Ronin225's Candy rimmed Black LCR - Project 500-4WD, Cage installed and bigger turbo

[Ronin225]

As the car stands today


Whats been done so far;

Performance
Forge 007p diverter valve
SFS 80mm Turbo Inlet pipe
Forge turbo outlet pipe
'Green Monster' Cone
A few metres of 4mm and 8mm silicon here and there
Blueflame Turbo back system with 100 cell race cat
N249 bypass
Garrett 600hp FMIC with bespoke welded pipework
Badger 5 custom stage 2 map with switchable gear based boost

Handling and Braking
Custom cages full weld in international MSA approved roll cage
Audi S3 front upper strut brace
Hughes engineering rear upper strut brace (now removed)
Honda integra type R (DC2) front upper strut brace (now removed)
Neuspeed 25mm front and 28mm rear Anti Roll Bars
KW Clubsport coilovers
VF Engineering pendulum mount
Race use spherical bearing rear wishbone bush
Black series front wishbone bush
Poly steering rack bush
034 solid subframe mounts
KW Camber/caster adjustable top mounts
356mm fully floating bells with AP racing 6 pot calipers
DS2500 front pads
Stainless 1 piece braided front lines
Motul RBF600 fluid
Vibratechnics engine mounts
Poly rear beam bushes
10mm hubcentric spacers

Miscellaneous
Carbon backed buckets on OMP bases
Bespoke battery box and relocation to boot (S5 battery)
Custom inline kill switch for the above
Autometer boost (psi) and oil temperature ('C) gauges
Nomad twin pillar pod
Recaro's from a 210 LCR (2+2)
4300 HID kit
LED sidelight lights
Silvatech indicator bulbs
Forge short shifter
Side to side short shifter
42DD solid shifter bushings
1kg dry powder extinguisher
TFSI coils and adapters
OE wheels powder coated Candy red/ black OZ superturismo/ silver supercopa wheels
Custom Forge catch can
Permanent rigid front tow eye
Thinned out wiring loom

To Fit

AEB largeport head (to be rebuilt first though) and AGU as well
R32 Throttle body
2 litre TFSI crank
Calico coated main and rod bearings
Mahle 83mm pistons and rings
Rifle drilled 144x20 H beam rods
Fluidampr pulley
Southbend stage 3 OFE clutch and SMF kit
ARP hardware
5.5l washer bottle
Mocal 19 row oil cooler with thermostatic sandwich plate
Wavetrac Quattro LSD with ARP bolt kit
6 point harnesses
Cobra evolution seats
Omp 330mm suede steering wheel and boss
Garrett GT2871R kit to run in the engine


The Beginning
Well after being on here for over 3 years and an unregistered viewer for about 6 months prior to that i have actually started a readers ride thread
Where to start, bought the car back in October 07 as a completely standard model, the day i test drove it

This is what i traded in, looks a bit girly but handled beautifully and lovely V6 engine note

Some pics after a clean

Anyhow the car stayed standard for about 4 months then i had the urge to play with it (the car)
Fitted the ever popluar 007p first then had issues with boost, turns out the standard TIP had split 80-90% of the way round so warranty replacement
This spurred me into more things

 

[Ronin225]

Next was a Neuspeed set of front and rear anti roll bars in 25 and 28mm, sneakily seen through the back wheel

Still unsure if fatter droplinks are required for the front

A new inlet pipe and boost hose with green panel filter to aid breathing and stop crap pipes dying on me, so old one out

New ones in and an S3 front strut brace too

Then had the usual leaking wash wiper joint in the boot

Then added some very useful gauges

 

[cupra-barn]

Looks spot on mate.

 

[Ronin225]

Then gave it a good clean and went up by some hills to photo it

Anyway by this time my brakes had worn out and wanting to take it on the track i thought i would invest in some decent stopping equipment to suppliment the brembos

 

[Ronin225]

Followed on with upgrading the soft OE hose so got some of these

Which turned into this

So i then started a new job and after 2 weeks a lorry decided to park where i was

Went away to a very nice bodyshop and all went smooth and got her back looking good as new with more resparying than should have really happened

 

[Ronin225]

I then got some Weitec GT coilovers and poly wishbone bushes to help with the abuse it will get
Link to LCR wishbone rebushing guide
Then fitted with lots of help from Phillc, the rear was a bit low to start with but we wont go into that

All fitted

Had a slight problem with springs compressing differently but Damian@ DPM who i got the kit from sorted it out
So left it settling before an alignment check

Oh and if you are working on the back of a lowered car always keep an eye out on the front

 

[Ronin225]

I then managed to acquire a set of Recaros from a 210 model with rears too and a rare armrest in the middle

Got a full turboback Blueflame of a member on here and fitted by techie

Then recently bought a HID kit due to bulb going

Probably missed loads out as had the car along time and only a few photos of the work thats been done
Will add a spec in the first post too
Keep an eye out for some battery relocating and 1 piece welded FMIC hardpipes coming soon

 

[coops10]

About time too mate! Great progress, keep it up

 

[sambryant]

great readers ride so far m8. i look forward to more progress. also nice car

 

[RDS]

Some great progress there mate!

Top job!

 

[Ronin225]

Small update
Had the headlights quickly realigned today just to stop any possibility of bliding people now i have the HIDs
Also since the exhaust system was fitted and subframe dropped i have been making some small adjustment to the coilovers to try and perfect the handling
Got it feeling quite nice so i thought i would take it for aligning to finish it off now it has settled
The garage i use have had a new ramp and i can no longer get on, a few other local places are not to clued up on how i want it setup either.
So now thinking of taking it to a specialist to corner weighting and setting up properly as a fast road car
Anybody know anyone around the Worcester area who does this (and has low ramps)??

 

[J@mes W]

Lovely car you've got there, awesome list of mods. Any thing else planned?

 

[Ronin225]

Its been a very neglected car recently as i have bought a house that needs lots of work doing on it
Need to finish relocating battery then add a 3" TIP with a rather large cone i have my eye on
Up rate engine mounts ready to do intercooler pipes in welded ally with a custom enlarged charge pipe following a shorter route than OE
Been looking at GT2871R long term but big costs involved
Thinking either hybrid K04 now or off to AET for a custom built turbo

 

[t0m]

About time mate

Great work here, I'm sure you'll keep it up. The mods are decent and you know what's right for the car.

Looking forward to the battery re-locate and 'that' filter going in

 

[Ronin225]

Hopefully this time next month tom
Be interesting to see what kind of noise it will make too

 

[t0m]

Hopefully this time next month tom
Be interesting to see what kind of noise it will make too

I've got a feeling it'll be louder than the Jetex cones!

Very interested in the way this turns out mate.

 

[shaun.]

very nice car mate and nice progress

 

[h7 cya]

Very nice example mate, keep up the good work!

 

[EL]

Great car mate, keep it up!!

 

[MarkWabe]

Looks real nice mate, very well thought out mods.

As a newbie to Seat, thanks for the info.