Ape's LCR225 Thread (Getting Back on the Road)

[t0m]

From my understanding...

There's that much air entering the engine bay that adding a small piece of tube in the path of where airflow will be moving anyway is a bit well... Inefficient. Stable air is better than turbulent air for a cone, laminate air and all that. It's reasonable to assume that a cones demands for air on the likes of the LCR will not be met by putting a bit of corrugated (turbulence again) pipework. Race cars I've seen rarely have the pipework there if they're running open cones (such as a Time Attack Evo I've seen).

Enclosed filters obviously are different as they take air from within a box, which needs a supply, which is why the likes of your twintake has a feed to the front etc etc.

I've not got any logs / flows. Not into any of that at the moment. Can't log with my liquid gauge and I'm not buying vag com to read logs etc. More interested in how it feels on the road. I'll keep an eye on my gauge next time I'm out in it and will throw some figures your way (if I can remember them )

The supercopa airbox I've not got a link for, just photo's of it. I'd imagine it's a custom item from Forge

Valid points! Indeed alot of race spec cars don't have cold feeds when running bigger open cones..

The enclosed cone market is a bit poo for the LCR wouldn't you say though? Green dynatwist has been proven not to take in as much g/s as an open cone jetex for example, and they cost alot!

I'm going to go check some prices on 57i's and might sling one in soon

 

[Hilla LCR]

Ad, if I remember right, when you had that diagnostic software and I'd just installed the 57i, it was running pretty impressive g/s figures - much much better than standard anyway.

Can't remember what the figures are though, was a while ago.

 

[Ape]

George - cheers matey, may have to get into this logging business!

Tom - I've not looked in all honesty, if I change the filter I'd research a bit more about them. Open cones I believe will flow better than enclosed for the fact that they're not restricted by a box.

Al - it did, for the reason above. Although the diag software's I've got are a bit basic and are redundant now that I've got the liquid gauge. I'll trust that more than the software on my laptop

 

[Ape]

Ahhh yeah

Just in time for Trax:

Will get them fitted on Saturday 8)

 

[h7 cya]

very nice indeed? how much did they set you back if you dont mind me asking?

 

[wayne lcr]

you putting them on the front or back?.

 

[Ape]

Just shy of £200 for the pair cheap as chips and I love them. used them for a good few years now.

They'll be replacing the fronts. The rear's are Parada's also, but they've still got plenty of tread on them.

 

[wayne lcr]

that was cheap mate were did you get them from.

 

[Ape]

The old Bay of E, always get my tyres from there, cheaper than black circles and mytyres, camskill etc etc. I know people who'll fit em for me so it's all good

 

[Murdered LCR]

I use spec 2s won't use any other tyre now I love em

 

[Ape]

Same here bud, had them on previous cars. The road noise doesn't bother me and i know what they're like in the wet, I'd only possibly change the neova's if the price dropped on them

 

[J@mes W]

absolutely loving this thread, definitely my favourite LCR on this site. I'm loving the look of those tires, i think i'll get those tired next time around.

keep up the good work ape!

 

[pascal77uk]

Like the orange wheels there mate. Different.

Those Pradas are not really track tyres but better than remolds.

 

[Murdered LCR]

There red haha

 

[Ape]

Aye, the wheels are red

The Parada's are a good compromise between Road and Track Tyres.

 

[h7 cya]

do you get much life out of them mate?

 

[Ape]

Not too bad, Got about 6000 road miles, a trip to the 'Ring and 2 track days out of them. so aye, not too shabby!

 

[Ape]

Car's all ready for Trax now

2 New Tyres ready to destroy tomorrow
New MOT, although the bloke tried to fail me on:
Number plate too small
Left and right indicators were white (although they're the same bulbs they left the factory with)
Tyre Tread too low (although the brand new tyres were sat next to the car and awaiting fitting by them)

Talk about a jobsworth. All sorted now though

 

[Hilla LCR]

Ken Block says hi:

 

[Ape]

Harro Ken!!