Recent content by JonL

Canterbury/Walton on thames

My housemates dad has a Saab 9-5 Aero Estate 2.3 HOT (high output turbo) And occasionally my housemate brings it down to uni for a week or two whilst his dad is away. Its goes like the proverbial sh*t off a shovel (admittedly it does have 250bhp). The build quality of this thing is amazing, by...

Am getting rid of the clio and getting a nova 1.4 sr (mainly as a runabout) and then getting a pulsar gti-r,saphirre cossie or coupe 20v turbo as a second car at the end of the summer.

Rockport - the other black valver in that photo at Brands is mine(well not for much longer as its for sale) Plus i have the photo on computer if you want it?Mail me if you do: mailto:jonladley@hotmail.com">jonladley@hotmail.com

lol id go with the pearl black problem, mine does it too ;)

Its a torx screw :)

Is that a lotus carlton in front of your car?

Theres an Corsa 1.6 gsi around thats tuned (N/A)to somewhere around 200bhp, and it does 4.89 sec 0-60. Those 1.6 16v blocks are VERY tuneable, and are, if done right, a better option than a 2.0 16v conversion, as they are a much lighter engine. Was gonna put one in my mates nova, but they are...

8.5 seonds in the wet, round a corner(gentle but noticable) with 1 passenger and a tonne of stereo, lots of wheelspin. Clearly not perfect conditions, i was just bored one night. Reckon i could definately get below 8, not sure about 7.7.

Hmmm i still cant get mine to go over 125mph, could it have a limiter or something?

Yes, my car has broken again, i fixed it yesterday morning with a new ignition coil, as that seemed to be the problem, it worked fine until this evening when it stopped starting again, and what was the cause? No sparks from the ignition coil. Anyone got any idea why my car keeps killing...

Caterham r500 superlight, acceleration is amazing:D

Right having disected most of the car at uni today, i have found out that the problem with the car lies somwhere in either the ignition coil or the crankshaft sensor as the distributor cap isnt getting any voltage from the ignition coil. Is there a way i can test whether the crankshaft sensor is...

Right, again my car is giving me problems (its really starting to p*ss me off now :() I came out of a club tonight and went to drive home, only to find my car wouldnt start, it turns over and everything, it just doesnt seem to ignite. I thought this could be related in some way to my low...

Escort Cosworths do 0-60 in 5.8 seconds with a top whack of 139, so the cossie would win easily until it topped out. The cossie has 4 wheel drive, its sooo blatently quicker.