After 5 weeks of riding around in my trusty bicycle i have been reunited with my RX !
Full rebuild along with street port, de-cat, apexi induction kit and power FC.
All carried out by Hayward Rotary and what a nice bunch they are..
I went up there the day they pulled my engine to watch it come out and ask lots of questions, they explained everything they were doing and even made me tea !
Picked me up from the station and dropped me off again, then when it was time to come up to pick up the car again they picked me up from the station.
Also, i needed a few more parts, namely a clutch and a turbo pack which Carl very kindly sourced for me at a very reasonable price and duly installed.
Carl also swapped me a front end for my knackered front end, personally i think he\'s bonkers as mine was in a right state but he seemed fairly keen on it so i\'m glad he\'s happy, saved me a good few quid for an original Mazda nose cone, now all i have to do is paint it !
All in all an excellent service, sound bunch of guys and the highest recommendation from me...
Thank you for everything you have done for my car...
So now i\'m driving round like a granny for a 1000 miles till the engine is run in but as soon as thats done the fun begins !
join the club me too 480 to go lol
I\'ve got 800 to go, gonna take a while !
Sounds like excellent service from the Hayward team, hearing more and more news of their great service at the moment, good stuff!
Sounds like you need some good music and a nice stretch of motorway to plod along, you can do 800 in a few days easy that way.
was thinking about sheffield this weekend to see my uncle that should munch up the miles
bit of an odd ball question, how does it feel like to drive runing it in for the first few hundred miles, can you feel it holding back feeling abit tight, like on a piston engine, or does it drive the same??
Everything feels a lot more solid, it also feels like it wants to hurtle down the road at break neck speed, praise the lord for rev limiters !
i had lower knock on the comander idle was better despite the port sounded healthier. oil temps lower water temps lower yes agreed just feels new and solid
Quotei had lower knock on the comander
How on earth do you do that!!!, my knock on the commander is always sky high thats why the warning function is currently set to OFF
lucky you im taking mine to him next may i think cause ive had money problems at the moment, how much did you pay mate as i think im gona go for a bridge port and get him to fit my single turbo.
cant give a price mate depends on the work they do really better off speaking to the organ grinder not the monkey so to speak all jobs are really different i had piping wires and bits and bobs sorted to price depends on labour and how many pajamas you can get on
Kool no problem can\'t wait to get mine done aswell so let the saving begin...
I picked my car up from Carl\'s last week after it had been there for a month or so.
They specially made parts for my clutch and mapped it. When I picked it up, I went out with Carl to make sure I was happy with it. I cannot praise the service highly enough at Haywards, they are awesome.
The map itself is fantastic too, I absolutely love my car again (when it was in bits last winter I had a serious grump on). Admitedly it took me 2 years to go and have a proper map on it after they rebuilt it...
Quote from: batman;649648cant give a price mate depends on the work they do really better off speaking to the organ grinder not the monkey so to speak all jobs are really different i had piping wires and bits and bobs sorted to price depends on labour and how many pajamas you can get on
grant monkhouse writing here. carl rebuilt my engine, in which my dad did the porting, once i ran the engine and carl mapped the car i was terrified when steve garbott took me out in it to show me how i should drive it. even though i have a rather large extended port running the standard turbos the performance is amazing. however i want more. when funds are available i will be getting a huge turbo, and will get carl to map it for me again. have you run the car in yet?
not yet grant 100 ish miles to go cant wait so excited and the 4000rpm limiter is really anoying lol
Quote from: batman;651676not yet grant 100 ish miles to go cant wait so excited and the 4000rpm limiter is really anoying lol
yes it is, i kept having idiots in vw polos and corsas wanting to race me but i couldnt!!!!!!!!!! they now however they are in hiding as are all other cars around huddersfield, they must know i have the power now.
what injectors are you running? carl put some monster 1680cc in mine. i get around 140 miles to 50 litres of fuel. if i am driving around town fuel economy goes down to roughly 12mpg. This being my help to global warming!!!
yes i have 1680 too my fuels been not bad really i just except it s juicy
Does anyone above fancy sharing roughly how much the work undertaken cost, and what it consisted of? Just for other people to get a rough idea!
Cheers
1000 miles done already for the map now happy days
carbon ring carl
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1000K done, up to Newbury tomorow, no more grnny driving for me !!! Carbon, as Batman says, give Carl a call as prices vary depending on what you actually want done !
had mine mapped monday needed a new manifold in the end my cracked bodge welded hks from ....fag finally gave up the ghost .chris at haywards gave me a nice cast version for a small fee . now i have better flow... and no blow
carls mapped it beautifully power noise the whole sha bang sounds mint boys done good again so please\'d now i can get back to my personal attack on porsches .. and weather is just right for some over 4000 rpm abuse
I can\'t wait till tomorrow, lots of things have tried to wind me up today but the fact that my car is going to go like a bloody rocket after tomorrow is helping me not get so annoyed !
alex we need some vids :D
is it quick now then?? what boost did you map for??
let us know how you get on tomorrow mark :)
alex is scared to go fast, last time he did he chipped a tip lol then called me on the phone saying "do i smell funny?" LOL!
hahahahahaha malice you get
id say its quite potent karl will get a vid up sounds wicked .
still want a bigger turbo but well happy at the moment .
Another great day at Hayward Rotary, bloody cold but plenty of tea and made to feel most welcome..
Car is now running brilliant, better than it ever has done, unfortunately the roads in London aren\'t long or empty enough to let rip !
So just a few little cosmetic things to do and then the car is all good till i spend some money on an exhaust system next year, gotta buy a house first or the missus will kill me !
Thanks again to all at Hayward for the sterling job they did on my car, i cannot recommend these guys enough....