Recent content by Nick

LOL I am the one person that agrees with Matt. You cant really compare different rollers and cant really trust calculated flywheel figures either. Best way as Ive always said, is to quarter mile it. Doesnt matter how much or how little practice you have, everyone will eventually hit a brick wall...

It is a straight swap, but there might be a slight gap where the 16v arches come out wider. Simple solution to that is to fit 16v plastic arches as well!

Well Im hoping for 150+ from my valver once its on the road again. My calculations of gearing, drag, power etc lead me to believe 150mph should be possible. Im getting a GPS Snooper as well so I can get a true mph reading rather than relying on the clocks.

For that sort of money you wont see a lot. If you are doing all the work and dont have to pay for labour, get a couple of exchange reground cams with a fast road profile, you can get a complete fitting kit with a chip to suit from Piper for about £400 I think. Then put a decent element in the...

hehe you should give it a go mate. Some lovely sweeping bends and up and down bits especially where you go under the pylons really close. Chris at Carnoisseur was racing a Ferrari down there in his Cossie last week.

Yeah the problem is it gets loud without the rear in. Youll need to put some sound deadening down then carpet over it.

Mobil 1 15w-50 is what Ive always used and no problems. Its taken severe running up to an indicated 150 degrees c for twenty minutes at a time (before I got my oil cooler) and on the oil change came out clean as a whistle ,no sludge in sight. If Tescos have it for £16.99 then go and buy ten...

Dont know about anything but my own - I run a single 10" boxed sub - a JL 10W0 and its tight as a drum, goes low enough for me but very crisp and punchy, nice solid sound.

turbo definitely. But I would say that. I could have got myself a 172 or a cup by now with all the money Ive spent. But that would be missing the point. I love the Valver Ive had for 4 years, I love how it looks, how it handles, how it goes, everything, so why not make it devastatingly fast as...

LOL Jon if I dont take AT LEAST a second off your 14.8 run you can have the whole car, log book and all. Actually Im crossing my fingers just in case I get a flat tyre or something so the bets off. But anyway it may be 2-1 in terms of separate runs, but in quarter miling you live by your best...

Well my valver did the same thing last year - but then that does get some hard driving. The gearbox mount completely sheared off, dumped the gearbox onto the subframe and it started shedding bearings inside the box. Ended up needing around £2000 of work after I got everything worthwhile done...

Matty did his first then I was in the middle of getting one made and then blew my Clio up. AFAIK you definitely DONT get any kind of adapter from BMC, you only get the box and the piping.

The seats are designed to be removeable, its not as if you have to break out the spanners to strip the rear of the car. So no insurance company in the world could claim that you d done a permanent mod to the car just by taking the backseats out. Of course, if like me youve not only taken the...

Plus its slightly tougher than the 16v box as well, being basically the same box as off the 1.9 diesel.

Willy box is longer. What the exact ratios are, nobody knows for sure! But the WIlly definitely has a longer final drive because otherwise it couldnt achieve a higher top speed with a lower revving engine.