Skimmy237

And ontop of that, I feel I have learned a lot along the way of building this car, by speaking to mike and Nick and just learning about what parts make what difference to the handling or power etc and where the credit is due mike never once tried to sell me anything, simply told me what the advantages and disadvantages were of each part and pointed me in the right direction. And overall I am more than pleased with the service I recived from tuning developments. And on top of that I do feel like I have made 2 new friends down there aswell ! Great guys and although it's a long way my car will be getting done there everytime it needs work done,

Loved sourcing and trying to find parts I wanted for my build and over the moon with the power and performance figures !

So yea all in all a very enjoyable experience, and looking farward to the summer !

Looking lovely pal! Love that interior. Interesting read about the forged business. Definitely swayed my mind about staying stock. Also, you could have just built that engine yourself. It's not rocket science, I mean it seemed like a long time to wait and the money you would have saved would have been nice. Plus if you dropped the engine and just sat and worked on it each night, sending the specialist bits off appropriately I'm sure you'd have done it AND more importantly, learned some new skills.

Also remember, those ACL bearings are only good for 25K miles, so be sure to get them replaced when the time comes. Another reason why I'll stay with the stock mains and internals. I think 200 bhp in a tin can with no safety features, that'll do me.

But yeah, love that interior. Prefer the rear seats in and those new wheels are much nicer than the Rotas you had. Overall a very sexy machine!

Haha thanks for that mate !

I'm so glad I went forged mate, if I could do it again I would go forged again, wouldn't put a standard one in.

And I would rather pay professionals to do the job right rather than mess about with it. Don't have enough time to mess about with things either with my rallying and stuff as that takes up narely all my time haha!!

But yea thanks for the comments mate. More updates coming shortly but I won't look back at going forged 😃!

Where did that cage come from buddy ??

I bought it from a boy that was selling it buddy. Originally it was Stefans though he got it built

Need to do it again sometime soon was a good laugh

Deffo mate was some laugh!! Organise one shortly

Me... Sam with his gt30 glanza, stevos ct9.. Ct9 hybrid gt turbo and 2 other ct9 glanza

Looking good mate!

Thanks bud there's a video on YouTube I will link it later

Yea so tonight this happened... Had a wee tunnel run, met some friends, hit boost, gave my car oil and filter change and fit my cage

Chuffed to bits

It's ok boys. She is meshed up now 😃! sacraficed a good old sieve to cover her up 😃

Cheers boys

Small plates should be legal on the front I ran my golf like this for nearlly a year

I know Ben they look class haha !! But it's just an excuse for a pull 😟

I then decided to cut my front bumper (when I say me .. A panel beater in my work done it lol) and I'm very pleased with it.. Makes it look much more agresive.

I then stuck a tiny Numberplate to the front and that lasted one night and changed it for another with so much police about it was just asking for a pull, did look cool though.

Went and had the coilovers professionally setup by an old friend of my dads from the rallying that all he specialises in is suspension ... Fair to say it's like a driving a completely different car now. Excellent feeling and so much more responsive. Very happy indeed

As you can see the car is now sat on my freshly powdercoated sr speedline wheels, yellow tints off the lights and a quick run over with the poloshing buff.. I'm in love again

So.... Never on here anymore. The fact I'm so lazy to put pictures onto photobucket then in here drives me nuts 😂 so just fire pictures and progress on my facebook (Ross mcskimming) and instagram (skimmy237)

Anyway, got the car back from td on Saturday and she made 285bhp and 250lb torque great power and more than I wanted 😃 ended up changing most things in the car if I'm honnest and still have a few to change 😃

Anyway enough of my shite here's a spec and some pictures !

Spec:

Engine:

Tuning developments stage 2 fully forged engine.

Emanage blue ecu

Tail wastegate

Custom 3" japspeed exhaust

Tuning developments uprated clutch Lightened Flywheel

Aftermarket HT Leads

Civic half rad And slim fan

Wepr td04 ram horn manifold and downpipe setup with tail external gate and screamer.

255 fuel pump

Tuning developments injectors

Cold running thermostat

Cusco catch can

Front mount intercooler

Electronic boost controller

Blitz turbo timer

Fuel presure regulator

Torque damper

Short shifter

Handling:

Rear Anti Roll Bar

CUSCO LSD

Poly Bushed Engine Mounts

Front Strut Brace

Levin twin pot brake conversion

Yellow stuff pads

Braded break lines

Meister r coilovers

Cusco rear strut brace

Advan ad08r

Exterior:

Id workz fibreglass wings

Full Respray

Laguna front lip

Sr speedlines

Interior:

Custom stainless dials (only 8 sets ever made)

Fishnet Recaro seats

Recovered door cards

Deep dish steering wheel

Oil temp. Oil presure. Water temp. Defi gauges

Boost and volts gauge

Love this car man!! Can't wait to hear that beast

Good work

If only it was running and I could insure it !

Yes sir !! Shees back out in the sun

These breaks are beast ! I love them on mine

When did you drop it off bud ? Sounds amazing ! Mine is there justnow and I can't wait for it to come back

Excedy stage 2 paddle clutch ... 5 months, 5k miles old ?

Some shiny engine bay bits

Soon I think mate, check facebook

They say end of July so doubt it's gonna be ready

I'm not mate but you should come to cruise irvine that's always banging