my 333bhp mk4 ibiza cupra

[rashcupra]

thought i would show you lot my car any opinions welcome and any ideas welcome too

spec VVVV

Seat Ibiza Cupra 1.8 20vt 54plate

engineVV

vf34 ihi turbo
uprated high flow exhaust manifold
decat 3" exhaust
milltek cat back (oval)
custom turbo intake silicone hose
uprated 3" maf housing and sensor
uprated airbox and modded inlet
green pannel filter
green top 440cc injectors
polished innlet manifold
lightened flywheel
stage 2 clutch upgrade
atp limited slip diff
polished fmic (seat sport)
Custom-code stage 3 remap
red silicone hoses
forge007 recirculating valve
vibratec custom rear engine mount
sprayed engine covers

handlingVVV
Fk silverline+ coilovers
seatsport strutbrace
jabba rear arb
20mm rear hubcentric spacers
p7000 perellis

exteriorVVV
reconditioned resprayed moondust silver cupra wheels
Leon CupraR front splitter
ice headlamp bulbs
custom bonnet bra
polo rear wiper
mini front number plate

interiorVVV
Custom cupra floormats
chrome vent surrounds
chrome gearstick surround


at the moment the car was dynoed at 333bhp and 322lbft and i love the car to bits!!

ive just had the whole cars paintwork sproosed up primering it in black instead of white so stonechips dont show as much had the front and rear bumpers primed in black repaired and resprayed the whels all newly refurbed AGAIN in moondust silver had the whole n/s of the car resprayed ect the spoiler resprayed and the mirror covers and all other pannels buffed compounded waxed and protected glaze.

things to come are only
ms design side skirts to give it the low look all the way round but other than that im finished for now!

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b9/rover25/enginebaygtiinters07.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b9/rover25/beeaast.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b9/rover25/mycuprarolling.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b9/rover25/rear-end.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b9/rover25/IMG_7171-1.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b9/rover25/IMG_7175.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b9/rover25/IMG_7185.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b9/rover25/IMG_7099.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b9/rover25/IMG_7182.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b9/rover25/IMG_7128-2.jpg


thanks for looking

[Col]

Very very nice, bet your traction light is never off !

That spliter looks a bit to low though, any scrapes on it yet ?

[rashcupra]

i did on the first 1 i put on but have recently changed it for a new 1 and i havent caught it yet :D i love the low look and without the splitter it looks pants! the traction is suprisingly fine lol i thought it was going to be a massive problem but not at all obviously i cant use all thepower in 1st and second but can still manage a 0-60 in 4.3 seconds!!!

[Sam]

Nicely done, very understated.

Wife has an Ibiza, I must get her to follow your example ;)

[rashcupra]

more to come with this car never want to sell it quatro convertion internals and bigger turbo will im sure be done in the next two years :D

[rashcupra]

fitted the rear arb today powder coated it bright red for all to see :D

[Ben]

Nicely done, very understated.

Wife has an Ibiza, I must get her to follow your example ;)

1 guess for whos going to foot the bill;) :p :biglaugh:

[rashcupra]

still havent got the car back from the garage next week will be finish havent driven it for 3 weeks so its going to feel rapid :D

[chrisvrscrx]

You must be loaded. Nice car I love the Ibiza's.

[rashcupra]

You must be loaded. Nice car I love the Ibiza's.


funnily enough im not loaded just litrally 90% of my wages go on the car every month :D looking at getting a new project soon and tucking this beast away in the garage to keep milage down and get it ready for quatro convertion even bigger turbo ect ect :D but mk2 golf is on the cards now I WANT 1!!!!!!!

[rashcupra]

loving this picture i took today :)

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b9/rover25/IMG_7363-1.jpg

[spanny]

Looking good rashy ;) remember me off scn :D Hows the car going now? any problems with the turbo manifolg gaskets etc now? or is it all good?

[gazjones]

you still not even painted side strips rash!!!! would finish it off!!!!

[rashcupra]

hey spanny yer having problems with it all the time at the mo as my standard engine mounts are fcuked and engine movement keeps on flexing the turbo-downpipe flange and causing it to blow so this is the 4th time the gaskets are being changed :( but ive had some custom made vibratechnics engine mounts made for me so hopefully that will sort that out WOULD BE NICE TO DRIVE MY CAR PROPPERLY sinse the turbo have had to drive so slow everywhere as its always POORLY but hey should be fab when its done! you still going to ihi ur mrs car? wanna buy mine lol

gaz NO WAY IM SPRAYING THE SIDE STRIPS imo looks pants like the way the plastic splits the colour up!

[spanny]

hey spanny yer having problems with it all the time at the mo as my standard engine mounts are fcuked and engine movement keeps on flexing the turbo-downpipe flange and causing it to blow so this is the 4th time the gaskets are being changed :( but ive had some custom made vibratechnics engine mounts made for me so hopefully that will sort that out WOULD BE NICE TO DRIVE MY CAR PROPPERLY sinse the turbo have had to drive so slow everywhere as its always POORLY but hey should be fab when its done! you still going to ihi ur mrs car? wanna buy mine lol

gaz NO WAY IM SPRAYING THE SIDE STRIPS imo looks pants like the way the plastic splits the colour up!

Yep mate i will be still going ihi, but not as soon as i would have lied to, finances mean ill do stage 2 first, and all the prep work with other bits before i go for the turbo.

Sounds good about the engine mounts, hopefully they will put it into production as ill deffo want some when i get mine done.

Oh and guess what, found out on friday that my ibiza lives again, some guy bought it in ireland for his daughter, managed to get alot of parts from breakers yards etc and has managed to fix it :( bit upsetting as she was my baby :( but ah well, ill have a new baby next year :D

Oh and yep, id buy yours, once it got some bloody reliability to it :p

[rashcupra]

cheeky bugger shes the first 1 to be done so im going to hit problems :( your just going topfit everything ive got as you know your going to need it its just not fair!
knew it could be fixed! ifit were my car i would of done it myself :) well when the ihi is on the road your diesel is very old boring news ;)

[spanny]

cheeky bugger shes the first 1 to be done so im going to hit problems :( your just going topfit everything ive got as you know your going to need it its just not fair!
knew it could be fixed! ifit were my car i would of done it myself :) well when the ihi is on the road your diesel is very old boring news ;)
yep i will be doing everything that you have done mate, as i know you have used good quality brands, which i also intend to do, and yep, was only joshing about the bad luck stuff, as you well know, i blew 2 hybrid turbos up lol, only difference is, i WILL NOT use JBS, just a personal choice thats all.

Yep i knew my ibiza could be fixed aswell, but at a cost, apparently the figure stands at about 6k he said, inc buying the car for 3.8k which tbh i think is a awsome price. He said he got dash and stuff from a breakers yard for 400 inc belt tensioners, airbags etc.so that will have saved him a packet. He bought the car for his daughter lol, so she is gonna have one hell of a car on the road.......

Oh and as for diesel being old news, far from it, i still say, if id have thrown about another 2k at it engine wise me and you would have been very close ;);)

[rashcupra]

cough cough! sure! the mk2 golf is where im spending now ;)

[spanny]

cough cough! sure! the mk2 golf is where im spending now ;)
yep been watching your progress on scn ;) sneakily lol, as i can view as a guest. You have done alot to it since you had it mate, drop an R32 engine in it, would be super cool.

I was gonna bid on this this week
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=270162104020&ssPageName=STRK:MEBI:IT&ih=017

its at the top of my road and in immaculate condition, looks realy smart imho.

[rashcupra]

a set of lowering springs??? ^ are at the end of your road ????

[spanny]

a set of lowering springs??? ^ are at the end of your road ????
lol, woops, nope must have put the wrong post up, i meant this http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=230168143277&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=013

Looked very smart, but thought better of it in the end.

[rashcupra]

well very good news i got my beezer on the rollers again yesterday abd its good news :)

here is a video

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b9/rover25/videos/th_MOV00164.jpg (http://s16.photobucket.com/albums/b9/rover25/videos/?action=view&current=MOV00164.flv)

the results came out as

349bhp and 338lb ft!

[spanny]

wicked news rash :D so shes up on power too :D hows it running now? all fingers crossed there's no more teething problems for you :D

Oh, any news on them intercooler to inlet manifold hoses yet from forge? seems the one you did on scn got deleted :(

[timmee62]

Very very nice, bet your traction light is never off !

That spliter looks a bit to low though, any scrapes on it yet ?
I recently got to test a Cupra 2 250PS I was told and it was really suprising - stable and usable power no traction problems, torque steer etc. That's with me used to my Quattro, too. Great car, rash;)

[rashcupra]

spanny the thread got deleated and i asked them to open a new thread for me but they sed no so bugger it im going to make it all up custom myself when the golf is on the road and the beezer can be taken to bits to customise it all :)

hopefully will make the ihi spool up even earlier as it is well restrictive this is the last mod tho SERIOUSLY!

the power on mine is so useable does spin up if not eased in but i managed a 0-60 in 4,3 secs at gti international without a L.S.DIFF and i have 1 of those now ;)

[ignis492]

:1zhelp: hi im am a very keen vag chap nd i always love as ma fav the ibiza cupra im am looking around for 1 as i tap i currrently have a suzuki ignis sport i just wnt to say wot a stunning car also when i finaly find the 1 i wnt is there ne thing i should luk out for ne recalls and problems with the cupra little nigaly bits and i also wnt to go down the tuning route as u hav where do i start nd wot sorta thing do i get nd where do i go many thanks keep up the gud wrk ur car is like sex on wheels lol i love it :beerchug:

[saunders1587]

That is very very nice, and very tastefully done

I see what you mean about the side skirts, it will finish it off a treat!

I would hate to imagine how much all that set you back, you do it yourself?

Dan.