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Glad to hear it matey boy!
I'm down there with the boys from LVSR so will be a bit of a party going on anyway!
Excellent! I just need to find a car to take part in the automotive fun to relieve the hangover - you'll know what I mean there
Don't compare it to a 1.8T, its very different.
I have supporting modes they yield the extra, including the Runner flap delete, and the High flow head for more flow to achieve the extra power levels. This is why its called Stage3+
This is on APR's own dyno, I need to get it on some more dyno's for a fair comparison soon.
I can get some logs soon. What are you after?
I have supporting modes they yield the extra, including the Runner flap delete, and the High flow head for more flow to achieve the extra power levels. This is why its called Stage3+
This is on APR's own dyno, I need to get it on some more dyno's for a fair comparison soon.
I can get some logs soon. What are you after?
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I've never seen a 2871 make a true 450bhp no matter what engine it's strapped to. Is it internal or an external gate? Do you run a standard size air flow meter?
A turbo can only pump a certain amount of air no matter what 'supporting mods' you put on it have you only ever run it on apr dyno?
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there are only two words to describe this car..........
TOTAL EPICNESS!!!!!!!!
Such a sleeper..... think you should defo get the sport bumper back on
TOTAL EPICNESS!!!!!!!!
Such a sleeper..... think you should defo get the sport bumper back on
Hi Dan, How's the car running now?
1400kg and over 400bhp with 4WD should be making some good times at the strip if you've had chance yet.
1400kg and over 400bhp with 4WD should be making some good times at the strip if you've had chance yet.
Hi Dan, How's the car running now?
1400kg and over 400bhp with 4WD should be making some good times at the strip if you've had chance yet.
I think the turbo is faulty, so off the road at the moment. Booked into AKS for replacement first week of November!
Also getting the gearbox looked at and rebuilt.
Always had an issue with launching, im sure I mentioned before, how it bogs like noting else! Haven't got to the bottom of it yet.
Whilst the car is off the road, taking the chance to tidy it up a bit. Pictures to follow!
So.. quite a few months back with APR, we discussed a AWD conversion.
It then happened, and here are the results and story..
A couple of Greeks came other to help out for a couple of days, as they had done it before. They were here to do all the mechanicals and to use there experience in the conversion.
The new rear subframe installed with the rear diff and haldex control unit:
Oops, there a hole in my boot:
The transmission tunnel minus the heatshield:
The front transfer box connected to the gearbox:
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The transmission exhaust tunnel:
The new rear hub installed:
The old subframe off the car:
The old exhaust had to come off, as the routing for AWD is very different due to the fuel tank and rear subframe in the way:
Sizing up the propshaft:
A new bracket for the propshaft needed to be welded on the car:
Peak-a-boo. The spare wheel well in the boot floor needed to be removed as the rear diff and subframe were now in the way:
The legendary Ricky Elder sorting out the wiring. This involved wiring the Haldex unit, the new fuel tank and second feed, and some other misc parts:
The whole interior needed to be removed whilst the propshaft bracket was being welded. Scary sight:
The suspension re-fitted on the rear subframe:
The propshaft now fitted:
Mechanical finishing touches:
The car back on solid ground now fitted with AWD parts:
"In good company" - with the APR demo car.
Now, as I said earlier, the exhaust on AWD is quite different to FWD. This is where the fantastic Alex from AKS comes in. The car went over to his for a new custom APR RSC using some of the old bits, but some parts like below had to be created from scratch.
Kudos to Alex for the amazing job as you can see below.
In addition to the exhaust, Alex also remade the boot floor. The idea behind it was to cover the Rear diff, but still have a space to store more jack etc:
The new boot floor all painted and tidy. Excellent work!
The new exhaust in place. you can see the old and new bits:
Exhaust in place:
Wow that flex is close to the propshaft:
New front and rear H&R ARB's (supplied by AKS) also needed to be fitted, as they are different in AWD cars:
In addition to the mechanics, Several bits of wiring needed to be completed, new ABS, and ESP modules needed to be fitted and coded in correctly.
The old Peloquin diff was removed and replaced with a OEM 4WD diff.
But thats the jist of the project.
So.. how is it?
In a word.. Fantastic. I took it on track a few weeks ago for a session round Lydden Hill, and well.. it just pulled - with zero wheelspin.
The car is around 450hp, but I can come out of the corners in 2nd gear and it just grips - its immense.
The car has some extra weight now, but ive made some weight saving changes to help offset this:
-Spare wheel gone.
-Aircon removed.
Finally big thanks goes to APR for making this happen, and Alex at AKS for going beyond the call of duty to get the supporting parts made and fitted!
liking this...
a question tho... What did this conversion cost to get done
seeing as I am a mk2 leon cupra owner now.
fwd mk2 traction sux
thx
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