Stilo RGZ's thread (pic heavy)

[Yellow Peril]

Nice work! Some useful mods, tastefully done. Looks good.

 

[JFL]

looks good

 

[muppet42]

Cheers

 

[coyle]

like it mate! coming along nicely!

 

[muppet42]

like it mate! coming along nicely!

Cheers and yeah, finally starting to come together and reducing the "To Do" list

 

[muppet42]

Custom cat-back exhaust is now on and sounding/looking rather good

 

[Ged20D]

Excellent, looks really nice that mate. Not to in your face either. BONUS to you

What noise did you go for in the end?

 

[muppet42]

Cheers, yeah it is pretty subtle. Had toyed with the idea of getting a single bore but everyone that's seen it on says it looks great. The workmanship on the whole system is top notch as well. Saw the underside of the car yesterday when I was getting other work done and it looks great

Told the guy I didn't want the generic raspberry rasp that many systems have and what I've got now is brilliant. It's louder, of course, but more purposeful sounding if you know what I mean. It almost burbles at idle

Saying that though, it's perfect at motorway speeds. Doesn't drone or anything, which is great for long distances. But the other thing is I can definitely feel the performance advantage. It's not massive as it's still a 1.2, but it feels more flexible than it did before.

All in all, I'm rather happy. Plus it's got a lifetime guarantee...not something you usually get from Kwik Fit

 

[burtz]

i like it, very nice. you have done a good job

 

[Tris Harris]

nice and subtle, good work

 

[muppet42]

Cheers guys

Driving up to Knockhill for the touring cars the other day, my sis said it sounds like a proper car now. I think that's a compliment

 

[StevenkSengwayo]

Muppet that is a very nice looking car (other than mine of course) an you know I like everything you've done to it keep it up mate

 

[muppet42]

Thanks mate

Don't think anything major will be done for the next few months till my bank balance recovers. Did cambelt, tyres and a few other things recently so that cost a good bit. Still, got some flat wipers that've been recommended off eBay and personalised decals from Pistonheads.com, so some small things are getting added.

Still fancy upgrading the alloys as well, though seems to be all 16" Fiat one's that are appearing on eBay recently. Barely any Blades or Claws appearing on there. Not that I can afford to get them at the moment

 

[StiloBoy]

Aye good work.... but personally I think your speccy mate should have fulled blinded himself! How exactly he thought he could steer an angle grinder whilst sitting on his arse, arms at full stretch, eye's scrunched up because he was getting spattered with sparks. Douchebag.... I'm just glad he didn't rip through a brake pipe and spray your car with fluid.

How much did your exhaust cost? I need a new back box but i'm more than capable of fitting it myself.

 

[karbineftw]

Aye good work.... but personally I think your speccy mate should have fulled blinded himself! How exactly he thought he could steer an angle grinder whilst sitting on his arse, arms at full stretch, eye's scrunched up because he was getting spattered with sparks. Douchebag.... I'm just glad he didn't rip through a brake pipe and spray your car with fluid.

How much did your exhaust cost? I need a new back box but i'm more than capable of fitting it myself.

Thats the OP...






Kidding

 

[muppet42]

Aye good work.... but personally I think your speccy mate should have fulled blinded himself! How exactly he thought he could steer an angle grinder whilst sitting on his arse, arms at full stretch, eye's scrunched up because he was getting spattered with sparks. Douchebag.... I'm just glad he didn't rip through a brake pipe and spray your car with fluid.

How much did your exhaust cost? I need a new back box but i'm more than capable of fitting it myself.

Is it that obvious my mate's not a professional mechanic I have to say that we didn't really think that whole part through. We figured if we managed to get the head of the bolt off, we could drill it through and in turn fit the new strut, etc. Didn't work out like that though as we didn't have the right tools for the job. The brake lines and anything else were tied back out of the way, though as you say, was a bit precarious. After we'd completely exhausted ourselves trying to get the evil bolt out, we swallowed our pride and got a garage to do it. Which was actually how I found the brilliant CM Garage Services (http://www.langlandsgarage.co.uk/) who now do all the work on my car...silver lining

All sorted now though, so that's the main thing. Despite our amateur bodging attempts

The exhaust was £300 and built by the same people that did the system for the Renault Avantime that appeared on Top Gear a series or so ago. Simon's Exhausts (http://www.simonscustomexhausts.co.uk/index.html) is the place, based in East Kilbride and said exhaust is still putting a smile on my face

Anyway, here's a recent pic I took. Would pop more on, but run out of room in the gallery...may have to donate soon

 

[muppet42]

Induction kit's finally on - well it's been on a few weeks now. Wanted to mildly clean the rocker cover before I popped a pic up in the thread (can see how dirty it was if you check out my gallery )





...brakes or alloys shall be next me thinks

 

[Mr Cousins]

That induction looks very very nice. How much did it cost if you dont mind me asking and where did you get it? Is it at the same standards as a gsr?

Cheers

 

[muppet42]

Built it myself

Was trial and error and think it still needs some mild tweaking - a heat shield below the cone to protect it from the rad pipes for example. But, there's been no dip in performance and it feels like it picks up a bit better on acceleration. Sounds great too of course

All in cost was about £90, but that's due to me needing a new t-piece for the breather as I had "issues" with making the original one fit so could probably do it for £70-80. The cone was the most expensive part due to it being metal gauze and a twin cone. This is it... http://www.regals-motorsport.co.uk/...n-cone-stainless-steel-air-filter-p-1540.html

I also went to http://www.auto-performance.co.uk/ for the pipes. Got the t-piece, 45 degree alloy pipe and 90 degree silicone pipe (the latter 2 I had to trim down) all were bought in stages as I had to redesign it about 3 or 4 times when I hit some snags I also used the handy reducer and many hose clips included with the cone

Due to the sizes and diameters of the pipes available, I ended up using some tapered O-ring type washers to make sure there was a tight seal round the throttle body and the alloy t-piece. It was literally a mm or 2 difference in circumference but I wasn't happy with the snugness of the fit without them and I've not had an issue in the few weeks and couple of hundred miles I've driven

I will say this though, the DIY approach was ridiculously involved for me mainly because it was such trial and error. The kit I made up can be improved on, especially in terms of how it fits together BUT it performs well, was far cheaper than what I was going to go for and is a heck of a lot better than something from K&N, Powerflow or Pipercross where the cone basically sits on top of the manifold/rocker cover.

Here's a pic of the kit before it was fitted to the car. Had to slightly trim the silicone pipe of course to fit...