Re: Iceberg 172 Cup Project
As I'm at home tonight, I thought I'd write a small update about what's to come with the car and where things are at.
I believe the new revised RS2 production is now in it's final stages, so hoping it won't be long until it's with me now. I've asked for the manifold to be finished totally in black, but with anodised purple bolts.
I mentioned the purple bolts/nuts to Tom a while ago and he kindly looked into it and came up with something.
Once that's arrived, can get cracking with the fitting of the manifold, along with the black silicone hoses, mocal tank, magnecor leads and nimbus heat shield. I've also got a can of crinkle effect black paint to tidy up the rocker/cam cover. I'm thinking of relocating the battery also.
Then onto mapping ASAP; will be heading to either RS Tuning or TDF for this. If TDF are happy to map the RS2, this is probably the way I'll go, as they're fairly local.
As I mentioned a few posts back, there's an ever-growing list of things I want to get done on the car throughout the year after the engine bits are finished and out of the way. Luckily, none of these things are particularly expensive and I can just get on with it in little stages.
1.) The steering wheel needs changing (I'm still unsure of what to do with it - RS197 or aftermarket) as my existing one has melted and generally falling apart bit by bit! :dead: Exhaust mount is also ruined (probably because of the weight of the KTR stealth) but as said I'm going to give a powerflex mount a go inside the rear frame.
2.) As the ET43 2118's have slightly reduced the track width from standard, I'm hoping to get some hubcentric spacers to sort this out. Ideally I wanted those with separate bolts for the spacer to hub, then use my current polarised bolts for the wheel to spacer. However, it's seems it's only really the wider spacers that use this setup; will have to look into it more.
3.) I'd like to add a bit more to the suspension/handling setup by adding the infamous Whiteline adjustable rear ARB and Powerflex poly bushes up front. I love what Chris (Chrispy) did with his subframe, so when I'm ready to do the bushes, I'd like my subframe attacking too; either finished simply in gloss black to give it a freshen up, or in purple to match the other polarised bits on the car.
4.) I seem to be going through the Parada Spec 2's, so planning on replacing these with the Yoko AD09's when the time comes.
5.) Finish the bodywork/exterior changes. There's a number of carpark dents down the nearside rear quarter, which a paintless dent removal company can sort; this is something I've needed to do for AGES, but just never gotten around to it. Couple more carbon bits would be nice; fog light surrounds and rear bumper trim. I may also proceed with swapping the silver bump strips for the grey ones, as I really did like the look.
So, assuming all goes to plan, this list of stuff (there's probably other bits I've forgotten) should keep me busy over/throughout 2011.
