Just thought i'd update this as a fair bit has happened since i put up the initial post.
First up was an uprated DV from Forge. Cracking bit of kit and the usual top quality machining from Forge.
Other than that the car went in for a 6k oil change. Went for Castrol Edge for the engine oil, Fuchs Sinterfluid for the gearbox and Motul RBF600 for the brake fluid.
Following that my Pace FMIC arrived:
Got all that fitted. Intake temps were much more consistent with the Pace FMIC and it's refusal to heat soak is pretty impressive. The re-circ seems decent also (although a complete tart to fit) as i'm now achieving 1.25Bar in 4th under load, where as i used to only achieve anything near that in 6th. Worth the cash,even though the mounting bolts Forge supply are completely retarded.
My carbon mirrors finally arrived after that and were duly fitted.
Following that, i decided the brakes had expired so ordered up some new drilled discs, CL RC5+, RBF600 and some Goodrich braided line. I bobbed down to the guys at Birchdown who sorted it all out whilst i sat and worked on my laptop. Top gents and an epic brake set-up for fast road imo.
Following that, i ordered a rear upper strut bar from CMC
I was chuffed as (although it's not massively functional) my car now looked a bit less like a van. Job done.
Following that, my CF rear spoiler, mirrors and carbon coloured handles finally arrived. My 'amateur-hour' photography doesn't do them any favours; thankfully they all look better in real life. Handles were temporary until my real carbon one's arrive.
CF handles then finally arrived after a mega long wait. Worth it though imo.
Then finally got round to fitting them and taking a few snaps:
I then had a wee trip to RS tuning for a Briskoda/Total Vauxhall Rolling Road Day.
Decided to pop the Meg on the rollers as it's not been done on a Dyno Dynamics. Graph below. Turns out he's a strong 'un.
273bhp and around 290ft/lb achieved in the end on Stage 1. Really surprised with how well it holds power up high in the rev range. No doubt a benefit of the Forge re-circ.
And then finally the most recent update which is the fitment of my harnesses. A MASSIVE THANKYOU to Sir_Dave for assisting me and answering my numerous, largely stupid, questions. Top gent.
Ended up going for Schroth Clubman 4 points.
Also disconnected the seatbelt beeper so that won't go off when i'm using the harnesses. Well chuffed with the outcome.
I might consider painting the floor of the car black as you can see quite a bit of the floor through the holes and i like things to look as OEM as possible.
Also did a bit of housekeeping and installed a fresh set of mats.
It's been a busy period but thought i should update my progress
I'm now in long term saving mode for a few more expensive mods (i.e. KW V3's).
Cheers for looking.
