The journey to Apu

A.Chen89 · Postby **A.Chen89** » Sat Mar 08, 2014 11:06 am

Nice power curve!

Suspense · Postby **Suspense** » Sat Mar 08, 2014 11:09 am

Nice

Can't wait to see this in the metal.

speed freak · Postby **speed freak** » Sat Mar 08, 2014 5:50 pm

Great setup, Dann does some awesome fab work. Love the engine bay, looks very stealthy and oem.
Good power figure too, hopefully do this to mine one day.

Apu · Postby **Apu** » Sat Mar 08, 2014 6:45 pm

Alex and Spence, drop by anytime!

Snowmotion · Postby **Snowmotion** » Sat Mar 08, 2014 8:11 pm

Apu wrote:It's a Works Engineering kit...not cheap, about $600

Not cheap but a seriously good looking piece of equipment.
Who sells them?

sailaholic · Postby **sailaholic** » Sat Mar 08, 2014 8:44 pm

Is there a kit for Na6/8

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Apu · Postby **Apu** » Sat Mar 08, 2014 8:57 pm

I sell them - I'm the Works Engineering distributor.

I can bring them in but we need a minimum order of 4 to get them made up.

Sailaholic - there isn't a kit for NA but Dann's got an enclosed cone version he's been using for the Mania-style intake.

sailaholic · Postby **sailaholic** » Sun Mar 09, 2014 7:13 am

ahh thanks, not keen on mania style, i don't want to cut the hole

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Apu · Postby **Apu** » Sun Mar 09, 2014 7:32 am

We've got a new one that's just been released. Have a look on our Facebook page Works Engineering Australia.

The problem is that the NA's have very little space because of the pop up headlights.

sailaholic · Postby **sailaholic** » Sun Mar 09, 2014 8:34 am

That's the pro-induction? Looks nice. Yes space is a real issue. I was looking at doing a civic style (half width) radiator to free up some mouth space on the drivers side for a filter and oil cooler. Costs of everything mounted up and I never did anything but still keep my eye out for ideas.

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Apu · Postby **Apu** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 7:56 am

So after a week of driving Apu around, the delivery is really smooth and the car feels like it's came out of the factory as it is.

I added a tube from the in-built BOV to the nipple on the first intake runner and that's eliminated the flutter so now the only giveaway is the "chhhew!" when I change gears.

Unfortunately...I think I've gotten used to the power. It feels..."normal" again. Not sure if it's just getting used to it or if I'm just comparing to my other cars (the MX5 was the weanie of the lot performance wise). That said, I don't have to wring it as hard to get it to move.

I'd love to bring it to the dyno just to be sure, and I want to turn up the wick as well - from what I read, 150rwkw should be a safe number?

DanielB · Postby **DanielB** » Sun Mar 23, 2014 12:14 pm

Great to meet you yesterday, thanks for introducing yourself to me.

Truly jealous of the setup you have!

Apu · Postby **Apu** » Sun Mar 23, 2014 12:31 pm

Hi Daniel!

Good to meet you too! Join us at some of the gatherings some time.

Cheers,

Bryan

Apu · Postby **Apu** » Thu May 01, 2014 9:52 am

I'll get some pics up this weekend - getting some new oil lines in and tidying up a few things.

I went to Mania yesterday for a bit of a fine tune. Dave sat with me whilst I drove around. The result is great! The car was stalling at idle when hot, which is a bit of a problem when driving to work and parking. No issues now and he's also smoothed it out in a couple of areas (too technical for me), so when I hit the throttle in third for example, the car just pulls away without any hesitation.

I'm delighted with the outcome. Dann's built a really nice manifold, and did all the piping for the intercooler etc, and the guys at Mania have finished it off nicely. It's come together really well.

I don't have the latest dyno chart but it's about 150rwkw on .5 bar (about 7psi). It's still on the 4.1 so it's undergeared. I have the old 3.63 open diff but I want my T2 in it still, so looking for a swap for convenience reasons.