A couple of pic's of the coupe and engine update

[SubLeggy]

YUP it is one damn awesome car, straight as new in my eyes. absolute beauty, i hope ya never sell it rick!!!

[DRFVDR]

 Ichi Ban said:

Looks very nice EXCEPT for the ugly bracket on the battery hold down clamp

I hope this is only temp

[Scoobydoo]

You still have the mounts for the strut brace in place, wouldn't you remove them if you can't use the brace? Or is it only off while you were working on it?

[Eight_dollar]

 Scoobydoo said:

You still have the mounts for the strut brace in place, wouldn't you remove them if you can't use the brace? Or is it only off while you were working on it?

nah it fits mate , just off while he plays, think he made a custom one

[Guest]

Have a nice chrome moly one custom made to fit with that interccoler

as for the bracket to hold the l/h catch can - YES i need to sort that - its on my list

[Timmah]

Any exterior pictures of the automobile??

[G-unit]

piking its a gun metal grey sti coupe

pics please

[Guest]

Will post exterior pics in the weekend

final tweaking done on the tune tonight

Now when cruising along at 3000rpm in 3rd, stand on the loud and the rears are lighting up in the wet with dccd wound off

Just a change of gear oils before dyno tomorrow

Will post results as soon as i'm back home

[Guest]

long story short

the innvoate AFR gauge has been reading incorrect for all the road tuning done --- arrr

Over 2.0 AFR's out ! so dyno run was at over 9.0 AFR

Anyway made 248 at the hubs @ 24psi, plenty more once tuning is sorted

kind of happy, but happy to know that the AFR reading wasn't reading the other way ie leaner

Time for ECU upgrade and more tuning

[gotasuby]

do you know the reason it was so far out?

[Guest]

unsure if its the gauge or sensor or calibration issue

will look at it over the weekend, and go from there

will prob upgrade ECU to G4 to give more flexible tuning

[funkytown]

STill a pretty reasonable number rick eell done. look forward to seeing it when ur up nearer 11.0

[X]

 Ichi Ban said:

long story short

the innvoate AFR gauge has been reading incorrect for all the road tuning done --- arrr

Over 2.0 AFR's out ! so dyno run was at over 9.0 AFR

Anyway made 248 at the hubs @ 24psi, plenty more once tuning is sorted

kind of happy, but happy to know that the AFR reading wasn't reading the other way ie leaner

Time for ECU upgrade and more tuning

impressive i was 2kW off we were bidding on what you will be getting i said 250kw LOL

[Guest]

 funkytown said:

STill a pretty reasonable number rick eell done. look forward to seeing it when ur up nearer 11.0

Its OK'ish, I'm also are looking forward to 11's and seeing what that brings

[Guest]

 X']

[quote name='Ichi Ban said:

long story short

the innvoate AFR gauge has been reading incorrect for all the road tuning done --- arrr

Over 2.0 AFR's out ! so dyno run was at over 9.0 AFR

Anyway made 248 at the hubs @ 24psi, plenty more once tuning is sorted

kind of happy, but happy to know that the AFR reading wasn't reading the other way ie leaner

Time for ECU upgrade and more tuning

/quote]

impressive i was 2kW off we were bidding on what you will be getting i said 250kw LOL

Should have taken the AC belt off and that would have prob nailed it on the head at 250

[X]

you probably had the AC hehe

[Guest]

na , was dam cold at STM today

[TypeR rated]

Nice work there dude. U can tell theres been quite a fair few hours spent hunched over that engine bay working on it. Wish I had the time to pay mine the same attention haha,

[Optical]

 Ichi Ban said:

long story short

the innvoate AFR gauge has been reading incorrect for all the road tuning done --- arrr

Over 2.0 AFR's out ! so dyno run was at over 9.0 AFR

innovate LC1s are pretty rubbish really... Check out the NGK AFX for a cheap wb02 sensor that is accurate and reliable.

also if you know your injector size it's a good idea when tuning to reference IDC against AFR with a sensible VE estimate to make sure your numbers are sensible, especially so if you use an LC1... you can pick up things like being 2 AFR out straight away

[Joker]

holy acronym omnom nom's batman LOL

[pedro]

TWA.

Three

Word

Acronym

[evoetr]

 Eight dollar']

[quote name='Scoobydoo said:

You still have the mounts for the strut brace in place, wouldn't you remove them if you can't use the brace? Or is it only off while you were working on it?

/quote]

nah it fits mate , just off while he plays, think he made a custom one

They are used for holding cable ties, left tower lol.

QRAF has the same i/c and would have had to get a custom made brace to fit as well.

[Guest]

quick update, engine is out and stripped now

a couple of issues found which have been stealing some Kw's

things like - an out of round bore (x2), a headgasket that was leaking

Most alarming tho was the cracked crankshaft ! and an extremley worn small end bush on one of the rods

Big ends and mains are like new, so proof the oiling system modifications work

New parts being machining or purchased atm, inc a replacement block, clutch upgrade, balancing, revised deck heights for the pistons too, now sitting 0.016' above the deck. Heads being refurbed and set up again

And lots of new goodies from Rocket Ind, Rally sport direct , Cometic, Aerosport, and Brian Crower motorsports are on the way

Coupe should be back on the road in 2-3 weeks - Cant wait

[gtlegacy]

what were these oiling modifications or is that a shop secret? lol

[Guest]

wow... nice build.