Welshname's Monaco 172

[Tyler@Ultimate]

Looks like a wicked trip Rhys
80% doing this next year if others do.
100% if Rhys cuts his hair

 

[welshname]

Would be pretty awesome if the southerners met us there!

Get it organised.

More maintenance updates are due soon. Redoing the belts with dephaser, alternator, water pump, pas pump and probably injectors as it's hesitating/sturrering.

I also need to do the inner and outer arb bushes.

 

[Cub.]

Would be pretty awesome if the southerners met us there!

Get it organised.

More maintenance updates are due soon. Redoing the belts with dephaser, alternator, water pump, pas pump and probably injectors as it's hesitating/sturrering.

I also need to do the inner and outer arb bushes.

If you can wait until 3rd November, you can have my standard injectors for free if you want. Meg ones are going in mine.....
And yep, be good if a group of us got over to the ring at the same time

 

[welshname]

If you can wait until 3rd November, you can have my standard injectors for free if you want. Meg ones are going in mine.....
And yep, be good if a group of us got over to the ring at the same time :smile:

That would be ace. I'm not taking them for free so let me know what you want for them and we can sort it out.

 

[Cub.]

That would be ace. I'm not taking them for free so let me know what you want for them and we can sort it out.

I'm sorry, I can't hear you.

 

[dmallett]

Looks like an awesome trip!

Cant wait to head back next year (didnt make it this year) like you guys though I wont camp again lol

 

[welshname]

Camping was good as we were trying to make it a cheap weekend for some of us. But really I'd have preferred to hotel the whole trip. Would have been much more comfortable. Although I don't think they appreciate fires in hotels.

 

[Jon.G]

...or holes in tents.

 

[Rob]

Camping is awesome, but it can also get tiresome. A combination is good.

Southern/Northern meet for next year could have proper potential.

 

[welshname]

...or holes in tents.

FLOL! I've never seen a deoderant bottle cause that much damage!

Camping is awesome, but it can also get tiresome. A combination is good.

Southern/Northern meet for next year could have proper potential.

Agreededed. It would be a proper laugh.

 

[Matt W]

Pretty sure I spotted you on the friday driving around, was a very quiet week until the weekend!

 

[Rob]

Holes? Deodorant? Do tell.

Why are you re-doing the belts etc Rhys? Do them wrong?

 

[welshname]

Holes? Deodorant? Do tell.

Why are you re-doing the belts etc Rhys? Do them wrong?

No LOL! I'm doing them again because I didn't do the dephaser and its noisy.

And the deoderant was that we put one on the fire. It exploded massively and shot off towards the cars. It actually hit Jon's tent and put a hole through it. The lid shot off in the opposite direction and stuck to my chair.

Then we all ran round like mental patients stamping out burning embers on tents and chairs!

 

[welshname]

Pretty sure I spotted you on the friday driving around, was a very quiet week until the weekend!

If you saw a dirty Monaco with a GB sticker I was the only one I saw over there at the weekend!

 

[Matt W]

Was you then, also noticed that you were in pistenklause at the same time as us, but that friday was so busy in there!

 

[welshname]

Was you then, also noticed that you were in pistenklause at the same time as us, but that friday was so busy in there!

Yeah it was hammered! Where were you sat? Spotted English people to my right if that was you lot?

 

[MonacoDan]

Ring trip looks epic! Good to see the car performed so well.

 

[welshname]

Ring trip looks epic! Good to see the car performed so well.

Cheers. It was amazing. Even if you're not comfortable driving round there I'd suggest to any petrol head that they should go. The roads locally are superb (Piston Heads have done a post on them today actually as they were also there this weekend). And just the atmosphere is unreal. We got to a point where GT3's were driving past and we were all just like "oh look, another one..."

As much as people big it up, it's worth every single compliment that gets paid. It's amazing.

 

[Jon.G]

Yeah, next year north and south would be a good laugh.
We were lucky to get a table on friday actually, just got there at the right time.

 

[Jon.G]

Here's you lap mate. No sound as requested by the chinless wonder.

 

[Scrooge]

Rhys. You're a c**t.





Ps. You drive like my nan.

 

[Jon.G]

Just worked that out, 11:42 BTG. Obviously not trying, didn't have 10 laps to dial it in and lean the track.

 

[Scrooge]

He drives like my nan and she suffers from being cremated

 

[welshname]

Slow as s**t. Honestly couldn't take a proper line anywhere as I was scared to f**k of smashing into another car LOL! Need to go back when it's not a bank holiday

 

[welshname]

Just watched it back. Even slower than I thought it would look.

Not going to lie it's a s**t scary place to drive so for my first attempt I'm happy with that.

Still, can't wait to go back and give it a proper go.

 

[Jonff]

Why no sound in the video?

Also everyone I've spoken to about their 1st Ring' lap has scared the s**t out of them.

 

[welshname]

You've heard me speak. You shouldn't need to ask why there isn't sound.

Get enough s**t from the southern c***s on here as it is LOL!

 

[Jonff]

I wouldn't expect to hear you over the rev limiter being abused

 

[welshname]

Got bored last night.... Ooops

BWAAARRRRRPPPPPPP!

 

[dann2707]

Just read this from start to finish. Epic progress mate. Nurburgring trip looked ace.

 

[imprezaworks]

Got bored last night.... Ooops

BWAAARRRRRPPPPPPP!

Didn't fancy the cheaper alternative from the thread on here?

 

[welshname]

I've actually got an update to post about it. The short story is I hate it and the fit is terrible. Its going back for a full refund!

 

[imprezaworks]

Ah. So you trying thr other one

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

I've actually got an update to post about it. The short story is I hate it and the fit is terrible. Its going back for a full refund!

...aaaaand what did you learn ?

🙈

 

[welshname]

Been meaning to post this for a while but couldn't be arsed.

Basically I got the K-Tec induction kit and it was dire. The cuts were pissed, the fit was poor, the filter is basically see through (it has to be the same as the filter of death that there is for ITB's. So few emails and a phone call or two and I got my money back. It also sounds s**t, anyone who thinks otherwise is broken. Utterly broken.

Few pictures of the terrible state of fit


1414244487871 by welshname, on Flickr


1414244519326 by welshname, on Flickr

As you can see it catches the battery tray, doesn't sit correctly on the throttle body and I've also had to bend that tab back on the ECU bracket as it was cutting into the bend. I know a lot of people said I should have just cut it straight and shorter but when you're paying the best part of £200 for something you don't expect to have to cut it yourself.

So the plan is to get a ph1 airbox and a performance filter as that's about the sound I'm after. As the weather is cold I'm currently debating taking the car to Birchdown for dephaser, aux belt kit, cambelt kit, alternator, ARB bushes. I've done the belts myself once and in this weather I can't be fucked and seeing as the alternator is packing up I need to get it done sooner rather than later. I also need 4 new tyres but I'm currently debating 15" wheels and coilovers. Shall see what bonus I get in January and decide from there.

Boring update but yeah, that's where it currently sits.

 

[Rob]

Did they give you a refund OK? Given that it had been fitted etc?

Sack of getting a ph1 airbox and just put togethers the IK of Fatty's thread? Cheaper and you still got LOL noise.

Plus, if you're getting a refund on £200 of this, I'd spend 280ish on some F1's with good tyres and then sell your wheels on for peanuts to recoup the difference. Perfect.

 

[dmallett]

Get a set of F1's? They look good on monacos.

Glad im not the only that hates the fit of them filters, PH1 boxes are proper quiet in comparison.

 

[welshname]

I actually don't want the lol noise. Not a fan.

And yeah they were fine with the refund. Money is going towards the work I need doing first though. Then I'll decide if I'm going coilovers and 15" or keep the suspension setup the same and go for turinis

 

[Cub.]

It wouldn't have been a boring update if you'd included the fact I'd come to visit.

But, you didn't.

 

[welshname]

It wouldn't have been a boring update if you'd included the fact I'd come to visit.

But, you didn't.

Oh yeah. Cub came to visit. I want his car. It makes nice woosh, tshhhhh noises.