Matt's Evo VI - 380Bhp/415 lb/ft - Page 12 - Saxperience

hard_corejoeboy · 10th January 2014, 15:58

Bedford GT will be a great circuit for your car I think.

I wouldn't go much more power wise. 380bhp is enough to see off 'supercars' and be wary cos the Evo crowd tend to go mental and spend fortunes on their cars. If I were you I'd get it super grippy and uber reliable over power chasing. Would love an evo just couldn't justify the running costs vs the performance.

hard_corejoeboy · 10th January 2014, 15:59

...and then you posted that while I was typing lol

matt_vtr_15a · 10th January 2014, 16:40

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...and then you posted that while I was typing lol

Haha...

Yeah I know what you mean, and for now it's more than enough... but it's something i'm lining up for 2015....

Definitely going forward with the final drive as I can see that as a huge benefit, suspension wise it's set up well. Fully polybushed and has a half decent set of coil overs which have been fast road/track geo set-up.

I could upgrade the coil overs to some Ohlins in the future but no need to for now as it does handle lovely...

It's all tyres up also and the brakes are upgraded, more of a matter of enjoying it this year and then look ahead for performance/handling next year as it's massive money to upgrade either now.

matt_vtr_15a · 10th January 2014, 19:57

Ordering some harnesses this weekend, may start with just one for myself initially as its purely for function, going around a corner earlier and found myself clinging to my seat so not to fall out...

Someone on MLR has plenty of brand new ones at a good price.

Decision is though... green or black? I need to order them tonight and can't decide??

matt_vtr_15a · 10th January 2014, 20:28

Tooo slow... went black.

josh11490 · 10th January 2014, 23:29

Every time I see an update on this car it just makes me want an evo, ill get there oneday haha

Good to see the upgrades coming fast.

JA1987 · 11th January 2014, 00:14

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Tooo slow... went black.

Good choice, id have gone black aswel.

matt_vtr_15a · 11th January 2014, 00:14

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Every time I see an update on this car it just makes me want an evo, ill get there oneday haha

Good to see the upgrades coming fast.

I need to stop soon it's getting rather expensive! Fresh service this weekend though, fit harness when it arrives next week and then I'm banning myself from buying anything for a month.

Have a couple of parts lay around that I still need to fit to so should keep me happy.

Sold the maf and and ecu for a combined total of £400 will put that in the evo savings jar for the wheels to be freshly powdercoated with some left over towards some new rubber for summer so it's looking tip top and fresh.

Still undecided on whether to powdercoatthem gloss white or go anthracite...

josh11490 · 11th January 2014, 03:29

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I need to stop soon it's getting rather expensive! Fresh service this weekend though, fit harness when it arrives next week and then I'm banning myself from buying anything for a month.

Have a couple of parts lay around that I still need to fit to so should keep me happy.

Sold the maf and and ecu for a combined total of £400 will put that in the evo savings jar for the wheels to be freshly powdercoated with some left over towards some new rubber for summer so it's looking tip top and fresh.

Still undecided on whether to powdercoatthem gloss white or go anthracite...

Easy to start spending silly on motors like this, I'm so jealous of some of the builds I've read haha

Black harness is a good choice, everyone has green takatas.

Have read but can't remember, have you stripped this out, so no back seats etc?

matt_vtr_15a · 11th January 2014, 09:15

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Easy to start spending silly on motors like this,lds I've read haha

Black harness is a good choice, everyone has green takatas.

Have read but can't remember, have you stripped this out, so no back seats etc?

I have done a little flop flop I stripped out the back seats and door cards but then had to do an airport run so it got put back to standard.

When the harness arrive I'll decide what route I'll go down. I'm going to get it weighed this weekend or early next week as well as it stands. I then want to set a weight target and go for that but without going OTT.

hard_corejoeboy · 11th January 2014, 09:28

I say strip it all out and go hard_coremattboy on it!

D4MJT · 11th January 2014, 10:21

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I'm going to get it weighed this weekend or early next week as well as it stands. I then want to set a weight target and go for that but without going OTT.

When I first read that I thought you'd written "I'm going to weigh it in this weekend"...

I'd go anthracite for the wheels I think dude, don't know why but I don't really like white against silver cars, darker is better I reckon.

matt_vtr_15a · 11th January 2014, 11:15

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I say strip it all out and go hard_coremattboy on it!

you change your mind on my progress thread as much as you do your own!

You was against it last time I'm sure ha.

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When I first read that I thought you'd written "I'm going to weigh it in this weekend"...

I'd go anthracite for the wheels I think dude, don't know why but I don't really like white against silver cars, darker is better I reckon.

Always been in this mindset myself and anthracite has always been my preferred choice of wheel colour.

The white wheels are an absolute bitch to keep clean as well as the pads chuck out some right dust, got a quote lined up for powdercoating them but it means being without my car for 2days and in the hands of a garage which is something I really don't like the thought of. Alternatively try line up another set of wheels in the meantime but not exactly cost effective.

I'm more concerned as a result of seeing recent video footage of a guys evo in a garages hands. He had it all on a datalogger and all recorded rather shocking to watch!!

Yates · 11th January 2014, 14:18

No places offer same day down there? Wheel specialist do up here and south

matt_vtr_15a · 11th January 2014, 14:58

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No places offer same day down there? Wheel specialist do up here and south

The really good place around here doesn't. Seen a lot of their work and it's spot on.

If I dropped it off thursday morning for example I'd have it back friday afternoon.

- remove tyres
- prep and make good all 4 alloys
- powdercoat
- refit tyres
- balance

Not sure if it takes longer to allow drying time or not but the two places I want to use both require the same time period. Not powdercoating till spring so I'll sort something but don't fancy leaving the car overnight.

MJ05LLY · 11th January 2014, 18:55

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The really good place around here doesn't. Seen a lot of their work and it's spot on.

If I dropped it off thursday morning for example I'd have it back friday afternoon.

- remove tyres
- prep and make good all 4 alloys
- powdercoat
- refit tyres
- balance

Not sure if it takes longer to allow drying time or not but the two places I want to use both require the same time period. Not powdercoating till spring so I'll sort something but don't fancy leaving the car overnight.

Powder coat is baked on.
Its the prep work that takes time. Sandblasting wheels etc I'm guessing.

welshpug · 11th January 2014, 19:58

get a spare set of wheels you can roll on, or even just something so you can park it up and drop the wheels off.

matt_vtr_15a · 12th January 2014, 14:32

Never even thought about it but my dad can match me up a set. He has the right offset rims available and can just bang a mix and match set of tyres on.

Wonmt be driving it on the road so at least it can just sit on my drive until the wheels are done. Got a couple months to sort out a set anyway

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get a spare set of wheels you can roll on, or even just something so you can park it up and drop the wheels off.

Now I have purchased the 4 point harness I'm going to remove the back seats and shed some weight again. I'm not gutting everything but I'm going to slowly but surely shed some weight from the car that I don't need.

Want to keep it nice and tidy though, don't want it to look like bare shell at the rear.

My main aim is reaching 300bhp per tonne which means i need to get down to 1265kg. Easily done if I hack at the doors considering each front door weights 26kg and the rear doors weigh 22kg each. Just something I need to pay some more thought to before I bite the bullet.

wullvfr · 12th January 2014, 15:18

Did you get it weighed?

matt_vtr_15a · 12th January 2014, 15:31

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Did you get it weighed?

My cousin was up to neck in it and when he was free i was busy.

He's on lates next week so going to drive over after work and get it weighed on his break

Should have it weighed on Tues/Weds Night