Reyland Zs Rebuild / Update

[sneekyparrot]

Front suspension together:

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[stamford]

What upper arms are they? They look well made.

[sneekyparrot]

Originally Posted by stamford

What upper arms are they? They look well made.

They are from Spc mick but they are no longer in production. Cost an arm and a leg for the very last service kit from us suppliers but worth it. Adjustable camber and castor[emoji106]

[redzed]

Originally Posted by sneekyparrot

Front suspension together:

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i just wet my pants

[duncs]

Great update, good to see you're back at it again

What's the reason for the swap of pistons? Stock AUQ 1.8T ones are forged Mahle and are good for ~500bhp...

[sneekyparrot]

Originally Posted by duncs

Great update, good to see you're back at it again

What's the reason for the swap of pistons? Stock AUQ 1.8T ones are forged Mahle and are good for ~500bhp...

I am being greedy [emoji13]

Stock bam pistons run 9,0,1, these ones are agu @ 9.5.1 with new rings on honed bores.
Being guided by those who are running / have run some nice hp from k04 turbo's.

Sort of hoping with the new injectors / pro4 mani / flowed head that I can ease off the boost but raise the hp to match torque. Too much at mo to up the turbo size.

[duncs]

Originally Posted by sneekyparrot

I am being greedy [emoji13]

Stock bam pistons run 9,0,1, these ones are agu @ 9.5.1 with new rings on honed bores.
Being guided by those who are running / have run some nice hp from k04 turbo's.

Sort of hoping with the new injectors / pro4 mani / flowed head that I can ease off the boost but raise the hp to match torque. Too much at mo to up the turbo size.

The bigport head will help with flow once you get the boost up

On a stock 9.5:1 AUQ lump with a hybrid k03/k04 I made 280bhp and 290 tq at 1.25-1.3 bar; changed the turbo for a GT28RS modded to fit the stock manifold and made 310bhp with 300tq at 1.3 bar. Biggest difference was the boost staying to the limiter at 7200

I could've pushed it to 330bhp @1.5bar on that setup but that was still running the stock fuel pump, LCR 370cc injectors and a 4bar fpr.

Keeping an eye on this to see where you end up with it, the car looks fantastic! Jealous, just a wee bit

I've got my old engine in the garage, I keep looking at that and eyeing up my wife's 400...

[Mark S]

Paul, checked out the rdna page, bu no products/prices, any idea how much the front arms are?

[sneekyparrot]

Originally Posted by Mark S

Paul, checked out the rdna page, bu no products/prices, any idea how much the front arms are?

Think this link will work

http://m.ebay.com/itm?itemId=151384007000

But if you search eBay for civic front lower control arms fcla u should fine them.

Sorry my mistake they are from
DNA motoring, will dig out email address.

P.

[Mark S]

Originally Posted by sneekyparrot

Think this link will work

http://m.ebay.com/itm?itemId=151384007000

But if you search eBay for civic front lower control arms fcla u should fine them.

Sorry my mistake they are from
DNA motoring, will dig out email address.

P.

Thanks Paul, yep, they are all over ebay USA!!!

one thing I have noticed of concern, is they all claim "LCA's help reduce the amount of camber when lowering your vehicle's suspension" which indicated that these arms are shorter than the ZS/civic ones.

Have you checked them dimensionally?

Would it be asking too much for you to post up a few pics with a measure between bolt holes to find out if they're the same dimensions?

If they are, it could be worth a group buy to get the postage costs right down.