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

[strugers1]

See the two metal struts infront of the radiator at 45 degress angle, these were stopping the fmic coming up in between the crash bar and these, there was only a 2.5 inch gap inbetween these struts and crash bar, and the thickness of the fmic is 3 inch, i was thinking of cutting the struts out, but after strugers1 (karl) done this to fit his allards fmic, it weakened the slam panel and it the bonnet would only shut with quite a bit of force and the slam panel sagged slightly. By cutting into the crash, this would bring the fmic closer to the bumper for more visibility to others and maybe slightly better airflow being that tad more forward. Plus the crash bar is still very strong i hope I hope that explains it mate

dont forget my fmic is integrl ith the slam panel now though!!so i cut the A pillar out but used the fmic to replace it woop woop

 

[adam cupra 20vt]

I also cut my bars out and braced the front panel to the bumper bar using 1/8" plate

 

[brad1]

Just a small update, since fitting the fmic, it goes very well, pulls harder, i must admit well it must be running well to be dead even with my mates 187bhp 314ftlb fabia VRS from rolling in 2nd and 3rd gear from 2000rpm Only slight problem is it used to hold 20psi and drop to 19/18psi at 4500rpm with the standard intercooler, now its only holding at 18 and drops to 16psi a bit before 4500rpm. Ive read that you can lose a bit of boost fitting a bigger intercooler, and before you ask, ive got no boost leaks so i spoke to ben@AmDessex and he said this can happen so it will be going in next month for a new map/map tweak to sort the boost out and hopefully a bit more power

 

[Murdered LCR]

I did tell you this when you said the other night you loose about 2psi when a fmic has been fitted . Listen to me young one lol .

 

[brad1]

I did tell you this when you said the other night you loose about 2psi when a fmic has been fitted . Listen to me young one lol .

I knew this already lol, can't wait for it to be mapped again

 

[brightsideteeem]

cool. excuse the pun...

 

[brad1]

D.K's carbon fibre specials

Well today, i took a trip up to D.K's to get some things carbon fibered I am very pleased with them, well over the moon, make the car look alot better, ill get some pics tommorow as it was dark by the time we finished, a big thanks to D.K

 

[MJ]

Well today, i took a trip up to D.K's to get some things carbon fibered I am very pleased with them, well over the moon, make the car look alot better, ill get some pics tommorow as it was dark by the time we finished, a big thanks to D.K

What've you had done mate?

 

[brad1]

What've you had done mate?

Haha, wait and see mate

 

[brightsideteeem]

sounds good mate. I think I'm done for the year now mate. Just a service and I've been told I'm gonna need a new steering rack v.soon... Dont happen to know the part number do you mate? Also, am i right in thinking I could use one off a MK4 Golf? Or could i fit an uprated one? A quicker resonse one etc ?

Keep it up anyway fella. I'm acheing to see this in the flesh...

 

[MJ]

Did you let D.K. go mad and cover your entire car or is it all nice and subtle - I've just done my centre console

I've nearly finished my engine bay aswell :s

 

[MJ]

...I've been told I'm gonna need a new steering rack v.soon... Dont happen to know the part number do you mate? Also, am i right in thinking I could use one off a MK4 Golf? Or could i fit an uprated one? A quicker resonse one etc ?

Keep it up anyway fella. I'm acheing to see this in the flesh...

1J2 422 061 AH - normal, 1ML 422 061 - Cupra R - wether they are different or not i dont know but the cupra r one is double the price.

 

[brad1]

sounds good mate. I think I'm done for the year now mate. Just a service and I've been told I'm gonna need a new steering rack v.soon... Dont happen to know the part number do you mate? Also, am i right in thinking I could use one off a MK4 Golf? Or could i fit an uprated one? A quicker resonse one etc ?

Keep it up anyway fella. I'm acheing to see this in the flesh...

Cool, so you doing your bigger and more expensive mods next year? Im not sure on the part number mate, though someone else off here might know Cheers anyway mate, im gonig to try and be at alot of the shows next year

 

[brad1]

Did you let D.K. go mad and cover your entire car or is it all nice and subtle - I've just done my centre console

I've nearly finished my engine bay aswell :s

That looks really good mate, we didnt go mad, but did some good and new things Im going to get that done by D.K next time

 

[Vaughny]

Where did you get the intercooler and the pipework from mate?

 

[Vaughny]

Did you let D.K. go mad and cover your entire car or is it all nice and subtle - I've just done my centre console

I've nearly finished my engine bay aswell :s

That looks the cow's conkers, how did you do it?

 

[jonesy118]

Where did you get the intercooler and the pipework from mate?

The map pipe is from Forge, the FMIC is from intercoolerking on ebay, search "twinpass" and I'll let Brad tell you where he got the rest of the pipework and silicon from. I'm looking to do the same type of setup on my LC sometime soon

 

[MJ]

Bought some carbon leather from ebay (from a korean seller but top notch) the stuff is really good and easy to work with, providing you can use a scalple.

 

[brad1]

Where did you get the intercooler and the pipework from mate?

The intercooler was intercoolerking on eBay and the map pipe was from forge, I then bought the silicone joiners from forge and the intercooler pipe is a universal pipe kit in size 64mm from eBay costing £54.99, hope that helps mate

 

[brad1]

Here are a few of the pics as promised, the car is very dirty, so please excuse that and the pics just dont do them justice, they look 100x better in person