Breaking news: Money does grow on trees! (As proved by Kyle and his latest round of spending)

I joke of course. He works hard for all these new toys and it’s really paying off. The last bit of work I did on the car was fitting the coilovers, but even then I knew at least one new thing was on the way. First came a set of Rota Grids. Some of those deep, wide ones that really give the car a strong stance. Unfortunately they rubbed so the arches were rolled and the car raised slightly but now she’s sitting pretty.

Then came the turbo kit. He’d been talking about it but I didn’t actually realise it was going to happen so soon. The car spent a good amount of time with TDi North having a turbo kit installed, all the tuning done and a few other bits and bobs to help him along the way. An MFactory LSD has been installed to help manage the power. I’ll be honest, the amount of time the car was at TDi for was, for me, too long. It went on for weeks due to one thing or another (being short staffed and not having the parts ordered I believe). However, the end result is pretty damn awesome. The kit looks extremely well put together and any niggle or question that Kyle has found bothering him seems to have been answered fully. The kit, has boosted the EP3’s performance to 360bhp (Correct me if I’m wrong Kyle?) which is “boost by gear” but there is also a special button which can raise the power output to 400bhp. A tidy figure!

I actually thought he was done spending there, but this week the car has been away once more. It’s spent a week at Knight Racer Ltd, having a Mugen grill and front lip / splitter fitted. The lip has even been smoothed, or sealed into the bumper so you can’t see any join between the two parts. Paint match is 95% but the quality looks spot on.

As far as I know, that’s the lot for now, so today I grabbed some photos.

No videos just yet, I need to get the lift bolt changed in my Corolla before I go chasing after a boosted EP3. In a couple of weeks we’ll see how it fairs on the quarter mile strip too.

Oh, and here’s one shot of the ‘rolla.