A Wolf in Sheep's clothing?

[MS1COYS]

have you done much to the suspension or handling then? iv spent an easy £2000 on the brakes and handling set up and believe me in its standard form the handling is way off from where it should be!

lowering gives it a much nicer look, like almost everyone on here i went for eibach springs, they lower about 30mm and make the car look so much better.

I've spent about a £1k on various upgrades, polybushing, dog insert, walk kit and torque arm including fitting etc. Your car is probably way better than mine handling wise. I'd say £500 max on brakes, they're a good compromise to spending big on a Brembo or Tarox set up with huge calipers and have all the stopping power I need. I'm not so much of a track monkey, so it's not imperative that I am able to stop on a sixpence.

 

[chrisowen85]

Every time I take it on a track I seem to spot something else I want to change, done front and rear h&r anti roll bars, full front poly bush kit, walk kit, half polybush rear, eibach lowering springs and there is still more that I would do to it! It's a bloody rediculous game! Got a track day booked in April so no doubt it will end up costing me more!
Any idea how much bhp a new fuel pump and wmi kit will add? Interesting to see if the bhp is worth the £?!

[Hurdy]

My young Padawans, a long way to go you have!

I spent over £5k sorting the brakes, suspension and handling on my ED30 and still hadn't done everything!

The R will probably cost a similar amount.

Fr the MKV


XB and UB braces
Front and rear arbs
SALK
Fully adjustable coilovers suspension
Poly bush front and rear kits
2 piece floating discs and lightweight calipers
ATB LSD
Lightweight alloys.

[MS1COYS]

have you done much to the suspension or handling then? iv spent an easy £2000 on the brakes and handling set up and believe me in its standard form the handling is way off from where it should be!

lowering gives it a much nicer look, like almost everyone on here i went for eibach springs, they lower about 30mm and make the car look so much better.

Well yes I may have misled you slightly on that front, by mentioning the word standard. I've uprated the discs, pads and lines, front and rear. Poly bushed front and rear. Walk kit. Torque Arm. ECS dogbone etc

Hurdy found me some H&R springs that were very competitive price wise. I'll definitely be investing when I can justify the spend. 

[chrisowen85]

Seems we have very similar cars! What have you done to the engine to get such high bhp without changing the pump?
Forgot to mention the brakes on mine, r32 set up on the fronts with red stuff pads all round, couldn't believe the difference in stopping power!

[MS1COYS]

Seems we have very similar cars! What have you done to the engine to get such high bhp without changing the pump?
Forgot to mention the brakes on mine, r32 set up on the fronts with red stuff pads all round, couldn't believe the difference in stopping power!

All the performance mods I've made are on the first page fella, pretty average I guess, custom map, Raid HP cold air intake, Forge DV, Longlife TBE, wastegate rods closed up a bit, new N75 to help with lazy boost issues and that's about it. I would get more mid range torque with an uprated hpfp, as it stands I'm only at 280-290lbft, which is about 30lbft short of what it could be.

Brakes wise I've got D&G EBC Discs and Yellowstuff pads with Goodridge braided hoses.

 

[MS1COYS]

My young Padawans, a long way to go you have!

I spent over £5k sorting the brakes, suspension and handling on my ED30 and still hadn't done everything!

The R will probably cost a similar amount.

Fr the MKV


XB and UB braces
Front and rear arbs
SALK
Fully adjustable coilovers suspension
Poly bush front and rear kits
2 piece floating discs and lightweight calipers
ATB LSD
Lightweight alloys.

And this is why Hurdy is my modding idol 

No holds barred, balls out modding to the extreme. F ucking brilliant 

[MS1COYS]

Any idea how much bhp a new fuel pump and wmi kit will add? Interesting to see if the bhp is worth the £?!

I think you could probably bank on 25bhp and maybe 35-40lbft with a HPFP, Wmi kit and a live map. But you'll kiss goodbye to £1.5-2k for decent gear and running costs will be increased. A hard one I know! 

[chrisowen85]

Yeah that's the problem, when you start talking that sort of money it starts you thinking weather it's best just to save your money and buy a faster car from standard?! But where is the fun in that!!

[MS1COYS]

Yeah that's the problem, when you start talking that sort of money it starts you thinking weather it's best just to save your money and buy a faster car from standard?! But where is the fun in that!!

There is no fun in that  But you could buy an ED30, map it, tbe exhaust, fmic, induction system, dv and you'd be at 350bhp+....more if you really go mental on the map.