W66RRY - Mk1 Leon Cupra R

vroomtshh · Dec 9, 2013

Been on the forum for a long long time now. Had 8 really good years with my Ibiza

It had a couple of mods over the years :lol:

Then I thought it was time to grow up a bit and bought an A4 estate 1.8t

This was a great car, comfortable, reliable, handled well etc etc but I just could never bring myself to like it.

So I done a deal with it against an LCR, bought late at night in the dark and rain - this may have been a mistake :shrug:

Excuse the rubbish photos over the next few posts

The night I brought it home

Next day in the daylight :blink:

vroomtshh · Dec 9, 2013

So first things first got my new plate on, and gave it a proper clean inside and out

This took a full day of cleaning to get to this stage

Iron X doing its thing

I don;t know why but I never took any decent finished pictures.

At this stage I had checked the car over and made a long list of bits it needed.
Brakes were shot all round, car handled like a sack of potatoes, it had the wrong wishbones on, had 4 mismatched springs on it and was in general need of some TLC.
Looking back through the cars history, it appears to have been owned by an older guy for 8 years or so, and never wanted for anything. It was then owned by a young guy for a year or so, who'd neglected to give it any attention apart from a dump valve and tinted windows

vroomtshh · Dec 9, 2013

So straight off before I started driving it, I whipped the brakes off all round

So I completely stripped them down, blasted, painted and rebuilt them

vroomtshh · Dec 9, 2013

So at this point I wanted new pistons, dust boots etc for the calipers, and by the time I had priced it all up, it was coming in fairly expensive.
So David at Sere hooked me up with a set of brand new calipers instead

EBC discs

Fitted (with a cheeky stud conversion)

And calipers fitted too

I ended up getting brand new calipers for the rear too, and painted them to suit

vroomtshh · Dec 9, 2013

The car needed 4 tyres, so I thought I'd get these

And in the background you can see a set of Weitec 50/50 shocks and springs I got to tide me over (got to be better than 4 wrong springs)

And I bought some cast wishbones and poly bushes to sort out the caster issues

Painted and fitted

New bolts

vroomtshh · Dec 9, 2013

Ok so at this stage, the car was allowed out in public, and as a baseline, I took it along to a rolling road day.

Made 227bhp, which sounds good, but the car had a bodged decat, and a map of some description so wasn't as healthy as could be.

vroomtshh · Dec 9, 2013

Ok so now all the maintenance is done, it's time to start tweaking

Jetex filter and heatshield

New Forge 008p (new design)

Badger 5 TIP (excuse the red, I got two delivered and don;t appear to have a pic of the blue one)

vroomtshh · Dec 9, 2013

Milltek TBE with decat

Finally got round to getting the wheels coated and fitted

12mm Spacers for the rear

vroomtshh · Dec 9, 2013

New stereo

Shiny dipstick

I also got every silicone hose that Forge sell for a cracking deal at ultimate dubs. No individual pics though

vroomtshh · Dec 9, 2013

So at this stage I booked in for a stage 2 map, so had to get my finger out and get an intercooler

Pipes welded on

Support brackets

And piped up to suit

vroomtshh · Dec 9, 2013

So group outing for stage 2 mapping

And straight off to another dyno day

Car made 256bhp. Don;t have the graph. While the figures sound disappointing, the dyno operator told me the car was running dangerously lean (16:1 on boost) and I probably wouldn;t make it off the dyno without a cracked piston. My AFR guage disagreed with him, EGT's were in good order and the car drove brilliantly so I was happy.

vroomtshh · Dec 9, 2013

Day after going stage 2, an Alfa decided to take up my space on the road

I got off fairly lucky when you consider the speeds involved and where it happened etc.
At this point I decided I'd spent so much on it, I may as well go the whole hog and have the full car painted. So a new rear door, new wing and other bits and pieces, and the full car stripped down and painted.

I also have to say a big thanks to Glentyan Alloys at this point who sorted my wheels completely free of charge

vroomtshh · Dec 9, 2013

So now the car was mechanically sound, and looking good, I ran it throughout the summer

Btapp'd meet at Chemical guys

New rear badges

vroomtshh · Dec 9, 2013

Chemical guys blacklight fairly darkens up the paint

Glasgow Cruise

And some random summer shots

vroomtshh · Dec 9, 2013

Decide to fit water meth in preparation for future plans

Quick run out at Crail - best time of 14.5 (I think :lol:

)

Tucked up safely for winter

And my cheap winter runner

Which pretty much brings me up to date. The car is currently undergoing some major changes. I'll make a start to posting them up ASAP

RDS · Dec 9, 2013

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Where did you get this from mate?

John Lindsay · Dec 9, 2013

Chop Chop, get to the good bits!!

J.B. · Dec 9, 2013

Nice car with a lot of good mods

big eck · Dec 9, 2013

Were you at the crail revo day???

D.K · Dec 9, 2013

Such a shame when a nice car falls into the wrong hands but it's nice to see you've brought it back to how it should be :thumbup:

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