Gavs 500hp++ mr2 nicknamed 'The beast'

[ashley]

That turbo is just huge

[craig]

wasnt mine at barnsley, its been on driveway for about 10mnths

Might well have been that long ago then! Time flies!

Was defo your motor. Not many '2s with 18x10 wheels and wide arches

[gavinda]

but ive never been to barnsley?
we did meet at JAE tho, that i do remember

[craig]

but ive never been to barnsley?
we did meet at JAE tho, that i do remember

WOW, in that case, there's a double about!

Yeah met your good self at JAE in 2011, while you were on your honeymoon

[Magic Beans]

wasnt mine at barnsley, its been on driveway for about 10mnths

Might well have been that long ago then! Time flies!

Was defo your motor. Not many '2s with 18x10 wheels and wide arches

There's a few

[craig]

There is now!

[gavinda]

airfilter is looking a bit tired

[gavinda]

so i ordered an even bigger replacement K&N from opie oils with an imoc 10% discount was under £45 delivered

[gavinda]

Was defo your motor. Not many '2s with 18x10 wheels and wide arches

they are 18x12 by the way not skinny 18x10

[h180eeu]

This is awesome.

Do you have any links to the Block girdle and the Air filter?

[craig]

Was defo your motor. Not many '2s with 18x10 wheels and wide arches

they are 18x12 by the way not skinny 18x10

Skinny and 18x10 is not something you'd usually see in the same sentence!

[gavinda]

ive pmed U H180
heres a pic of it in its spot!

[h180eeu]

Thanks Gav, Ordered one up.

[Magic Beans]

Good to meet you at JAE

Your car's an absolute brute. Looking forward to seeing how it progresses

[StevieL]

Nice meeting you and your missus at JAE mate, car looks stunning!

[Magic Beans]

This month's Banzai

[sp00n]

nice size filter there

[Gullzter]

LMAO
relax this isnt one of those hugely over the top builds that never seem to finish and end up fizzling out.
then you end up feeling cheated after following it for so long, and ask the question somwhere down the line what ever happened to this one?

Whatever happened to this one??

[gavinda]

erm, the short version is..
mapped it to 550bhp on 1.5bar using road fuel,
had bought a clutch which i had specifically told a 'specialist' should be good for 800+bhp they neglected to tell me the brand of clutch until i had recieved it
(they had said a certain norweigen castrol celica running a 71mm turbo had been using it for a while and 'loved it')
the clutch slipped and when i had a look at part numbers and contacted the manufacturer for there catalogue i found it was considerably under specced. on tear down i found further issues with the kit which had been designed between them and the specialist. i contacted both and was waiting for the whole thing to be sorted out...until i basically tore my engine apart again as i had decided i was going to redesign certain aspects of the head and bottom end.

the on going saga with the cluch is still unresolved although i have now specced wiith the manufacturer a triple plate clutch which they rate at a
whopping 1180ftlbs of torque, dont think that will be slipping!

[gavinda]

Haha, the main thing is it has not fizzled out the car is in my garage, and i did actually attend JAE in it last year fully functioning (although the clutch was slipping)