8bit's Mk1 Leon Cupra R. Scarlett - as in Johansson...

[Willie]

saved yourself a massive bill too. Glad it was as I thought and the extra cost for towing was justified. Shame about the bill but could be the turning point for your mechanical knowledge of your car

 

[8bit]

Yup, am glad I listened to yourself and the others who replied to my other post in the mk1 section. £188 this month along with £245 for road tax is still better than £1k - £2k at any time lol, and as you say I understand the car a bit better now, getting there.

Never mind, payday next week, gonna order my R32 ARB to cheer myself up

 

[IbizaRocks7]

Nice pics, what a beaut'!

 

[8bit]

Cheers

EDIT - or did you mean the actual photos of the real Scarlett Johansson?

 

[IbizaRocks7]

haha I did mean the car but that picture of the actual scarlett is pretty flattering, I'd like to take a look under the hood on both accounts

 

[8bit]

Heh heh

More on the reversed DV - never noticed this with the valve in the normal orientation but when I get to about 5500rpm the turbo whistle seems to go a lot higher, it's like it's kicking in all over again. Definitely pulls a good bit harder from there up to the redline. Made me wonder, could the car not be boosting properly between when it starts to whistle about 2200rpm and going a lot higher/louder at 5500? Guess I'll need to get some logs done to have an idea.

Speaking of logs, found this one kindly done by djhorace just after I got the car, back when it was still totally stock. Maybe if someone who understands these things a bit better than I do spots something I need to be aware of they wouldn't mind posting? Looking at the "Mass Flow" column, assuming that's MAF figures the max shows 181.28 g/s, which roughly equates to 226.6 or 231.1 BHP, depending whether you like to multiply by 1.25 or 1.275

Monday	5	April	2010	17:50:22											
1ML 906 032 A		1.8l R4/5VT         0002													
															
	Group A:	115				Group B:	116				Group C:	002			
		RPM	Load	Absolute Pres.	Absolute Pres.		RPM	Lambda	Lambda	Lambda		RPM	Load	Inj. On Time	Mass Flow
	TIME					TIME					TIME				
Marker	STAMP	 /min	 %	 mbar	 mbar	STAMP	 /min	 %	 %	 %	STAMP	 /min	 %	 ms	 g/s
	0.3	2560	52.6	990	1050	0.6	2560	0	0	0	0.01	2520	54.1	5.1	27.86
	1.22	2560	36.1	990	1040	1.51	2560	0	0	0	0.9	2560	36.8	3.4	17.67
	2.16	2520	21.1	990	1020	2.52	2480	0	0	0	1.81	2520	20.3	1.7	7.61
	153.58	720	24.1	980	980	153.88	720	0	0	0	154.18	760	24.1	2.04	3.44
	154.48	720	24.1	980	980	154.78	760	0	0	0	155.08	760	24.1	2.04	3.44
	155.39	760	24.1	980	980	155.69	760	0	0	0	156	720	24.1	2.04	3.47
	156.29	720	24.1	980	980	156.59	720	0	0	0	156.9	720	24.1	2.38	3.42
	157.2	760	24.1	980	990	157.5	720	0	0	0	157.8	720	24.1	2.04	3.47
	158.11	720	24.1	980	980	158.4	720	0	0	0	158.71	760	24.1	2.04	3.47
	159.01	760	24.8	980	980	159.31	720	0	0	0	159.61	760	24.8	2.38	3.5
	159.92	760	24.1	980	980	160.33	760	0	0	0	160.62	760	24.1	2.38	3.5
	160.92	760	24.1	980	990	161.22	760	0	0	0	161.53	760	24.1	2.38	3.5
	161.82	720	24.1	980	990	162.13	720	0	0	0	162.43	720	24.1	2.38	3.42
	162.73	720	23.3	980	980	163.03	720	0	0	0	163.33	720	24.1	2.04	3.47
	163.63	720	24.1	980	980	163.94	720	0	0	0	164.24	720	24.1	2.38	3.53
	164.54	720	24.1	980	980	164.84	720	0	0	0	165.14	760	24.1	2.38	3.53
	165.44	720	24.1	980	990	165.75	720	0	0	0	166.05	720	24.1	2.38	3.56
	166.35	720	24.1	980	980	166.65	720	0	0	0	166.95	720	24.1	2.04	3.53
	167.26	720	24.1	980	980	167.56	720	0	0	0	167.86	720	24.1	2.04	3.53
	168.16	800	30.8	980	980	168.47	1160	0	0	0	168.77	1280	38.3	3.74	10.94
	169.07	1160	44.4	980	990	169.37	1000	0	0	0	169.67	880	65.4	6.8	12.67
	169.97	880	74.4	1080	1000	170.27	1040	0	0	0	170.57	1280	68.4	6.12	17.22
	170.89	1480	66.9	980	1050	171.19	1680	0	0	0	171.49	1960	71.4	6.8	29.25
	171.79	2240	65.4	980	1130	172.09	2040	0	0	0	172.4	1840	18	1.7	4
	172.69	1680	15	980	1040	172.99	1680	0	0	0	173.3	1520	53.4	5.1	16.72
	173.59	1640	54.9	980	1010	173.9	1800	0	0	0	174.2	1800	54.1	4.08	14.44
	174.54	1640	18	980	1060	174.91	1400	0	0	0	175.2	1320	17.3	1.7	4.67
	175.5	1320	43.6	980	1000	175.81	1440	0	0	0	176.12	1520	78.2	7.48	24
	176.42	1600	82.7	1650	1070	176.71	1680	0	0	0	177.01	1760	91	8.5	34
	177.32	1880	94.7	1780	1210	177.62	1960	0	0	0	177.92	2080	106.8	10.2	46.94
	178.23	2200	117.3	1910	1430	178.53	2320	0	0	0	178.83	2480	138.3	13.26	73.67
	179.13	2640	150.4	1800	1840	179.44	2800	0	0	0	179.74	2960	164.7	15.64	90.81
	180.04	3120	158.6	1790	1850	180.34	3320	0	0	0	180.64	3480	156.4	14.62	102.22
	180.95	3640	155.6	1810	1840	181.25	3800	0	0	0	181.55	3960	154.9	14.28	118.44
	181.85	4120	154.1	1800	1810	182.15	4240	0	0	0	182.45	4400	152.6	14.28	128.92
	182.77	4560	155.6	1800	1790	183.06	4720	0	0	0	183.36	4840	151.1	14.28	142.08
	183.66	5000	150.4	1810	1820	183.96	5160	0	0	0	184.26	5280	155.6	14.96	158.33
	184.57	5400	156.4	1870	1840	184.87	5560	0	0	0	185.17	5680	162.4	15.64	171.67
	185.47	5800	154.9	1910	1920	185.77	5960	0	0	0	186.07	6080	156.4	14.62	181.28
	186.38	6200	153.4	1830	1890	186.68	6280	0	0	0	186.99	6400	138.3	12.92	176.5
	187.28	6520	143.6	1720	1800	187.58	6600	0	0	0	187.89	6720	115.8	10.54	164.11
	188.2	6800	120.3	1460	1670	188.5	6800	0	0	0	188.79	6800	12	1.36	7.31
	189.09	6680	14.3	980	1170	189.39	6640	0	0	0	189.69	6560	12	0	14.64
	190	6520	12	980	1070	190.3	6440	0	0	0	190.6	6040	12	0	15.11
	190.9	5360	12.8	980	1050	191.23	4800	0	0	0	191.51	4240	12	0	10.36
	192.82	4960	53.4	980	1080	193.12	4880	0	0	0	193.43	4880	54.1	4.76	48.94
	193.72	4880	53.4	980	1280	194.02	4800	0	0	0	194.32	4840	14.3	1.36	8.69
	194.62	4800	14.3	980	1080	194.92	4800	0	0	0	195.23	4760	14.3	1.36	13.28
	195.53	4720	15	980	1030	195.83	4680	0	0	0	196.13	4640	12	0	10.75
	196.44	4160	12.8	980	1020	196.74	3680	0	0	0	197.03	3240	12.8	0	8.89
	197.34	2800	14.3	980	1020	197.63	2480	0	0	0	197.95	2680	15.8	1.7	7.64
	198.25	3320	15	980	1010	198.55	3600	0	0	0	198.85	3680	32.3	3.06	25.75

 

[8bit]

Tiny update... Today ordered a Golf R32 front anti-roll bar, should be here next week. Was inspired by a certain black mk1 LCR around these parts I met on Monday this week and decided I needed to start on some handling mods before getting silly with the power so guess this is the start of £££'s disappearing faster than they appear.

Next will be the brakes. They've started squealing when I've been giving it the berries and tonight on the way home from work I had occasion to stop ASAP - and didn't stop as quickly as I hoped. No collision, no damage, just didn't stop nearly as quickly as I'd thought I would. I know the discs are past their best but think I need to get them changed and some Ferodo pads too, so that's next month's beer money out the window too...

 

[8bit]

Ok time for another update... Just back from a weekend in Glasgow visiting some of my g/f's relatives, while down there managed to drop the car off for the day on Friday to get the wheels refurbished as my birthday present from aforementioned g/f ...

They were coloured in titanium after having being dipped and stripped, shotblasted, having kerb damage filled in and a slight dent in the lip of the offside rear straightened out, drive in/drive out same day service in Glasgow for £200. I'm not sure if we're allowed to say who's done work here if they're not forum sponsors so if anyone's interested then PM me and I'll tell you who did it.

Also got another wee toy for the car, a Jetex cone filter. Managed to do a temporary install before I left for Glasgow by mounting it direct onto the MAF and resting it in the lower half of the OEM airbox for now, got some silicone tube and metal joiner coming this week and will head to B&Q and see about getting something to mount it more securely to the chassis.

On the downside, on the way back from Glasgow this afternoon noticed that there seems to be a strange clicking/scraping sound coming from the rear offside wheel area under braking at low speed. It seems to slow down and stop in time with the car and its' wheels. Can't see anything that would be causing that but will have to investigate properly tomorrow evening. Had to head straight back out when we got back as the g/f was collecting her new car, a 56-plate silver Mazda MX-5 2.0i - no turbo so not enough oomph for me but it's a step up from her 1.3L Suzuki Swift

 

[MrNorma]

Glad your happy with the result mate, anyone interested see my sig.

 

[tyrer]

love Red cars when clean and mint - looks lovely that mate

 

[8bit]

love Red cars when clean and mint - looks lovely that mate

Cheers Still needs a bit of work to be mint, there's some stone chips and scratches needing a bit of ChipEx, could do with replacing the R badges and the splitter is looking a little bit worse for wear but she's not in bad shape.

 

[Willie]

Cars looking fresh as feck now
seems like there are a good few shiney Leons up our way now

 

[8bit]

Cars looking fresh as feck now
seems like there are a good few shiney Leons up our way now

Cheers buddy aye there's a few now, started seeing another red one at my work lately and another black one I pass most mornings and evenings going the opposite directions to me, maybe they'll find their way here eventually...

Another wee update, got my Jetex cone installed, well sort of - it's a lot bigger than I thought it was gonna be (think it used to belong to DPJ, I bought it from another member on here that said it did anyway). Was hoping to put a bit of cable-tie round the narrow end and fasten it to the bracket inside of the nearside wing that the OEM airbox used to mount in with the little rubbery bit on one end. It's a bit big for that so for now it's wedged fairly firmly against that bracket bit until I work out what to do about securing it.

Any ideas? It'd have to be something I can easily knock together with parts available from Halfords or B&Q as I have no access to any metalworking facilities nor much by way of engineering skills.

On the plus side it's made a definite improvement in performance, the car pulls a good bit harder, sooner and for longer through the rev range, even in higher gears. Had a good run in it tonight and reminded myself why I fell in love with the car in the first place Another happy Jetex fan here now.

 

[Willie]

I initially had tywraps holding my one still till I made up the metal loop thing I've got now.
Vibration kills MAF's

 

[8bit]

Had heard that about vibrations killing MAFs, think it'll be ok for now as it's jammed in there fairly snugly. Will raid B&Q for some array of brackets and/or clips at the weekend and see if I can bold it in to one of the holes the airbox was fixed to.

Next job will be to get some 3" flexible hose and get the bumper off, run some cold air feed in place of the snorkel. May have to look at some battery relocation brackets too, so as to get it out of the way of the new cold feed...

 

[wayne lcr]

just need a big cold air feed now mate.

 

[8bit]

Yup, seems there's a few ways to do that, gonna do some reading on that subject tonight. This forum is as much a mine of information as it is a money pit, lol...

 

[DPJ]

Another wee update, got my Jetex cone installed, well sort of - it's a lot bigger than I thought it was gonna be (think it used to belong to DPJ, I bought it from another member on here that said it did anyway). Was hoping to put a bit of cable-tie round the narrow end and fasten it to the bracket inside of the nearside wing that the OEM airbox used to mount in with the little rubbery bit on one end. It's a bit big for that so for now it's wedged fairly firmly against that bracket bit until I work out what to do about securing it.

Yes, that was mine. To be honest, I ran it with a ball or bubblewrap wedged between its head and the round-holed bracket on the inner wing. Never had a problem. Glad it's found a good home. Can you ease it away from the battery cover to get a bit more airflow?

 

[8bit]

Yes, that was mine. To be honest, I ran it with a ball or bubblewrap wedged between its head and the round-holed bracket on the inner wing. Never had a problem. Glad it's found a good home. Can you ease it away from the battery cover to get a bit more airflow?

Cheers mate, when I found out it had been yours I was a bit chuffed to be giving part of your car a new home, read a lot about your car since I've been on here. Quite fancied some more of the bits you've been selling too but spare funds this month and the last couple have been pretty much zip.

I got an 80mm P-clip off ebay which arrived yesterday so hopefully today I'll get time to take the filter back off again and look at getting something a bit more stable sorted re. mounting it properly. At the moment it's just kinda wedged against that circular bracket bit on the wing and the back of the battery box but will hopefully manage to get it away from the battery today.

Unfortunately I think the car is gonna have to go to the garage today or the start of next week, since getting the wheels refurbed there's been a sort of clicking sound coming from where we think is the rear offside wheel under braking. It stops as soon as I release the footbrake so I think it probably just needs new discs which is on the plan anyway. Was hoping to hold out to get EBC ultimax all round, if i have to replace rears now then I'll have to just get what I can afford

 

[Willie]

OEM rears are fine. No need to fit anything else