07-09-2015, 09:16 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-09-2015, 09:18 PM by Jonny81191.)
As many of you will know, I sold my cabby recently. I really didn't want to let it go, but I needed something with more doors, more boot and more roof. Also, and most importantly, it needed to be a HDi.
After a few weeks searching, I found this!
![[Image: IMG_6239_zpsgbazspuh.jpg]](http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j328/Jonny_Moore/IMG_6239_zpsgbazspuh.jpg)
![[Image: IMG_6240_zpsk2mpaqdc.jpg]](http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j328/Jonny_Moore/IMG_6240_zpsk2mpaqdc.jpg)
![[Image: IMG_6238_zpsop4jepy9.jpg]](http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j328/Jonny_Moore/IMG_6238_zpsop4jepy9.jpg)
China blue phase 3, standard Meridian spec that according to the ad required nothing doing. The owner even offered me a lift from Southampton to Gloucester to collect it! It turns out that it had been modified by a toyota tuning specialist, who had grafted an XUD intercooler on and mapped it to stage 1, then thrown a helix fast road clutch with stage 3 pressure plate at it just to be sure it wouldn't slip!
I'll be chucking some B4's on the front as there's a knock from the N/S shock, and I've nicked the brakes from the cabby but otherwise it's currently being a good daily driver. Took me and my girlfriend up to Scotland and back the other week without skipping a beat and is consistently getting 50MPG or so. There's a bit of a hesitation under part throttle, so I'll plug it in at some point but I suspect it's probably the map as it seems to drive like a tuning box, lots of coal off boost and I've had faster stage 1's TBH. However, it'll soon be much less reliable as I'm going to tune the f*ck out of it! Just need to help Poodle get his twin turbo beastie on the road, then we'll be bolting on some snails and adding more fuel
After a few weeks searching, I found this!
![[Image: IMG_6239_zpsgbazspuh.jpg]](http://s1080.photobucket.com/user/Jonny_Moore/media/IMG_6239_zpsgbazspuh.jpg.html)
![[Image: IMG_6240_zpsk2mpaqdc.jpg]](http://s1080.photobucket.com/user/Jonny_Moore/media/IMG_6240_zpsk2mpaqdc.jpg.html)
![[Image: IMG_6238_zpsop4jepy9.jpg]](http://s1080.photobucket.com/user/Jonny_Moore/media/IMG_6238_zpsop4jepy9.jpg.html)
China blue phase 3, standard Meridian spec that according to the ad required nothing doing. The owner even offered me a lift from Southampton to Gloucester to collect it! It turns out that it had been modified by a toyota tuning specialist, who had grafted an XUD intercooler on and mapped it to stage 1, then thrown a helix fast road clutch with stage 3 pressure plate at it just to be sure it wouldn't slip!
I'll be chucking some B4's on the front as there's a knock from the N/S shock, and I've nicked the brakes from the cabby but otherwise it's currently being a good daily driver. Took me and my girlfriend up to Scotland and back the other week without skipping a beat and is consistently getting 50MPG or so. There's a bit of a hesitation under part throttle, so I'll plug it in at some point but I suspect it's probably the map as it seems to drive like a tuning box, lots of coal off boost and I've had faster stage 1's TBH. However, it'll soon be much less reliable as I'm going to tune the f*ck out of it! Just need to help Poodle get his twin turbo beastie on the road, then we'll be bolting on some snails and adding more fuel