Brad's Seat leon TDI project, end of an era!!

[drue1]

Rims look sweet m8y

 

[brad1]

Looks fantastic mate well done.

Cheers mate, im sure you will give me a few more tips at the london meet

 

[brad1]

Right, a little update, after having a long hard think and speaking with another very helpful member (jonjay) ive decided to go down the universal FMIC route rather than the forge one These parts should be ordered in the next couple of weeks, cant wait

Here is a pic of what the bottom pipe will be routed like

Enjoy and watch this space soon

 

[MattFrench]

Brad, am i wrong in thinking your inlet is the passenger side. If so i would of thought you would be best with a intercooler with an inlet/outlet each end. Look on robdon build thread, he has tested alot of intercoolers and gone for a ebay jobbies at under £100. I was thinking of doing this with my pd 150 to try and reduce smoke.

 

[brad1]

I've got a sidemount, inlet and outlet need to be on the same side on the fmic, same as the one in the picture I put up

 

[MattFrench]

If your using the same hoses, but if your making a custom route, and your using the same turbo outlet root as shown above you would realy be better off with a bar and plate with the out let the oposite end to shorten pipe length to the inlet which is the other side of the bay. basicly copying a pd150 set up. Im proberly totaly wrong though.

 

[brad1]

The best route is the one in the pic shown above, I will run the top pipe under the headlight and into the rest of the intercooler pipework.

 

[MattFrench]

Ignor me sorry Im being stupid with the root layout. Good luck with the build

 

[Gooner_Mike]

Looking good Brad! Good idea going down the universal intercooler route. Got me thinking! Is your intercooler and pipework an ebay jobbie?

 

[brad1]

Yeah, they will be an eBay jobbie

 

[Gooner_Mike]

Yeah, they will be an eBay jobbie

Cool. I have had a look but most seem to be "in one end and out the other" coolers. Hard to find one with inlet and outlet on the same side!

 

[brad1]

Cool. I have had a look but most seem to be "in one end and out the other" coolers. Hard to find one with inlet and outlet on the same side!

Best thing to type in is "twinpass intercooler" and the medium or smaller one is exactly like the seat sport one mate

 

[1.9...stefan]

ahh atlast lol... will wait to see this with antisipation... think i will be up there with people wanting to copy soon

 

[brad1]

People wanting to copy my set up soon

 

[trebormint]

Well fitted my SFS turbo outlet pipe and 1.8t pancake pipe yesterday, here are a few comparison pics of the uprated pipework i have used and oem rubbish lol

Does the SFS fit snuggly over the pancake pipe?

Not sure how I would mate the pancake pipe to SMIC as it has the stupid connecter type thingy! (PD130).

And I take it you can order this pipe separately from SFS, as they normally sell as a pair of hoses?

 

[brad1]

I got given two connectors, one for either end of the pipe, if you get the sfs pipe with two connectors it will connect straight to your original pancake no problem, I only used one connector as the 1.8t pancake pipe doesn't have a silly connector so it fits perfectly over hope that helps mate

 

[jonjay]

I got given two connectors, one for either end of the pipe, if you get the sfs pipe with two connectors it will connect straight to your original pancake no problem, I only used one connector as the 1.8t pancake pipe doesn't have a silly connector so it fits perfectly over hope that helps mate

Bradios. What seal do I need to get, would like to replace mine to stop the weeping.

 

[K3mist]

Right, a little update, after having a long hard think and speaking with another very helpful member (jonjay) ive decided to go down the universal FMIC route rather than the forge one
These parts should be ordered in the next couple of weeks, cant wait

Hi mate!

Just wondering why you have chosen to go the universal instead of the FMIC route?

Is it purely price?

The reason I ask is at some point I want to do the same and any advice would be very helpful.

Great build by the way!

 

[brad1]

Hi mate!

Just wondering why you have chosen to go the universal instead of the FMIC route?

Is it purely price?

The reason I ask is at some point I want to do the same and any advice would be very helpful.

Great build by the way!

Your confusing stuff here, the route im taking is going to use a universal fmic and pipework rather than forge, reason being it will cost a third of the price over a forge product, and will work just the same as a forge product, if not, better You have a fmic as standard anyway mayte, no point in changing it as jonjay is running 260bhp and 370ftlb on a standard fmic

 

[brad1]

Bradios. What seal do I need to get, would like to replace mine to stop the weeping.

Marios Is yours weeping slightly at the turbo connector then? I went to the plumbing section at B&Q and theres a small packet of rubber o rings (pack of 4) and i used the one down from the biggest i believe. Let me know if you need one and ill go and get you a couple mate