AndrewJB's Mk2 Leon FR 2.0 16V TDI "Der Rote Baron"

[Ibiza 130 tdi]

That's a hell of a torque increase! What are the clutches capable of on these?

 

[AndrewJB]

That's a hell of a torque increase! What are the clutches capable of on these?

Not sure thinks its about 400lb.ft

 

[WeeG]

Mine is sitting at 432 ft lbs on standard clutch and it feels okish lol but car has only just turned 16 k lol:S Im already saving for an upgrade!

 

[AndrewJB]

Forgot about these after washing the car the other week i decided to take pics of the Milltek,i went for the Twin 76mm Non-Resonated

Before

After

Yup it doesn't really look any different!! i wanted it to look OEM but it sounds alot different

 

[thePHILosipher]

lovely car you got going there mate, the black on red does look ace

 

[AndrewJB]

Just got home from the SCN Manchester meet and we also gatecrashed the R32OC meet

Decided i needed to scan for errors before car goes in for warranty work tommorow and i also decided i needed to fill washer bottle, So i opened bonnet and it was filthy under there so decided to give it a quick wipe and also decided to do some weight loss! And remove the sound deadening

I want to do something with engine cover but carn't decide what yet

 

[wes_keo]

how much difference in noise has removing the sound proofing made? i know what you mean about loosing a bit of weight, the leon bonnets weigh a ton.

 

[AndrewJB]

It hasnt really made a great deal of Noise difference,Maybe just abit of Turbo Whistle

I got rid of mine because it had got mold growing on it and looked Awful

 

[AndrewJB]

Decided it was time to wash it after 2 weeks

Bit of fun before i washed it....

 

[cap r 225]

Just got home from the SCN Manchester meet and we also gatecrashed the R32OC meet

I want to do something with engine cover but carn't decide what yet

Gutted i was away for this mate! although i had a pretty good time where i was. Can't really compare Mexico to Crewe can you
I say paint the grey bit RED mate

 

[AndrewJB]

Yeh John told me you had a busy weekend and then where off to Mexico hope it went well mate

I was going to paint it red but now im just going to paint the TDI bit red and leave it.The cover itself is loose anyway so no point wasting money on it

 

[Daryl.]

Re: AndrewJB's Mk2 Leon FR 2.0 16V TDI

Love the car and like the future mods

 

[AndrewJB]

Re: AndrewJB's Mk2 Leon FR 2.0 16V TDI

Picture ive found from Santa Pod

 

[AndrewJB]

Re: AndrewJB's Mk2 Leon FR 2.0 16V TDI

Cars been to AwesomeGTI today and had one of these fitted:

We had some problems getting the right one to fit, The MK5 Golf one didnt fit so in the end we found out it was a MK6 Golf GTI one that fit's

First Impressions, Car definitely pulls away alot better in 1st,2nd and 3rd and the Gear changes are smoother

Downside tho is the car now really vibrates when idleing and in reverse it vibrates even more.....Power over comfort tho

 

[cap r 225]

What is it Andy? (forgive my lack of knowledge)

What did you run at the pod time wise?

Honeymoon was great cheers mate!

 

[AndrewJB]

Basically you push it into the Mount and it makes the mount alot solider,it makes the car Vibrate badly but it now allows me to use 1st gear and 2nd gear

Pod was a bad day really started off running 16.8's and got down to a 16'3, I should be running 14.4's

Mixture of Bad Launches,No grip to launch with,Rubbish tyres

I can launch the car alot better since fitting the Insert so hopefully next time i might be able to get alot better times

 

[AndrewJB]

Decided i wanted to get rid of the "Look at me" FR Badge

Before:

And decided to replace it with a SEAT All Red TDI Badge

Unfortunately its hard to get a picture of it with it being Red on Red but in real it can be seen

 

[Wellsy]

Andy you mentioned it went in for some warranty work after the De-DPF, what did the dealer say about it?

 

[AndrewJB]

Didnt say anything about it, I did inform the sales guy that it was running 235bhp tho He looked shocked


It only went in for Heated Mirror replacement tho,Nothing to do with Engine etc

 

[Wellsy]

Aaa ok, I've just bought an FR550 and have been toying with the idea of having it done...my look is that something catastrophic engine wise will go as soon as I have it done and they'll turn their nose up!

Like the sneaky little TDi badge...give some people a frightening surprise thinking it's 'only' a leon diesel...

Good looking car you've got