They are ok now mate.

looking good you fitting them yourself ??

 

i wont be fitting, but it will be done at my house by Tim Farmer

 

Good stuff mate

 

I do like a JDM bug

 

I forgot to say thank you to Darrell from scoobyworx for the competition clutch stage 2 supplied at a fantastic price and service

 

So today was the day, Tim Farmer fitted my competition clutch stage 2 and a skimmed standard flywheel.

All I can say is WOW, the feel and biting point compared to the old clutch is fantastic. The bite is at the bottom rather than the top on the old clutch, and I all most taleed it the first couple of times.

I would say the clutch pedal feels slightly harder over the standard, but nothing to worry about.


When Tim was sorting the clutch out, I got the exhaust wrap and gave the sports cat a good wrap.

I forgot to get any picture of the fitting of the clutch, as was too busy on the downpipe :-(


next on the cards is a 500 mile break in for the clutch, a turbo blanket, then re-map.

 

Good Skills mate coming along nicely

 

i have the same car jdm bug sti same colour pretty much same spec! Like this thread I'm thinking of going lip spoiler too, let me know how you get on

 

 

very nice, where did you get the black wing cover things from please?

 

Thanks mate, they were on the car when I bought it but you can get them from scooby world

http://scoobyworld.co.uk/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=40_43_392&products_id=1449

Our cars are so close mine is on 45,000 miles imported 2002 yours looks in great condition re under seal is on my list of things to do too

 

nothing tooo exciting here, I noticed during the clutch change that the top radiator hose was catching on the radiator fan.

on closer inspection, the fan has cut a fair way into the pipe.



new one ordered form Marp @ICP



I chopped a little off the new hose (around 1cm) to give a little more clearance between the hose the pulley



The new replaced hose

 

next up is a 2 gauge pod.

it is made by Autometer, product code 20015

I would say it is made for the left hand drive scoobs, as the fit is good, but not like standard. over all I am happy with it, and can live with the small gap on the right.

 

after a wash

 

i feel that build threads dont get as much interest as they should on this forum, but anyhow looking very nice!

 

today I fitted a turbo blanket. Nothing special, just a ebay special. It is a T3 size.

It is not the best fit, but will be better than nothing at all, and keep some of the heat away from the tmic

 

New air filter time.

I am just replacing like for like, so Cosworth it is.

From looking at the old one, I would say it was due a change.

 

I fitted a boost gauge today

 

A couple more bits ready for the remap

PFR7B plugs and a MAC 3 port boost solenoid

 

Just hit the big 50k!!!

 

new centre section and back box fitted. the TSL was just to quite.

This is nur-spec loud!!

 

Nice car and good work, I'm looking forward to seeing how this develops.

 

Lovely example, good work

 

I'm intrigued by the turbo blanket. I'm relatively new to playing with forced induction engines, so sorry for asking obvious questions.
I take it the blanket works like wrapping an exhaust keeping the energy and pressure up in the system and helping reduce engine bay temps?
Is there any downside to them? Will keeping the turbo hot lead to any long term reliability issues?
Apologies for high jacking your thread.

 

Someone has actually tested these and it looks like there is some science behind them.
I think I'll add one to my to-do list.

http://www.motoiq.com/MagazineArticl...-Blankets.aspx

 

they are good for keeping the radiant heat away from the tmic etc

 

new air filter

 

My word, that's a big one!

 

Looking good! Nice example you've bagged yourself there.

 

Car looks well! Have you got it mapped yet? If not what sort of power are you expecting / hoping for?

Matt.