JP's 220+bhp NA 16v Mango Westcoast - 2015 updates! - Page 86 - Saxperience

MR_N · 24th February 2013, 09:14

Great Job there! SPA Dash for mine it is then.

Andy_K · 24th February 2013, 09:31

Does the dash run off all the standard engine sensors?

dannygti · 24th February 2013, 09:39

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Originally Posted by Andy_K

Does the dash run off all the standard engine sensors?

No it's a stand alone dash, you do however wire the standard instrument lights etc to the spa dash. The only ball ache is the fuel tank level sensor

Ross^p · 24th February 2013, 11:36

Is it not can/serial to the ecu? I always thought it was.

dannygti · 24th February 2013, 11:39

Its not CAN setup, it's pretty normal but it works and easy to install.

P33_CHM · 24th February 2013, 19:36

Looks brilliant mate! Cant wait to see/hear it on the nurburg trip

jpsaxo · 25th February 2013, 13:35

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Originally Posted by MR_N

Great Job there! SPA Dash for mine it is then.

You gonna get it digital dash then? What does your engine rev too?

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Originally Posted by P33_CHM

Looks brilliant mate! Cant wait to see/hear it on the nurburg trip

Cheers mate, we will have good fun on the way to the ring down the autobahn

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Originally Posted by AndySAXO

Looks a great job! The new display looks spot on in your car josh! Looks right at home there.

Thanks Andy, I agree it definitely suits the car, I'm really pleased with the outcome and my choice of the SPA

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Originally Posted by stumac77

that looks sweet mate well done and i want your dials lol

Haha, I got them from Htec-elite at a decent price!

MR_N · 25th February 2013, 20:41

Yeah want one when i get the interior loom done. Revs too 8300 at the moment. Will rev a tad higher with the bottom end work.

unreal106 · 26th February 2013, 07:45

car looks great josh really like the dash and interior now!

how many laps this year will it be at the ring?.

jpsaxo · 26th February 2013, 10:11

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Originally Posted by unreal106

car looks great josh really like the dash and interior now!

how many laps this year will it be at the ring?.

Cheers Tom, I'm really pleased with the outcome

We've got lucky with the opening times, Friday evening, all day Sat + Sun 8am - 7pm it's open, as long as the weathers decent there's no reason why a minimum of 20 across sat+sun, and hopefully get a few in on Friday evening too

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Originally Posted by MR_N

Yeah want one when i get the interior loom done. Revs too 8300 at the moment. Will rev a tad higher with the bottom end work.

Ah right cool, I like analogue dials so the SPA was the obvious choice for me, plus not having to add Extra buttons and lights etc to get it road legal! Where does it make peak power?

MR_N · 26th February 2013, 15:20

157bhp was its last dyno figure. But runs a thicker head gasket now so unsure till its in.

Gary2707 · 26th February 2013, 17:41

Hi josh I'm loving your sax that engine is epic and the mani is a monster lol

Hope to see you down at beaniesport some time

Proper nice work moo did on those looms

jpsaxo · 27th February 2013, 00:50

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Originally Posted by MR_N

157bhp was its last dyno figure. But runs a thicker head gasket now so unsure till its in.

That's not what I asked

where does it make peak power? At what revs?

Why a thicker head gasket now?

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Originally Posted by Gary2707

Hi josh I'm loving your sax that engine is epic and the mani is a monster lol

Hope to see you down at beaniesport some time

Proper nice work moo did on those looms

Thanks Gary. Sandy did a great job with the engine & Mike Edwards designed + built the manifold to Sandys spec.

You know the Beaniesport duo do you? I'll probably pop down to there workshop in July when I'm back in the UK. Moo definitely did a cracking job on the loom, very tidy and a proper job

MR_N · 27th February 2013, 09:20

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Originally Posted by jpsaxo

That's not what I asked

where does it make peak power? At what revs?

Why a thicker head gasket now?

Ever so sorry ....

When Sonny had it he put a thicker head gasket it, i'll have to ask him to comment on why.

According to Sonny's old thread it made peak power at 7300rpm.

sje00 · 27th February 2013, 09:44

peak power 130 atw @ 7300rpm but made good power all the way past 8000rpm.
I wished i could've gone hi comp & forged and revved the fucker harder!

The thicker headgasket was a mistake tbh. i didn't realise i used a thinner one when i originally put the engine together, then when i replaced the valves with some sexy ones, i uninetensionally used a thicker gasket.

Gary2707 · 27th February 2013, 11:08

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Originally Posted by jpsaxo

That's not what I asked

where does it make peak power? At what revs?

Why a thicker head gasket now?

Thanks Gary. Sandy did a great job with the engine & Mike Edwards designed + built the manifold to Sandys spec.

You know the Beaniesport duo do you? I'll probably pop down to there workshop in July when I'm back in the UK. Moo definitely did a cracking job on the loom, very tidy and a proper job

Yh known them for a while now they built me a loom. I'm now virtually building a hole car with them

down there next week fitting a roll cage

Check out my progress thread if your interested, it's not much yet but hopefully one day... http://www.saxperience.com/forum/sho...=1#post6248252

jpsaxo · 2nd March 2013, 09:04

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Originally Posted by MR_N

Ever so sorry ....

When Sonny had it he put a thicker head gasket it, i'll have to ask him to comment on why.

According to Sonny's old thread it made peak power at 7300rpm.

Will be interesting to see what difference the lower compression has made to peak power / torque....

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Originally Posted by sje00

peak power 130 atw @ 7300rpm but made good power all the way past 8000rpm.
I wished i could've gone hi comp & forged and revved the fucker harder!

The thicker headgasket was a mistake tbh. i didn't realise i used a thinner one when i originally put the engine together, then when i replaced the valves with some sexy ones, i uninetensionally used a thicker gasket.

Wooooops! Decent power for an 8v! How much thicker are we talking? How did you come to realise it was thicker - if at the time of fitting why didnt you just get it replaced for the same thickness as before?

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Originally Posted by Gary2707

Yh known them for a while now they built me a loom. I'm now virtually building a hole car with them

down there next week fitting a roll cage

Check out my progress thread if your interested, it's not much yet but hopefully one day... http://www.saxperience.com/forum/sho...=1#post6248252

Had a look at your thread mate, doing a proper job on it I see - Love it

What spec engine you dropping into it?

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Small update on this - Beanie is poping up to finish the interior loom off this weekend so thats another thing ticked off the list for this winter

sje00 · 2nd March 2013, 10:57

I just didn't realise until I'd built it all up. It went on the dyno and it lost 4-5whp.

Yates · 2nd March 2013, 11:51

looking very smart mate, think if i had kept mine would of ended up this way, only the best goes for this. so easy to spend money when working away i know

jpsaxo · 2nd March 2013, 15:30

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Originally Posted by Yates

looking very smart mate, think if i had kept mine would of ended up this way, only the best goes for this. so easy to spend money when working away i know

Haha I think you, Danny & I know all about that lol. It sounds stupid but regardless if im away or not my car is still my toy, my hobby, its what motivates me to get up in the morning, stay an hour hour or 2 extra at night to earn the extra cash, which i can then justify treating myself to something trick over the winter each year

Tbh I'm at the stage now where I only get 1 or 2 bits per winter & I make sure they are good quality bits