Aidan's Mk2 Leon Cupra

[Benmk2cupra]

Car looks sweet mate. My drivers side door lock module packed up had that replaced with a genuine one then the passenger wanted in on the action and that packed up. At least they are sorted now.

 

[Aidanr97]

Quite a few changes yet again, so back in march/April I ordered myself a used loba fuel pump in prep for stage 2 plus, had it ages before fitting it. Anyway at the end of May I set about fitting it and had all sorts of issues with it, low fuel pressure, limp mode... All-sorts, so I thought it'd be a good idea to remove the internals from the loba, and put them in my original pump as the loba had the cracked connector at top and mine didn't and I thought that may have been giving me problems, once I did that it all worked fine! (Not the end of this...)

Got some new R8 coils as 2 of mine were looking worse for wear thanks to water getting in to the chambers

Anyway in June I was booked in to Rtech for 2+ mapping, went there dropped car off and got a phonecall saying that my fuel pump internals were standard, could of cried also the RS4 FPRV I thought was in the car wasn't either so no idea what had happened. It was an expensive day as I got them to Chuck some VIS internals in and a new RS4 FPRV and a cam follower for good measure and I did end up getting a refund for the loba. Car then went on to make 371bhp and 414lbft torque not bad on a 20 degree day!

Since then car has been sweet! Just had the turbo core replaced as my turbo had a little play and was a little smokey every now and again after idling, that's all sorted now thankfully.

Old core

New core

All back together

After getting water in my coils I decided to hack up my engine cover to fit, no water gets in there now thankfully and looks decent too, did toy with the idea of painting but I think I'll just leave it as is

Then the plastic gear selector on top of the gearbox decided to break meaning I couldn't select gears luckily just as I arrived at work, ordered a newer revised part from TPS and fitted that up

Headlight bulb given up the ghost and went all purple on me so ordered a set of nice looking 6000k bulbs from little Moore lighting, nice light output and nice colour temp

And lastly ufortunately the car will be going up for sale shortly for something more economical

 

[Leeoncupra]

Quite a few changes yet again, so back in march/April I ordered myself a used loba fuel pump in prep for stage 2 plus, had it ages before fitting it. Anyway at the end of May I set about fitting it and had all sorts of issues with it, low fuel pressure, limp mode... All-sorts, so I thought it'd be a good idea to remove the internals from the loba, and put them in my original pump as the loba had the cracked connector at top and mine didn't and I thought that may have been giving me problems, once I did that it all worked fine! (Not the end of this...)

Got some new R8 coils as 2 of mine were looking worse for wear thanks to water getting in to the chambers

Anyway in June I was booked in to Rtech for 2+ mapping, went there dropped car off and got a phonecall saying that my fuel pump internals were standard, could of cried also the RS4 FPRV I thought was in the car wasn't either so no idea what had happened. It was an expensive day as I got them to Chuck some VIS internals in and a new RS4 FPRV and a cam follower for good measure and I did end up getting a refund for the loba. Car then went on to make 371bhp and 414lbft torque not bad on a 20 degree day!

Since then car has been sweet! Just had the turbo core replaced as my turbo had a little play and was a little smokey every now and again after idling, that's all sorted now thankfully.

Old core

New core

All back together

After getting water in my coils I decided to hack up my engine cover to fit, no water gets in there now thankfully and looks decent too, did toy with the idea of painting but I think I'll just leave it as is

Then the plastic gear selector on top of the gearbox decided to break meaning I couldn't select gears luckily just as I arrived at work, ordered a newer revised part from TPS and fitted that up

Headlight bulb given up the ghost and went all purple on me so ordered a set of nice looking 6000k bulbs from little Moore lighting, nice light output and nice colour temp

And lastly ufortunately the car will be going up for sale shortly for something more economical

No way!

You interested in a 230bhp 1.9tdi caddy lol

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[Aidanr97]

No way!

You interested in a 230bhp 1.9tdi caddy lol

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That sounds awesome, I have a 1.6 TDI caddy maxi for the work duties but it's only 150bhp, goes well for what it is, I bet yours is an animal!

 

[Leeoncupra]

That sounds awesome, I have a 1.6 TDI caddy maxi for the work duties but it's only 150bhp, goes well for what it is, I bet yours is an animal!

For a van I guess it is , kind of fills the void as the cupras replacement lol

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[Aidanr97]

For a van I guess it is , kind of fills the void as the cupras replacement lol

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Can't beat a good quick works van, bet it surprises some good cars on the road

 

[ash_89]

@Aidanr97 was it just smoke at idle you were getting?

 

[Aidanr97]

@Aidanr97 was it just smoke at idle you were getting?

Yeah it was, been perfect since having the new core fitted. there was play in the old core too

 

[380bhpdaily]

Yeah it was, been perfect since having the new core fitted. there was play in the old core too

I’m surprised this is still not sold yet someone is going to be getting such a bargain buying this. I literally found out you were selling it the day i agreed to buy my new black mk2

 

[Aidanr97]

I’m surprised this is still not sold yet someone is going to be getting such a bargain buying this. I literally found out you were selling it the day i agreed to buy my new black mk2

Yeah I've poured some cash into it and that's wounding! Suppose its a niche market trying to sell a modified car, all though it has all been documented here

 

[Aidanr97]

Picked up this little beauty today! This one is the Mrs car, always loved the MK3 and thought it'd be a perfect daily for the Mrs as she does a lot of traveling for work.

It's a 2.0 TDI FR 150 and travelled over to South Wales for it today!

Gonna have to get a couple of mods for it, not as many as the old MK2 though

 

[CupraJohnQ]

Class thread mate, shame you had to get rid

 

[Aidanr97]

Class thread mate, shame you had to get rid

Thanks mate! I do miss it, apart from filling it up