Steve's Mystic blue VR.....now supercharged :-)

[goonersteve 0]

Ok thought it was about time I set up a thread on this section. I don't have pics of every stage of the changes, but this is a bit of a fast-track version, so here goes......

pics of when i first bought him,completely standard:

First thing I had to do was sort the suspension, so courtesy of a Premium members group buy, got myself a bargain on some FK Highsport adjustable coilovers. Next on the list of 'must do's' was to get one of these bad boy's fitted:

This completely transforms the sound of the engine and most definately gave me my biggest smile, in terms of mods (up until recently). Great bit of kit.

Next up was to change the front lights, so Nige and Gav kindly lent a hand on one of the Potter Engineering open days:

and the end product was this:

I have since changed the headlights again, but don't have any pics yet. So i'll get some updated ones up once he's had a good clean, later this week

In the meantime I was on the lookout for a nice set of rims. Didn't have too much money to play with, so when a set of mint condition, BBS RX II's, with mystic blue centers came up for sale on the forum here, I had to have them:

At this point I also fitted some FK black crystal rear lights:

Next up was another trip to Jim's for him and Tony to work their magic. This time fitting some bits I had collected over a period time. I had some Schimmel 263 cams from another great group buy on here. A full Miltek exhaust system, purchased 2nd-hand from Jim. And to compliement this set-up, managed to bag myself a couple of Ebay bargains in the form of a Miltek de-cat pipe and a 6-branch manifold.

Tony fitting the cams:

Jim sorting the heat wrap on the 6-branch:

Tony getting technical with the hammer!:

Oh and almost forgot, the SFS hose kit (another group buy bargain on here!):

And last, but certainly not least! Got myself a 2nd-hand, newly reconditioned Vortech V9 supercharger:

This was fitted a couple of weekends ago, by the usual suspects I then travelled to Stealth Racing for the re-map the following day. Had a few issues, firstly with a couple of small air leaks on the joints of the pipes. This meant the first results came through at just over 240bhp, but only running at 4psi of boost. I need to add here that the leaks were not because of Jim and Tony's work when fitting the kit, it's because the pipes are not a very good fit. Turns out that they appear to have been chopped down and shortened slightly by the previous owner. Anyway, after Vince worked his magic to fix the leaks, he ran it on the rollers again and it was a bit better, but still only making 5psi. This produced figures of 258bhp and 220lbft torque. Vince tried and tried again to get the 6psi which the charger kit should be producing, but in the end we ran out of time (and probably patience too!). I'm fairly happy with those figures, considering it's not running the full boost it should do. I have a few more pics to add shortly, including the graph printout from the rollers.

A massive thanks go to Jim and Tony, for all their help with my car. I'm not going to go into great detail, but it certainly wasn't plain sailing getting to this point. We had problems with a few bits missing from the charger kit, which meant one trip to Jim's ended in a failed attempt at fitting it! That obviously meant re-scheduling for another time and also alot of phone calls / emails etc trying to source the missing parts. So to sum up, Jim and Tony have been absolutely brilliant in getting me to this point, so thanks again guys. Legends

[jims13 6]

cheers dude, and well done for getting as build thread up at last

[nivag27 5]

Good work to all involved, look forward to seeing it at billing.

[JettaJon 0]

What a car!! nice work all, I look forward to seeing in the flesh. or metal in this case lol

[goonersteve 0]

Cheers guys!

[hvr6 88]

looking good Steve :-)

[craggsy 91]

I bet your relieved to finally get the charger on now mate

[bungy 2]

Nice looking VR you've got there Steve. Makes such a difference when people help out.

[golfrabbit33 0]

hey Steve, bet your loving a bit of cadbury`s under the right foot.

[goonersteve 0]

I bet your relieved to finally get the charger on now mate

You could say that! Only took 10 months!!

[goonersteve 0]

Thanks Helen / Mark And yes, always better when other people are doing you a favour.

Gary - you know it mate

[Ben Seabrook 4]

looking good mate and well chuffed for you that you have finally got the charger on

[goonersteve 0]

Cheers Ben. Will be interesting to see the difference between our cars, given that I'm missing that extra bit of boost. Need to see what i'm missing out on!

[craggsy 91]

Steve you have that extra bit of boost to look forward to tho......Ben has all he will get

[Ben Seabrook 4]

Steve yeah defo mate am sure we can have a little convoy fun on the way back from Billing

Steve you have that extra bit of boost to look forward to tho......Ben has all he will get

pah to you !! pulleys are in motion so to speak will tell all at the ring

[*P3nfold* 0]

Looking quality.

[goonersteve 0]

Couple of updated pics, showing engine bay and my current lights (changed headlights from the angel eyes, to black mk4 style projectors. Also changed bulb on the indicators to clear ones, as the orange ones looked sh*t! Oh and black side repeaters.....can't really see them in the pic, but that's the idea!)

[Ben Seabrook 4]

looking good mate we need to go out for a run/photos again soon !!

[goonersteve 0]

Yes mate, def up for that

[goonersteve 0]

Forgot the all important dyno printouts (if you can see them properly?!)......

[hvr6 88]

Couple of updated pics' date=' showing engine bay and my current lights (changed headlights from the angel eyes, to black mk4 style projectors. Also changed bulb on the indicators to clear ones, as the orange ones looked sh*t! Oh and black side repeaters.....can't really see them in the pic, but that's the idea!)

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nice bay!! :-)

and power!!! :-) finally!

[goonersteve 0]

Thanks Helen I did feel obliged to give it a bit of a clean, after fitting the charger! I know it's still not looking mint, but a hell of alot cleaner than it was before!

[goonersteve 0]

A few pics from a recent photoshoot.....

[b19drg 0]

Nice pics mate, looking good

[nivag27 5]

Nice pics dude