update time
bought a new vibra technics gear box mount. awesome bit of kit
old vs new
yesterday i made the long trip up to APT to let gary work his magic once again. ignore the lack of the front bumper, wouldn't fit on the trailer with it on
had a few teething problems, first was a small misfire which was caused by number 1 & 2 spark plug holes being filled with water. this was partly due to the car being left outside overnight in the rain the night before, but also from washing the car the week before. next mod will be to make a rain guard under the bonnet vents to stop this happening again, lesson learnt for sure.
anyway luckily i always take a new set of plugs to my mapping sessions (good bit of advice for anyone else) so gary gapped up the new plugs and went again. car was running a lot better but the higher the boost was increased the more trouble we had, this time with boost hoses coming off. gary gave the car one last run with 1.9 bar of boost and the car made 501bhp 425lbft and even on that run a hose popped off. happy is an understatement , never thought the car would hit the 500 mark goes to show how much the old stock fuel lines and nismo pump was holding me back. garys advised the car to be run in low boost (1.5 bar @458bhp) for time being until i get my hard pipes modified with bigger flares. I'm happy with that though, car feels rapid in low boost. garys also advised some other small mods i need to do but will go into more details in another update.
so after the long drive back home i set about getting the car ready for tunerfest at brands. washed the car, fitted the bumper back on then lowered my coilovers back to normal height as had to raise them for the dyno. and also decided to change the colour of the sidelights to orange. attempted this a couple weeks ago on some spare lights by painting them but they came out shite :face palm:
so bought some amber coloured film instead, worked out much better
really pleased with how the car looks with them fitted