/40/17 )
It will be good to see how they get on with the extra power and torque and the extra grip the diff offers .
Very small update
The Mountune rear badge was looking a little faded so I thought I would replace this with an new Collins one .
IMG_20181013_143527 by Alan Kaveney, on Flickr
IMG_20181013_145209 by Alan Kaveney, on Flickr
Apart from that the car is running great and is such fun to drive every day .
The Mountune rear badge was looking a little faded so I thought I would replace this with an new Collins one .
IMG_20181013_143527 by Alan Kaveney, on FlickrIMG_20181013_145209 by Alan Kaveney, on FlickrApart from that the car is running great and is such fun to drive every day .
Over the Christmas holidays I got round to doing a few service jobs on the car .
Firs up was some new spark plugs .
Not really needed as they were only changed last year but for £ 29.00 its worth doing .
New and old
Then it was on to top up the coolant but this was only about a shot glass needed to have this back on the max mark .
The ITG air filter needed a good clean as was looking very dirty so a deep clean and re oil was done .
and re installed
Then a quick clean of the MAF sensor
Then to change the wiper blades for some new Bosh units
Then some BG fuel system cleaner
Then for an engine flush and a new oil filter and some new oil
And to finish off a new Mountune air freshener and new Mountune rear badge .
I also checked and tightened up all of the boost clamps to finish off the small service .
Firs up was some new spark plugs .
Not really needed as they were only changed last year but for £ 29.00 its worth doing .
New and old
Then it was on to top up the coolant but this was only about a shot glass needed to have this back on the max mark .
The ITG air filter needed a good clean as was looking very dirty so a deep clean and re oil was done .
and re installed
Then a quick clean of the MAF sensor
Then to change the wiper blades for some new Bosh units
Then some BG fuel system cleaner
Then for an engine flush and a new oil filter and some new oil
And to finish off a new Mountune air freshener and new Mountune rear badge .
I also checked and tightened up all of the boost clamps to finish off the small service .
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