Project GT4

[cymatty]

****UPDATE PAGE 2 *****

Ok

After having my car for the best part of 18 months it is now time for it to have some more cash spent on it.

I await the "omg throwing money at an old car" comments and ever one is entitled to their opinion.

Brief rundown of what needs doing and rough costs.

Definite

Service £250
Fuel pump (255lphr) £50 (fitting only)
Wheel Refurb £250
New wing £250
ECU £300~
Figuring of why my suspensin clunks £1>1000
Rear diff mount £150
Wheel bearing £120


Maybes

Straight intake £150
New tyres (if required) some kind of potenza's £500

Ok so the work wont be carried out by myself as I do not have the talent however I still hope it will be an interesting thread throughout 2009, it also saves me posting a new thread every time I get something done.

Ok on with the pictures car as it is at the moment.

 

[cymatty]

Check out the awsomew 90's interior.

Some tit who didnt understand roundabouts

New toy

 

[cymatty]

Wow, people are putting up threads for a service / new air filter now....

Not really much of a project?

It's looking nice mate are these FWD?

No 4wd, its not just a project thread its also a how much do these kind of cars cost to run per year. Thought it may be of interest to someone.

 

[cymatty]

To be fair, if your suspension clunks it's going to be the fig8 links, I can't think of any other thing it could be so you may as well get both sides done while you can. It *could* be the rear diff mount but it's very unlikely.

Is there any actual gain on using the larger fuel pump? I've never heard of the need for them on faffs.

Read diff mount is buggered as well need to post that in the top, oh and the rear wheel bearing.

Changing the fuel pump due to the link, running more boost with a 15 yr old fuel pump isnt great so might as well change it.

how much do these weigh? quite heavy iirc?

1420kg~

 

[cymatty]

Yeah, you generally do the whole shabang while you've got it apart.

When I get the service done I will get them checked, if they need doing I will get saving.

 

[cymatty]

£250 service seems quite a lot?

Oil £60
Plugs £40
Rotor arm £6
Dizzy cap £30

Plus labour

 

[cymatty]

Always loved these cars as a nipper, how about some noise clips? Infact it would be nice if we had a thread where people just post audio's of their cars running.
Dont kill me if there is already one, cba to do a search

Will try to get some later, although they will be on a phone so wont be so good.

 

[cymatty]

Ridden shotgun (and in the back with comedy headroom) in this car. I'm not sure if I was convinced on the handling & 4WD characteristics (not the cars fault, it's just my own taste) but it certainly went forwards in an impressive manner and made lovely noises.

Shame about that front wing, the car looks awesome otherwise. Will that ECU give you any more PSI then?

Probably my driving tbh and the road. I am very ham fisted with the car and so it probably does not do it justice, I am sure it can be driven a lot more smoothly and will probably impress more.

The ECU will change the boost from 0.9bar to 1.1-1.2 bar and should see me happily past the 300bhp mark.

 

[cymatty]

http://neo-fusion.co.uk/gallery/gallery/ocuk/mr6minimeet/GT4_a640.wmv <== there's a video of your actual car cymatty tell me if you want it removing though

Cheers saves me a job.

 

[cymatty]

You've got a forged lump haven't you? else I wouldn't go over 1.1BAR on a stock bottom end.

No but I have a hybrid turbo and oil cooler, so 1.1-2 should be fine especially if mapped properly.

 

[cymatty]

I'd be very very careful, the stock bottom end won't take that. I only ever ran 1.1BAR through mine and this was the result...

Was that with the standard turbo? as at those pressures its a super heater.

Seems to be he luck of the draw there is a guy on gt4oc who has been running 1.2bar on standard internals for 60k. Then there are people like you who are unlucky and their engine goes pop.

It will probably be mapped to run 1.3 for safety incase it overboosts, day to day it will run at 0.9bar and 1.1 for fun times.

 

[cymatty]

1.3 for safety? crikey!

If you're having to save up for fig8s then just bear in mind that you'll be paying about 3-4 grand to replace a popped engine.

Well it makes no sense to map it to 1.1bar only, what if it overboosts and there is no map, that is worse than one or two runs at a higher boost for safety.

It will never run 1.3 on the road as I am well away of the engines going pop and the ridiculous costs to fix them.

 

[cymatty]

You the chap who posted on here before crimbo where someone cut infront of you on a big round about and tried to drive through you ?

Not yet, the damage is the same damage on the front wing. Getting a new one soon.

 

[cymatty]

who are you gettin to map the link? i would highly reccomend ryan from 2bartuning.

a good map at 1.2 bar on a hybrid should see you around 320hp on a st205

even the stock turbo at 1.2 bar will do over 300 easy

as for the knocking, you have to change bothte fig8's and bottom arms at the same time as teh knocking fig8's put wear on thw bottom arms so you need to replace them too.

Yeah I half expected it to be them, I am shocked as they were changed about 30k ago.

I am getting Lydon formely of Rogue iirc? Got a good reputation in the MR2 circles.

not trying to start an argument mate but i agree. Its hardly a project is it ?

Sorry, if you wamt me to get a mod to change the title to "A year in the life of a GT4" I am more than happy to do that?

 

[cymatty]

yeah lyndon is good, him and ryan are good friends.

i thought lyndon had given up on teh mapping side of things and thought he was wonly doing intallation of electrical stuff, i could be wrong tho.

I think he has in the main, he is doing it for a friend of his and I have managed to tag along.

 

[cymatty]

OK finally an update to make it a project thread.

Took the car to my friends who originally built the car for me, it is now lacking the following

-Power steering fluid
-Oil
-Gear box oil
-Battery
-Alternator
-Chargecooler
-Air filter
-Down pipe
-Turbo (being sent to be clocked and bracket fitted)

So the task was to start to fit the FMIC move the battery to the boot and fit a straight intake also fit a second hand wing.

How it started

Hmmm minus a few parts now

New gearbox oil cooler installed and PAS cooler moved, managed to keep the A/C even though there has been no gas in the system for 2 years.

FMIC test mounted with cable ties, think I need a smaller number plate.

We have moved the cooler a few inches higher so you can see it through the top grill for maximum cooling

So next weekend we need to move the battery to boot, test fit the fmic pipes to be sent off for welding and refit the clocked turbo and oil cooler.

 

[cymatty]

Are you replacing the standard oil cooler with the new one pictured or running two small ones or using it for the PAS fluid or something?

That is the oil cooler, it was already on, it will be fitted somewhere after the FMIC has been set in place.

 

[cymatty]

Does your chargecooler have a new home yet? Would it like one?

Not yet, I was going to put it on ebay.

 

[cymatty]

I was meaning the blue circled cooler..?

Is the one circled in red not oil but transmission fluid instead then?

My assumption was that the red one was already an oil cooler and then was asking why you had fitted a second one (the blue one).

Blue cooler is the Gear box oil cooler

Red cooler is the engine oil cooler

The cooler in the middle is the P/S cooler

 

[cymatty]

Nice Si

You need to chop that bumper for maximum show

It will look a lot better with a smaller plate

so your project is to get your mate to modify your car?

Some people are not blessed with the mechanical skills required for such a task not to mention the fabrication and tools required.

As I was there and am helping complete the work I am claiming it as a project.