My Cordoba Coupe Trackday Car Project

[F2 Stu]

Its Alive!!! - kind of.........

Took a trip down to see how the lads down at Race Power Motorsport to see hows things are coming along

Its still in bits but going back together

Aircon pump & pipes are gone, but new alternator & bracket had to be sourced as the sprung loaded tensoiner affair deemed unsuitable. Engine speed sensor changed to a Ford part, base map loaded up and car fired & ran even though the he map was suited to a crank trigger wheel with different amount of teeth. How and why it ran is a mystery!

Big box of bits left over! - 'kin heavy! - 'Hello ebay'

Hmmmmm - 'Hello Radtec...'

Lots of odd ends to tie up still and new front bumper - mapping early apart of next week.

Now I'm excited

 

[tris]

looks a bit different then the last time i saw it

 

[ArosaRacer]

christmas again then Stu!

 

[ibizacupra]

60-2 90' btdc

 

[(beeza gti)]

nice to see an abf getting proper surgery done! bet you cant wait to get it back.
where have they mounted the ecu to? and if you know, how hard was the wiring to do?

 

[F2 Stu]

Mounted right next to the pollen filter, dont think the loom was long enough to reach the glove box where I wanted to put it.

Wiring isnt my forte, but it looked well involved.

 

[(beeza gti)]

you should askif they would supply a wiring diagram for it,tell them it would be a great resource for cupra.net but they'ed probably just tell you to f**k off and book the cars in with them.

are you going to be there for the rr session when they do it?

 

[F2 Stu]

Wiring diagram can be downloaded off DTA's website and then refer to a haynes where nessecary.

Not around for the mapping as I'm at work, dont think I want to be either from what RobT was saying with the Pickle.

 

[WeeJase]

looking good stu.
shares maturing soon,mod the vrs further or buy an ickle project valver.then again i still hanker after a proper mini

 

[ibizacupra]

Stu, crank sensor for your installer>>
VW: 021 907 319B
Facet: 9.0273


previously used on ABF engine on EXP48

 

[F2 Stu]

Cheers Bill, will pass that on tho they've stuck a ford one in.

Thanks for guiding them druring the week its appreciated

 

[RobT]

starting to come together hope you enjoy the next 2-3yrs 'finishing' the job.....(it never ends)

 

[F2 Stu]

I hope it keeps me tinkering for a good few years, you know you've got it bad when you're thinking of changing something before what you've got hasn't turned a wheel

Who the dude to speak to up at Radtec? As you can see Ive got a bit of corrosion around the end tanks

 

[F2 Stu]

Ickle notcing of the bonnet webbing and the Megaflow clears - just!

Not my head but its had that done to it.

 

[ArosaRacer]

cant wait to see it at brands stu

 

[F2 Stu]

Hit a bit of a bump in the road.......

Car was delivered Monday for mapping, and all is not at all as expected.

Put simply its not performing as it should, down on power, big flatspots @ 3k rpm, unwilling to rev, less torque than standard etc - its down to an unlucky selection of camshafts on my part .

So, the Newman's are being ditched for RPM's own grinds by Kent cams and another mapping session, kerching .

Oh well.....need a hug

 

[ibizacupra]

newman copies and bad ones?

 

[F2 Stu]

Newmans own profile - and they are relativly untested/unproven until now from recent discussions to try and solve the problem.

 

[WeeJase]

didn't you run newman in the jetta bill?

 

[ArosaRacer]

how long till its out and ready then stu