Project peperami - (A2Steve)

Any special tools to remove said wishbones and subframe Steve?

A set of alignment pins will make replacing the subframe much easier. If not used, its best to 'scribe' the subframe very accurately so it goes back in the same place

Cheers Spike
 
And it's time for Peppa to have some different wheels again. I'm a total wheel addict. This is the 4th set of wheels she's had in a 12 month, luckily I never buy new or I'd be skint.

Have gone for a set of Artec Type AD or more commonly known as RH Cups from @stevieA2 He had them in gunmetal grey but I gave them a respray yesterday.

They are 8x17 with 215/40/17 tyres and they drive lovely.

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Hi Steve
What paint did you use on the wheels.
Looks like a good match for the satin aluminium finish Audi use on 'RS' mirror casings (and I have a cunning plan)

Cheers Spike
 
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Well today I popped into Long life exhausts in Cardiff to have a custom stainless downpipe made.

They increased the diameter of the pipe from the turbo to 2 1/4 inches and joined onto my already in place Powerflow cat back exhaust. They also kept the number of bends to a minimum.

It was done to elimate a previous fault with the welding when my cat was removed.

I wasn't expecting much of a difference because the standard front pipe had already been de-catted but to my surprise it's made a massive difference.

The exhaust note is slightly throatier, but the big improvement is the way the car now delivers it's power. There is a lot more torque lower down the rev range and the turbo is spooling up quicker and earlier on. It's made the power delivery far more linear rather than the sudden bang of power I had before.

Very pleased with the result.
 
Nice one Steve, blimey you'll really have to take it easy at the next Wales social or we won't see you for dust! (and smoke ;))
 
Some of her pride now restored
 

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