Beavo's SE Fabia, AKA 'Beast'

[stevobeavo]

Really like the idea of the number plate behind the mesh!

My brakes are finally being fitted on monday

Cheers mate. Another reason for putting it there is the old plate blew off. If this one comes off it can't go anywhere other than sit inside the bumper. Plus it doesn't interfere with restricting the intercooler flow.

I was meaning to message you back about them. You'll have to let me know what there like. I've gone from the standard 288 cheese brakes to 6 pots so missed the 312 upgrade.

[Jamiekirk95]

I was meaning to message you back about them. You'll have to let me know what there like. I've gone from the standard 288 cheese brakes to 6 pots so missed the 312 upgrade.

 

Yes mate I'll keep you updated to what I think!

[stevobeavo]

Gave her a quick wash this morning, good to see the cancoat is still working well, I used bath + and wet cot on top. Next week I'll be adding some cure to make things dazzle lol.

Also my silver vrs had a new windscreen fitted today so just needs a mot then it will be put up for sale for very cheap (I think it will be anyway)

[stevobeavo]

Due to the amount of rain we've had lately I've noticed the rear carpets became a bit damp so this afternoon I spent 30 minutes resealing them up.

Wedged the door card open with a old charger cable as my girlfriend has no string in the house

As you can see the old silicone has started to come away

So sealed up with new silicone and all new clips

Not the neatest job but hopefully it will be ok, only time Will tell.

And the obligatory front shot

[RobLarby]

Rear door leak is such an easy job but I took the cable out for the door handle and forgot to put it back! Still haven't fixed it and it's been months now haha

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[stuart vrs]

My doors are leaking again so I'm going down the aluminium foil root, bought a roll off e bay.

[stevobeavo]

My doors are leaking again so I'm going down the aluminium foil root, bought a roll off e bay.

Never heard of that method before. On my other fabia I resealed the doors 5 years ago and that's still dry. Hopefully this last just as long lol.

With myself books for snetterton in November I need to get some decent tyres. In the mood for sport contacts 5 but open to suggestions.

[stevobeavo]

Been a whole since my last update.

A few weeks agod the car was over boosting to 31psi when it normally spikes at 27/28 then holds steady at 25/26psi. The other issue I was getting was on idle it was reading flutuating 0 to -2 psi and when pulling away it dropped to -4.

VID_20150922_073446254 by stevo beavo, on Flickr

So I took the pipe coming off the turbo to the intercooler off and found this.

So I'll be ordering a new one from darkside, but when I refitted it everything went back to normal....for a few days, until I full throttled off a roundabout and pop, whoosh bang bang bang and more whoosh. You get the picture lol.

So at work I jacked the car had had a look

The turbo end of the silicone bend and popped out the housing completely. It was a tight fit when I refitted it. A bit of heat and it went it a lot easier

and working fine now. Waiting until payday for a new pipe. And I also have the official car mascot.....BEAST

[stevobeavo]

Today's been a bad day, Mr policeman didn't like my number plate so gave me a £100 fine, I know I was blatantly pushing my luck with it lol.

So when I got home I dug out some aluminium c channel, cut it into 2 sections and drilled a hole right through it using a bench drill.

Marked up my number plate and drilled two pilot hole's. The two lines is where the aluminium plate is going. After the holes were drilled I used double side sticky pads to secure the number plate and aluminium plate together and drilled through and then used a 6mm bit.

Nexted up was to drill and tap a 6mm hole in the crash bar and fit the brackets.

And the bolt the plate to that.

it looks so big. The good thing is I can unbolt the plate for track days. I may get a slightly smaller plate in the near future.

[stevobeavo]

My temperature sensor and threaded sump plug arrived today.

Can't wait to get it fitted, fed up of having the gauge flashing zero at me lol.

Stephen

[stevobeavo]

Pulled the car into the workshop after work to fit the oil sensor.

and it only bloody works

So glad to have that fitted for snetterton. New tyres on there way and the replacement turbo pipes turned up too

[stevobeavo]

My tyres turned up the other day

Random picture of them being fitted

and recently I've noticed a loud vibration after I've booted it for a while. Sounds like it it was coming from the near side passenger door. Decided not investigate and quickly realised it was the exhaust tip hitting the heat shield.

Used some tin snips to cut either side of the pipe and bent it out the way.

Mmmm megane R26R, such a fun car to drive

[Lofty]

This car just looks so right on the 17" Spiders.

 

Keep up the good work

[coskev]

This car just looks so right on the 17" Spiders.

 

Deffo

Should have been standard imo on the SE,along with lowered suspension

Would have made them more of a special edition then.

[BossFox]

Car looks well mate.

Didn't know you still had the Gee plate on.

Looking forward to Monday!

[stevobeavo]

This car just looks so right on the 17" Spiders.

 

Keep up the good work

  

Deffo

Should have been standard imo on the SE,along with lowered suspension

Would have made them more of a special edition then.

 

Cheers guys, the car was pretty much perfect thanks to the previous owner. I'm just trying to maintain it and put my own stamp on it.

Car looks well mate.

Didn't know you still had the Gee plate on.

Looking forward to Monday!

Cheers mate. Gee decided to let it stay on the car.

Should be fun on track...I hope lol.

[Dark_Hero]

Unlucky about the fine. It's odd though as running no front plate at all is a £60 fine

[stevobeavo]

Unlucky about the fine. It's odd though as running no front plate at all is a £60 fine

I thought that but I suppose I chose to run an illegal plate where as not having a plate could mean it might have fallen off while driving, which actually happened to me.

[stevobeavo]

So snetterton was a mixed day.

Good points

+ the engine, diff, suspension and new tyres all worked well on track.

+ met some great forum members, friendly and helpful.

+ saw some of the awesome builds I've followed for sale years.

Bad points

- had a spin and damaged the front bumper and fog light

- after a few laps I was getting some awful vibration/rotation noise from the front left.

The noise was quite worrying and only appeared after heavy braking and left turns after 1 hard lap. so me and my mate took the brake apart and found 2 pistons were sticking, cleaned and lubed that up, 2 further laps the noise was back again. Checked the brakes again, they were still sliding fine.

So it must be wheel bearing, forum memeber Taylor jumped in the car to and said he thought that's what it was and said GEE had the same noise at brands hatch especially going down paddock hill bend.

After a few more laps I retired the car and drove to unit 18 as it was booked in for today anyway.

After explaining the symptoms to alister he seemed to think it could be thermal expansion of the brakes. Coupled with hard cornering it means the wheels and suspension components can flex by a mill or so and can cause rubbing. And it takes a while for them to settle again, hence why the noise carried on down the straights for a bit.

This afternoon alister emailed me saying the disc is rubbing caused by the thermal expansion and said this isn't the first time he's come across it on big brake kits and will need shimming.

Also going to get a quote for the bumper by the body shop next door so I may have a perfect car by Saturday lol

And what I hit

[stevobeavo]

Another plus point. On the way up there the mpg read out was saying 68mpg. Filled up before track time started and worked out I was getting 72mpg. Seem like people who say the blt trip always over reads are wrong lol.

Snetterton to unit 18 was definitely not 72mpg though.....lol.

[stevobeavo]

Not sure if anyones read the previous owners thread on this car. But he had alot of issues a certain garage. Unit 18 has found a few more issues from what I can only think are from them.

I shall try and update this post later tonight.

Plus point getting the car tomorrow and then the hunt is on for a new bumper.

Edited 13 November, 2015 by stevobeavo

[Dark_Hero]

Oh, let me know what other issues they found

[RobLarby]

Oh dear, interested to see what has been found!

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[stevobeavo]

Just got the car back from unit 18 and first of all want to say a huge thank you to them. Great communication, and awesome guys.

They we're pretty sure the noise was caused by my brakes. They were ruined pretty much, the inside of both disc's had corroded and the pads were knackered, had a small fluid leak. Ali's replaced it with ebc slotted discs and yellow stuff pads and replaced the copper link tube to both sets of pistons......wow what a huge difference.

I also had the clutch release bearing changed which has opened a huge can of worms!

Basically the garage who fitted the differential didn't do the sub frame bolts up which is documented on the previous thread. In doing this the steering rack has dented the exhaust

The steering angle wiring has almost burnt through

But the best....I'll need a new gearbox rebuild soon. This is Ali's very educated guess mind, they've over shimmed the input shaft so there is no movement at all. Realising there mistake they've filled it with very thick oil and swarf to quieten it down. So now Ali's put the correct stuff in there which is thinner it sounds horrendous so now I'm looking at a minimum of £500 to sort it out.

The only good point at the moment is Ali's checked over the front end and everything is good there, he's resurfaced the clutch so it's like new. His knowledge is second to none and labour costs are so reasonable the 4hr round trip is worth it. Hopefully the box can last until after Xmas as I can't afford to fix it and I fear I'll have to break the car.

Hope everyone else has a good weekend lol.

Edited 14 November, 2015 by stevobeavo

[Dark_Hero]

Ooh that's not so good :( glad it got spotted though