E4RTH WORM JIM

I have never used him for mapping but he is brilliant customer service wise. I've never experienced anyone be as helpful as him over email and phone.... and I haven't even purchased any parts from him?

I rang and asked if he supplied AEM pins for my ECU, he has some spare so made me some wiring FOC and even paid postage!

johnckeen

He is a bit of a legend i must admit.

har-vey

Trunks did you get the power at the wheels? Bet your over the moon with that result.

Seems everyone is making more power than what we did on the TDi rollers. Kind of surprises me as everyone said TDi's tend to read high.

johnckeen

They are all within 10% ish so wouldnt worry too much about it.

Risk mister

Does anyone run the full hks kit on the flash editor?

Mike RT4

Tyres are fitted and I have to disagree with your experience of AD08s. They offer far more grip in the wet than the RE50s (although mine were almost down to the wear indicators). Obviously I am talking about the damp greasy conditions we are currently experiencing, not full on water moving scenarios, as then that is what you would expect, as the tread on the Yokos are new compared to the RE50s. However, the Yokos are also better in standing water as well, but as stated, that was to be expected.

Previously it would slide really nicely in second gear in these conditions from relatively low rpm, but now with the AD08s fitted it requires much higher rpm to get the rear moving or some more serious provocation.

The extra grip the tyres are giving means that you can actually feel the diff working as the tyres load up and are on the cusp of spinning. This actually means you can drive far harder in these conditions than I would have ever dreamed of doing with the RE50s. But the flip side of the extra grip is that the car isn't as much fun in this weather, as the breakaway point is that much higher and so I am reluctant to push it to slide as the speeds are higher (and I don't want to crash it LOL).

I now can't wait for the next track day (Bedford on the 25th Feb) to see how they fair with some proper heat in them. Regarding the square set up, it looks good, but you can feel the extra weight of the wheels and tyres up front, as the 8.5" wheels with 245/40 tyres are 3kg each heavier than the 215/45s on the 7" rims, so the extra width and weight means you loose the delicacy of the original set up. I have also gone more agreesive on the geo, which means the car follows imperfections far more and makes the steering a bit more "busy".

Hopefully the extra front end grip on track will outweigh the down sides, but until I refit the 7"s (with AD08s as well), I don't know how much of this heavier steering feel is down to the wheels and tyres or the aggressive geometry (up from 1• neg to just over 2• on the front).

johnckeen

Just had my engine bay tidied up and rocker cover repainted, not too shabby for a 130,000 miler!

Mr-T

Looking good! I powder coated my SC pipes black. Makes a big difference.
Still need to re-do my rocker cover. Low mileage, but think paint flake is due to age.

johnckeen

What do people do with replacing the crappy plastic fuel thing?
Is there a nice alternative, plastic cap makes it look cheap and a bit tacky when it goes old and yellowy like mine.

Trunkz

Attack it with a sharpie?