Hi all

As I've got a lot of time on my hands thanks to a broken ankle and leg I thought I would start a project thread for my Spec D.

Bought the car in June 2010 and done a reasonable amount to it

First thing was new brakes









Then a new H&S Exhaust ( no pics of de-res centre )



Winter wheels and tyres





Wash, clay bar and polish and ready for use



Used the car for a while then wanted more, so added a few bits ;

H&S 2nd De-cat wrapped



HRC 255 fuel pump



Followed by a remap with RaceDynamix

Added a Mishimoto rad and redid cambelt





nice RCM belt guide



Headlight covers



Modified intercooler water spray system, more efficient jets and variable timer





Used the car for a while, including a nice holiday in Wales







The car developed a noisy clutch release arm and bearing whilst in Wales, so opted for a new clutch

AP Racing Organic







and new clutch fork



Sadly old downpipe was found to be cracked whilst clutch work being done, so got a nice new H&S sportscat



and gasket/fitting kit



This obviously requires some map changes, having seen how easy the remapping was done and having worked in OEM engine calibration for 14yrs I bought myself the tactrix cable, wideband AFR and made some det cans.





Then I broke my ankle and leg on 4th Jan 2012, so car has sat in the garage since then hopefully be back driving in May.

Dan.

 

Great project, get well soon and get it on the road

 

Spec D FTW...tell me more about the I/C WaterSpray mod

 

Great thread mate, you have done alot of nice mods. Would be interested to know how the AP clutch is when you are back to full fitness as my Exedy is pants

 

Yeah Spec D's are great arnt they, never seen another one on the road.

Intercooler spray is just 4 mister nozzles, you can see them in the pic. These produce a finer, more atomised mist. Gives a better wetting ability. Ive kept the original water spray button but also added a timer controlled from the steering column cowling. This runs the water spray anything from permamently on to once every 60s. Easier than pressing the button when driving hard.

Not fully tested it as only just got some thermocouples and reader before I broke my ankle.

Will get some data when I am better and I'm happy to give more details if required.

Only done 50 miles on the AP but so far so good. Very slight judder when going into reverse but its not even bedded in yet. Read so many mixed views on Exedy that had to go for the AP in the end, bit pricy though. Will update once I've had a chance to put some miles on it.
Dan

 

Hi mate. Where'd you get your mud flaps from? Very subtle !
Cheers,
Andy

 

Mudflaps are Prodrive items, already on the car when I got it. Don't think they are available anymore.

 

An update.

Late April I was able to start driving again after having some screws removed from my ankle. Could now start mapping my new H&S Sportscat downpipe.

First job was to install a PTP turbo blanket, Heatshield Armor downpipe blanket and modify the std turbo heatshield to fit the new downpipe.

Intercooler removed



PTP Turbo blanket fitted



Heatshield Armour



Standard heatshield cut to fit and painted black





All fitted



Nice stealth install



Now time to get mapping

Install AEM wideband with a home made vacuum windscreen mount



Wideband sensor in exhaust pipe



Tactrix Openport 2.0



Inside the car, AEM wideband, detcans ( in footwell ) and netbook running ECUflash



Here is a boost response graph for 4th gear WOT. 1bar boost at ~2800rpm which I am quite pleased with. Not sure if I should be expecting more so if anyone has any data please share. Max boost capped to ~1.3bar for reliability reasons. Car drives really well now, spent a lot of time on part load mapping and temperature corrections so its det free in the recent hot weather.

 

cracking read mate and i know your pain, ive not driven mine for 6months now due to hip op.

glad to see you back on the road and car looks superb

 

Thanks Tomwrx.

It's awful not being able to drive isnt it, hope you soon get back on your feet.

 

yeah its murder not being able to drive when i use mine as a daily driver but just used the time to get some new bits fitted to mine,

think the biggest pain is this great weather and you canhear the burble of the flat 4 in the distance

 

h buddy ,nice car and good thread

what timer did you use for your water intercooler set up as i,m after something like this my self.

my button is the auto one but not for my car so i switch it on and it stays on unless i press it again .

any help thanks

 

I used this timer HERE

It is wired into the back of the dashboard switch and when active it is effectively pressing the button every x seconds. The system is turned on by a switch on the steering column and the pause time controlled by a variable pot also on the steering column. It will run a pause time that varies from 0s to about 60s.

 

Loving this thread buddy, keep up the good work. When yo can

 

Nice thread ...........

 

nice thread mate an sweet car to