So I haven't updated this in a while! ha
Been away with work again on and off for a few months, so thats given me a chance to save a bit of dough. Few things on the car have changed, mainly to make the car a little easier to live with.
The J's racing intake was swapped for a Gruppe M. As much as I love the look of the J's box, it is a pain to remove and fit constantly to be able to gain access to anything in the bay due to its size. It took me a while but I managed to find a genuine Gruppe M for sale at an absolute steal! So snapped it up sharpish. I kept hold of the J's all of this time, and have only just put it up for sale. Lol
Next up was the cat back. Whoever advised me to get a 3" catback is obviously already deaf! Couldn't stand the drone at 70-80 mph. Swapped it out for a Tegiwa exhaust, knowing that it was based off of the Fujitsubo RMOA1 and it was quiet in comparison.
Did a test in the car:
3" @ 70mph = 97dB
2.5" @ 70mph = 84dB
Hopefully I'm quiet enough for track as well now.
I had the mapped tweaked as well so the car could adjust to the different mods. I was expecting to loose power with the 2.5" and potential make it back up with the new induction.
Well I made 227.5hp, and a grand total increase of......1.5hp!!!!
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Since I've been back I've turned my attention to suspension, picked up an entire running gear and subframe cheap. So went and collected it all in the BreadVan:
Sent off to be shot blasted then powder coated:
Didn't get any picture of swapping everything over, but went with the SuperPro bush kit and added a JDM rear ARB.
Got some new rubber for the works before I put them back on. Really didn't like the stretch last time, so proper sized tyres. 235/40's. They look chunky here!
Didn't really fit too well with my current camber settings.
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Ive had to run a bit more camber than I initially wanted but they are under there so I'm happy.
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In the future I'll look into rolling the arches further and flaring them out slightly more.
Thats it really for the time being. I've got a trackday booked for the 24th May at Brands which I'm proper looking forward to.
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Hopefully get some footage/pictures of it.
Then it's out of the country come mid June for 6 months again
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great opportunity to save money but just sucks leaving home for so long.
Also in a dilemma of what to do with the car when I get back. Options I like the sound of include:
1) K24 Frank swap on ITB's
2) TTS Rotrex supercharged
3) Sell up and get another DC2
I have a real hankering for another DC2 again
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(All above mods are dependant on insurance)
Out of those 3 options let me know what your personally choice would be to go...I'm really undecided. Cheers.
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