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thegsi

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3rd Jan 13 at 09:50

quote:
Originally posted by DansCorsaSXi
Looking good Jay,i never knew they made owt like that for Evo haha.

Bloody hell Cusco make everything. Think of two bolts anywhere on the car, and Cusco make a brace to go between them

Thanks for everyones comments

FAZ

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3rd Jan 13 at 10:21

needs to be matt black in my opinion, didnt c20let have one on his white 9?

Ben J

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3rd Jan 13 at 10:33

How effective will that be do you reckon?

thegsi

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3rd Jan 13 at 10:46

quote:
Originally posted by Ben J
How effective will that be do you reckon?

I haven't had chance to pass judgement yet but initially the steering response feels a little sharper. Some of it may be placebo but it does brace the slam panel and chassis rails very well. Will give it some stick when we get some dry weather

BarnshaW

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3rd Jan 13 at 16:55

would look better black or silver to me, lovely car though, looks mean face on.

BYRON

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3rd Jan 13 at 18:52

Body colour would look good if you want to bring attention to it (like the blue does),or black to allow it to blend into grille etc?

Stunning car regardless

BeetleGav

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3rd Jan 13 at 19:14

I'd match it to the body personally. Looks abit like your car has a tash from the front

flybikeslee

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4th Jan 13 at 14:23

black brace

thegsi

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20th Jan 13 at 21:41

It snowed, I really wanted to use that fancy Snow button....

John G

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20th Jan 13 at 22:03

how was it in the snow?

FAZ

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20th Jan 13 at 22:56

you let it get wet

kedowan

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20th Jan 13 at 22:59

I get mad evo craves when I see this thread..

Nathan Kirkpatrick

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21st Jan 13 at 11:42

god that thing is mad lookin

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21st Jan 13 at 13:06

i think i'd paint the brace black on a road car... looks a bit funny seeing it through the grill.

thegsi

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22nd Jan 13 at 11:35

John G: Bloody brilliant. It drove almost as well as a normal car on dry roads. Very grippy and solid but also fun to flick the back end round

FAZ: I know! Must've been pissed of stoned or both!

thegsi

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11th Feb 13 at 08:38

UPDATE:

Well today I finally got round to making the trip to see Ant @ Indigo GT. I bought the car with a remap already on there but it was apparent that the car was suffering from a boost leak and over fueling. I'd diagnosed it to a leaky recirc and when I popped a new Evo IX valve, I was seeing big over boost. Needless to say, I needed to get it on the rollers and have the new valve set up with a fresh map.

The day went really well and I received some fantastic comments from Ant about the cars performance. The car made 390bhp and 400lbft torque at the crank @ 1.7bar. So happy with the results and good to have a fit bill of health now. Will upload a few pics when I get chance but here's a quick video from the day: