Tracked Mk3 Ibiza Cupra - Track Pics/Videos - Knockhill - 11/41/16

[Watson©]

The vid won't play buddy.

Might be cause your trying to play it on your phone?

Works perfect on my laptop

it plays on my laptop. actually quite funny some of it.

Cheers dude

Put my car on the rollers at the weekend to see what power it has before I fit the ko3s and go Stage 2...

Knocked out 190bhp and 283ft.lbs, not too shabby!

Hopefully get my turbo fitted in the next couple of weeks then I'll go back for a map

Since I had to remove my sun visors for the cage I got a sun strip made

Only a small one, as I'm not overly keen on the mega low ones. This looks good though

And here's a pic of my mates 330bhp Corsa that I share the unit with...

The thing is a weapon!!!

 

[Watson©]

Been busy lately getting it ready for more power....

Bought a uncracked manifold and sent it too Badger5 to get ported

Comprising pics un-ported vs ported...

Sprayed some VHT Fireproof paint before fitting

Time to take the old Ko3 off and put on the Ko3s Ive had lying bout for ages...

Half way through, old turbo out...

Downpipe off, heatwrapped and DEI Hi-Temp Silicone spray applied

Ko3s and all genuine seals, gaskets, washers, nuts and bolts for the change over...

Before / After

So after all that I took it out for a test drive to see if everything was running sweet and all done up right.

No problems and no leaking, so it was a success!

So now I'm booked in for Stage2 map on Saturday! Excited!

Polished my exhaust since it had been neglected since last year...

Popped along to a mates unit after doing the turbo swap, who also has a Cupra

So would be rude not to take a cheeky shot

 

[Chambers_CUPRA]

Good times

Looks proper tidy as always

 

[rae1001]

Good work man. Sure you wont be disappointed

 

[Watson©]

Thanks guys! Looking forward to it... Saturday needs to hurry up!

 

[Watson©]

Stage2 map update...

Since I was going to be getting my map done soon I had to change my fuel pump and fuel pressure regulator...

Walbro uprated fuel pump...

Changed over pump and inside ready to be put back in the car...

Nice new 4bar FPR

Also noticed my rear caliper was seized and started binding! So ordered a replacement pair.

The Lupo needed one also and that was the other side from mine, so turned out lucky I ordering the pair lol

So painted them up before fitting...

Heading down to Auto-Tec Performance in Glasgow for my Revo Stage2...

My car was being a right pain from the word go, couldn't read the ECU.

So it had to be taken out from the car and done on the bench to upload the file.

That solved the problem. Apparently they're is two models in the whole VAG range that it needs to be done too.

Just so happens mines was one of the them eh haha

File was then uploaded and ECU fitted back in the car

Took it for a blast on the streets to make sure everything was running good and checked with vag.com

Then fired it on the dyno for some finishing tweaks with boost and timing settings...

Video on the rollers...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAwtVAoewNs&feature=youtu.be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56bAVCSnd1s&feature=youtu.be

Final results were 229bhp & 303ft.lbs

Pretty happy with the figures...

Pulls and holds boost really well through the revs. And its a lot smoother compared to the aggressive Stage1 map

Now I need to go on the hunt for some new prey on the roads!

Also fitted a snap off boss...

 

[lexyy]

Wish I could have got along on Saturday mate but couldn't manage it going to order a few bits and bobs for mine and get it tweaked again! Might need to pester you about a few bits and bobs!

 

[Watson©]

Not a problem Mate... Would have been good if you could of made it too!

Yeah sure, will be happy to help out!

 

[Watson©]

Was a glorious weekend up in Scotland so decided to make a start at ripping out all the sound deadening in the car...

Started with the boot area...

Now it was just a case of rubbing it all down and getting rid of all the excess crap ready for painting

Since I was on a roll, I decided to take on the rest of the car the following day due to it being another nice weathered day

Got up bright and early to get started.

So out came the door bars from the cage so I could remove the harnesses and seats.

Time for the fun and games again

I gathered all the deadening in one bag so I could weight it at the end...

Loosing 6.8kg is actually a not too bad result (Using the Cambridge Diet bag wasn't planned, never noticed until I re-looked at the pictures haha )

Rubbed the rest down the same as the boot area in prep for paint.

Glad I had finished doing all that, cause it was a bloody messy, time consuming and nightmare of a job!

Gave the floor a couple of coats of black paint to freshen it up...

Airing the car out as I was getting high on the fumes lol

Once it was left for a couple of hours and dried up, I put everything back together...

Still need to paint the rear seat and boot area, but that's for another time.

Spent pretty much 2 days doing all that so I had enough for now

Went a well deserved blast later that night

 

[Watson©]

A few things have happened since my last update...

Took the car onto Knockhill Race Circuit. First time I've ever been on a track and it was bloody awesome!
Loved every second of it. So more track days will be happening in the future for sure.
The car performed sweet, very happy with it... Only issue I had was a boost pipe pooping off which resulted in me getting the session red flagged, woops!

Bought some new wheels from eBay for a good price..

They weren't in the best of conditions so I got them powdercoated to give them a brand new fresh look

Rota Slipstreams - 16x8

Before fitting I applied some Angelwax wheel sealent

So now I have the Rota's I'll be using my OZ Super T's as my track wheels.

Continuing the Motorsport route I'm going down I got my hands on some studs to do a stud conversion...

All threadlocked and fitted correctly, it was time to fit the wheels.

I had to get some fancy 'Jap' wheel lugs/nuts to go with my Rota's though lol

Came across a small problem though... When I was tightening the nuts up (with a torque wrench may I add) I sheared a stud completely in two

So now having no real trust in the rest, I took them all out and bought some more expensive high tensile studs so I know they would be strong!

New studs on and torqued up with no issues I felt happy to thrash the car!

Headed down to CumbriaVAG last weekend with a few mates.

So put my car on display at the show, would have been route not to eh

Some snaps from people...

Got a good rolling shot from my mates GoPro on the way home also...

Started making a attempt at reducing the heat around the turbo/manifold area.

Covered the underside of the charge pipe with gold reflective tape and mocked up a template for me make a heatshield at my work

Fitted some bonnet lifters also to freshen up the bay...

That's all for now folks!

 

[phil 9289]

Looking really good. Makes me miss mine even more now.

Keep up the good work

 

[fry cupra]

Lovely car mate. Nice details to it

 

[Watson©]

Thanks guys!

 

[big eck]

Looks good man. Got another free track night at knockhill on the 23rd of July if your up for it.

 

[Watson©]

Looks good man. Got another free track night at knockhill on the 23rd of July if your up for it.

Cheers man!

I would do it... But I'll be in sunny Spain then lol

Think I'm going to be doing another one the end of August

 

[luke101]

Nice car mate

 

[Steve_20VT]

Lovely car especially with them Rotas on where abouts did you get the stud conversion?


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[Watson©]

Nice car mate

Thanks bud!

Lovely car especially with them Rotas on where abouts did you get the stud conversion?

Cheers dude!

Can get the studs from Demon-Tweeks or eBay.

Pick your length that you want, and as long as they're M12 x 1.5mm your golden!

 

[Steve_20VT]

Thanks bud!





Cheers dude!



Can get the studs from Demon-Tweeks or eBay.



Pick your length that you want, and as long as they're M12 x 1.5mm your golden!

Ok thanks mate


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[Watson©]

My mate recently bought a GoPro so I decided to get some footage of my car with it.

Strapped it to my rollcage with some cable ties to get the 'cockpit' look but also seeing the road. Well that's what I thought anyways lol Turns out the position I had it in wasn't the greatest, we didn't know that until the end of the night when we plugged it into the computer You can still make out whats happening, just cant see any of the road due to it sitting high up. If I didn't have the front bar and sun strip you cold have seen it

Trial and error I suppose eh.

I still made a video from some of the clips from that night anyways... Have a gander!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4eNWLDAmZs

First thing I done the next day was buy a GoPro Roll Bar Mount

So I can now put it anywhere I like lol

I put it in the same place as before though as it now sits lower...

So it should give a good angle, will give it a go next time my mate lets me use it.

Thinking about buying myself a GoPro anyways for when I do more track days etc

I had a free weekend there, so decided to do a big job that has been on my to do list for a while.

Paint the back half of the car silver to tidy it all up, since it was all rough looking from removing the sound deadening.

And I wanted to put the front half of the carpet back in!

So it began like this...

Decided I wanted to tidy/declutter and hide all the wires as much as possible

Was the same on the otherside.

So I took the wires back and relocating them out of view and then masked up the cage and other surrounding parts/areas that wasn't getting hit with paint.

Looks tidier all ready without the wires!

Coat of primer...

Then let the car air out and dry before applying the 1st coat of silver...

1st coat of silver...

So while that was drying I got the carpet back out from the lockup...

Hovered it, ripped out all the sound deadining from the underside and then cut the back section off so it stopped just before the back seat area.

2nd coat got applied, dried and everything fitted back into place

Trying to get the carpet to fit back in the car with the cage was a small challenge but I got there in the end with the help from my trusty Stanley knife ...

Well happy with the results, it took bloody ages but was worth it in the end!

Looks good without the centre console and carpet combo...

Everything all bolted back in place and where it all should be.

The finished article...

I've got a few more ideas up my sleeve for the inside, but for a later date!

That's it for now.