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*steals V6* Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! 450bhp.....now you can say that is a faster v6. ;)

With the exception of power delivery and a usable torque graph, it would have to be a really really badly built/designed engine to make 290bhp and not be faster than a 200bhp one....unless its capacity (as such in the 5 gt) means that to make such a high output from a poor engine you will have...

cam locking, pulley locking, TDC setting (if you arent referencing from the marker on the flywheel i.e. gearbox isnt on).

which will save you mega bucks, as labour is the killer. Youll need special tools to do a cambelt/cam/head swap change though. And i wouldnt reccomend trying to modify the manifold, as its quite easy to screw up.

no...........it cant, read it again.

Lee hit the nail on the head! bhp/ton and torque means nothing on its own. For instance, an example in the extreem, My shifter Kart would literally jerk and spit and fart until you hit 11,000rpm....yes, 11,000rpm.........however, with about 600bhp/ton....even that would be out accelerated...

quite a few knocking on the door of and pushing over 200bhp The best means to it is a soddingly large bore exhaust, 63-65mm.....they dont like back pressure at all these engines. Modifications to the inlet manifold reap the largest reward from a single mod as this is the most restrictive...

13.4 already done.

i have never spent my own money on a v6, mk1 or mk2, but we did run a dealership and i had the choice of 172/v6 every day i worked there. Im just giving my honest opinion, nothing wrong with the v6, except that in this one area, its not the fastest clio. I dont see why it is so hard to...

actually, its a cheap rep car in the back, and a shopping trolley in the front. Its the rep car is the back that has always let it down.

lend me your v6, and lee, lend me your trophy..........

oh, and i wouldnt even say the V6 was that good looking, semi vulgar and nothing looks as body kittish as the fibre glass slapped all over them......and those silver vents.....ergh. V6 fills a niche, and its not a track orientated one.

Why doesnt anybody listen to those who have had plenty of time in both of them?

£3.7K basic package all in, including vacuum manifolds and a proper breather system solution (not venting to atmo).

More tunable? Whats wrong with 300bhp NA? All tuning costs, your re-engineering the total engine. 3K is but pocket change when your pushing for power and some decent level of reliability (when pushing near 150bhp/ltr....reliability is going to suffer).

225 trophy

plastic weld then JB weld ontop.

doesnt really affect performance as such no, in a high output engine yes, but in this case no....it just burns oil pretty fast. If you dunno what they are i wouldnt attempt it, its cam cover off, cambelt off, cams out, lifters out, valve retainers and springs out....replace seals and rebuild.

Roamer Originally had Jenvey do the development and the first ITB kit on his car, so i guess you could call him the grandfather of the Jenvey ITB kits. The Motor Huger kits are based around some plain Jenvey SF type bodies anyway, with their own manifold and shorter trumpets (with spaces this...

more like valve stem seals

well, ive used the plain old ferodos from halfords, actually they are still on my car i think, i dunno. Work perfectly fine, done track days on them..........dust......havent noticed TBH........ now that the cars on black wheels, i dount id notice it at all.

any good pad will make noise and dust.....end of. You talking about std road replacements?

they can burn 1ltr/1000 miles no problem. Check your breather system and for oil leaks onto the exhaust manifold, you wont smell rings that are gone.

Your car wont be coil binding the springs under braking. Like i said previously, its wheel rate which dictates stiffness not spring rate, thats only part of the equation.

no idea on their testing

i dont think gaz will change them, maybe....i know leda does until your happy. but they arent too expensive.

Spring rates affect different cars in different ways, because what you are affecting is actually the wheel rate (different to spring rate due to different pickup points between vehicles, which gives different moments and pivots). So no it doesnt apply to the Williams. However, 200lbs...

correct, that amount of force it takes to compress 1" and each subsequent inch thereof. 225 and 250 is EXTREEMLY hard, i would be running around 190-200 for the road!!! Its no wonder they, as Loony so elequently put i, turned the car into a pogo stick on wheels. Chassis setup takes time...

lol, good job, your moving along the right lines. THe only problem i foresee is that damping control on the units isnt great, so the hardest setting is working best at the moment because the spring rate is too high and the damping control isnt correctly matched to vehicle weight and roll...