Grande Punto My White GPS T-jet Progress Thread

[Loocas]

Thanks! I was considering changing my CDA unit to a twin cone with a heat shield just to experiment and see which was better, I have a sneaking suspicion that the twin cone would probably turn out to be the better. :chin:

Yer sounds good, my heat shield was only like £10 should deffo give it a go

Looking good beanz, bring it round so i can take a peak when you come see gti. id bring gti to you but it doesnt move very fast....... flinstones style

I wouldnt recommend going pipeworx, mate has one on his defender and has had nothing but hell with it and with them for after service!!!! although does sound amazing!

Im sure itl soon be a flying machine Hmm might have a look round at other places then, they are reasonably cheap though.

 

[Loocas]

Update

Quick update. Went to get the car rolling roaded last Saturday at John Clarkson motors in Chorley, Just to see what power its running before I fit the turbo and the other engine mods.
Made 153.5bhp and 209.4 ft/lb of torque, was more than pleased with the results

 

[TommyR]

lad get this updated

 

[RobSport]

Good progress matey, i sometimes wonder now i should of got the white, where abouts in chorley was the rollers mate and how much did it set u back in £'s

 

[Loocas]

lad get this updated

I will do la

Good progress matey, i sometimes wonder now i should of got the white, where abouts in chorley was the rollers mate and how much did it set u back in £'s

Cheers pal, naa black looks awesome on the gp's Erm Think it was in West Houghton, I just followed the satnav lol. http://www.johnclarksonautos.com - Thats their website, was £40 i think and thats for 3 runs with a printout. They do remaps aswell but only generic ones unfortunately, I need custom

 

[Tom JL]

Defiantly the best colour! What are your numberplate bulbs? And do you get the bulb warning on?

 

[punto_matt]

Id pay more attention to their wheel figures than their corrected flywheel figure

 

[TommyR]

Ebay chip tuning ftw

 

[Loocas]

Defiantly the best colour! What are your numberplate bulbs? And do you get the bulb warning on?

Cheers, No. plate bulbs are can-buss error free led's they are the same as the front sidelight bulbs off ebay. Unfortunately yes, the bulb warning light is on.

Id pay more attention to their wheel figures than their corrected flywheel figure

Car isnt standard anymore bud.

Ebay chip tuning ftw

Haha I dont think so bobbles.

 

[punto_matt]

Well what have you done to it performance wise before the RR?

They are using over 20% transmission losses for the flywheel power and torque which is way too high.

 

[Loocas]

Well what have you done to it performance wise before the RR?

They are using over 20% transmission losses for the flywheel power and torque which is way too high.

I found the previous owner on facebook a couple of days ago who told me that it had been "chipped" I was slightly worried what he meant but it turns out that its had some generic map

Yer i also noticed that on one of the runs it has less power at the fly than run 1 but more power at the wheels :s

 

[Loocas]

Iv done quite a few mods since last update, so here goes
I had been looking into lowering the car for a while and after a lot of thought I decided i wanted to go for some coilovers, so at the beggining of last month I purchased some FK AK beasts off Venom motorsport along with some 20mm rear spacers

I fitted them as soon as they arrived, wound them all the way down front and rear. Really simple to fit and I was pleased with the drop, it looked awesome. Anyway I took it out on road test, literally got 1/4 of a mile down the road and all of a sudden BANG! The passenger side driveshaft had popped out, grease and ball bearings everywhere It turns out that there is a limit to how low you can go on the front.

Before:

After:

Luckily not much damage had been done, so i sourced a new driveshaft end off Fiat and fitted it a couple of days later. With all the bumpy roads around where I live iv had to raise it up a fair amount, but im happy with it now.

Got hold of an Autogauge boost gauge from Halfords with pod as I wanted to see the difference between the old turbo and the new one once it was fitted, the maximum it boosts upto was around 15psi with the standard Turbo.

I sold the VL38 turbo as I was looking into getting an Essesse unit, but in the end decided it was going to cost more than I had planned with having to buy new injectors etc. So I found a chap who lives near me who was selling a few bits that he had got for his T-jet and not got round to fitting, this included a VL36 Turbo, a Forge Intake and some Forge subframe braces.
I fitted the Turbo a couple of weeks ago along with the Intake and I must say it makes a difference, boost holds for so much longer, and is alot louder

Vl37 + VL36 comparison:

Then last week I took my wheels to get powdercoated gloss black, painted my front grill and intercooler, added some Team Heko wind deflectors and I also came to the conclusion there were too many stickers on the rear end so I got rid off the badge and Nurburgring sticker. Much prefer it.

And thats pretty much it atm, the cars booked in at Pipewerx for a custom Cat-back exhaust next week and then its just a case of remapping.

 

[ieuan]

soz new on the forum can any one tell me how to make a thread? could do with some info on my GP Sporting regarding my gearbox chhers ieuan

 

[punto_matt]

Looks good but front looks higher than standard now? And have you really painted your standard intercooler?

 

[TommyR]

is rite la luvin the forge intercooler beast

 

[Davey Prater]

7.5 seconds to 60 bog standard? You drop it off a cliff? Matt's can't do that and its running 155bhp~

 

[Loocas]

Looks good but front looks higher than standard now? And have you really painted your standard intercooler?

Tar, yer Iv been abit paranoid since the driveshaft problem, it does need dropping more on the front and haha i knew id get jib for painting it, this is why you should sell me yours matt..

is rite la luvin the forge intercooler beast

Haha Forge rep

7.5 seconds to 60 bog standard? You drop it off a cliff? Matt's can't do that and its running 155bhp~

It turns out its not standard, it has been mapped, but even with a map I know it couldnt do that to 60mph. I was only going off my Dynolicious app which isnt very accurate.
Oh and before you say im lying:

 

[punto_matt]

You can have it if you buy the car.

 

[Lal B3N]

You can go far lower than you were, your driveshaft was just **** simple.

 

[Loocas]

You can go far lower than you were, your driveshaft was just **** simple.

Okay, yer ino, il have a go at adjusting it at the weekend.