2005 Hawkeye STI Spec C Type RA
#31
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Anyone know what battery these take? Mine is knackered but it’s all in Japanese...all I know is that it’s small!
Edit - gone for this bad boy, which is meant for Kia Picantos. Seems to be the beefiest battery that will fit the tray!
Edited - battery I bought fits and works ok.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/YUASA-12V...UAAOSwHHFZAEkv
Edit - gone for this bad boy, which is meant for Kia Picantos. Seems to be the beefiest battery that will fit the tray!
Edited - battery I bought fits and works ok.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/YUASA-12V...UAAOSwHHFZAEkv
Last edited by rossyboy; 07 April 2018 at 03:10 PM.
#37
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#45
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As most of you know, the car has gone through some transformation again.
Truth be told. I think I went too far with it. Turned it into something, that I really didnt want. Or im just getting old
Car been put back to more of standard setup, minus the power side of things. Ive removed the buckets, harness belts, coilovers, the newage wheels, basically anything that made it too aggressive and not usable. At times I felt I couldn't really use the vehicle. It had become too raw and uncomfortable for my liking. Also what drove me to keeping it more standard, was the possibility of the future value being affected. I just prefer original things in life. Now its a clean tidy genuine fine example of a hawkeye spec c type ra.
So so far ive bought and put back in:
Original Spec c seats
Original seat belts
Original JDM pink struts and springs
Original BBS alloys and tyres
Original bonnet brand new + insulation and clips etc
Original wing mirrors
Original steering wheel + retrimmed
New number plate
Process west intercooler
Rebuilt hybrid VF36 - the full works
RCM induction kit
remap, dyno's @ 390bhp.
Ive driven and owned alot of top end german motors. BUT nothing spools and pulls like this bugger! The drive is insane and that original suspension is so much more capable than I imagined. Im now at a place where I feel the car should have been. I went from one extreme to another. Buts its now more comfortable and more driveable than before.
BIG thanks to TDR Warwick. Mark has the up most patience when he has to put up with me and my specifics He is a top guy!
Ive missed anything I will update later. Some proper photoshoot pics to follow soon.
Truth be told. I think I went too far with it. Turned it into something, that I really didnt want. Or im just getting old
Car been put back to more of standard setup, minus the power side of things. Ive removed the buckets, harness belts, coilovers, the newage wheels, basically anything that made it too aggressive and not usable. At times I felt I couldn't really use the vehicle. It had become too raw and uncomfortable for my liking. Also what drove me to keeping it more standard, was the possibility of the future value being affected. I just prefer original things in life. Now its a clean tidy genuine fine example of a hawkeye spec c type ra.
So so far ive bought and put back in:
Original Spec c seats
Original seat belts
Original JDM pink struts and springs
Original BBS alloys and tyres
Original bonnet brand new + insulation and clips etc
Original wing mirrors
Original steering wheel + retrimmed
New number plate
Process west intercooler
Rebuilt hybrid VF36 - the full works
RCM induction kit
remap, dyno's @ 390bhp.
Ive driven and owned alot of top end german motors. BUT nothing spools and pulls like this bugger! The drive is insane and that original suspension is so much more capable than I imagined. Im now at a place where I feel the car should have been. I went from one extreme to another. Buts its now more comfortable and more driveable than before.
BIG thanks to TDR Warwick. Mark has the up most patience when he has to put up with me and my specifics He is a top guy!
Ive missed anything I will update later. Some proper photoshoot pics to follow soon.
Last edited by harry007; 11 September 2018 at 07:08 PM.
#47
oh, very cool to see you actually went down the hybrid VF36 route! We talked briefly on the hybrid VF36 thread.
Very interested to hear some info on the rebuild, i.e. what sort of compressor wheel has been used? Have they clipped the turbine wheel?
What kind of peak torque does it make, got a dyno sheet maybe?
Very interested to hear some info on the rebuild, i.e. what sort of compressor wheel has been used? Have they clipped the turbine wheel?
What kind of peak torque does it make, got a dyno sheet maybe?
#49
TBH I was thinking you went a bit far on the cosmetic side but that’s just me, really don’t like canards (
or whatever they are called) bonnet vents etc but hey that’s just me. Cars looking good and as you say standard will help with the value in time to come.
or whatever they are called) bonnet vents etc but hey that’s just me. Cars looking good and as you say standard will help with the value in time to come.
#50
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Thread Starter
oh, very cool to see you actually went down the hybrid VF36 route! We talked briefly on the hybrid VF36 thread.
Very interested to hear some info on the rebuild, i.e. what sort of compressor wheel has been used? Have they clipped the turbine wheel?
What kind of peak torque does it make, got a dyno sheet maybe?
Very interested to hear some info on the rebuild, i.e. what sort of compressor wheel has been used? Have they clipped the turbine wheel?
What kind of peak torque does it make, got a dyno sheet maybe?
Looks good did you see much difference switching to the process west ic
TBH I was thinking you went a bit far on the cosmetic side but that’s just me, really don’t like canards (
or whatever they are called) bonnet vents etc but hey that’s just me. Cars looking good and as you say standard will help with the value in time to come.
or whatever they are called) bonnet vents etc but hey that’s just me. Cars looking good and as you say standard will help with the value in time to come.
#55
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Thread Starter
Hi. If you speak to Tom from Sprinting Hare Jdm. He had the turbo rebuilt and supplied alot of the parts on my car. Hybrid is the way forward no doubt. Thanks
#60
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On the hunt soon for another scooby soon.. To add not replace.
Last edited by harry007; 22 September 2018 at 10:22 PM.