Project Monster Part 4 - Whiteline ing it!

So onto part 4a - Handling - specifically the Whiteline front and rear anti roll bars along with their Anti Lift Kit. (and some rather nice interior mats and decals)

The idea here is to tame the front end of the car, which on full throttle can become a bit of a handful.

The Whiteline stuff very well thought out, nicely finished and from our experience performs exactly as expected and fits spot on, every time.

So, fittings pretty straightforward, with the ALK requiring a workshop press to remove the oem fittings. The front anti-roll bars quite time consuming to install, requiring the removal of several sections under the car to gain access and install. Rear anti-roll bars a whole lot easier. Timewise around around 4 hours start to finish.

Top image - anti-lift kit going on, and below it installed. Bottom two images front and rear anti-roll bars

Once off the ramp the alignments reset and its onto the road test. First impressions are that the kits removed the majority of the judder and skitish nature of the car from the front end during heavy acceleration, making for a much more predictable drive. Wheelspins still there (although a lot of it seems to have been removed, and wheelspin in some gears is expected at this level of power).

Cornering seems to be improved, but it was always good on the Cupra, so would need back to back track testing to compare real results.

Overall, a simple yet very effective modification to the Cupra, making for less drama on the road.

Other things added recently, a rather nice set of our Monster Mats, complete with driver and passengers heelplates and Monster logos.

Finally some "Monster Motorsport 350" decals for the front doors and rear of the car.

All items in this blog can be purchased via our webshop here or by calling us on 01509 224 219

Coming up....Part 4b - BC Coilovers > watch this space.... ;)

Thats it for now!

cheers

Neil

http://www.monstermotorsport.com/

Project Monster Part 3 - A new exhaust and Stage 2+ Code

So onto part 3 of our project, which includes

• Installation of Blue Flame resonated turbo back exhaust with 100 Cell Sports Cat
  


• Upgrade to Revo Stage 2+ code
  


• Setting up on our Dyno

So, first things first the exhaust, as expected from Blue Flame its extremely well made, and a perfect fitment (we've installed many of these now and always impressed with them). The 3" system looks the part (see pics) and sounds even better! Its been incredibly well designed allowing for a great exhaust note when on WOT yet cruises at 70mph without any boom / drone whatsoever. The oval tip looks almost OEM on the rear and its all very well finished.

So that done, its onto Revo Stage 2+ code which was then flashed and the car strapped onto our Dyno Dynamics dyno for its first run. Straight away it hit 335bhp at flywheel. After setting up fueling, using the dynos wideband lambda probe as a guide, we then tweaked igntion timing and boost, logging with VCDS as we went.

Final figure of 352.8bhp at flywheel - over 100bhp up on standard. Torque is showing at just under 300lb/ft2.

The car is now blisteringly fast when on wide open throttle, with the engine literally racing through the rev range in each gear and an almost endless supply of power from around 2200rpm right up to the redline.

Costs so far

• Revo Stage 2Plus software £704.99 (or £50 plus VAT for upgrade from Revo Stage 1)



• ITG Maxogen filter £375.00



• Autotech High pressure fuel pump £325



• BlueFlame Turbo Back exhaust with 100 cell Sports Cat £941.00



• Total cost (plus fitting) £2345.99
  


• All these items are available from us, including fitting at http://www.monstermotorsport.com/ or call us on 01509 224 219.

Big thanks so far to Carl and Kev at Revo, Andy at ITG & the folk at Blue Flame exhausts.

Next step.....we're looking at suspension and handling, then its back to performance - with a new Turbo charger, intercooler, uprated injectors and Revo Stage 4.....watch this space!

Thanks for reading,

Neil

Monster Motorsport

http://www.monstermotorsport.com/

Project Monster Part 2 - a bit more fuel and tad more air...

So, onto part 2 of Project Monster, which involves...

• ITG Maxogen Induction kit
  
• Autotech Fuel Pump
  
• Tweak to Revo stage 1 map

We estimated around the 315bhp mark. The fuel pump alllowing us to see the effects of richening the mixture when tweaking timing, with the ITG Maxogen kit allowing a much better air flow.

The tiny high pressure fuel pump took around 30 minutes to fit, all very straight forward. The ITG kits also very easy to fit, we allowed and hour and a half to complete.

So, both installed we ran VCDS for errors and all good. So onto our Dyno for tweaking the map.

Richening up slightly allowed for more timing, and adjustments to boost. The car made 322Bhp AFW and almost 290 lb/ft2 torque (previously 288bhp afw with just Revo stage 1). VCDS logging showed no issues.

An excellent result from the ITG and the HPFP:- the car now pulling far harder in all gears throughout the rev range, combined with a rich orchestra of sounds from the Maxogen filter. Next step adding the Blueflame turbo back exhaust with sports cat and Revo Stage 2 Plus - estimate 360Bhp AFW

Costs so far (over and above car)

• Revo Stage 1 software £586.32
• ITG Maxogen filter £375.00
• Autotech High pressure fuel pump £325
• Total cost £1286.32 plus fitting
• All these items are available from us, including fitting at http://www.monstermotorsport.com/