Phillc's Mk1 Cupra...

Sorry you've lost me, your saying not to bother doing a four wheel alignment even though the subframe has been of and i have replaced the track rod ends.

Yeah, i cant believe how much difference it made, did you get my PM about the oil cooler, also should i get the wheel alignment done.

Cheers for the comments guy's, i also cleaned the throttle body, its made a big difference the car idles alot better now and runs alot smoother so very happy, after all the things i'v done the car feels alot better, smoother running and smoother feeling , the steering is alot sharper and the car just feels planted, next on the list is the front mount and a turbo back exhaust, watch this space.

Spud_G40 said:

Gotta say mate, I much prefer you new rims, really suit your car! What do you think of the weitec spring/damper setup?

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Cheers, i love the rims as well , the weitech shocks are A1 mate i really recomend them.

Just realised i have not done a spec list so here it is.

Exterior

LCR Front bumper.
Face lift cupra rear.
Face lift skirts.
colour coded door stips
Mk5 R32 Alloys.
Mk4 Golf Aero wipers
Skoda fabia rear wiper.
Small areil.
De-locked.
Hids main and dipped.
Projector head lights.

Interior

S3 Leather electric, heated recaro's.
Full black interior trim.
Oil prressure and temp gauges.
Boost gauge.
LCR gear knob and gater.
LCR pedals.
LCR hand brake.
Face lift clocks.
Cruise control.
Door lock pins removed.

Engine

LCR Inlet manifold.
THS boost pipes.
THS TIP.
THS Water hoses.
THS FR3 Engine Mounts.
Swurl pot.
Catch tank.
Custom DV piping.
Forge 007 DV.
Neuspeed induction kit.
Jetex Filter 80mm
SAI removed.
N429 Removed.
Evap system removed.
P-Tourque map 220bhp and 251lb's tourque.
Custom Front Mount intercooler.
Quick shift (forwards and back)
INA hi flow Exhaust Manifold.
Piper Down pipe and 200cell cat.
Piper Cupra r cat back

Handling

Front upper Strut brace.
Lower Strut Brace.
Rear Strut Brace.
25mm Neuspeed rear Arb.
23mm R32 front Arb.
TT uprated wishbone bush's.
Weitech Dampers and Springs lowered 50mm.
Polly rear subframe bush's.
Brembo four pots powder coated yellow.
10mm hubcentric spacers on the rear.

Coming Soon

Custom P-Tourque Re-Map.

Well my front mount and pipe kit came today, so just the exhaust to come then i will be busy again, cant wait.

Well I am going to fit the intercooler tomorrow, I have also just ordered an exhaust mani from INA which will flow a lot better than the oe one and together with the piper turbo back exhaust sitting in my garage should free up some horses when fitted and the new map done, think I will be pretty maxed out on the stock Ko3s so hybrid after that, I have also booked it in to have some paint work done front bumper, skirts, roof rail things,( can you believe these are £160 EACH + Vat) door strips, a few stone chips on the bonnet, and some lacquer that has started to flake on the roof and drivers door, i will take some pics of the intercooler going on, i think i may have some issues as the cooler is 75mm deep and from what i have read 65mm is what i should have got Doh, LOL

Cheers Will, Its going on tomorrow, how much will the new exhaust mani help with the re-map?

gezmeister said:

Nice ride Phil! Looking for a bit more info about the suspension components

Front upper Strut brace.
Lower Strut Brace.
Rear Strut Brace.
25mm Neuspeed rear Arb.
23mm R32 front Arb.
TT uprated wishbone bush's.
Weitech Dampers and Springs lowered 50mm.
Polly rear subframe bush's

What did all these cost? Brand new from dealers, or second hand?

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Thanks Gez,

Front upper Strut brace.....Second hand £30 only £60 new from Audi
Lower Strut Brace......New from Audi £20ish
Rear Strut Brace........Free my brother knows the guy who makes them
25mm Neuspeed rear Arb.....Second hand £35 Ebay
23mm R32 front Arb....New from VW £100 for all the bits
TT uprated wishbone bush's.....New £10-£15 cant remember
Weitech Dampers and Springs lowered 50mm......£350ish
Polly rear subframe bush's.....£57

Hope this helps.

Well it's done, thought it would take longer but it only took me the day the front mount is on and tested.
I found that i had bought a larger intercooler than other people so i had a few issues to deal with the first one was that it wouldn't fit behind the crash bar but a bit of work with the drill and all was well.

Crash bar as it was.



Then with all the spot welds removed.



It now fits perfectly infront of the Intercooler.



I then fitted the mounting for the top fixing.



Due to the cooler being bigger than i should have got it cought on the bottom of the bumper the bit behind the fog light grill, so i had to do a bit of trimming, the pipe work was spot on, i only needed to trim one pipe.

Right hand side.



I had to have the blue stuff that came with the pipe kit i will replace with red as and when.

Left hand side.



Map pipe fitted and battery tray trimmed ( bit heath robinson but does the job)



All fitted and bumper back on.




I have taken it for a test drive and its great, i have gained 2-3 psi so happy with that, just the exhaust and Mani to do now before the re -map.
The fog lights dont fit in but i am going to make a cold feed from them to the filter. Oh and i did the gear box oil change.

adam cupra 20vt said:

Looks good mate, bet it pulls a lot harder at top of rev range now?

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cheers Adam, Yeah it really felt a lot stronger, i only went up the road but i could really feel the difference.

harty190486 said:

looking good buddy doing my front mount tomorrow aswell as catch tank, new maff and airfilter, my fmic is only 65 deep so should fit snug, been gettin bits through the post all week and gettin all excited now lol

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Cheers mate, you've got your work cut out then yeah it’s the 65mm that I should have got, but saying that it’s not that much more work, it was the length that caused the most problems.