kriso's 240bhp Ibiza Cupra

[kriso]

I thought I would start a thread about my Ibiza and any mods as I do them so here goes...

I'm now on my 2nd Cupra. The first one was a PD160 which I had as a lease car from my old job. Here is a pic

'07 Black Magic Ibiza Cupra PD160 - No mods apart from Green Cotton panel filter.


I had to give up this little beauty after switching jobs but missed it so much I brought another, older one; 20vt this time

The first difference I noticed from the old TDI was the difference in sound! The 20vt is sooo much quieter than the PD160 engine. It only really gets louder when you really rev it, and this took some getting used to after always changing gear around 3000rpm


The First Mod

Green Cotton Performance filter element from my previous Cupra. 2 minute job and not really sure of the difference as this went in almost straight after I picked up the car



LCR Splitter

£17 well spent from the stealers. I just sawed off the ends and screwed it into the bumper. It was a little fiddly to get it mounted in the right place and I think the front is a bit further back than others I have seen but is is symmetrical and I think it looks good.



Headlights

I got myself some Philips BlueVision bulbs for the dipped headlights and sidelights. After alot of fiddling (and dropping a metal clip down into the front bumper ), I got the dipped ones fitted. Didn't get around to doing the sidelights until a couple of weeks later as this involved taking the front bumper off in order to remove the clusters and get access to where they would go. It jsut seemed easier to do it this way than risk dropping the bulbs or breaking something.

Air Intake

Trying to squeeze some more performance (and noise) out of the car, I decided to attempt smoothing out the air box and front intake bit. First I removed the trumpet in the air-box and then attacked the front intake using a drill and a pair of pliers to remove some of the restrictive plastic from it.

I've since tidied this up using a Dremel, and the air box is partly done but I don't have the patience to spend too long doing it I'll come back to it another time to finish it off.

 

[kriso]

P-Torque remap

Had to be done really...I did the 400 mile round trip to get a P-Torque stage 1 remap. It was well worth it! The car pulls more like the old PD160 did but without the endless gear changing needed to keep accelerating. It is a really smooth map and I would recommend it to anyone.



Forge 007P

This was more difficult to fit than I thought. Most of the time was spent trying to remove the clips and hoses from the old one. I found that going for a drive to warm the engine bay up made a big difference as the spring clips were easier to bend and the hoses slipped off more easily.

N249 Bypass

I got myself some silicone vacuum hose from Forge and swapped a few hoses around to do this simple mod. Now I have a suttle noise from the 007P when lifting off the throttle. It doesn't sound chavvy like most dump valves too

I'm also slowly replacing the standard vacuum lines with the rest of the silicone hose I have.


That's it so far. Still to come are front Seat Sport strut brace and Whiteline rear ARB.

 

[Romeoisgraham]

Hope you have fun with the ibiza, mind you dont strick on bonnet vents and stuff, oh and stay away from Halfords. Its like a jumble sale in there. lol

 

[Becks]

Hope you have fun with the ibiza, mind you dont strick on bonnet vents and stuff, oh and stay away from Halfords. Its like a jumble sale in there. lol

i used to work there

nice car! find myself liking the ibizas more and more

 

[Deleted member 13581]

Car looks great.

Best colour aswell.

 

[T. Spark]

Nice amount of work done to the car matey in a short time!

Looks nice, got anything planned for styling? or all performance?

 

[kriso]

Thanks for all the comments..I really want coilovers to lower the car a little and get the side strips colour coded but don't want to attempt painting them! HID kit is tempting also.

Don't really want to spend anything on it for a while now tho as I'm skint lol

 

[kriso]

I fitted a Whiteline rear ARB the other day. It really improves the handling and feels alot flatter through corners and roundabouts now

I've done a guide to fitting it here.

 

[Tall-Paul]

Nice work! im definately going to get me one of those rear ARB's

 

[diss_50]

Anymore pics Kriso? Id like to see some external pics of the car

 

[kriso]

I really need to take some. The external pics above arent too good and were taken quickly the day after I got the car and I have been busy or it has been raining most days since! I might give it a wash and take some at the weekend

 

[kriso]

Well I finally took some pics today as the sun was kinda out...excuse the Photoshoppy ones

 

[kriso]

Just a quick update...I have fitted a S2000 aerial which looks alot better than the stock one.

Changed front brake discs and pads (Ferodo DS2500). The brakes are even better than standard Cupra ones now

Changed rear wiper for one of the newer Cupra ones and fitted aero ones on the front.

Here's a pic of my strut brace I fitted a while ago now plus you can see more silicone vacuum hoses and N259 bypass.

 

[kriso]

Here's my new toy...a Scangauge 2.

I bought a blank DIN plate, cut a hole in it and stuck it in the dash. Im a bit disappointed it doesn't do boost on my car but the inlet temp and other values are nice.

 

[kriso]

I managed to puncture my tyre....and my alloy the other week Thanks to a 6 inch iron bolt in the road

So I now have the spare on, but need to buy a new wheel and tyre (about £300 or so )

 

[kriso]

I now have a Milltek cat-back Sounds much better than the standard exhaust but not too chavvy.

I really need to give the car a wash!

 

[stoobydoo]

Hi mate great looking car, how much was the remap?

Stu

 

[kriso]

Cheers Stu, the remap was £225 as it was a special offer. But P-Torque regularly do discounts and things, take a look in the P-Torque forum on here

 

[stoobydoo]

wow! thats very reasonable considering the power gains, really your car looks fantastic and i'm very jealous
Basically I don't own one yet but I do have £8000 sitting in the bank so any day now
My question is though whats it like to drive mate? when your doing say 70mph is it quite quiet?
I am in a very horrible position as I can't decide between the Civic type r (old shape) or the Ibiza you have!!
Problem is everyone has a type r and I don't want to look like a chav but I do want the reliability of the Honda engine, and I have a young daughter who would come with me from time to time so don't really want the boy racer look, Aghhhhhhh I can't decide what do you think any down sides to owning the cupra?
I'm worried that if I bought the civic I would get bored of thrashing it as I bet the Ibiza is much more smoother and quiet and better finished inside than the type r?

P.S sorry if this in the wrong area of the forums!

Comments?

Stu

 

[kriso]

I nearly brought a Type-R but I was worried about the chav look Someone at my work has one (and he isn't a chav) but he gets less MPG than I do. I've never been in one but they supposedley handle better than the Ibiza as I think the rear suspension is fully independant. The ride can be a bit harsh in the Cupra but coilovers can sort that out (if you are intending on spening more money on it). You have to rev the hell out of Type-Rs to get any power but the 1.8T's turbo gives you lots of power and torque throughout the rev range. And you can't use the VTEC capability until they have warmed up too.

There can be a bit of road noise in the mk4 Ibizas when cruising at say 70mph. But the engines are very reliable and there are alot of people who have VAG cars so can help if you do have problems and lots of spare parts available. I think servicing on Hondas is every 7,500 miles as opposed to 10,000 on Seats.

I would say test drive both to really compare the handling. Good luck!