havent updated in a while so here goes.
ill start with some pics from my works rally at the end of last month.
one with my mate 2.2 race tuned pinto`d sierra and my works impreza turbo.
was an awesome day, no ignis' out though, although i seen a yellow widearched ignis rally car on the back of a trailer on the M4 while i was out and about in the works van the other week. i believe it was graham middletons old 1400 class one he rallied in the btrda championship, its got a 1400 vauxhall motor in it. the new owner is from south wales and has painted it yellow, its not finished yet though.
this is the car im talking about
was built by harry hockley motorsport.
after the rally my dad took to the drivers seat, and we took it over 50 miles of twisty A and B roads, brought back memories for my dad as it used to be his car lol he loves driving it and he was quite impressed how it handles with the omp strut brace and whiteline roll bar fitted on it, he did think it felt a bit flat though...
anyway back onto my ignis.
as some of you know ive had to extend my lambda sensor cables for the 4-1 manifold.
and since then in the wet weather the car has had flatspotting problems and lack of power, the wetter the weather the worse it seemed to be.
i had a feeling it was the lambda sensor wiring all along, and the fact i had a cheapy ebay universal sensor in there,but tried a few cheaper options 1st like changing the open cone to a pipercross panel filter, as the cone was getting wet, so thought it could be that.
anyway i put up with it for a while, never had any joy by changing the air filter etc, so i made a plan to fit New sensors and have the manifold modified so i could retain the original sensors without extending the cables.
so had the manifold modified with a new lambda sensor boss at longlife exhausts like this.
i know its not the ideal place to put the sensor, but ive spoken to plenty of people with manifolds like this, on ignis' and other cars and even seen a supercharged swift sport have the sensor in the same place. and nobody has said that it has caused problems for them.
i ordered two new OE Spec Denso lambda sensors, these are expensive! they cost well over £100 each from suzuki and around £95 quid from motor factors.
i managed to find the rear one from car parts 4 less for £78 and the front one is marked up for a 1.3 ignis and 1.6 liana and that came from an ebay seller for £68 delivered.
both sensors fitted perfectly!
and now the car is running superbly! much more power throughout the rev range, it runs perfect in dry weather and wet weather! im so happy with it now! lol i want to stick it back on the dyno now and see how much its pushing now.
only thing i will say though, is it seems to get faster the hotter you get it, which its used to be like before, a few of the local lads have told me theirs is the same, but the lads in work say thats to do with the fueling because its de-catted, so a remap will probs help that and tie all the mods together.
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Suzuki Ignis Sport - ITG Maxogen - Japspeed 4-1 - Decat - 2" custom single box Scorpion exhaust 3" tip - Magnecor leads - Air con Removed - Apex 35mm springs - OMP Strut brace - Whiteline rear arb - EBC Greenstuff front pads - MTEC grooved/drilled discs - Team Dynamics Pro rally 15X6J ET28 - Toyo tyres - Rallyflapz - Black lamps - Smoked repeaters - Sparco pedals - Stripped 40kgs rear interior
125.4BHP 126.6LBFT
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bloody hard suspension lol although it done the same in my fiesta with coilovers and the lowered arosa. but it was fine in the sportka, and thats got a fairly hard ride as standard.
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