Would of thought the filter was big enough as it didn't seem a restriction on mine

Smaller turbo and no vvt.

The filter kit is my best guess from how it behaved and inlet pipe was sucking shut

Simon

Would be great to see a before and after with an RCM kit. Good luck Tim I hope you get it sorted

Go for th RCM Filter, u know you want too. It's one of m shopping list ites too.

And what Simon says makes alot of sense if you don't have a cheap ebay induction hose.

I've not seen your inner wing filter but some are quite small/narrow.

I'd be tempted to agree - you could go for a cheaper option of a filter straight onto the intake pipe and try that - maybe even try borrowing an RCM kit or similar to see if it stops the pipe collapsing as they are easy enough to swap over?

Its why i changed from a CAIK to the biggest Rcm filter and trumpet, even the slightest block on it gave me running problems and it tried to suck the pipe closed and that was on the t

i was thinking that Nick....mmm need to find one to borrow:paranoid:

Can try mine... Bloody hard to squeeze into the inlet pipe tho

very kind james....the pipe has just been fingered by CJ so should be loose now:-D

Steady it is Sunday you know :drive:

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;)

As your talking about men of a shirt lifting persuasion. I was surprised to see a young man with a toilet brush well & truly stuck in his sphincter. As he left the the van & waddled down the A&E the normally drunken & loud waiting area went deathly quiet. Then burst in laughter as you could see the brush part sticking out from under his blanket. :rofl:

FPMSL that's so wrong

thats a very nice car you have built hongkongfooi :ok:
and a good read about engine run in

Cheers didlo

I have been watching a young doctors programme on BBC3. There was a bloke with the same scenario on there a couple of weeks back. The bloke was wheeled in laying on his side with the brush sticking out from under the sheet that was covering him :lol:

His excuse was priceless, along the lines of ...... " I have just moved into a new flat, I got out of bed at 3 in the morning and went to the bathroom, I slipped on some water on the tiled floor and landed on top of the brush"

Mmmmmmmm I think think not you freak :lol:

The worst thing about it was, that it had got caught up in his bowel as it had a hook on the end of it :shock: Big op required to remove it :shock::shock:

Nige...i'm sure you could write a book on what you've seen at work!

Back to my thead though.....

Saw Brent today and my inner wing filter is very dirty so will try and clean or get a new one....he did remind me that the aps kit is good for 700hp so one step at a time.
He's also going to sort the slight oil leak where the remote filter is and a few other tweaks this thursday...re rout a couple of bits as well.

Bless him he sorted a boost pipe off my intercooler as well today, this blew off whilst overtaking someone.....crapped my pants I did!:boom:

What you managed to overtake someone with your bhp! What was it a 2cv :rofl:

think it will get past yours at the moment:wedgie:

I'd like to see a 700bhp scoob running a CAIK

Ouch!!! :meow: May still pass it when ive finished to as the boost is coming down to 1.5 bar. :drive:

What's a CAIK?

COLD AIR INDUCTION KIT for the old Uneducated ones :D

I cant beleive you did not know what a C A I K is ?:lol:

I thought that was common knowledge.:whistle::lol::getmecoat:

Oh i see. Well i do apologies for being old & out of touch. I still like to learn new terminology now & then blood. My bad & all that :yeah:

Come on you didn't know either did you? :drive:
Mind you i thought STI was a disease oh! It is as everyone has one now :rofl:

Not sure if I'd believe the APS figures, remember the SR40 is a 440BHP turbo!

and your 405 is the highest I have seen or charlie at surrey rr have seen.. ;)

Not by a lot though:whistle:

'I'd like to see a 700bhp scoob running a CAIK'

(supposedly but yes dont believe either)

for those not at last weeks meet I have added a small piece on the front....2nd hand wr1 grille, I was a bit in two minds whether I would like it but thankfully I do, and is relatively easy release so can spray black when needed and it saves the cooler getting punctured.
http://i393.photobucket.com/albums/p.../P10100102.jpg

oh and Brent did a fantastic job of sorting out an oil leak from the remote filter which didn't have a stat on and relocated back to original place. He's also repaired my front splitter and relocated some braided lines which might have fouled against the sump, adding heatshrink around the new hose....top bloke that man!

Like the look of that Tim, very cool

Nice one Tim, should stop the stone's from doing dammage. :drive:

Nice little touch, I (personally) think those front grills look much better in black. :ok:

Looks good mate, think the front grills suit the car more in black looks abit more subtle :-)

Looks great Tim

Hoping Brent can do the same for mine when he has it to fit the engine mounts!

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due to the problems with the site thought I would update this with the last years updates

March 2012 car went into garage to sort an oil leak....to cut a long story short due to the way it was built in 2011 it was stripped down and sent to Paul Finch motorsport to correct, whilst there problems were found with the wrong compression ratio, 3 valves were bent and a grit loike substance was found in the sump which had caused scoring at the top of the bores hence the strip down. also all four cams were either worn or incorrect, luckily just a rebore was needed with fresh gaskets/cam belt etc along with new cams, valves replaced and the engine put back in.
it was at this point I decided to change the turbo and bought Angers gt30.

Obviously with this was needed a rotated kit from RCM with a big inlet hose and filter, an external wastegate fitted from lateral and the intercooler pipes to the aps 725 needed adapting so these were ordered from ebay and modified by Brent at SMD. The middle box on the exhaust was also removed and welded with 3inch pipe.
Many other things were done in the rebuild back into the engine bay eg heat shrink, fuel pipes relocated and sleeves fitted.....many hours went into this process and I cant thank Brent and Luke enough for they handy work.
I just managed to get the car MOT'd and mapped to go to germany in May with only 1 bar of boost as there was a problem with the ext w/gate, this was still around 350bhp and ran very well. Thanks to Simon for mapping last minute as well.
On my return it went back on the rollers and is now making at 1.8 bar 475hp and 435lb torque and is still running very sweet. It may return to be upped to 2bar:wink:

http://i393.photobucket.com/albums/p...gfooi/tial.jpg
http://i393.photobucket.com/albums/p...tercooler1.jpg
http://i393.photobucket.com/albums/p...cooler2jpg.jpg
http://i393.photobucket.com/albums/p.../enginenow.jpg

I have also installed the harness bar and harnesses bought off Tomma on here
http://i393.photobucket.com/albums/p...i/harness2.jpg
http://i393.photobucket.com/albums/p...i/harness1.jpg

and just recently I ugraded the rear discs and pads with orangestuff pads
http://i393.photobucket.com/albums/p...earbrakes1.jpg
and today the the front discs replaced with AP 355mm and orangestuff pads
http://i393.photobucket.com/albums/p...oi/brakes2.jpg
http://i393.photobucket.com/albums/p...oi/brakes1.jpg


it basically brings it up to date, next on list is to get the rear ast's rebuilt at powerstation, and I fancy getting rid of the gauges in the car and getting the toucan screen fitted with the Simtek ecu upgrade via Simon again....other than that its quick enough and reliable!

Will that little lot make you drive it any faster then? :wink:

Nice upgrades, Fantastic brakes, Plenty of power, now you need the Ring. :drive: