Supercharged Mk2 Ibiza - pictures from holland 14/7/09

[m0rk]

very unstable, certainly not safe to use in anything but an emergency

I only use mine to get my old trolley jack under. But I've replaced that now, so I don't need to use it at all

 

[Chrisdaman]

it was only a quick thing, and it was chocked up with 6" x 4" timber aswlel, i know they have the nick name widow maker

 

[OllieL]

put my mulberry VR6 interior in today it's so much comfier than the already comfy GTI seats, aaaannnd they're purple

apologies for the phone pics

and couldnt resist having a try to see what the wheels would look like

car goes tomorow to be charged, will pick it up on march 9th

plenty of pics will be sent to me though, so we can all admire whats going down lol

How hard a job was this to do? Have seen a colour concept interior ive been thinking about

Ollie

 

[Chrisdaman]

if it's from a mk3 golf then it fits no problems mate, it was easier to do that the corrado interior into the mk3 polo i had

30mins tops

 

[gregclarks]

****ing love those borbets mate, nice work, looking forward to seeing it all sittin sweet - hope uni is going ok, a lot to distract you now!

 

[Chrisdaman]

i know lol

my tyres arrived today, and i dropped the car off at nandos , gotta put up with a bloody micra for 2 weeks now

beats walking though lol

will be plenty of pics soon tho

 

[Chrisdaman]

had a nice chat with nando one the phone on sunday, i'll be using a Mini Cooper S boost return valve, i thought it was like a dump valve but it's not. It lets air out while driving, then when chaging gear, releases it all (tssshhhhhh). This means that the car will kind of "overboost" meaning the throttle response will be much better than over having a dump valve / wastegate. Learnt quite a lot from that convo (apart from the mini part)

should get pics from this weekends goings on in a bit

 

[Chrisdaman]

More work done over the weekend, Megasquirt was finished (assembled and base map on it)

head taken apart and head gaskets on

 

[myseatcupra]

wow its really getting some where now dude. looking at your pic on the cam cover you were a bit lazzy spraying the intake with out taking it off lol

 

[Chrisdaman]

i was gonig for the zebra affect lol

i'm going to spray to rocker cover black anyway, properly this time

all the bits that came off will be for sale soon

 

[myseatcupra]

chris can you post or send me a pic of how the alternator is mounted just need an idea of how it goes. i cant see how it lines up on the bottom bracket thats all

 

[projectgingawar]

how much was the megasquirt mate?

 

[risted]

Looking good mate . Wish i had the time, money and skill to do something like this.

 

[Chrisdaman]

how much was the megasquirt mate?

£480 i think, another £300 for installation and mapping

 

[projectgingawar]

£480 i think, another £300 for installation and mapping

holy cow thats a lot! there is a site that is selling them pre-built to whatever spec you need for 270 quid! yours must be the absoloute mac of them all fella!

 

[m0rk]

that's really steep for the MS, but good for the fitting & mapping.... but then the mapping isn't done with a wideband, so you'll just need to pray for fuelling

 

[myseatcupra]

mork whats the deal with wide band sensors why are the better than the standard o2 sensor. please oh font of knowledge lol

 

[m0rk]

narrow band will tell you that your car has lambda=1 for emissions only (zero load) - other than that they're "****"

wideband will tell you exactly what you're fuelling is doing.

It's not so bad on n/a, but as soon as you run FI you must map it with a wideband

all the MS sites talk about this... given that he's working as a professional by accepting money (and sure is charging accordingly for the MS) he should attempt at working professionally & map with a wideband.

If nothing else, it'll reassure him that your car isn't going to melt down the road.

Narrowband 'range'

 

[myseatcupra]

so would you say its a must for a good set up. will it stop over fueling and leaning out?

 

[m0rk]

so would you say its a must for a good set up. will it stop over fueling and leaning out?

it's a must full stop......

without a MAF you have no idea what the fuelling is.

too rich = bore wash, dire mpg & not 'best power'
too lean = severe engine damage