Posted By: Coupe_Don
Unexpected upgrades thanks to Barbz - 29/03/2011 17:00
Hi all,
just want to say a big thanks to Barbz for working on my car yesterday until late at night to get it finished.
I arrived just after midday just to catch up then nipped home to get some bits and then left some time later with a Barbz hybrid turbo (Gti rsr) fitted, fmic fitted, my apexi avc-r fitted and suspension changed back to standard (tired of scraping my bumper lip and going over speed bumps at 2mph!)
My fmic was butchered by me a few years back, I cut off all the brackets so Barbz had to fabricate a bracket after a few minutes of head scratching (mostly by me). I have had the intercooler and pipework sat in my garage for a good few years since I had my old green coupe, I now have an evo 7 fmic fitted which looks almost OE with the bumper removed.
The car feels very quick on the road with a nice wack of torque from around 3k revs or just below, spool up is probably helped by a few extra bits done by Barbz. It feels very smooth also and holds boost right through the rev range, I almost swore when I put my foot down in 2nd for the first time!
I will have to take it easy until I get it mapped, my wideband gauge shows I am hitting high 10s afr at the top end with a Gtec1 higher fuelling at around 1.1bar so probably good for cooling but risk of bore wash.
Some unexpected but very welcome upgrades!
Cheers
John
just want to say a big thanks to Barbz for working on my car yesterday until late at night to get it finished.
I arrived just after midday just to catch up then nipped home to get some bits and then left some time later with a Barbz hybrid turbo (Gti rsr) fitted, fmic fitted, my apexi avc-r fitted and suspension changed back to standard (tired of scraping my bumper lip and going over speed bumps at 2mph!)
My fmic was butchered by me a few years back, I cut off all the brackets so Barbz had to fabricate a bracket after a few minutes of head scratching (mostly by me). I have had the intercooler and pipework sat in my garage for a good few years since I had my old green coupe, I now have an evo 7 fmic fitted which looks almost OE with the bumper removed.
The car feels very quick on the road with a nice wack of torque from around 3k revs or just below, spool up is probably helped by a few extra bits done by Barbz. It feels very smooth also and holds boost right through the rev range, I almost swore when I put my foot down in 2nd for the first time!
I will have to take it easy until I get it mapped, my wideband gauge shows I am hitting high 10s afr at the top end with a Gtec1 higher fuelling at around 1.1bar so probably good for cooling but risk of bore wash.
Some unexpected but very welcome upgrades!
Cheers
John