Ricco\'s Ride

[Ricco_04]

Finially go to Pip\'s on Friday!  Always have a good trip, traffic for ages going at 15mph, that cleared for 5 miles and then came to a stop as there had been an accident further up!  2 and half hours to cover 70 miles :Laugh

Anyway, got on the dyno and started troubleshooting on the turbos.  There was 2 clips missing when I went to install the engine which I put on but Pip found another 1 which I missed so replaced that.  He also found there to be a missing boost pill so he got that sorted for me and on with the mapping which went well.  I decided to map for 95 fuel as close to 0.85bar as possable on a nice safe map so expected a drop in performance but it was nice to see a slight gain (2.1 bhp woo! :Laugh) with a fuel which is 4 Octane points lower - can always put in VPower as a safety for track/drag.

So im happy now that the car is performing now and I can play at proper boost levels with 2nd tubbie action (which I have really missed, big grins! )

Got some tidying up work to do on the car like proper location for the numberplate, tax holder, arch liners.  Also to still fit the diff brace and canards. Would like to sort some better I/C ducting out, maybe make some fiberglass ducting which will take loads of time but should be well worth it.

1st job to do next is the brakes,  need to have front calipers off so will rebuild them, renew fluids & bleed.  Hopefully that will sort my brake issues

[karl_tate]

nice one dude, although i would of been really ****ed of with the traffic, i hate it :Grrr

did you get a compression test done or is it a strong engine??

will look nice with the cannard have you thought about a diffuser for the back??

will make a great difference with better IC ducting and some proper air filter feeds :mmmm

[Ricco_04]

Thanks Karl

Did not compression test it in the finish, we where running out of time but Pip did say that it felt good and was giving good results on the dyno so im happy about that.  Was also going to get the alighnment sorted but Pip took it for a drive and was quite pleased with the handling so left it as that

I have a diffuser for the car but have always been in two minds to put it on or not, I want something for the back but I want something that has good lines to go with the car and not have gaps etc (hope that makes sence!)

[Ricco_04]

Took some shots of the car recently, quite pleased with how they turned out.  It was bitterly cold!!







Ricco :wave

[chopper2k22]

Looks great dude!!

[karl_tate]

yeh very nice

[Nik da Greek]

Bl00dy hell, that looks fantastic!

[chrisJDM]

that looks awesome good job :Thumbs-up

[chrisJDM]

i love the wheels, what size and width are they?

[Ricco_04]

Thanks for the cool comments guys :Thumbs-up

Wheels are Advan RGII\'s 18"x9" front and 18"x10" rear

[L18M]

very nice.. =) =)
the top pic looks like its a model car haha

[rextreme]

looks good now you finally have everything sorted.

Diffuser On or Off. They are a bit of a pain in the arse.

If it\'s the RE-A Pro one, Make sure you add more support to the front of it or it will pull down and scrape on the road at speed.

A friend went through 3 of them before removing the last one and changing the bumper.

[Ricco_04]

Thanks again

I keep thinking about diffusers.  I actually have a ReA one in the garage, but I think I prefer the MK1 ones (think it\'s MK1) - the type that look like this :



Im happy with it for the moment and still have 1 or 2 things to fit to it which I STILL havn\'t got round to doing yet! :o

[rextreme]

Yes,
I was thinking about that one also in the end.
I think for a street car the PRO Diffuser is sometimes too much..
Whatever choice you make, It will look cool.

Russ.

[Brett]

Still an awesome looking beasty!

Hows the FC coming along?