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seb you dont even come the meets anymore... and adam who you gonna show up? ;)

very happy tbh feels exact;y the same as the slighlty more torque makes up for the slightly less power so yeh... MINT! lol nah its not all top end plus now that the peak power has moved down 750rpm means i dont need to rev it as much which is a plus

nice valver mate!! stripped yet??

lol

yep :approve:

anyways mapping done... needed a new tps aswell so got one of them... and had the idle set to 900rpm as it was at 1100rpm previously... so figures... 155.1 bhp @ 7260rpm... 118.9 lbs ft. @ 6451rpm... also had the limiter moved down from 8k to 7.8k to be on the safe side... so now got...

wasnt me...

not long now lol... trumpet spacers still aint arrived so looks like itll be getting mapped twice lol

running in miles complete last night... just changed the oil and filter ready for mapping on friday :approve:

just spotted the engine in, lookin good i must say!!

ordered a piece of roll cage tube to make into a welded in rear strut barce yesturday... hopefully itll be here wednesday along with the trumpet spacers... gonna order some polybushes tmoz...

just got rid of that horrid aircon ducting and took the filter oiff to clean inside the bodies, and took the shwaspeed sticker off and will hopefully get a couple of new ones of jon in the week - more pictures of the bay love it!

few little bits since i last saw you mate, chrome centre caps and de-wipered i see... lookin good!

how much of a mess it was when i got the car and fitted the bodge catch tank and filter - and nowwwww the only thing thats left to do engine/engine bay wise now is to fit the trumpet sapacers when they arrive hopefully tmoz, then mapping next friday (done around 250 running-in...

Re: Mk1 172 Hybrid Track Car Project yeh with me flying past :approve: i wish lol like already said, really shows how much time and effort has gone into it tbh!! good work!!!

i was starting to think that tbh, only like one update every month lol

mayyyyybe

couple more pics trhat f0xy found, try and ignore the small lettering lol - when i get the CD in the post ill upload ALOT more lol

no worries, couldnt agree with you more tbh mate!

yeh cant wait to get them fitted with help from f0xy tmoz

new id forget something, nothing that will gain bhp tho lol Mocal Oil catch tank; Pipercross 600 series filter; Vibra technics lower engine mount... These arrived today aswell sooner than i thought as tweeks told me they'll be here in like 2 weeks lol - wil be getting fitted tmoz hopefully

great times then!!

what car?

This car is completely different to a standard 172, faster acceleration and yes might have less torque but it didnt seem that way at mallory... yes there is a difference, peak power wont be at 8k anymore ;), we'll see next friday what the exact figures are etc... just lovin the car again atm...

Booked it at mikeanics for 10am next friday ... so yeh picked it up last night and to drive it feels exactly the same, so shouldnt need tweaking to much next friday when its getting mapped again... just to brag here's the current spec which its at now - Re-built Zetec SE 1.6 blacktop (new...

nah leaving the hoses on till i get the new ones... doesnt look its gonna be ready for tonight :(

love that jetta!!

it doesnt need skimming and jons swapping the bottom ends over now as i speak... bad news is that demontweeks said that the hoses take 4-6weeks to arrive and i only ordered them 3 weeks ago thinkin that they would be next day delivery lol, so now im expecting them in around 2 weeks...

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Re: Mk1 172 Hybrid Track Car Project looks soo much better/tidier now, cant wait till i get a cage then i can remove the heavy door bars! hope you filed all them edges, doesnt look like it lookin at your hand lol