I couldnt afford a s/c GTI-6!
Bought it a couple of months ago now, supercharged by Carl last year, the previous owner didnt use it much.
Plans:
Fit oil cooler, I have everything apart from the hoses now, 16 row Setrab one should do the trick!
Fit better brakes, I have some renaultsport brembos, so going for either Ash's kit or 305mm V6 discs.
Issues
At the moment I have a few issues to solve.
The brakes at the moment aren't very good, there is some travel in them and then it always feels like they wont pull you up quickly enough. My GTI-6 ones were awesome and I never had an issue with them. These have OE pads/discs whereas my 6 was on DS2500 with brembo discs, but even so.
I thought it was just air in the system at first, so bled all new fluid through (the old stuff was pretty manky) but its not improved it.
With the engine running you can pump the pedal but it won't firm up... not a problem I normally have
And if you hold your pressure on the pedal it will gradually sink. I'm thinking its a buggered master cylinder, so thats to be changed shortly!
Secondly what I had thought was the throttle cable partially sticking and a poor engine map appears to be the TPS, I posted about it in someone elses thread and it was suggested to look at the TPS.
I have tested it to check it gets voltage, but I cant check while its running due to poor access and I cant get the multimeter prongs in without damaging the wiring.
The car revs up to 2k and starts pretty poorly, occasionally over-revs in traffic and also runs very rich on WOT. All seem to be symptoms of a buggered TPS, so a trip to Andrew Page to see if they can get me a Bosch one is in order!
Oh and the fuel gauge doesn't work but I just fill up every 200 miles. Ive given up on trying to solve the issues there, running a 6 ECU for the engine and a Xsara one for the car is causing the fault which is way too complicated to be bothered about.
Future Developments
I'm thinking of replacing the boost piping as while some sections are bent, others are just two pieces of angled tubing welded together, not very neat, plus on the SC outlet the hose is too long and can fold in on itself. Thinking it is also worth wrapping the piping in heat reflective tape as the pipes get warm in the engine bay yet are cool when they come out the IC.
Also it runs a decat, and miltek centre, but with a standard backbox. This is good as its nice and quiet, but unsure if this is robbing me of much/lots of power.
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Bang'in 7 gram rocks!I have one gear, GO!