Grande Punto My GPS Mjet 130 :D (Would Like To Know The Former Owner)

[Gr3g]

Guessin ur plannin on sprayin the rest of ur wheels dude?

 

[RAW90]

haha yes i am at some point.

it was mainly to see whether i liked it black or not

as ive thought about black, white, gold, even red perhaps and still not sure on what colour to go! :bang:

 

[grandejdtm]

I like the front lights mate

 

[DarrenClark]

Doesn't the former owners name appear on the old part of the v5 document? (might not be v5 but something along that line)

Nice looking Grande you got there.

 

[vagosofron]

Hey mate, can you tell me more about the Airbox Improvement and how did you pass the air sensor? More photos perhaps?

 

[S1M0]

What paint did you use to spray your engine cover?

 

[Reuuk]

defo want to know more about the air filter... as for above, the sensor is still there, cut the tubing in the box by the look of it!

looking good

 

[RAW90]

Doesn't the former owners name appear on the old part of the v5 document? (might not be v5 but something along that line)

good point, didnt think of that, but i guess it still wont tell me the things i want to know.

reason being, ive not looked properly but i parked up next to another gps and mine was much lower, so now i dont know if i have some lowering springs on or not. i dont want to buy some and then it not be any different.

Hey mate, can you tell me more about the Airbox Improvement and how did you pass the air sensor? More photos perhaps?

defo want to know more about the air filter... as for above, the sensor is still there, cut the tubing in the box by the look of it!

well theres not exactly much to tell. firstly i removed the air box and put on an old cone filter and although there was a noise increase on acceleration and louder turbo spool, i didnt trust it mainly as it was a cruddy old cone filter.

Anyway , after looking closer at the airbox it has several flaws. to start with the air feed to the box goes through the twistyest and narrowest of tubes and only has the gap between the bumper and the bonnet to gain air (And its also behind some plastic on the 'scuttle panel??') so surely this is not maximising air flow.... so i removed it. in the top half of the air box there is a random excess pipe that goes to the middle of the filter, now to me. this makes the airflow through the filter a 40-60 percentage as the vaccume is only 'directly' on half the filter, so i removed it, now the vacume fills the whole top half of the box for maximum uninterupted airflow.

then on the lower half of the box, a simple flexi pipe from halfords, not the bigger expensive one near all the fairy dust stickers! but the smaller cheaper one which you will find nearer the factory air filters in the store then just cable tied it into the hole in the box. job done. works well for me and still get a nice Tsss when i let off the throttle at about 3k revs

What paint did you use to spray your engine cover?

this was mainly to cover up my first attempt at painting the cover haha. i used wickes high temperature spray paint (which i originally bought for the bbq) and then held a spare can of my old ford focus moondust silver in the air and gently covered it in paint 'dust' as it was held quite a distance from the cover to give it a speckly effect instead of a solid colour.

 

[RAW90]

will ad some more pictures in a minute as i have tinted rears now as well and will take a few more or the air box and cold air feed

 

[vagosofron]

I'm waiting for those photos with anticipation...

 

[RAW90]

i've just been out and took a few pics but thought a few videos would be better so they're uploading as i speak. not sure if you will be able to hear me rabbiting on about this that and the other but im sure you will all get the idea.

will post links to vids once theyre uploaded

 

[RAW90]

well, as ever good old youtube is taking approximately an hour to upload a 5 min video :/ so i will try and upload them directly.

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[RAW90]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNNp...DvjVQa1PpcFMPJ2UOH_dC_8cOp8BMj_5uYXp324cBeBA=

 

[Reuuk]

thats for the info on the airbox!

about the 'lowering' don't forget its a diesel. there allot heavier than the small 1.2's/1.4

 

[RAW90]

true true, i did a video of the sound as well... its almost finished uploading so ill post it in a minute.

 

[Reuuk]

Brill! I currently have a GSR mock induction kit but its rather annoying at times. pritty much always has a tishhh every release of the throttle which is cool.
I've just been looking at my original box as I've been thinking of putting it back on... how the hell do you cut that pipe inside? can't seem to see if it comes out!

 

[RAW90]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3tZ020b-tI&feature=youtu.be

 

[RAW90]

I used a hack saw, takes a while as you can only move it a little at a time as its so close to the corner.

hack saws generally work quite well on plastic... i.e with the small toothed blades

 

[Reuuk]

Thanks for the videos, yeah going to give it ago on the standard box tomorrow, prob make that box work better with some silicone hoses too. which i may try mod into your idea.

love the bit at the end where your sidelight starts blinkin :')


how much was the air ducting from halfrauds btw?