PhilW's Mk3 Ibiza Project Thread - 3071 - Now Breaking!

[PhilW]

First brake upgrade...

Finally got some new brakes this weekend, Zimmerman vented and cross drilled and Pagid Fast Road Pads. So far so good as theyre still bedding in. They look quite good for the money i paid, 120 for all pads and discs.

Also after fitting the suspension the steering and camber was all over the place, so i had 4 wheel alignment, camber and tracking . Top notch equipment indeed.

Heres the before and after reports...

BEFORE
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v147/phi...ra/DSC04038.jpg

AFTER
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v147/phi...ra/DSC04039.jpg

Now drives straight coz the correct camber adjustment and tracking. Although there isnt any adjustment on the rear it still feels better.

 

[PhilW]

Also picked up some spares on the bay....

Which the manifold you'll see later on in the thread.

 

[PhilW]

Fitted the mesh in the front bumper which looks good i reckon, extra protection for the FMIC and makes it a little less in your face and stealth, also got new number plates. after sorting the group buy with Dubmeister on here, 30 quid delivered for basically german plates but with an E badge. They also threw in a set of the surrounds for free as well. Get in.


Some pics... (ignore the polish in the grills lol)

Also, my polished stuff is taking ages, the guy who i bought my polished rocker from decided to some sort of runner with my money then decided to email me saying hed been in hospital with a apendicitis. As if. So that hasnt turned up yet. Also the inlet manifold has problems, two of the nipples for the vac hoses on the under side have been snapped off, so i've had to drill them out and tap new ones in place.

 

[Adam R]

do you get a problem with your camber being less than what it should be as standard before lowering ?

your camber is:
Left front: -.26
right front: -.20

stock is
left: -0.30
right: -.30

im finding at the moment with stock settings i am using the outer edge when turning in ot a corner hard, this in turn is making the car very unsettled.

i am thinking of changing camber to around -0.45 on both sides to help a little.

do you have the same problems ?

 

[JonLeonFr]

great looking car mate

love the engine detailing you've done

where did you get your brake discs from?

 

[beattie17]

Love the engine bay, must of lost a fair chunk of weight

 

[PhilW]

do you get a problem with your camber being less than what it should be as standard before lowering ?

your camber is:
Left front: -.26
right front: -.20

stock is
left: -0.30
right: -.30

im finding at the moment with stock settings i am using the outer edge when turning in ot a corner hard, this in turn is making the car very unsettled.

i am thinking of changing camber to around -0.45 on both sides to help a little.

do you have the same problems ?

To be honest its worn down pretty evenly on mine, maybe i dont drive it hard eniough. lol.

I will be gettin it done again soon when i get round to fittin my front ARB and some bushes.


Forge being forge sorted this little problem out in super quick time. Quality service as usual from them.

And the new one...

 

[PhilW]

Well rolling road results, time to see if all my money spent is worthwhile. lol.

Been playinh with the SPS settings loads and logging so it should be set uppretty much perfect.

And it was...

226.59bhp and 253lbs/ft. Happy days...


BHP
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v147/phi...ra/DSC00140.jpg

Torque
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v147/phi...ra/DSC00139.jpg


Also bought an adjustable chrome rear strut brace, when i figure out how to fit the damn thing i'll post some pics up.

 

[Adam R]

thats very good mate! the new IC looks alot beefier than it did before!. im supprised they let the first one out the factory designed like that

 

[PhilW]

Rear strut brace all fitted nicely.

Some pics, not great pics coz the bling kept messin up photos. lol.

Some pics of the engine bay after fitting the rocker cover....

 

[PhilW]

Finally bought a set of rear wheel spacers. 15mm Eibach hubcentric ones. So this will help to square up the track which will help with the rediculous handling.

Pics.

 

[PhilW]

Started making my gauge pod for the steering wheel this week, bought some flat out chav one from motorworld and hit it with a dremel.

Heres some pics of what i'm doing to get it to fit along with my new gauges.

Heres where it'll go...

It still needs some more work, but i aim to get it done tomorrow night, i'll post up some pics when its done.

Next i'll be ditching more stuff in the engine bay. things like the EVAP system and secondary air injection system, things which are only really there to comply with US laws and which only clutter up my engine bay.

 

[PhilW]

Finally got my wipers, first set got lost in the post and the second set arrived on sunday. Not had time to take pics yet, but theyre so much better than the standard rubbish thats on there car and they look better.

Heres some pics of the pod and gauges.

To be honest i'm not keen on it in the place where it is, gonna move it to the lower pillar pod, move the oil temp to where the Cupra R has gauges as standard in the cubby hole. Need to find another gauge now tho.

Pics from steve who's polishing the mani, as i havent picked up my mani yet.

 

[PhilW]

Just a few small pieces come through the post yesterday and today...

LED's for my gauges...

Original rubbish v wide angle 5 led jobbies..

Oil sump plug with 1/8NPT adaptor to fit my oil temp gauge...

Oil temp sender adaptor with sender attached...

Pics of my wipers...

(They need some product on them to shine them up btw..)


Pic of my latest unwanted mod...

...cracked windscreen. Which, as i type i'm waiting on the RAC to turn up and replace.


Next up tomorrow is to fit above parts along with fitting my HID's and picking up my manifold and some other removal of bits in the engine bay.

 

[PhilW]

Finally i have a polished inlet manifold! Not fitted it to the car yet as i might hold off until the weather brightens up. By my o my its sexual, top work from SteveG60cab @ Alloy Polishing services in Swansea, highly reccomended.

When i fit it i'll be putting on the powergasket as well.


Also on the travels i picked up my 6000k HID kit from davidol_o on here, got home and fitted them straight away. Took about an hour to do, but i took off the bumper and the headlights so i could fit the ballasts somewhere secure under the headlight unit on the chasis. All mounted up nicely and fitted and they look awesome.

In the pics you can see the difference already on 'warm up'. The standard lights are Phillips Power2Night which aint bad bulbs, but they look like coloured compared to the super white colour/temp of the HIDs. Probably one of my favourite mods yet.

Also some pics of the dash now with the LED's fitted to the gauges.

 

[ChrisCurzon]

phil where you get them LED's from mine are rubish i have dont evern light up proper at night.

looking good still know you done loads to it. will take ages to get to end lol.

 

[Big_Lad]

Looks nice Phil. I did a bit of detective work a while back and found your progress thread on SWCC. Its come along way from what it was.

How come you moved away from the BMC filter? Not shiney enough?

I look forward to the further updates

 

[PhilW]

I got the LED's from ebay, if you search for 501 LED's it should come up with a few.

Moved away from the BMC as it didnt flow as well as the dynatwist when it was open, which is one of the reasons i went for the Jetex.

 

[PhilW]

Decided i didnt like the boost gauge in the middle of the clocks so i've ordered a standard seat gauge pod that fits in the cubby hole to hold 2 gauges, which is what the Ibiza Cupra R has. So at some point i'll need to fill the empty space with another gauge. Plans will be, boost and oil pressure in the pillar pod and oil temp and something else in the cupra r pod, possiblt EGT or A/F.

Also ordered a TT stock shifter, which reduces the throw by about 20% on the gear change, not massive but it'll help.

Been a busy weekend really, fitted my inlet manifold with my TT cover, powergasket plus, oil pressure sender, removed carbon cannister and routed my catch tank so that the oil breather system is totally isolated ending in a catch tank.

So heres some pics....

Washer tank cover is missing and everything needs a polish so excuse the dirt, but overall i'm happy. Few bits and pieces left to do but thats pretty much it.


Next is a new turbo as its been eating oil lately.

 

[Myki da Pyki]

Im liking the boost gauge in the centre phil, very nice touch mate, even tho you never kept it on there lol