The story so far.
 

Car sprayed by Prodriverules aka Ryan
including underbonnet & slam panel.
inlet manifold powdercoated yellow
turbo heatshield powdercoated yellow
headertank powdercoated black
rallytech s/s bolts
air intake gloss black
alternator cover 02c blue
6 speed gearbox
Prodrive diff guard.
As performance bush kit.
oz ultraleggeras 18"
mcgard black chrome wheelnuts
bilstein coilovers
geo setup by Litchfields
Summit front strut brace
Whiteline roll centre kit
perrin front & rear arb.
Whiteline droplinks
Ap racing front calipers + Brembo rears
braided hoses
rally armor mudflaps
hta front splitter
detangoed headlights
zunsport grill
sti rear spoiler.debadged & delocked bootlid.
piaa horns
defi genome gauges
Hertz front speakers & tweeters
rear windows tinted by Top Tints
retrimmed steering wheel
air vents & radio surround sprayed mat black
subaru rear roof spoiler & side wind deflectors.
sti scoop & undertray
sti intercooler
alloy rad
forge recirc valve
prodrive 3 port boost solonoid
Harvey Smith uppipe and ported headers
Afterburner vortex backbox
walbro fuelpump
sti injectors
green panel filter
pfr7b plugs
VF48 turbo
Thanks to Ryan for his input and workmanship.

My wife has been made redundant today so my plans have been put on hold.
Every time i get near my planned budget something crops up.

The car is going into ABC Detailing on Friday for a tidy up and a coat of wax to last the winter.
Has anybody on here used Abc? They are only approx 3 miles from me so i hope they are up to the job.

Didnt quite work out as hoped.There are some shadows on the paintwork left there by leaves being blown onto the car.Apparently it will need some serious machine polishing to get rid of these.I am leaving it till early spring then have a major detail done.

Turbo bought.
Injectors bought.
Tmic bought
Rcm fuel pump bought.
Hopefully a forged build later in the year.

Is there 2 daves then that used prodriverules, that confused me when I saw a blue car

Yes i am the first one.

especially when one is dave y and the other dave w lol

I've had a square up... good to see you have second wind there Dave for another push forward :)

Had two front tyres fitted today,i had to go with Falken 453.I couldn't find any 452 but the company who looks after the truck tyres where I work did me a good deal.
The car is being dropped off with Ryan later for its mot and hopefully track down the cause of the knocking noise I get on the overrun if I have been giving it some.
I have had several suggestions what could be the cause so hopefully it will be cured.
Strange thing is if I drive like Miss Daisy I don't get any noise.

Where's the noise coming from ???

This might sound stupid but I am not sure.It sounds like something knocking in the transmission tunnel.Its not a metallic knock.

Light flywheel fitted by any chance ????

yes with an Excedy pink box clutch,it didn't do it when first fitted just plenty of juddering.

I'd have a wager it's the flywheel causing the noise. Pop the original (well not pop as it's a pita job) back in and I bet it solves it.

Now you have put that idea in my head I might just put up with it till the end of summer when my engine will be coming out for a forged build.

Matty would that notice when you lifted off the gas and let the pressure off and slow driving opposed to under acceleration when you had constant pressure applied ?

How does that sound Dave have you noticed it in that regard ?

Don't quite understand what you're asking chap ??

I've had issues in the past with lightweight flywheels causing noise and vibration on overrun. In my own personal car it was fine for over a year and then all of a sudden I started getting a loud rumbling noise and vibration on overrun after hard acceleration. During acceleration it was fine, only after the pedal was completely lifted did it cause issue.
I changed everything from rear diff to the gearbox. It was only a conversation with Richard from ZEN that made me change the flywheel. Lightweight one out and original one back in and cured. My noise started off after hard acceleration but over time it started doing it all the time on overrun at any speed.
I personally know of two other cars that suffer the same issue.

if I accelerate hard then lift off the noise is there.If I drive gently no noise.
It is difficult to pinpoint where the noise is actually coming from.

Don't get me wrong, it might not be the flywheel but it's certainty something I'd investigate.

With regard to the noise not being there at slow speed, could be that your issue is only noticeable when the flywheel is spinning at a high rpm. If things are only a little out of balance then it could take a higher RPM to make it appear.

Actually even though I was not very clear in my comment you answered it perfectly :)

:lol1:

:thumb:

the car is with Ryan now and he is going to try and find the problem as well as getting the car through its mot.

Car passed the mot.
Ryan found the cause of the noise,the downpipe was knocking against the transmission tunnel.All sorted now.I asked him to do the front wheel alignment because I had fitted two new front tyres.It turns out he had to do a four wheel alignment.The rear tyres are on their way out. Litchfield's did it once and PowerStation did it once and I still got tyres wearing badly.Pi55ed off is an understatement!

Collected today no more noise.Happy Days.
Now back to saving for the engine build.

Nice result Dave, was your geometry setup for more grip as that will lessen the tyre life considerably if you've got aggressive settings.

Litchfields didn't ask what I wanted.
Powerstation did ask and i told them decent tyre life was what I wanted.
Hopefully all sorted now.
Always pleased with the service I get over there.

Next thing on my list of parts needed is a 3" turbo back exhaust system.
Which system do the mappers recommend?
Which works best on a 2.1 forged motor?
Which is best for performance?
Nothing too quiet.

No words of wisdom from anyone ? :(

I think Milltek looks favourite unless anyone knows of a better system.