Well, having taken ownership of Aidy T's Jabba'd LCR a week last Sunday I thought i'd post my first report.
I meant to post sooner but had a bad cold last week and spent time sorting out pics and ads to sell my old car (there's a nice '04 platinum LC in the for sale section if anyone's interested?
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Well I've already spent my first cash on the beast, having a Milltek centre silencer fitted at JKM today (a straight through centre pipe was fitted previously). This is a big improvement already IMO taking the car back to almost stock noise levels and as a bonus I can now hear the turbo spool-up more clearly over the exhaust note - almost makes the car seem quicker too - maybe it's just me but I always think quiet cars feel quicker - and makes the car less tiring to drive as its my daily driver.
A big thank you to Jim at JKM for sorting it out as it wasn't a straightforward fit - the Jabba downpipe had a different flange from the Milltek and Jabba had obviously already modified the old centre pipe to fit. So Jim cut the flange off the old centre pipe and welded it to the new silencer. Interestingly it looked like the flange that Jabba had welded was blowing slightly and the flange was leaking which wouldn't have been helping with the noise. Anyway looks like JKM have done a pukka job and i'm very pleased with it now.
I'm still getting used to the power available from the car - there's a bit slower spool-up compared to the revo'd LC, but when it gets going...
This car can definitely surprise a few "genuine" performance cars!!
Hoping to sell my old LC soon to help fund the next mods ( I hope to not get too carried away and only do the things that are really useful). Current plans are:
1 Fit ATB diff (probably Peloquin) to help get the power down- this is a priority!
2 Fit stronger rods (probably leave the head standard for now to save cash)
3 Re-map to give full IHI potential after rod fitted (380 -390BHP?)
4 Replace clutch when it finally surrenders (still seems fine at the mo)
5 Probably fit a boost guage and maybe more flexible/programmable boost controller.
One thing I am wondering is if I will live with the Koni FSD set-up. Initially it seems very good - quite soft but well damped - but I have had problems with bottoming out on speed humps etc and more worryingly there seems to be a vagueness in the steering at high speeds (I do mean high) and gentle motorway bends where my old LC was OK in the same situation. Actually I'm wondering if the tracking and/or camber were set-up correctly when the kit was fitted as it feels a bit "toed-in" to me. I will get the alignment looked at before passing further judgment - next job on the list.
cheers for now...
I meant to post sooner but had a bad cold last week and spent time sorting out pics and ads to sell my old car (there's a nice '04 platinum LC in the for sale section if anyone's interested?
).Well I've already spent my first cash on the beast, having a Milltek centre silencer fitted at JKM today (a straight through centre pipe was fitted previously). This is a big improvement already IMO taking the car back to almost stock noise levels and as a bonus I can now hear the turbo spool-up more clearly over the exhaust note - almost makes the car seem quicker too - maybe it's just me but I always think quiet cars feel quicker - and makes the car less tiring to drive as its my daily driver.
A big thank you to Jim at JKM for sorting it out as it wasn't a straightforward fit - the Jabba downpipe had a different flange from the Milltek and Jabba had obviously already modified the old centre pipe to fit. So Jim cut the flange off the old centre pipe and welded it to the new silencer. Interestingly it looked like the flange that Jabba had welded was blowing slightly and the flange was leaking
which wouldn't have been helping with the noise. Anyway looks like JKM have done a pukka job and i'm very pleased with it now.I'm still getting used to the power available from the car - there's a bit slower spool-up compared to the revo'd LC, but when it gets going...
This car can definitely surprise a few "genuine" performance cars!!
Hoping to sell my old LC soon to help fund the next mods ( I hope to not get too carried away and only do the things that are really useful). Current plans are:
1 Fit ATB diff (probably Peloquin) to help get the power down- this is a priority!
2 Fit stronger rods (probably leave the head standard for now to save cash)
3 Re-map to give full IHI potential after rod fitted (380 -390BHP?)
4 Replace clutch when it finally surrenders (still seems fine at the mo)
5 Probably fit a boost guage and maybe more flexible/programmable boost controller.
One thing I am wondering is if I will live with the Koni FSD set-up. Initially it seems very good - quite soft but well damped - but I have had problems with bottoming out on speed humps etc and more worryingly there seems to be a vagueness in the steering at high speeds (I do mean high
) and gentle motorway bends where my old LC was OK in the same situation. Actually I'm wondering if the tracking and/or camber were set-up correctly when the kit was fitted as it feels a bit "toed-in" to me. I will get the alignment looked at before passing further judgment - next job on the list.cheers for now...
. Anyway set back to zero (correct spec apparently) the car feels a lot better now, the vagueness and instability all but eliminated (may even put the power down a it better ![[B)]](/forums/styles/seatcupra/oldforumsmileys/shades.gif "Cool [B)]")
