Hey all,

It's been a long time ago in a galaxy far far away since I've been on here.

I'm looking to get a tonne of work done on my coop. I seem to remember a guy in Leicester who was also doing remaps. Done some searches on here but this is trying to dig up memories of more than a decade ago and I'm struggling for keywords!

Anyone know who that was? FCS rings a bell. Couple be wrong. Are they still trading?

Or... I'm looking for loads of work. Cutting out corrosion and welding - MOT advisories, full respray possibly a wrap, modding with a FPR and remap circa 400bhp, exhaust mod, fixing a gearbox leak (been quoted £900 strip by AutoSportivo), new radiator etc. I figure around £5k. Is county cruising still the best one-stop for most of that?

You might be thinking of John Cartlidge, Midlands Car Servicing (MCS) at Shepshed, near Loughborough. He has a Facebook page. For all the work above I think you would need to budget three to four times your figure .

£6K max. I've got the prices pretty much set. I can go independently for the various bits but much easier to get it all done in one go.

Midlands car servicing. Yeah that could be it. Thanks!

I would go to FCS if I could borrow a courtesy car. Without the remapping it's a week of work at a leisurely pace.

Fleamap is the way to go for ecu tuning

JBT and Joe can do everything else

Cheers Jamie

JBT? Joe?

Kind of a clique answer that!

Business name, address, contact, links?

JBT = JonnyBravoTurbo / John Cartlidge, Midlands Car Servicing (MCS)
Joe = CountryCrusing / Owner of FCCS

Thanks! I've been out of the loop too long!

As Wink says, you're not getting your list done for anything like £5k - sorry.

An FPR and a remap ain't getting you 400bhp. You'll need fuel pump, turbo, exhaust, intercooler, injectors, air filter, dump valve, and electronic boost control and a fair bit of live mapping as a bare minimum. There's £3k+ gone just to get near the numbers you're aiming at. To do it properly / reliably you'll also need pistons. To make it last any length of time afterwards, you'll also need rods. By the time you've got this far, you're into £5k+. Ah - clutch too - add another £1k, so we're at £6k already before you've even started on the rust. Oh yes, the gearbox needs fixing, so at least £500 on top (do it while the clutch is being replaced)

If you have any sense, you'll also upgrade the suspension and brakes (400bhp will get you into a LOT of trouble in a Coupe with standard brakes and suspension). Another £2k £3k needed.

My guess is that you won't see much change out of your budget just for the welding and paint. If you know you have corrosion, I guarantee that there will be far more than you thought.

I'd be amazed if you could do even a minimal restoration and 400bhp tune for anything less than five figures. To do it properly, £15k minimum. To do it really well - closer to £20k

Ask me how i know....

Don't you remember me or my car?

I have literally had every mod ready done that you mention, except suspension (I never bothered beyond an OEM refresh on this countries roads). My coop runs about 320bhp on 1.3bar GT2871R. All I'm missing is the FPR and a remap, but I'll limit it by what I think the internals and injectors will do, then turn it down a bit.

I know places that can do a full respray for £1600, but I'd have a few extra bits done. The corrosion is just the wheel arches. Everything else passes MOT without issues. Underside chassis rust is remarkably little.

AutoSportivo already quoted me £900 for a gearbox rebuild.

That's good value for a respray

Welformed, are you planning to burn up the Milton Keynes DCs again? I used to love you Coupe Vs. posts :-)

That brings back many memories.
It was the magic 3rd gear and many leptons

Yes, I remember you and your car. And I still stand by my assertion that you're not getting welding, paint, geabox rebuild and a reliable 400bhp for anywhere near £5k

From my list of requirements, what do you have:

What intercooler?
What injectors?
What exhaust?
What spec GT2871?
What boost control?
What air filter?
What dump valve?

Remember, these are the bare minimum essentials - to run 400bhp reliably, you're going to need pistons and rids as well.

Also, as I mentioned, you'd be certifiably loopy not to fit good suspension and VERY good brakes. 400bhp will give you about 170mph and a Coupe with standard brakes and suspension simply isn't designed to go that fast, or stop from those speeds