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Awsome stuff Rob 
I cant believe how much more room there is in the engine bay now ! that has to be the tidiest bay ive ever seen 
I cant believe how much more room there is in the engine bay now ! that has to be the tidiest bay ive ever seen 
rob in this pic your blakc pipe on top of the tip and goes onto a metal pipe in front of inlet mani where does it end up? cheers
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n191/robd67/08jun01.jpg
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n191/robd67/08jun01.jpg
jamiebennett81
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Hopefully the end of the month. They quoted me £255 + VAT to machine the housing, fit larger compressor wheel, 360 thrust bearing, re-work the actuator arm for better boost control and also fit a 1.5mm oil restrictor because the GT2X doesn't come with one and the 1.8T runs pretty high oil pressure, so they're fitting one to bring it down a bit for the turbo oil seals sake!
If it adds 20hp then that's me up around the 300 mark.
So far CR Turbos have been really great and REALLY know their stuff, very fast turnaround too I believe.
ditto Rob, glad to hear you found their customer service satisfying, very good company indeed (cheers for the recommendation)
thats about a £100 more than the work I had carried out, is that due to the oil restrictor? they fitted a much better actuator arm on mine as well
mine is being done on Monday next week, so will let you know the outcome, so keep your eyes peeled on my build thread
Thanks for all the cool comments, yes it's a shame I'll miss F&M but nothing I can do about it.
My turbo will be going off to CR Turbos for upgrading very soon, within the next 2 weeks hopefully.
My turbo will be going off to CR Turbos for upgrading very soon, within the next 2 weeks hopefully.
jamiebennett81
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Yep, I wish I had the facilities at home to take the turbo off myself as it's not a hard job, but I don't so Star will remove the turbo, I'll send it to CR, when it comes back I'll have Star refit it and check the mapping and do a dyno run to see what it's making.
Closer look at the Bailey Focus RS tank:
What could the downside of fitting a smaller can be? Does the little can handle possible overflows good enough?
And where did the level sensor go?
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Downside was it kept overflowing, so it has been removed and the larger black Bailey tank is back in. I sold the small one to a Focus RS owner!
Don't know if I'm going to bother having the turbo reworked, after thinking about it I no longer trust anyone to work on my car, Star aren't really into tuning anymore, don't think they do very many turbo upgrades anymore - just servicing, alignment, plug-in 10min GIAC remaps, etc.
I might just buy some ramps and remove the turbo myself ... if I can be bothered, lol!
Don't know if I'm going to bother having the turbo reworked, after thinking about it I no longer trust anyone to work on my car, Star aren't really into tuning anymore, don't think they do very many turbo upgrades anymore - just servicing, alignment, plug-in 10min GIAC remaps, etc.
I might just buy some ramps and remove the turbo myself ... if I can be bothered, lol!
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Readily available from here: http://btc-direct.com/index.asp Pic on the front page, I had mine powdercoated satin black.
ditto Rob, glad to hear you found their customer service satisfying, very good company indeed (cheers for the recommendation)
thats about a £100 more than the work I had carried out, is that due to the oil restrictor? they fitted a much better actuator arm on mine as well
mine is being done on Monday next week, so will let you know the outcome, so keep your eyes peeled on my build thread
£100 more for the same work? Hmmm ... being ripped off I think I am. The £255 + VAT quote was for the same work as you had done. Doubt I'll bother then, growing to hate the tuning industry these days!
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Thanks!
Powdercoated? I thought you painted it yourself? It must have been some other tank that got painted along with the bracket in front of the mani, then.
*UPDATE* - had to refit the EVAP carbon canister as for some reason removing it made my car go mental - it wouldn't start, then ran like cr@p and barfed a load of fault codes and CEL's all over my dash ... not pretty!
Refitted it, cleared the codes and now it's all good again.
Car is alot smoother with a Bailey DV30 full re-circ. so leaving that on, feels like it's holding boost better than the Forge 007P too. Picked up a K&N Apollo too and have a direct cold air feed from the foglight aperture, so tons of cold air is blasting straight into the filter .............. Sonic the Leon is at full tilt again!
Refitted it, cleared the codes and now it's all good again.
Car is alot smoother with a Bailey DV30 full re-circ. so leaving that on, feels like it's holding boost better than the Forge 007P too. Picked up a K&N Apollo too and have a direct cold air feed from the foglight aperture, so tons of cold air is blasting straight into the filter .............. Sonic the Leon is at full tilt again!
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