£1000 Well Spent? Best mods for a grand?

[AdamHarling]

Hi All,

So, I wanna sort my little black beauty, here's what I'm thinking...

1. Revo - £399 + VAT
2. Braided Brake Lines - £50
3. Dot 5.1 Fluid - £25
4. H&R Cup Kit - £355
5. Green Panel Filter - £40
6. EBC Red Stuff Pads (crap cold, great warm) - £50

Total : £920ish

Anyone got any advice - additions to this little list?

Cheers,

Adam.

 

[m0rk]

Ferrodo DS2500's for Pads & new Discs too (decent quality solid ones will be ace)

 

[ian_cupra]

yeah dont get red stuff's, i had them on mine and they just ate the discs, pads where still like new almost! there s***

 

[AdamHarling]

Cool cheers guys... Ferrodo DS2500's it is then! (already have brand new disks up front).

 

[Cupra_Wayne]

Front seat sport strut brace - £60ish

 

[AdamHarling]

ahh! Good point! Will add that to the list!

 

[Revo Kev]

Good list there, but as the others said don't use Red Stuff pads... the Ferrodo DS2500s are much better.
I'd personnally put uprated Anti-Roll-Bars on there as well, if you're on a budget take off the filter and strutbrace and put that money towards ARBs. If you're dealing with one source to get it from they might be able to do you something on the whole lot!
That'll be a nice piece of kit

 

[PhilW]

Rear spacers!!!!


Vac hoses.

 

[HarveyGTI]

forget Revo for now, get all the other mods in first

1) Forge FMIC - approxiamtely £600
2) Spacers - £80
3) H&R cup kit - £355

£35 over budget but by far the best mods to do

 

[Funkyfin2000]

is the force fmic £600 fitted?

 

[acidstrato]

not fitted, and 600 is a special price, might not last for ever

100quid more for fitting i believe, but very DIY, (done mine myself, was very straight forward)

 

[acidstrato]

imo (and i've been there and done it)

do the revo trial and then ask yourself is it fast enough?

if the answer is nowhere near then sell up

if you like it, then buy revo, decent suspension, discs an pads and a forge dv and an start saving abit more for a turbo back exhaust, fmic and a tip

 

[Revo Kev]

Increase the airflow too/from the stock IC before going FMIC... if you're doing FMIC then you should really do a DP and exhaust as well, as the stock DP/cat is very restrictive.
Let's face it though the Ibiza doesn't handle very well at all in standard guise, spend the money on the handling/braking. The cheapest 'bang for buck' is software so really that's a no brainer unless your budget doesn't stretch doing that and the handling which it does!
Are you going to be spending another £1000 in a few months?! If so then that's the time to do the exhaust, intercooler, etc.
Bear in mind you could get completely hooked and be ordering a diff, race mounts, final drive, 1st to 3rd gear set, etc, etc.
One of the cheapest ways of improving any car is putting decent rubber on it, good fuel and keeping on top of servicing!

 

[Revo Kev]

imo (and i've been there and done it)

do the revo trial and then ask yourself is it fast enough?

if the answer is nowhere near then sell up

if you like it, then buy revo, decent suspension, discs an pads and a forge dv and an start saving abit more for a turbo back exhaust, fmic and a tip

I like your way of thinking... you've got to have a cut off point, don't go chasing something that the car's never going to give you. I spent a lot of time and money on my Ibiza but at the end of the day it was never going to give me what I wanted.

 

[HarveyGTI]

from my experience, revo on a standard ibiza is a waste, as from dyno graphs have shown (and on my ex cupra), it drives more like a diesel and the K03 dies a death due to massive heat soak,,,power then peaking at 4800rpm instead of power holding further up the rev range

spacers by by far is the best mod you can do, and one of the cheapest

 

[acidstrato]

cheers Kev, it does seem like alot of people (especially in recent months) that buy every possible mod for the car with no theory behind it and then just decide its still not enough

at the end of the day, after software there aint a great deal further to go with the same turbo. but some wise supermarket person once said, every little helps

 

[acidstrato]

from my experience, revo on a standard ibiza is a waste, as from dyno graphs have shown (and on my ex cupra), it drives more like a diesel and the K03 dies a death due to massive heat soak,,,power then peaking at 4800rpm instead of power holding further up the rev range

spacers by by far is the best mod you can do, and one of the cheapest

sorry but I have to disagree, infact when i read your comment, i turned my lip up in disgust

revo....... or any other (decent) remap will produce the biggest difference in terms of performance

if it doesnt, then either its a shoddy remap or the car was fecked way before a computer was connected to it

 

[Craig!]

it does seem like alot of people (especially in recent months) that buy every possible mod for the car with no theory behind it and then just decide its still not enough

I have gone through the buy every possible mod stage over the last year and there was a theory behind it, to make the car handle and run better. But I'll agree careful planning of what to buy is essential.

After all before any of the major performance was in place, my car was running;

- Brembo Brakes
- H&R Cup Kit (Now H&R Coilovers)
- H&R ARB's
- SEAT Sport Strut Brace
- Toyo Proxie T1R
- Powerflex Bushes
- Peloquin ATB Differential

Making the car stop and turn better before going faster is the main priority! Plan things carefully, decide how far you want to go with the car, if its big turbo don't bother with a DP & CAT as you'll need to change it come the time, etc.

 

[HarveyGTI]

sorry but I have to disagree, infact when i read your comment, i turned my lip up in disgust

revo....... or any other (decent) remap will produce the biggest difference in terms of performance

if it doesnt, then either its a shoddy remap or the car was fecked way before a computer was connected to it

OK - maybe i should have added some real time figures in for you mate!

cupra went from 156bhp to 197 - but was peaking at 4800rpm, purely cos the stock intercooler could not handle it

torque came out at 268lbft which was simply killing the turbo, hence it could not carry the power higher up the rev range

now not at any one point in my post did i say it was a "shoddy" remap. I simply stated the figures i got and it is a well known fact the standrd IC is not up to scratch, especially with the torque revo applies with the standard stage 1 map

of course a remap will return biggest peformance for money, any fool on here knows that

You turned your lip up in disgust, and...?

 

[David_smith_909]

I have gone through the buy every possible mod stage over the last year and there was a theory behind it, to make the car handle and run better. But I'll agree careful planning of what to buy is essential.

After all before any of the major performance was in place, my car was running;

- Brembo Brakes
- H&R Cup Kit (Now H&R Coilovers)
- H&R ARB's
- SEAT Sport Strut Brace
- Toyo Proxie T1R
- Powerflex Bushes
- Peloquin ATB Differential

Making the car stop and turn better before going faster is the main priority! Plan things carefully, decide how far you want to go with the car, if its big turbo don't bother with a DP & CAT as you'll need to change it come the time, etc.

wise words, i made the mistake of buying, then having to buy again when i changed my mind what direction i was taking my car, if i was to do it again i could have saved mucho £££ if i knew where i wanted to take it in the first place