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PLUS STOP DREAMING ON PRICE THIS CAR HAS HAD IN EXCESS OF £30,000 SPENT ON MODIFACATIONS Hmm. Looks like he needs to learn that totalling up the price of mods doesnt equal price of car.. That would of been great if it was subtler, wheels and paint are great, and of course the engine :D -Rob

Well David was saying he wanted 110-120bhp for the 1.2 16v. Thats without intercooling. It would need a worked on bottom end of though, and the gearbox would be a worry too. Combined with the normal bolt ons youd have a hot hatch on your hands, remember the 1.2s weigh over 100kg less than a 172...

Turbo will be for the 1.2..not sure for an 8v though. I wouldnt know. Price would be in the region of £2k. -Rob

As ive been saying to you for a while, the sooner you get your own NCB the cheaper it will be in the long run. -Rob

What are the optional colours? Yellow and what else? -Rob

They do look really smart, shame mine isnt a 4x4 otherwise id put one on. -Rob

Its defo 38.5 it says on the back of my f**king wheels.

Yeah sounds like a manufacturing fualt with that part or the whole of the engine. Dont accept anything other than full compensation. -Rob

AP racing do a kit for the valver, problem is the wheel they used was a 15 inch compomotive (renowned for taking bigger brakes than normal wheels) Its a 4 pot kit with 295mm discs. -Rob

38.5 whys everyone obsessed recently?!

I think it would be negative camber not positive..

..or a brick through the window? ;)

Thing is what emissions test are we on about? Is there like a pre-92 one? So all cars without a cat can pass that an be ok? Surely all non cat cars fail the most recent emissions tests..? -Rob

Turtle wax do a spray called alloy protector, have to buy the cleaner with it too though which isnt very good.. -Rob

Id argue that the build quality is not good personally. Mine developed a sort or rust look, k-tec polished the whole exhaust for me but its come back. I can only guess that the quality of stainless isnt quite up there with the best, i can appreciate the steel will oxidise but not this quickly...

Your mum makes more sense

Traxspax make more sense...

The BBPT ones are NOT dust sealed. Which means caliper rebuilds! You have to pay extra for the better ones which k-tec use as standard. I question if either are worth that money though, id check if brembo/ap racing etc. do off the shelf kits as well. -Rob

boom boom!

One put off with me is there arent any low miler engines around these days..

Do halfords do these deep cycle things?

The turbo isnt simply a rumour..i was told face to face. I think someone is planning an R5 conversion. At the end of the day it requires some crazyness to decided to spend thousands tuning a 1.2 instead. Fred has proven (presuming he had 75bhp to start) he has got an 11bhp gain with a filter...

What 1.2 is this? Whyd it go bang?

When i fitted mine they did that for a couple of days. They sometimes squeal bit when cold too. Remember to bed them in..they have to de-glaze. -Rob

Thats made that your output is 100bhp per litre! Anyway, you can get a universal kit for the viper i believe. Im not sure how different the 8v is the 16v, but k-tec will be bringing out a turbo before the years out. If you feel like wasting money you could get headwork, machine the throttle...

What tom says.

I would say Hayward are undoubtedly the best exhaust fabricators in the country. Just go to their place if you can, the process is excellent. I wouldnt get involved in all the supersprint hype. The trade off is of course price, but thats the price of quality. Quicksilver also do great...

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Seems good vfm. -Rob