Update.. (Bit of a big one this time round)
Ok so some more bits sorted now.. The car is really starting to get there now!!
MAF / MAP / Coil packs were all replaced in the attempt to track down an issue which I had been struggling with where at high revs the car is backing off.. Almost like loosing spark etc..
Turns out the car has been fitted with the wrong coil packs from the factory all along.. The coil packs as fitted to the car were infact for a non turbo motor, its surprising its ever ran right to be honest!! And pretty bad quality control that it slipped through at the factory..
Anyways, with the proper coils in, the car is now running much better!! Pheww..
Now for the fun stuff anyways!!!
All of the following pretty much was to run the bonnet exit dump tube, quite a lot of work, but well worth it, the sound is simply incredible and at night it all gets very colourful! haha..
So first of all I needed my new intake, as the dump tube will exit where a standard aftermarket intake would be placed the only option was to run the filter on the RHS of the engine bay behind the headlight..
Mocked up before being welded up..
Test fit after being welded, DV recirc bung etc..
Because the filter sits over the RHS of the engine bay I needed to have the catch can re positioned..
Intake back off the car, rubbed down then primed for paint..
And then pained satin black with heat protection added for the bend close to the manifold..
Now for the dump tube!! The old bottom exit dump was dropped off and the two Andys set off fabricating the new tube..
"The purple pedestrian pleaser"
Andy doing what he does best! ha..
And the mocked up dump tube..
First test fit on the car.. (You can also see the intake pre paint here)
While everything was off I wrapped a couple of hoses etc which run close to the manifold to prevent any issue with over heating.. (Also an excuse for some more pics of the manifold)
Next Andy needed to work on the bonnet to get the hole for the dump to exit from.. (as you can imagine not the easiest of jobs doing this to a £1k bonnet lol)
After a little bit of work!
Once that was done then the dump tube was cut to size.. It now sits just 5mm above the top of the bonnet, perfect!
The dump tube then came off the car to be finished off.. Wrapped in super high temp exhaust wrap and the tip painted satin black for the stealth look!
And then the intake and dump tube on the car for the final fitting, getting everything lined up and looking good!!
Im really pleased with the end result.. The finish is fantastic, and the dump tube out the bonnet is just crazy!!
At night you can see a 6" constant flame exiting the tip when under full load at high revs, then on the gear change a huge burst about a foot long of flame.. Just crazy! I love it!!
Amazing work once again by the guys at ACR..!!
