Post #219
Update time,
So I've had the car for about 2 weeks now. Can't say I drove it very much to be honest, about a 1000km. Now that the car has the engine sorted out, everything else seems to start braking, which is f**king annoying. The door loom for instance... drove the car for about 1,5 year now prior to getting it up to the UK. The door loom already seems to have been repaired, and after having repaired mine on the diabolo a few years back and leaving almost a 100€ at my local stealer for a new plug, it looks like i'll have to do that part again. And i am really not looking forward to that.
However, yesterday we set about putting the new exhaust as well as the stoppers on the ol girl so basically going from this
To this
One thing i have to say about these is how easy everything just bolts on without any big modifications needed. The CitroenSport fitting kit is great as well. However all didn't went without drawbacks, my front brake lines which i got made and are supposed to be even 3 cm longer than the standard were actually shorter than the original ones
so i'll have to get back to the brake line company that made them as for 150€ i expect them to be spot on.
In the end we routed them behind the damper instead of in front of it as otherwise they would stretch to much on full turn.
The wheels for instance did not clear the brakes
After all the research i had done on here and on the french forums, no one ever told me i would need spacers. So when we found out i was f**king shocked to say the least. Thankfully my brother still had some spacer lying at home somewhere from his blaze 6. After a long search i found them and the wheels could be mounted
I am currently beading them in, however the pedal feels very different to the standard brakes as the pedal has to be pushed much further for the brakes to break. After i have beaded them in we'll bleed them once again as i think there might still be a little air in the front right caliper.
Then we got to the exhaust
Not to much pictures about fitting this, but i imagine you guys know what that looks like. The old exhaust was in a pitiful state. With the new system the car feels much nicer... no more annoying rattles and booming exhaust sound at 4k rpm. Just a nice yet sporty sound coming from it. The fitment of these Simons (or Jetex over there who the f**k cares) exhausts is perfect. No need to wiggle and play around for the back box to fit nicely in the rear bumper cut out. Just put it on and off you go.
I dont quite understand what a lot of people on here dislike about the tail pipe, i think it looks f**king awesome
After all the work had been done, i could not be arsed to put the oil catch tank on her, as i still neded a piece of oil line and a smal breather filter, so that will be put on the car when i have bought the missing pieces.
Then i put some fuel in it and i went about testing the new exhaust and brake set-up. The sound of the car is great and not ovely loud which is exactly what i wanted. The ceramic sport cat seems to work well, even thou after a few very spirited sprints the back part of the cat was already glowing red
Don't know if that's a good sign or not
but i am over all impressed with it as the car now also runs much steadier on idle than it did before.
The net thing on the list is have a look at the lambda sensor, as i think it might be f**ked and it did look like it had taken quite some exhaust gasses. This morning the "warning" light next to the Airbag light (the one that looks like an engine) came on briefly. Also the car performs very different every other day. Last friday i had a nice go with my mate in his TTRS and he was amazed about how well the 6 was performing, while yesterday it was really not as fast as usual
Do you guys think it could be down to the lambda sensor? Any advice welcome as usual
Right now we are going to sort out all the rest of the little niggles before getting it RR'ed and then bring her to Germany for the TüV approval. I hope all goes well.
Cheers and thanks for looking
marco gti6
Posted 5th May 2013 at 21:55
