Aye Rob! - apologies for the delayed reply - these modern chimneys really slow me down - they build them awfie wee these days don`they - suppose too, i`m gettin to be a fat git `cause I do eat all the the mince pies i`m left - then I had to muck oot the reindeer , and get the sleigh`s MOT ready for next year - Och! a Santa`s work is never done - hope you had a good Christmas anyway! - Best wishes to you and all SCN chums
Now where was I? - Quaife Diff - the car has a Quaife fitted and an uprated S***s clutch!!
Notice now, I didn`t spell the brand name in full, for fear of upsetting your Xmas digestion as I spotted from you recent posts that you are having trouble with S***s clutches - knowing how meticulous you are with your car and it`s spec, I can well understand how upset you are ! - You have my sympathies - I would be the same!!
Don`t know what to think really. I will have to reserve judgement till I see how I fare - The car averaged max 368 BHP and 373 ft/ lbs torque on the Dyno runs, and Mike didn`t spare its blushes - no sign of any slippage yet - I`ll soon let you know if there is!
The` Jabba` car is just surperb - I am so chuffed with it, and I feel it has been well worth the wait, and what a wait! - It must be 3years+ since Jim at Star chased APR to do the kit for me, but they weren`t interested in casting the manifold for RHD - they are now by the way!! I recently heard form Guy in APR Australia and the manifold now exists in RHD form, and they are well on the way to completing the Garrett kit for RHD Transverse - I am a great admirer of APR engineering and I know their kit will be something else when it arrives!!!
The last three years, I have generally been making a pest of myself around all those who I thought could do the conversion - I`d even thought of approaching Dahlback in Sweden and recently was getting so frustrated that I was considering Sportec!!! - nah! - not even I would pay those prices!!
Jabba have had the hardware for a while - their exhaust manifold is an excellent, proven, cast high nickel, ceramic coated design, and have in general a huge amount of experience preparing the 1.8T -The delay was on the software side - and once Milke got round to finishing the software for the ME7.5 ecu, then it was all go!! - I was real chuffed when they were first to the post and offered to do my car - the first RHD LCR to get their IHI treatment.
Suppose it`s strange to say, but when it actually came to getting the car done, after all this time waiting, I approached the prospect with a deal of of trepidation!! - mostly because I am a fussy `old git` -for me, a car is such an amalgam of attributes - pollute the magic and I personally quickly lose interest - the buzz i get from a car is the product of a subtle cocktail of a number of attributes, only one of which is BHP!! - and despite the great potential displayed on paper by the basic design, I was seriouisly concerned that I could be heading for a Max Power monster, with all the connotations that that concept implies!!! - I had visions of poor drivability, noise, harshness - compulsory weekly rebuilds, and all the rest!!
Well i`ve done 800 miles so far and as far as reliability goes all I can say is that nothing has yet fallen off, we`ll just have to see! - however no funny lights have come on - and all in all the the car fires up and goes about its daily business just like it was a standard LCR.
It has lost none of that wonderful `dual personality`that I like so much - I can still relax and potter about in the upper gears, getting approx 25mpg ,wafting along with the torque, whilst listening to the stereo, which thankfully still remains audible!! - and yet on the other hand, should the mood take me, I have perfomance on tap of junior `supercar` proportions - it`s mighty quick!!
The IHI spools up just like the KO4, but unlike the KO4 it gives 320+bhp between 4500 and 7500! - Mike has done a fabulous job with the mapping, real smooth power delivery with a broad flat top end - the drivability is fab and the car is so easy to control with the throttle, despite all the horsepower - I am seeing 1.65 bar mid range and 1.27 bar at 7500 rpm with 18degC engine inlet temp in this cold weather!! - don`t know what that is on the dyno but on the road it is `impreeeessssssivvvveee` - 150 speedo readings available on quite modest straights!!
I have a sneaking feeling that it might run to 7000+rpm[340BHP] in top, given its head and with gearing of approx 25mph/1000 in 6th with the 235/40/18 rubber - well that`s movin` along very smartly
The final effect of all the mods is in a way, greater than `the sum of the parts` - the brakes haul it down from 150 so positively without any hint of drama - the suspension mods, the diff. and Jabba`s realtime variable boost control, combine to tame the worst excesses of FWD `waywardness` and the initial stiffness smoothes out at speed making the car feel so much more `planted` than the standard set up - the motor has a new, menacing, hard edged howl to it - the whole car has a hightened confidence and sense of purpose, - it just `huckles down` and goes! believe me! - yet paradoxically, it does so with an aura less stressed and more relaxed than the standard car - its an amazing transformation!
Rest assured, in IHI form, the LCR can exist and well acquit itself in a dimention far beyond that of the standard parameters - it is safe, practical, looks ` a dream`, goes like stink, and, all in all, is `stonkin good fun`!
It must surely be the greatest ever `hot hatch`
Respect then to the VAG engineers for the inherent strengths of their basic design
and more so to the lads at Jabbasport for refining the product brilliantly , and producing one for lucky old me!!
- and the insights and experiences you offered, gave me the path to follow, and the confidence to go forward, and get the work done!
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stupid new house
- as per his instructions, 
I turned the lttle black knob to the fully clockwise position - Ah ha!! 
- the wheels started to spin 
- theworld became a blur and along with it, so did the Audi!!! 
) - I resumed my usual stately 50mph cruise 
