Mo's Mk1 Leon Cupra - THE END....

[Mo Arif]

Guess what happened when I was looking through the Nomad racing website considering to buy on of their pre-made single gauge pillar pod's?... that's right! I thought about it and...... I ent paying that much for a peice of plastic!

Got myself a pillar plastic trim from scrappers for £2.50... chopped it up with the trusty Dremel:

Got myself a £5 universal pod from the fleaBay:

Got the fibreglass out again:

The serious work beings..... too much sanding to mention, a lot of time, effort and bucket loads of patience and loads and loads and loads of fillers, it's shaping up nicely, it's been sanded since:

 

[Mo Arif]

Oh I forgot to mention, Niki has 're-re-mapped' my car, gone is the poor custom Stage 2 Stealth Racing map, introducing the legendary Niki's Stage 2 map with............. LAUNCH CONTROL!, car feels like a different animal! Have video's on the rollers but hey we've all seen that one too many times now, here's some snaps while I there:

 

[Mo Arif]

Then I had some visitors at the door, turns out it was the mail man, he didn't look too happy carrying weight:

oh the massive intercooler above was feeling lonely so I got him a friend to play with:

 

[Mo Arif]

A few more updates

Pillar pod's looking good, test fit:

Of course it's not finished yet, needs a wee bit more sanding / minor filling and I may change the angel a bit before it's painted but you get the picture

 

[Mo Arif]

Oh I nearly forgot, the A'Pexi's gone....

 

[ben450]

That looks pukka mate well done

 

[aaronipswich]

Looking good how hard was it to wire and plumb the gauge up

 

[Mo Arif]

That looks pukka mate well done

Thanks mate

 

[Mo Arif]

Looking good how hard was it to wire and plumb the gauge up

Nothing to it Aaron, usual way just all hidden away.

 

[aaronipswich]

I've gotta do mine soon just not 100 percent sure on where to go ect
To get into the bay

 

[Mo Arif]

I've gotta do mine soon just not 100 percent sure on where to go ect
To get into the bay

Have a read of this mate:

http://www.seatcupra.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=540&Itemid=6

 

[Dione J]

Mo - hats off to you, always a pleaseure to read your RR

Is that a new turbo and intercooler you going to fit?

What BHP did you make on Nicks rollers - thats the same place I had mine done

 

[Mo Arif]

Mo - hats off to you, always a pleaseure to read your RR

Is that a new turbo and intercooler you going to fit?

What BHP did you make on Nicks rollers - thats the same place I had mine done

Ah cheers mate, yes that's a T3/T4 big turbo set-up I'm going to fit, and that inter-cooler is massive! way bigger, 3x the size of the one I have on now.

Made 230-235 of varied runs with rubbish Morrisons fuel, now back to V-Power and car feels superb. Niki's a legend.

 

[t0m]

Mo, liking the work you've put in here. Gauge work is good!

The other purchases look great too, do you get the piping etc with the Autobahn FMIC? What's it rated to?

The turbo aswell what you expecting from that dude?

V-Power all the way! My car loves it too.

 

[Mo Arif]

Mo, liking the work you've put in here. Gauge work is good!

The other purchases look great too, do you get the piping etc with the Autobahn FMIC? What's it rated to?

The turbo aswell what you expecting from that dude?

V-Power all the way! My car loves it too.

Thanks Tom, I'm going to use some of the existing piping and fabricate the rest with universal parts, it's rated to 600Bhp, it was for a big power Subaru.

I'm aiming for about 300bhp to begin with, with safe torque of 270/280, don't think the standard internals could handle any more. I will be going forged internals / rods in the future, I've seen a few of these turbo's now running 450+ with supporting mods which are abused daily, so at least that option is there.

It's amazing how much difference goof fuel makes, Niki was well pissed that I had put in Morrison's fuel, just my luck too, had been running on V-Power for over a year, on the day of mapping, I run out of fuel and had to resort to Morrison's fuel lol....

 

[t0m]

Thanks Tom, I'm going to use some of the existing piping and fabricate the rest with universal parts, it's rated to 600Bhp, it was for a big power Subaru.

I'm aiming for about 300bhp to begin with, with safe torque of 270/280, don't think the standard internals could handle any more. I will be going forged internals / rods in the future, I've seen a few of these turbo's now running 450+ with supporting mods which are abused daily, so at least that option is there.

It's amazing how much difference goof fuel makes, Niki was well pissed that I had put in Morrison's fuel, just my luck too, had been running on V-Power for over a year, on the day of mapping, I run out of fuel and had to resort to Morrison's fuel lol....

600! Nice Should do the trick perfectly then mate.

Would you keep it FWD at 450bhp? I know many people are going big big turbo now, but I always worry about the overall handling and behavior of the car at this level. Graham and Ronin on here going 4WD but big turbo. Loads of work though.

Lol, fuel makes the world of difference on these when it's between bog standard Morrisons vs performance fuels like V-power and Tesco 99. My car seems to like that too whenever I've used it as I'm not near a Shell for whatever reason.

 

[seatcupramad23]

as always great progress loving the work with liquid gauge, time to get that big turbo on then i'll have to catch up

 

[ben450]

Ill be happy with similair power to Tom and then fit a Quaife or similar diff. Thats until I decide thats not enough and want more power as is often the case with tuning

 

[aaron-gardner]

im glad you decided your lc was not yet finished and going big turbo i can not wait to see that. where did you get your turbo from and how much did it cost if you dont mind me asking. im currently getting ready for stage 2 just waiting on my map sensor flange to be welded on my ic pipe
ill be poking my nose in your rr keeping a keen eye.
keep up the good work.

 

[Ben Cupra2]

Just read your full thread mate, very good work! Glad you decided to stick with it and cant wait to see the progress of the big turbo build!