Grande Punto Mjet 1.9 Sporting

KBonnie · Jul 1, 2014

Test fitted now with wobble bolts and all fits well

looking at spigot rings being made for £40 which is very annoying as they'll be 0.75mm thin so highly likely will snap but I refuse to pay £72 for some aluminium ones. So once I'm back off holiday I think swap the tyres from my sporting alloys and onto the car. Also fitted my new head unit and underseat sub.

KBonnie · Dec 16, 2014

Abarth wheels, with spigots and wobble bolts now on

Will get some pictures up when I can.
Early xmas present for the car too, some eibach sportlines. Got them for a great price of £95 brand new on ebay germany.
Top mounts need doing again so I'm getting some uprated ones in the new year and getting them changed and the springs fitted at the same time.
Going to get the uprated powerflex gearbox mount fitted and the gearbox oil changed at the same time then that should do for now.
Unless I find a dry free weekend then all the speakers are being changed over for the ones I have in waiting and maybe get around to fitting the boost gauge.

AlexStoneman · Dec 17, 2014

Can't wait to see the wheels on, I think they'll be so nice on a GP.

Germany seems to be good for suspension parts for the GP, I have been looking at the H&R cup kit from a main site over there and will be around £300 delivered compared to like £400 here! Nice Job

KBonnie · Dec 17, 2014

Here's a quick picture. Only an iPhone picture and it's very dull here in manchester too so it's not the best . The car needing a clean doesn't help either but anyway. Can't believe how small they look in this picture to for 17", same size as the standard sporting alloys? Maybe the lowering will help out with that. I think I need to get myself a badgeless grill to.

AlexStoneman · Dec 17, 2014

I don't think the alloys look small, looks good! Yeah once you're lowered and with a badgeless grill will be even nicer! Ever thought about Abarth front lights? Might just be the final touch

KBonnie · Dec 17, 2014

AlexStoneman said:
I don't think the alloys look small, looks good! Yeah once you're lowered and with a badgeless grill will be even nicer! Ever thought about Abarth front lights? Might just be the final touch

Ye I'm not too sure about the abarth fronts. Not sure if I like the way they look on the grey car. By all means someone can prove me wrong with an example though. The money for something that doesn't give much back puts me off to. I'd rather put it towards an exhaust system.

KBonnie · Jan 15, 2015

Newness to hopefully happen at weekend.
New mintex discs all round to be fitted, new top mounts as the drivers is creaking again along with fitting my eibach sportlines. Also should be fitting my gearbox mount, changing the gearbox oil and fitting my forge under body bars. Free mars bar that came with them went down well as 11'sies.
Looking into how big the pipe bore is on the Ragazzon and protoxide downpipes before I order one of them. If anyone has one and knows the size is please can you post it here. So far its looking like its either 2 and a half or 2 and a quarter inch bore size.
Pics should follow once the sportlines have been put on.

Reuuk · Jan 15, 2015

KBonnie said:
Newness to hopefully happen at weekend.
New mintex discs all round to be fitted, new top mounts as the drivers is creaking again along with fitting my eibach sportlines. Also should be fitting my gearbox mount, changing the gearbox oil and fitting my forge under body bars. Free mars bar that came with them went down well as 11'sies.
Looking into how big the pipe bore is on the Ragazzon and protoxide downpipes before I order one of them. If anyone has one and knows the size is please can you post it here. So far its looking like its either 2 and a half or 2 and a quarter inch bore size.
Pics should follow once the sportlines have been put on.

by downpipes? do you mean a decat pipe?

KBonnie · Jan 15, 2015

Reuuk said:
by downpipes? do you mean a decat pipe?

I do.
I've got the DPF model so its removing the CAT before that, but after the turbo.

tjscotton · Jan 15, 2015

if the vectra/astra pipes fit you should be able to get this mate; http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ASTRA-MK5...N-DE-CAT-DOWNPIPE-PRE-CAT-732GM-/230785933570

think you save a bit of cash (albeit £20 but every little helps) over the ragazzon unit but i'd give them a call before ordering to see if it will fit.

KBonnie · Jan 15, 2015

tjscotton said:
if the vectra/astra pipes fit you should be able to get this mate; http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ASTRA-MK5-EXHAUST-1-9-DIESEL-16V-CDTI-SCORPION-DE-CAT-DOWNPIPE-PRE-CAT-732GM-/230785933570

think you save a bit of cash (albeit £20 but every little helps) over the ragazzon unit but i'd give them a call before ordering to see if it will fit.

Found a unit for the Astra for £60 that I've ordered to try.
Got onto Ragazzon and there pipe is 2 and a quarter inch bore size and so is this one I've ordered.
I found a miltek one for the astra to that was 2 and a half inch bore and £20 cheaper than that scorpion on you linked to. But i didnt fancy trying one bigger as the ragazzon size is a tried, tested and proven working size.
If the £60 astra one fits and works then I'll put a link up to it.
Wont be until next weekend though as it is being delivered Monday.

tjscotton · Jan 15, 2015

Nice one, is the astra one you found a decat pipe?

KBonnie · Jan 15, 2015

tjscotton said:
Nice one, is the astra one you found a decat pipe?

Yes decatted PRE CAT or Downpipe, they all seem to share the same name.
I have the DPF version of the car so I am removing the CAT straight after the turbo and leaving the DPF.

tjscotton · Jan 15, 2015

Ah right i see. Brain didn't register when i first read that yours is the DPF version.

KBonnie · Jan 15, 2015

No worries, yes its the DPF version so leaving that and the rest of the exhaust until the end of the year I think.

Also, winning bid on a badgeless grill has just come in.
£21 isn't a bad price

The list of parts to change grows!

Ckem247 · Jan 15, 2015

If it's a different sound your going for with your diesel, you'd have to tank the Dpf out, or it'll just sound like it has diesel clatter still

KBonnie · Jan 15, 2015

Ckem247 said:
If it's a different sound your going for with your diesel, you'd have to tank the Dpf out, or it'll just sound like it has diesel clatter still

Not fussed about the sound. It's only for the slight performance improvements.
If I wanted a nice exhaust sound id buy a petrol lol. I'm happy with the sound, it is a diesel at the end of the day. My music is normal in loud enough for me not to hear to haha. Plus having an under seat sub helps keep it loud lol

Nap · Jan 16, 2015

Lovely car mate.

tjscotton · Jan 19, 2015

Has your decat pipe come yet?

Should be getting my silicone hoses tomorrow, got my OBD2 bluetooth connector today - really clever bit of kit for monitoring everything, using it with the torque pro app for android. If you dont already you should get one, the app cost me 3.99 and the dongle itself 8.50 and its small enough to sit in the OBD and the trim put back in so can monitor boost, check fault codes and so on. Looks like I do have a boost leak, peak 21psi but best it holds at is 17/18 psi.

KBonnie · Jan 20, 2015

tjscotton said:
Has your decat pipe come yet?

Should be getting my silicone hoses tomorrow, got my OBD2 bluetooth connector today - really clever bit of kit for monitoring everything, using it with the torque pro app for android. If you dont already you should get one, the app cost me 3.99 and the dongle itself 8.50 and its small enough to sit in the OBD and the trim put back in so can monitor boost, check fault codes and so on. Looks like I do have a boost leak, peak 21psi but best it holds at is 17/18 psi.

I saw one on eBay for a £5 that I ordered over the weekend. I've got an iPhone but I've got an android tablet so gonna team it up with that. Mostly bought it in case I have problems to be able to diagnose but also to see if it matches the boost guage when that goes in.
Decat arrived today and hopefully get it in at weekend, weather is against me at the min though. Sub zero snowy weather doesn't help a road side part swapping session.
21 at peak sounds about right. I should be able to tell you what my car is running once my OBD plug in arrives on Wednesday.

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