Luke's Fabia TDI - Furry Flocked Goodness!

[lukeanderson31]

35mm front/30mm rear

Rides nice and firm for just springs. Reduce roll. Not as comfy as eibachs though. Youre only round corner, come find out lol

[jimbob21]

I will when I'm not at work lol might pop round one night.

[lukeanderson31]

Just give us a buzz whenever. Im always about

[lukeanderson31]

Another change will be posted up tomorrow. Once its light enough to get a decent picturee

[lukeanderson31]

I really should update this more often

New wheels fitted

VRS Bumper fitted, big mouth mod

Few more mods in the pipeline as we speak, all shall be revealed

[lukeanderson31]

Okay so a few little changes:

Big Mouth Bumper Sprayed and Fitted:

Audi S3 Alloys resprayed, wrapped in Pirelli rubber and fitted:

Now contemplating the winter look, bought a set of 15" steel rims from The Plumber, currently getting resprayed white:

And bought a few goodies for after christmas:

PD130 Turbo, Garrett of Course

FMIC

Custom Forge Map Pipe, many thanks to Kris@forge

EGR/ASV Delete Pipe 57mm, Courtesy of Darkside Developments

ASH Performance Hoses in Black

Also Fitted a 8000k HID Kit, No Pictures as of yet, im sure you all know what these look like, but can anyone recommend a Hi beam Bulb that is of similar colour to 8000k?

need to get a crash bar and modify it properly so that i can have this and the fmic ideally.

[Oli3000]

Looks good mate!

Does the FMIC make any difference to the standard turbo? I'm presuming it is just in preparation for the PD130; although I thought they normally ran off an SMIC in a normal VRS?

[joe_vrs_tdi]

Nice job mate, how are you routing the pipes out of the passenger side of the cooler to the turbo?

[lukeanderson31]

eitherround the back of the cooler, or up the passenger side and accross the front, still have to buy this half of pipework yet. need a bumper off day to assess best route. how've you done yours?

[lukeanderson31]

Looks good mate!

Does the FMIC make any difference to the standard turbo? I'm presuming it is just in preparation for the PD130; although I thought they normally ran off an SMIC in a normal VRS?

sorry oli almost missed your post,i havent piped it up yet, was told be several tuning companies that for the bhp gain extra id get from the fmic on a standard pd100 turbo, it wasnt worth the extra outlay.

it was bought in prep for the pd130 eventually it'll hopefully be running 200+ but thats a way off yet still chasing injectors and could do with saving for a clutch/SMF aswell just incase

[joe_vrs_tdi]

eitherround the back of the cooler, or up the passenger side and accross the front, still have to buy this half of pipework yet. need a bumper off day to assess best route. how've you done yours?

I have gone down and across the back using pipe work from txautosports ibiza set up. Im just woundering how others do theres if there are any better routes, i dont mind how mine is but it is alot of pipe work. I now have replaced all oem boost pipes from egr delete all the way to the turbo itself.

[lukeanderson31]

well i want to double check room around the pasenger side. but i think thats my plan. little bit less pipework but not much.

spend most my time on other projects rather than the furby atm so i thought id treat it a little :3

[lukeanderson31]

Not done alot recently. Done the required services, strut top bearings and brake pads all round.

Also had the front end repaired and respraye after some inconsiderate woman at work redesigned it with her defender -.-

Looks good as new now thanks to a local paint shop

Hopefully get back on with the tuning once we're into the new year. Still require odds and sods. Plus the clutch and injectors :( would prefer a pd150 turbo aswell rather than my pd130 i obtained

[chrisw880]

It'll be interesting to see if your car has a DMF or a SMF fitted, when I had mine changed at Darkside it had a SMF already fitted

[lukeanderson31]

thats interesting. would potentially save a bit of cash for the time being. until i want a lighter one.

bit of a job to take it all apart to check though :p you sure yours had the original clutch/flywheel still in

[chrisw880]

thats interesting. would potentially save a bit of cash for the time being. until i want a lighter one.

bit of a job to take it all apart to check though :p you sure yours had the original clutch/flywheel still in

FSSH, till I bought it at 110k miles (now on 169k) with no record of a clutch or flywheel change

Also Darkside said mine was the 3rd PD100 with the ATD engine that had a SMF already fitted (only changed the flywheel due to it being knackered lol)

Edited 17 December, 2012 by chrisw880

[lukeanderson31]

mines on an AXR engine if that makes any difference.

but very interesting none the less!

[lukeanderson31]

got bored last night, so made a side exit exhaust, no silencers. just because i could mainlyand i wanted to hear roughly the sound with no silencers. plus it was an excuse to use the new ramp :p

couple with flash on because im useless

need to get the rest of my intercooler pipework made up. currently on the dry spell moneywise after the christmas period. And having 2 projects running, the other has favoured more as its needed more attention.

jobs to do:

vrs rear bumper painted and fitted

window tints and sunstrip

intercooler to inlet pipework to make up and fit

injectors to source

clutch to buy

refurb 17" s3 alloys

design, make and fit stainless 2.5" exhaust

REMAP

[lukeanderson31]

Got round to carbon wrapping my vents and gear surround

had a play with lime green carbon vinyl at first, decided i didnt like it.

all vents out

and fitted! impressed myself with the result

redone gear surround, added DC logo onto the ashtray as i found it in my bedroom :p logo is actually lime green, crappy iphone camera

and that was it. fitted a cupra splitter and remade my intercooler bracket to raise it a little bit as was too low for my liking, but no pics as of yet.

[Moosaf28]

No offence but in my opinion you should of gone for coil overs all round the springs don't look low enough I hate wheel arch gap with a passion

[lukeanderson31]

Where i live, the speed bumps are like mountains. And i wouldnt be able to get into works car park either.

Id like coilovers, but theyre just not practical for me

[Moosaf28]

Fair play mate I just try to avoid speed bumps where I live because I currently have a 6n2 polo

[Alex_fabia]

Out of interest what did the exhaust sound like?

[lukeanderson31]

Loud aha. Its not bad on tick over, but once you hit 2krpm shes gets alot louder. Sounds mint in tunnels and under bridges. Will be converting to standard rear exit type exhaust once vrs rear bumper is fitted, but i wont be having any silencers etc.

and i commute everyday and it doesnt annoy me one bit

[lukeanderson31]

Fabia sport interior added, rare as hens teeth :3

Also, remapped roughly 135bhp

Pics to come. Although theyre on my instagram aha

Luke