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At the weekend I did the diff oil change

 

parts .

 

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The filler plug was a PITA to get off but a bit of heat sorted this .

 

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The plug had some shavings and sludge on it and the oil was a darker honey colour so a change was a good plan .

 

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So on Friday I went up to Abbey Motorsport to have some Cobra HFC and a Milltek Y pipe fitted and the Uprev done .

 

Y pipe

 

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HFC

 

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Uprev with print out

 

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The car started off with low ish numbers but saw some good gains in the end .

 

+ 19.3 BHP and + 12.9 LB/FT

 

Converting this in to old money ( on a rolling road and not hub dyno ) this should add 30-40 extra BHP / LB/FT and make the car around 275 BHP an 260 LB/FT

 

The car Is loosing power and torque with the K & N typhoon fitted as the temp was going up and the std exhaust will not help this as well so if I change this and add a V/S to the air intake we would see around another 7-10 but the extra noise of the K & N is worth the loss so this will be staying .

 

Alan

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Another update time .

 

On Monday went to Abbey Motorsport for some suspension parts and to turn off the engine light that came on after the Uprev .

 

First was two new banana arms

 

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Then a Whiteline front anti roll bar set to soft with Whiteline drop links .

 

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Then a Whiteline rear anti roll bar set to soft with Whiteline drop links .

 

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And today I set the rear up to medium for the ARB

 

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Car is now much more tight and flat and turn in Is much sharper .

 

Alan

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Yes will need to remove this .

 

If anyone is looking to improve the handling the Whiteline set up and new banana arms Is a good move .

 

Alan

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Next small update got round to fitting a few bits .

 

First up some CREE LED number plate lights

 

OLD

 

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NEW

 

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Then the bonnet dampers

 

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So this weekend was the brake upgrade / change .

 

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Fist up was to remove the front discs and pads .

 

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Front disc not in good shape

 

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Or the pads

 

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Then to fit the new front disc and pads

 

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Then the front S/S brake lines

 

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Then on to the rears with old disc and pads removed

 

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Then to fit the new disc and pads

 

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And the new S/S lines

 

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Then it was a brake fluid flush / bleed to finish off .

 

Alan

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Just one thing after doing this I have got a cold so have not had chance to bed the new pads and discs in so will be doing this tonight on an empty D/C .

 

What is the best way for this 8-10 60-20 MPH stops ?

 

Alan

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Ok so after putting a few miles on the brake setup I can report my thoughts .

 

The S/S lines have made the pedal much firmer and it does have less travel and has taken out the squish .

 

The new discs and DS2500 pads have given the car much more stopping power with no fade even from 70 MPH .

 

If any one is thinking about this setup I am very impressed .

 

Alan

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