my new march st
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looks good mate (Y)
i would talk to ed, although Japan is probably your only hope for bits.
Baz
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What are you looking for?
Snikty
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Majority of mods are going to have to be custom. Best advice I could give is to take your car to a few performance workshops, tell em what you plan to do with the car etc. If you find someone who looks like they are interested in the car then they are probably a good place to start. Anyone who looks like they do a lot of imports would also be good as they will probably have their own contacts in japan and be somewhat accustomed to having to do minor modifications to parts to suit.
When I found a guy I liked I took the car in and had a major service and got my induction fixed up and I just told him what I intended to do to the car and told him to just hold on to it as long as he wanted and to go through everything with a fine tooth comb so that he would know what he can and can't do to it. He had the car for approx a month- 6 weeks and when I got it back it ran better than ever, have never had a prob with it since and I don't think he is going to have any problems with future mods no matter how far i decide to go with it
When I found a guy I liked I took the car in and had a major service and got my induction fixed up and I just told him what I intended to do to the car and told him to just hold on to it as long as he wanted and to go through everything with a fine tooth comb so that he would know what he can and can't do to it. He had the car for approx a month- 6 weeks and when I got it back it ran better than ever, have never had a prob with it since and I don't think he is going to have any problems with future mods no matter how far i decide to go with it
ollie240585
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I reckon crazyep82 would be your best bet to help you with all that (presuming that is an Irish Plate). He's done FMIC, removed his dump valve so he knows where it goes. Don't know how far apart in Ireland you are though. Apologies if its a mission away.
Nice car BTW.
Nice car BTW.
ollie240585
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Ah *feels silly now", I swear I saw that on ebay in Ireland.
Your best bet is to speak to Ed, http://www.fusion-motorsport.co.uk his workshop is located near Thorpe Park. He owns two of these and is building a monster at the moment.
He can deal with all your tuning needs.
I believe they can be taken to around 140-150 BHP with next to no effort/money spent. Although Eds the man to speak to as there is no one who knows them better in this country!!!
ollie240585
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I want one 
Well If I remember correctly, the Dump valve goes after the Intercooler before it goes into the inlet manifold.
Crazyep82 or was it Smidge? fitted a FMIC using a kit, intercooler and bends and I believe it all seems to just fit.
Apparantly theres not really a neat route you can go with a FMIC as the engine bay is quite cluttered.
I'd offer to help but my experience is with RS Turbos. Complete crap technology compared to an ST.
Well If I remember correctly, the Dump valve goes after the Intercooler before it goes into the inlet manifold.
Crazyep82 or was it Smidge? fitted a FMIC using a kit, intercooler and bends and I believe it all seems to just fit.
Apparantly theres not really a neat route you can go with a FMIC as the engine bay is quite cluttered.
I'd offer to help but my experience is with RS Turbos. Complete crap technology compared to an ST.
ollie240585
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Not a bad idea. Should give a better air feed for the Air filter at least. Also may give you a bit better route for the FMIC. Could use a hole saw and bring it in through the wing.
Here is smidges FMIC thread, maybe give you some ideas?
http://www.micra.org.uk/showthread.php?t=24672
Here is smidges FMIC thread, maybe give you some ideas?
http://www.micra.org.uk/showthread.php?t=24672
nexussteve
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Sweet, whereabouts in Medway?
Will have to look out for ya!
Will have to look out for ya!
looks the goods mate, if you don't want to rip the thing apart yourself, then being near Eds workshop is a very good thing as it seems he knows them backwards!
if you do feel like getting your hands dirty tho its pretty rewarding when you do fix things up, i'm no mechanic but i've got mine running pretty well now
if you do feel like getting your hands dirty tho its pretty rewarding when you do fix things up, i'm no mechanic but i've got mine running pretty well now
Baz
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Not true. . .Greddy emanage blue,Blitz electronic boost controller,hybrid turbo from Ed,Stainless exhaust,fmic. . .spent a grand on mapping in the last year or so,maybe you can with a few simple mods but to run safely No!I could drive mine day in day out,A realistic figure with whats on the car is 120 to 130bhp.Your right in saying Ed's the man,he fitted the emanage an coaxed a few horsies out of it !
I'd say its BS buy the previous owner to be honest,st's have quite an aggressive cam as it is I reckon
curtis
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Yes, as Ed will tell you lol
tell me about it im trying to find one for my girlfriends k10 but having no luck
yours is looking good now mate
yours is looking good now mate
Baz
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Does she plan on rolling it?one comes up on yahoo auctions japan from time to time but shipping is crazy
Best bet other than to get over excited by reading this thread here is to do these very simple things, if you really want to do anything:
Put a decent exhaust on it (2 inch) from downpipe, and gut the cat.
Move the lambda sensor to AFTER the turbo.
Remap the ecu.
That is all you need to do. Anything else is excessive (i.e. pointless) for your power aims.
Stock cams/head will do 180-200bhp with supporting mods. The engine however will not (for long).
Ed
Put a decent exhaust on it (2 inch) from downpipe, and gut the cat.
Move the lambda sensor to AFTER the turbo.
Remap the ecu.
That is all you need to do. Anything else is excessive (i.e. pointless) for your power aims.
Stock cams/head will do 180-200bhp with supporting mods. The engine however will not (for long).
Ed
Lol no I dont as least I really hope I dont lol
