Yellow Soot Monster - Ibiza FR Hybrid

Hi all,
Some of you eagle-eyed users may of noticed this car around here which makes this build thread slightly 'hollow' compared to others, but nevertheless here is it:
The car was owned my my brother who brought it from new, a 2007 Seat Ibiza FR PD130

Mods already done:

Engine
- Turbo Dynamics MD515 Stage 2 Hybrid Turbo
- Jabbasport Custom FMIC
- Allard EGR Replacement with Custom Made Intake Pipe Post 2 Post 3
- PiperCross Panel Filter
- PD160 Intake (Modified for extra airflow)
- Snow Performance Water/Methanol Injection
- Milltek full non-res exhaust system including decat pipe (twin jet tips)
- Full Gas Flowed and Port Matched Cylinder Head

Drivetrain
- Sachs uprated Clutch (Not sure which one)
- Weitec Hi-Con GT Coilovers
- Jabbasport Rear Anti Roll Bar
- Full Leon Cupra R Brake Setup with Goodridge Braided Brake Lines
- Polybushes
- OMP Upper and Lower Strut Braces Powdercoated In Yellow
- Seat Ibiza Cupra 17" Alloys Powdercoated in Matte Black
- Carbon Wrapped Centre Caps
- 15mm Rear Wheel Spacers
- 10mm Front Wheel Spacers

Bodywork/Interior
- 6000K HID upgrade
- Ibiza Cupra Rear Spoiler
- Leon Cupra R Front Splitter Sprayed Piano Black
- Centre Section Of Front Bumper and Fog Light Grilles Sprayed Piano Black
- Rear Bumper Centre Section Sprayed Piano Black
- Ibiza Cupra Black Wing Mirror Covers
- Ibiza Cupra Interior (Headlining, A's, B's and C-Pillars)
- Audi TT Pedals
- Double DIN Kenwood Headunit
- Custom Boot Build using Kicker L5 12" Square Sub
- ScanGauge fitted
- Carbon Wrapped B-Pillars
- Carbon Wrapped Rear Badge
- Philips Silvervision Indicator Bulbs
- De-Wipered Rear
- Black Wing Mirror Caps
- Blue Tinted Wing Mirror Glass
- Flip Key Upgrade
- Bonnet Gas Strutshttp://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showpost.php?p=3829312&postcount=237

How it looked as standard..










First off the standard calipers were painted red.


















Next up was the OMP upper Strut Brace..






And the classic LCR Splitter..






After this was done, the car went up to Jabbasport for the first remap (car was approximately 6 months old at the time) coming away with 187BHP and a shed load more torque (can't remember the precise figure) the car felt like it had been transformed.
Another 3 months down the line though, the car was being booked in for some more treatment.. Turbo Dynamics MD515 Stage 2 Hybrid Turbo, Sachs Organic Clutch, Weitec Hicon GT Coilovers, Milltek Non-Res system with DeCat, Jabbasport RARB and a Forge FMIC, as the FMIC was delivered to home instead of Jabbasport I thought I'd have a go at fitting it myself..













Milltek System..




As the car was still 'Running In' Jabbasport had difficulties mapping the car, there was lots of backwards and forwards journeys to have the map tweaked we found that the Forge FMIC brackets had broken, after receiving a new core from Forge and that snapping again they supplied a diesel dump valve..
Shown here with the SFS inlet pipe (quickly binned due to the valve opening all the time due to the boost pressure)



Due to the valve constantly opening a boost gauge was brought to try and figure out why, originally it was drilled into the plastic inlet manifold pipe..
















The gauge was fitted into a 3 pod holder and placed in the tray above the standard head unit along with a voltmeter and an exhaust gas temperature gauge..




Going up the strip at Santa Pod, GTi Spring Fest..


After snapping the engine mount chassis turret while going up the strip, trying to put the engine back in..


Proud owner with his 3 trophies (My Brother that is )


3 years, 3 trophies.. quickest diesel at santa pod



She is currently running around the 265BHP mark and at the limit of the 440ftlbs of torque on the clutch (which is currently slipping) at 38psi of boost



Mods to be done:

- Cupra Gear gaitor & Handbrake cover
- New Clutch
- SMF
- LSD
- Custom Car Mats
- ScanGuage re-locate
- Shorter Rear Springs
- Personalised Numberplate Changed Over
- Pre-Facelift Battery Box and Cover
- Audi R8 Oil Cap
- VW Scirocco Digital Aerial
- New Fog Lights (Both cracked)
- RH Inner arch needs replacing
- Weitec Coilover adjusters need replacing


More photos to come, hope you enjoy

Paulie..

on route to a photoshoot..




On location..






Water Meth..




Interior Shots..




ScanGauge..

Here are a few pictures of how she currently stands,

Was playing around with my new Camera+ app on the iPhone, using the HDR overlay worked pretty well :wink:


And with the dark grit border :wink:

Finally decided to remove the adjuster cups out of the rear, as no matter how much you screw them down the back of the car just isn't low enough..
I took some progress pics, but forgot the final fitted pics, will get some up once she is all clean

Jacked up




Difference in height.

Thanks mate, its a bugger to keep clean though . it has made a few cars look silly, Porsche's are the usual suspects, pretty much anything upto the Turbo's are fair game.. to top it all off she still returns 35-40mpg when pushing it and anything upto 65mpg when careful driving (usually stuck in traffic lol)

Paulie..

lexyy said:

Sounds amazing haha! There face must be a picture when you leave them in a cloud of black smoke!

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TBH, I cannot usually see they're faces as the rear view mirror is full of soot is pretty funny when they're boxsters with the roof down lol

Paulie..

Thanks matey, I try and keep her as clean as humanly possible (which is a nightmare due to her dirty smoking habits)
Need to get her properly mopped and polished up so I can easily keep on top of it then

Paulie..

Bit of an update. This has been on the cards for ages, just never got round to buying the stuff and actually doing it. Anyway, I was talking to a member on here the other day and he linked me to some cheap 3M Dynoc Carbon Fibre, it came mid week and I stripped the bits off the car and did them tonight.. enough of me waffling, I know you guys just want to see pics, so here they are :wink:

B-Pillars removed from car


Looking wierd without them on


B-Pillars cleaned up


Front Grille Removed


Grille Cleaned and Badge Removed


Badge Ready for Application


Side By Side


Carbon B-Pillar


Carbon Badge


Badge Refitted into Grille

Badge Fitted to car (sorry about the presence of death :wink: )


Both B-Pillars Done


B-Pillar Close Up


Havent got any pictures of the B-Pillars on the car as its really dirty so wanted to wash it before putting the freshly wrapped pillars on, and its dark outside so you wouldnt be able to see them anyway :wink:

Paulie..

Ok, Some photos of todays work..
After giving her a well deserved wash, first off I finally got round to De-Wipering the rear;




I then refitted the B-Pillars, first off I took some photos with my iPhone, but the weather was up and down so just quickly took them;




Then later on in the day I quickly grabbed my DSLR before it started epically throwing it down, as you can see from the second shot when just afterwards I got soaked, I was only on the drive too




The pictures really don't do them justice, you really need to see them in the flesh to appreciate the full beauty of the wrapping.

Paulie..

Todays Update:
After messing about for weeks and weeks on end with MK Seat, I was told to contact David at SERE motors in Northern Ireland, after 3 emails and 1 phonecall the parts were ordered and paid for, they arrived today, in total 1 week from first email to parts being delivered, this included getting the interior trims from Seat in Spain..
anyway, here are some pictures for you..
Old grey LH A-Pillar


Airbag Cap


Pillar off (curtain Airbag on show)


Cupra Pillar fitted


also fitted the rear centre piece of trim on the headliner, but forgot to get a pic of it,
I'd also got bored of the stone chipped wing mirror caps, so while David was sending me the interior parts over I ordered some new Black wing mirror caps, made the car look infinitely better and will suit it much more when the new wheels go on

Old Wing Mirror:


Cap Removed


New Cap On






Paulie..

Really? The digital gauge I have must not be workin then.. I had to get a digital one as the 35psi boost gauge didn't read high enough!

Paulie..