So I've done a bit of work on the car recently
New r8 coil packs to solve a misfire at high RPM - luckily the packs were the issue
Removed the bonnet sound deadening. Bizarrely, the previous owner deemed the front plastic wheel arches too heavy and removed them (although they actually serve a purpose in as much as protecting engine components (air filter, ECU etc.) from water/grit, but also the aerodynamics of the car) but didn't remove sound deadening. So anyway I removed the deadening which presented another problem. With the scuttle panel arrangement on the leon mk2, water can make its way through and drip onto the engine. Not so much of a problem if you have sound deadening as it just soaks it up and becomes mouldy, or if you have the stock engine cover as it protects the engine from the water. However, as I run an aftermarket induction kit I needed to address the issue before water started dripping through and onto my coil packs. (as a side note - I think the previous packs may have failed from this issue, even with the deadening - as the previous packs showed rust on them) The solution was to remove the scuttle panel and run a thin line of beading along the bottom, as well as filling in the holes. It seems to have worked as I don't seem to find any damp areas on the valve cover/coil pack area and when I pull the packs they are not rusty.
I also bought front arch liners from a guy breaking his leon and fitted them. No more muddy/gritty engine bay
I have also started looking at the hardware required for my stage 3
mapping at r-tech. Currently the car is mapped to the 2 bar MAP sensor, stock HPFP stock injectors, stock fpv and stock rail pressure sensor. And its a bad map as well, so the hardware needs to go in, and the map needs to come off.
I bought VIS internals for the HPFP as I have heard positive reviews. I re-built the pump with the VIS internals in the weekend just gone, it was a strange but not too demanding process. I am yet to put the pump back in the car so fingers crossed it has all gone right!
I have also bought the RS4 fuel pressure valve and the 3 bar map sensor. So I still need S3 injectors and the 200bar fuel rail pressure sensor. However, once I have those two, technically I can only install the FPV as the others need to be installed at the time of mapping. And seeing as the only thing I can fit before mapping is the FPV, which needs the inlet manifold off, I might as well wait for the injectors and do it all at once. Also want to give the valves a good clean when the manifold comes off. Im not sure yet whether i'll attempt this myself at home, and send my ECU to Nikki for a base map, or whether to get R-tech to do it all at the time of mapping.
So fingers crossed I might just get it ready for early summer for some decent track time!
