My Pet Project

[cuzzfd3s]

So I\'ve had the car quite a long time but only started building it up the way I wanted over the last year or so. Have a build thread on a different website but wanted to get it on here, just for some opinions and ideas.

Feel free to leave comments. Positive ones will put a big smile on my face But opinions/ideas to make it better would be more than welcome, they get me :Talking1 and a bit :3Confused Negative comments, well then i\'m just going to have to:Grrr and :spank you on the way out!!! Lol.

so this is how it looked before. Was going through my Fast & Furious phase.





But then decided to first sort her mechanically, so had an engine rebuild from WGT and got a bit carried away and ended up with the following:

*Engine rebuilt by Pip, street ported using heavy duty seals with additional dowels
*Exedy hyper twin clutch/flywheel
*Apexi power fc @ commander
*1600 secondary injectors & fuel rail
*Greddy twin oil cooler kit
*T04z turbo
*Dragon v-mount intercooler
*Tial wastegate
*WGT 3" exhaust system
*KAD 8-pot brake kit
*Tein monoflex coilovers
*Dragon diff & gearbox brace
*Racing Beat antiroll bars







Once i had her running reliably, then started to look for bits a bobs to make her look as good as she drove:









and then in a bid to make her look like a prom queen i booked her to the body shop for a nip, tuck and suck, and maybe a hairy-butt wax!













and then the day came to finally go and pick her up in her new dress, and DAMN she looked fine (if i do say so myself, lol):













Well this story from start to here is about a years work. And then just as we were about to settle down, i had a few more ideas and did this:

First thing I did was get round to fitting the RE-Style Pro Carbon Rear Diffuser, Bought this from Stu and had it lying around in the garage for a year now but its my favorite diffuser, so well chuffed with the way it looks





Secondly...... got a carbon dome cover made for the fuel lines running in the rear boot, just to tidy it up a little.



Thirdly..... had a RW Throttle Body Fitted, for that little bit more umphhhhh



And then a bit more..... Got a single-din sized piece of carbon and moved the Greddy Turbo Timer, Racetech Dual Gauge and Blitz Boost Controller into their new home there  This is kinda my favourite thing in this update as i don\'t have gauges and timers all over the place in the cab now, a bit more of a clean look to it



So that\'s it...... or is it..... nahhhhhhhhh..... one final thing got an Motec M2R ecu with a custom wiring loom and had the apexi removed. Then a final rolling road session and..... boooooom..... bob\'s your uncle!!!:



476HP @ 1.0 bar..... I\'m quite happy with that.....

Still got more things on order for it, but i think mechanically its done now. No more spending time in the garage! Going to enjoy the next few weeks while the suns out and then get on with the remainder of my plan

So that\'s it for now, thank you for taking the time to read this, and any feedback/comments/general rambling would be greatly appreciated. But before i go, i\'d just like to say...

I LOVE MY CAR!!!

PS: sorry for the crap pictures! all done off my phone lol

[mcon]

Beautiful.
Love the cover for the boot, really works.

[cuzzfd3s]

Beautiful.
Love the cover for the boot, really works.

Thank you matey :Thumbsup!

[davehg]

Good looking car, how did you get it on a 53 reg?

[cuzzfd3s]

Good looking car, how did you get it on a 53 reg?

Its a limited edition late model!

Nah, dvla made a :censored::censored::censored::censored: up me thinks, but its been 10 years and nobody\'s pulled it up, so I\'m happy lol

[Kevin]

You have made some welcome changes to the body there! Well done!

As for 53 reg it\'s not often they :censored::censored::censored::censored: up but they have done on one or two of my cars in the past.  It\'s totally legit and it can\'t be changed so just enjoy the unique fact, then add additional on the sale price!

Good job on the car, keep it up pal!

[cuzzfd3s]

You have made some welcome changes to the body there! Well done!

As for 53 reg it\'s not often they :censored::censored::censored::censored: up but they have done on one or two of my cars in the past.  It\'s totally legit and it can\'t be changed so just enjoy the unique fact, then add additional on the sale price!

Good job on the car, keep it up pal!

Thank Kevin. Yeah I heard it triples the value of the car

you wouldn\'t know, but if i decide to put on a 53-private plate, can i keep it on 53 or will they return it back to what it should be?

[Kevin]

Under normal conditions you would end up with the original plate back on the car, but in this instance I would be more inclined to bet money that they would pick up on this error and return the car to a \'K\'? plate.

If you intend to keep the car for a long time I\'d put a private plate on, if not I\'d keep it as is for it\'s quirky factor.

[cuzzfd3s]

Ahem ahem... not quirky! Exclusivity factor lol

Thanks kevin :Thumbsup!

[cuzzfd3s]

Managed to struggle out of bed today for about 2.00 and actually get a few bits done.

Wanted to get the fiddly job out the way first, so got my tool kit out and fitted a DM Motorsport Shift Collar. This has got to be one of the best things I\'ve done to the car. The \'play\' in the gear-stick is almost non-existent, and the gears are just banging into the place perfectly. If i\'d known this dinky little round thing would make such a big difference i\'d have fitted it a year ago when i bought it!!! Top product

After that went and fitted my 99-spec carbon lip spoiler from Ed, so another big thank you matey, top quality product.



Then went and got my XXR\'s fitted with some advan neova ad08\'s. The wheels are 18 x 9.75 ET20 all round. So the rears are fitted with 235/40/18 and fronts are 225/40/18. I like them really fill out the arches well. But the tyres are just soooooooooooooooo darn sexy! :o



Anyways, here how she stands at the moment. Needs a good clean though!





Going to see what the weathers like in the morning, hoping to go to TOTB, so might have some updates next weekend, if i can wake up earlier

[Kevin]

Superb.  Loving the wheel and tyre combo!

[cuzzfd3s]

Superb.  Loving the wheel and tyre combo!

Thanks Kevin, She\'s just developed a small boosting issue on Sunday which i need to sort out but she\'s coming along nicely :Thumbs-up

The Advans are brilliant in the dry, I\'m not the best driver but after they warmed a little even I could tell the difference in the extra grip on normal battered Yorkshire roads, so they must be fantastic on the track. In the rain though they do make you very nervous, lets say, but on Sunday it did belt it down for 20ish mins while I was out and I could barely see out the windscreen, so I wouldn\'t normally take it out in those kinda conditions.

[Will66]

Black FDs are cooler than a Polar Bear\'s spudbag.  This one is particularly so.

Those Advan tyres are cool too, I had a quick play with some on an RX8 and they\'re nice when they\'re warmed up, little bit skittish in the wet even with 200 hp so with over twice that I\'d imagine they focus the mind a little when the boost starts a-comin\'!

[cuzzfd3s]

Black FDs are cooler than a Polar Bear\'s spudbag.

PMSL :Thumbsup! ... I think I\'m going to get a vinyl of that made and put it on the car! Lol

[mick choi]

nice fd, the rear tyres r a bit skinny i was running 265/35/18 on the rear  when my fd was std body with no rubbing