If feels wow when it's on the move its pretty insane to be honest...can only imagine what it would be like stripped out to the bones....I would like to get it to bruntingthorpe for a vmax run sometime as that would be great fun
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Fancy going vmax200 after gearing up? Tag team supercar killers
I'd love to do it mate..turning up in my s3 with **** paint and rusty arches and give some of the big boys a shock
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@badger5 told me off because I wasn't giving it enough.. My DP wrap looked untouched lol. I've been trying but tbh haven't had the chance to drive it at all in the last few weeks!
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Must try harder! I use 4 tanks of meth per tank of fuel
Epic cars chaps, both Rob and Gops.
I had the pleasure of a ride in tufftys recently, and it was staggeringly fast! Yours I imagine will be similar
Must try harder! I use 4 tanks of meth per tank of fuel
Epic cars chaps, both Rob and Gops.
I had the pleasure of a ride in tufftys recently, and it was staggeringly fast! Yours I imagine will be similar
4 tanks of meth per tank fuel haha
Cheers dude
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These fiiinnnallly came today
Top mounts,bearings,front and rear wishbone bushes
I already have the dogbone done and rear arb...is there anything else worth doing so I can get it all in one hit ?
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turning into a stripped out racecar now then... lighter = faster - omg!
Yep been well and truly bitten by bug haha....if I get another daily then there will be nothing inside the car
It's getting another oil and filter change only 800 miles since last one just while its in the garage...4 wheel alignment next in a few days then out out have a play in maximum attack mode
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your pictures suck Rob, but your car is awesome, so we'll let you off
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Yea, sort your act out Gops
With a pathetic 600bhp rob needs all the help he can get
With a pathetic 600bhp rob needs all the help he can get
Yea, sort your act out Gops
With a pathetic 600bhp rob needs all the help he can get
Yeah I need to get the power to weight ratio up ever bit helps haha
Taking bits out of a car is rather addictive going to see what else I'm willing to part with tomorrow if I get the chance
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Those seats weigh an absolute ton......I worked out that if I swap both my front seats for something lightweight,then it saves my entire weight.....
well almost.
Getting the rear bench seats out made a noticeable difference as well.
Yea, sort your act out Gops
With a pathetic 600bhp rob needs all the help he can get
Prawn you'll see what I mean when you see the car! It's comfy as fooooook!
Warp speed and comfort!
Sorted out the tracking today to get me by till I can get it fully 4wheel aligned...had it out a little drive and fair bit of extra noise now with no rear interior can hear fuel pumps buzzing well think that's what it is and the exhaust is a lot louder on cruise but when at 2 bar it sounds epic
Can't wait to properly get a good run init and see what the benefits are of the weight reduction
Can't wait to properly get a good run init and see what the benefits are of the weight reduction
What do you make of those seats? Been looking at them myself! Also i had rear seats out other day an noticed a massive increase in exhaust noise.. tad annoying on motorway :/
Yeah they are crazy heavy....what did you notice more Alex like more acceleration or handling ??
To be honest I really like them surprising how comfortable they are...I bolted them in with the front of the seat one hole higher so I ain't sitting bolt upright and I could sit there on a motorway cruise for few hours easily
Yeah it's a huge increase in noise isn't it but for me I like it its not to bad when cruising at 60 the few miles I managed but when clapping on at full boost I love it sounds how 600+bhp should haha
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I noticed it just feeling a bit more lively to be honest.
It equates to an extra 30bhp/tonne without all that extra lard,and i do think that's easily noticeable.
Handling.....well I guess braking would be better in theory,but I've just swapped the entire braking system so it's difficult to say,and the handling is something I need to spend a bit of time on.
I think the spring rate on mine is way too high,with the result that the damping is also turned up somewhat,and I know some work needs doing on that.
Noise....that's getting to the point where it is pretty loud,especially around 3500-5000rpm,although it's still not as bad as my old Escort was.
I need a new exhaust as well....
I'd like to weigh mine now to see what I've gained I never got the chance to weigh it before I removed the seats...30 bhp/ton that's a good increase for what you have removed
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It's just a rough calculation but I reckoned removing 70kgs worth of seats and so on amounted to about that.
The guy who built my Cosworth engines was a rallycross and Historic GpC racer,and he always said that most people won't even notice less than 10bhp/tonne,and I agree with that.
There's a lot of people saying they can notice the difference a CAI makes when it amounts to 10bhp total at peak rpm,and a few percent's worth of torque.
I think what they're noticing is slightly better throttle response and a different noise.
I reckon I have saved 70/80kg too and works out around 23/25bhp per ton extra going by the factory sticker weight so should be noticeable when I get the chance to have a play never managed this morning
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I think the 8L is a little lighter than the 8P to begin with,if I remember,but it's usually the way that a car gets porkier as the model number evolves.
Remember the original GTi compared to the recent models....
Kind of like me over the years......my power/weight ratio has definitely gone down.
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I'm going to decrease my ratio further today as it's my youngest's 21st,and she wants a blow-out meal.....I have eaten so much this week I may well explode.
Just remove something else from the car it will even itself out ha
Well took the car out a little drive and it felt good...gave it a bit of a squirt to the top of 3rd and felt something not right so headed home gave it a check with vcds and got code 16622 and 16621 so I cleared the codes and cycled the ignition and now it's just the 16621 code that's returning anyone any ideas??
