Ronin225's Candy rimmed Black LCR - Project 500-4WD, Cage installed and bigger turbo

[Ronin225]

Cheers tom, not a million miles away from corner weighting now
Maybe you should move closer to me, phillc is very close too

Cheers Dolby, car looks dirty and has done for the last 6 months, black is a pain to clean

On a side note the battery was relocated last night (cheers phill, hope the wife wasnt too piss off)
Will get some pics up tomorrow after tidying it up and refitting everything
Huge green cone on the cards from bill is very close now!

 

[t0m]

Corner weighting aswell - great stuff. This car will be wired!

Looking forward to the pics of the battery relocation and that infamous cone when that turns up. Will you be logging airflow with it on vagcom bud?

 

[Ronin225]

Relocation update

Monday afternoon i popped over to see mr phill and we set about the task of getting the battery out of the bay.
Didnt seem too big a job until you hit the point of no return, say no more

Then the amount of interior that has to be removed is quite a lot too
Here is phill after i told him there was a celine dion CD in the glove box (or maybe he was just removing it, take your pic?)

With cable ran through phill started on the distribution block and i set about wiring the kill switch and mounting the box into the boot

Not many pictures towards the end in the evening as it was dark and needed a few bits sprucing up, but it lived!

 

[Ronin225]

After being home from work early the last few days i have set about finishing it off
The bay with the gapping hole, hmmm. wonder what i could fill that with later?

Side view to see how much room it trakes up

Then a new ground terminated in the boot and all cabling out of site, a quick trim of the boot carpet and viola

Then put the seats back in and a nice custom install finished
Probably the only leon to run an inline kill switch but i think its a nice little touch
Anyway the front end is noticably lighter and will need some adjustment on the coilovers to set this properly again.
Cranks fine but the extra cable length is obviously draining the battery more and can be seen on the cluster lights when starting but all in all a good job
Hats of to phill though as it would have taken me absolutely ages otherwise

 

[Ronin225]

Also never really added many pics of the rare rear recaros with armrest so here are a few

 

[Phillc]

Nice write up, you need to clean those back seats there seems to be some staining

 

[Ronin225]

Staining looks worse on the photos, barely noticeable in the flesh and its not what you think it is either
I know its sad when you laugh at your own jokes but that pic of you furtling around the glovebox makes me laugh

 

[sambryant]

top work with the battery box
car is going to be ace

 

[rsmith]

Nice battery relocation, i am very very interested in doing this, don't suppose you have a list of cable and stuff needed for the wiring?

Also where did you run the wires through the cabin?

 

[Murdered LCR]

Rs smith you run the cable down the passenger side use 4awg I have also done the battery relocation just waiting on my battery cage which should be here weds

 

[Ronin225]

There is a small channel that most of the electrics run down on the passanger side which the cable can be run in, this easily allows to the grommet behind scuttle and through rear seatbelt cover into boot
If you dont want to pay lots for car power cable due to its increased cost look into machine power cable at about 20-25mm square
I used Radox cable used in CNC machines and solar power installs, also can take high spikes in current where it would have DOL motors which is ideal for intial cranking
I think the isolator is also a nice touch too.
Dont forget to get some cable lugs too

 

[J@mes W]

Making great progress with your build, really liking this car.

 

[Ronin225]

Cheers, its coming along but slowly
Off to Forge tomorrow as i am the test car

 

[t0m]

Have a good time at Forge Ronin. Get pics

 

[RDS]

Great job with the battery relocation mate this is something I may do in the near future.

 

[Ronin225]

Chees guys, will try get some pics too
I have a few ideas for some bits Forge maybe able to adapt to fit a leon so will have a chat whilst there tomorrow

 

[Phillc]

Cheers, its coming along but slowly
Off to Forge tomorrow as i am the test car

Test for what????

 

[Ronin225]

http://www.forgemotorsport.co.uk/content.asp?inc=product&cat=&product=FMOCHOL
But LCR fitment

 

[Murdered LCR]

Wow that's so expensive

 

[t0m]

Yeah pricey. But I want one, lol.