Picked up the LCR today!!

[Number86]

Awesome! Love it!

First impressions. Fast. FAST! Handles well, nice turn in. Moderate body roll, but nothing too bad. Compared to my old previous FWD car it puts the power down a lot better. I was expecting more wheelspin. Though I haven't tested it much, it seems pretty good (damp roads too).

I'd probably prefer a bit more of an engine note as it's a bit bland, but it's easy to forgive

Minor niggles. There's a significant rattle from the dash. If I push the perspex it seems to remove most of it. I'm guessing there's no way of sorting this, short of replacing the whole dash?

But, overall. Assuming the car doesn't **** itself, it's great. Mean looking, nice handling, nicely specced hot hatch. Very pleased!

One question - Does anyone know at what rpm the turbo kicks in?

 

[YerMother]

Glad you like it!

 

[Eat The Rich]

Sounds good mate... I picked up my first LCR last night too. I've also got a bit of a rattle coming from the centre console, gonna get it into SEAT next week and get it sorted - it's a bit anal but I don't care, gonna make the most of the warranty

 

[vangoo]

good luck.any of yous with pics

 

[Eat The Rich]

good luck.any of yous with pics

Got a few today... I'll start a thread either tonight or tomorrow (if I get some better ones)

Anyway, back to 'Number86' - it's your thread!

 

[ArosaRacer]

One question - Does anyone know at what rpm the turbo kicks in?

depends on how its mapped

 

[Snoopie]

depends on how its mapped

By the sounds of it. It's standard. Can't remember on my LCR.

 

[Number86]

Hello. Standard LCR. I am however, getting it mapped very soon. I must say, I'm not a fan of MASSIVE power down low. It makes it quite tricky to drive slowly. As standard, the LCR has great low down grunt. But I wouldn't really want to increase on that much. I'd rather performance increases were there when you need them (up high). I'm not a fan of say, the CTR engines with their massive high level power, but still, having a little bit of power up the rev range is great. As it gives you a little more flexability with your driving and gears. (If anyones understands what im trying to say )

 

[Snoopie]

I do. I've been beaten by allsorts from Clio 172's etc, in my remapped Leon Cupra R, because too much low down power can also be useless.
Pick up my Premier CTR next week

 

[Wackojacko]

Hello. Standard LCR. I am however, getting it mapped very soon. I must say, I'm not a fan of MASSIVE power down low. It makes it quite tricky to drive slowly. As standard, the LCR has great low down grunt. But I wouldn't really want to increase on that much. I'd rather performance increases were there when you need them (up high). I'm not a fan of say, the CTR engines with their massive high level power, but still, having a little bit of power up the rev range is great. As it gives you a little more flexability with your driving and gears. (If anyones understands what im trying to say )

You need a Custom-Code map in that case (check out my thread about it)

http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=117910

 

[Mitchy]

I do. I've been beaten by allsorts from Clio 172's etc, in my remapped Leon Cupra R, because too much low down power can also be useless.
Pick up my Premier CTR next week

You wanna learn how to drive it properly then I have 350bhp/400lbft in mine and dont seem to struggle, you had 230bhp in yours and struggled

You know what they say about the driver

Remapped LCR makes mince meat of cliosports, done it many times. There's something up if you were getting 'beat' by cliosports Even if they managed to get a head start on you, you would keep it in gear and fly past

LCR is so easy to drive, i dont see what this low down power thing is about

Peak power is at 6000rpm, peak torque around 3500rpm.

It saves having to drop 2-3 gears to get it to go anywhere and by the time you've done that the other car will be off into the distance. In a remapped LCR there is no need to drop gearing to get it to go quickly. K04 spools very quickly so minimal turbo lag.

As long as your on the ball, the LCR is by far the easiest car ive driven.

I had just come from the high revving vtec beforehand Pain in the arse to drive quickly especially if you have passengers as it makes you look like a right little chavved up boy racer revving the arse off the engine.

Each to their own i suppose.

Number 86, a remapped LCR doesn't have masses of power lower down, it has a good torque kick though but not enough to slow the car down with wheelspin unless your trying foot to the floor in 1st.

Put foot to the floor in 1st in any high powered FWD car and your going to waste it.

Trust me mate, you will be impressed You'll be making mince meat of CTR's and cliosports

 

[jonjay]

You wanna learn how to drive it properly then I have 350bhp/400lbft in mine and dont seem to struggle, you had 230bhp in yours and struggled

You know what they say about the driver

Remapped LCR makes mince meat of cliosports, done it many times. There's something up if you were getting 'beat' by cliosports Even if they managed to get a head start on you, you would keep it in gear and fly past

LCR is so easy to drive, i dont see what this low down power thing is about

Peak power is at 6000rpm, peak torque around 3500rpm.

It saves having to drop 2-3 gears to get it to go anywhere and by the time you've done that the other car will be off into the distance. In a remapped LCR there is no need to drop gearing to get it to go quickly. K04 spools very quickly so minimal turbo lag.

As long as your on the ball, the LCR is by far the easiest car ive driven.

I had just come from the high revving vtec beforehand Pain in the arse to drive quickly especially if you have passengers as it makes you look like a right little chavved up boy racer revving the arse off the engine.

Each to their own i suppose.

Number 86, a remapped LCR doesn't have masses of power lower down, it has a good torque kick though but not enough to slow the car down with wheelspin unless your trying foot to the floor in 1st.

Put foot to the floor in 1st in any high powered FWD car and your going to waste it.

Trust me mate, you will be impressed You'll be making mince meat of CTR's and cliosports

I was thinking the same

 

[traumapat]

i think cc and jabba tend to be progressive maps and revo tends to come in harder earlier going by whats on here but ive only driven jabba mapped cars.

my lc was mapped to 240bhp and was very drivable. no gear changing required for speed etc. very nippy car.

all in the right foot. best boost controller youve got. all can wheelspin in first/second just dont floor it....
until 3rd

 

[Rick 01]

My dashboard had a really bad rattle.

The dealer fixed it for free under the warrenty.

After that it was perfect.

Wish I hadn't waited so many months to sort it in the first place now!

 

[Snoopie]

You wanna learn how to drive it properly then I have 350bhp/400lbft in mine and dont seem to struggle, you had 230bhp in yours and struggled

You know what they say about the driver

Remapped LCR makes mince meat of cliosports, done it many times. There's something up if you were getting 'beat' by cliosports Even if they managed to get a head start on you, you would keep it in gear and fly past

LCR is so easy to drive, i dont see what this low down power thing is about

I bet, when it's running down with rain, a clio sport will pull away from you, because of the useless traction in 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th. Right or wrong? How do you know my experience wasn't in the pouring rain?
Of course, you can beat everything in your car
Especially now that your running 350hp!

I don't recall mentioning a Clio sport outrunning me once moving. Because in 5th gear, the wheelspin stops completely. And I agree, it will leave them all day long, as I've done many a times.
Never jump in with two feet and start assuming.

 

[Mitchy]

Nope, because in a cliosport you will have the exact same problems, it will wheelspin with still 170/180 or 195bhp when its pouring with rain.

I came from a CTR mate with ''only'' 197bhp and that would wheelspin just as much as my LCR in 1st/2nd gear in the wet.

As someone has already said, its all in the driving Your right foot is the best boost controller you have

Oh and ive been running over 325bhp/400lbft feet for around 2 years now. (Around 350bhp only recently) Im sure i know how to drive it Spanked many cars in that time and likewise have been spanked quite a few times also, the last time only this morning but because a lot of people on here dont like reading about public road grand prix's i dont go about telling everyone

 

[traumapat]

its not useless traction. your not doing it right.

ease the power in ,back off if you start spinning. gentle right foot as opposed to pedal to the metal. youve too much power to treat the throttle as an on off switch even in a stock lc.

if mitchys is like mine he has a boost controller that adjusts the torque curve.

when my boost is turned down the torque is progressive and turned up smacks you in the face . so low for first and second and up in 3rd and beyond.


im lazy tho and keep it turned up. i find i can still control all that power with just my foot.

think elton at jabbasport got low 4s 0-60 in his ihi`d golf. no launch control stuff just practice

 

[jonathanp]

I think the point people are trying to make is a car will only go as fast as you want it to go, if you're gentle with the throttle and treat the car with respect you can pull off very quickly with hardly any fuss.

As standard the LCR has at least 200lb/ft from 2.2k rpm so SHOULD be at least as good at some of the current high revving nasp cars providing you don't mash the accelerator and expect to get a perfect take off

I think the reason some people don't get on with turbo cars is that they are too used to high revving nasp engines where they can pretty much floor it in any gear and not have to worry about wheelspin as there isn't enough torque there to cause a problem

edit: too slow writing the post

 

[RobM]

So how are you finding the Leon now you've had it for a couple of days bud?

 

[Number86]

Err...Seems to be running ok. However, one of the belts squeals when cold and it's leaking enough oil to causes patches on road wherever I stop.

All in all, PRETTY F**KING ****.

As you can probably see I've posted both these queries up here and not one answer from anyone, except from you Rob