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Old 8th March 2014, 07:35 AM
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It would be a real pitty not to get this thing into a magazine ! Has your car got a dual mass fly wheel ? Could be the source of the problem if you do. My mate had a tdi golf, & his car made a racket. I know that traditionally vauxhall used pressure plates, but I am not sure about the VXR unit.
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Old 8th March 2014, 08:09 AM
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No dual mass mate. It's a lightweight flywheel, 2.9 galaxy friction plate and a c20let turbo pressure plate.

What could possibly go wrong

Wouldn't mind a magazine feature but no ones ever approached me!
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Old 9th March 2014, 08:58 PM
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Saturday morning I finished wiring in an oil temperature sender. Drilled and tapped the oil cooler line banjo bolt and inserted a smiths water temperature sensor. This was then wired to a switch along with the original water temperature cable.

Basically this all means that I can flip a switch and see what the oil temperature is, then flip it back for water temperature on the same gauge. Otherwise I've got to buy another smiths gauge which are over £50, plus £15 for the sender. That's fine but I'm running out of space on my dash!!

I'll stick a couple of pictures up tomorrow when I get to work as my laptops charger has had it at home.
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Old 18th March 2014, 09:09 AM
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So, the big day was on Friday! Tuning day at Bailey Performance!

Wow what a guy, Dale knows his stuff. I'm going to do a separate thread with a bit of a report with plenty more details.

But, the gory figures are:

272bhp and 308ftlb torque, it's was savage on the rollers and it kept spinning the rear wheels as peak torque come on. We ended up removing the splitter so it could be strapped down tighter.

I've not driven it anywhere yet, but Dale promises me it'll do 30mpg on cruise!

Happy bunny and no Major issues thankfully.

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Old 19th March 2014, 12:44 PM
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So, how does it drive now? What's your 0-60 acceleration?
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Old 19th March 2014, 01:58 PM
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Not had a chance to drive it yet.

Dale recommended I fit colder plugs, also that I convert to a Ford Coil Pack because the GM one was causing a minor miss at high rpm.

Need to also flush the oil out as its a bit dirty.

Tax has run out from last year so i'll retax in beginning of april

Which means there will be a Go-Pro video of the first run out.
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So, how does it drive now? What's your 0-60 acceleration?
Drove it last night... Holy shit its rather quick. I haven't done any 0-60's as I'm nursing the gearbox slightly. The torque is massive and just throws you up the road.
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Old 22nd April 2014, 04:26 PM
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Right, bit of an update.

Had an issue with too hot oil and the rad fan coming on while driving... so I did a bit of research.

Oil temperature is now fine. The thermostat wasn't opening properly and I had the oil temp sensor in the wrong place. Its now located in the sump plug and appears normal.

I also installed a massive oil cooler, but its obvious its not necessary so will probably swap it back to a smaller one.

Water cooling, I had a bit of an issue where the fan was coming on during normal driving. Appears that I wasn't getting enough air in the front.

I'll made some crude cowling to try and force more air through the rads. I've also removed the meshing from the nosecone... The mesh I had was very restrictive. Just need to find something to replace it with.

I've also replace the thermostat with a 82c one and put the heat bypass pipe back in.

I'm yet to give it a blast on a hot day, so I'm hoping for some nice evenings or spot of sun this weekend where I can give it a bit of a hoon and see what's what.

I'm also going to Stoneleigh so come and say hi if you see me / the car.
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