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OK then Rob tell me how these holes in the disks help in any way? Cooling - nope! Braking - nope! How do they work - Im intrigued?

Wonder wax is the best stuff I have ever used.

Drilled discs are just for show. They benefit braking in no way. The thing is if you take your car on the track once, doesnt mean you want to turn it into a trackday car, so pad upgrades are a good idea to give you a touch of extra stopping power.

The general feeling is that and exhaust will obviously sound better, but you may only gain a couple of bhp from it. BenR says the standard exhaust is superb. I for one believe him - have you looked at the manifold - its a work of art! A filter may sound a little different but Id be supprised...

RE: The main beam thing. When the headlights are on and you pull back the stalk, it will click and stay on. You have to pull it half way to flash on and off so it doesnt lock on. You can pull it right back to flash when the lights are off though. Happy Cuping!

Lets not go there!

I get around 25 mpg over the course of a month because I reset at the start and that was the figure I had at the end. This includes A roads/motorway, driving in London, normal town driving, and I live very near miles of country lanes. The latter spoils the figure I think.

Sorry 172loony - I do say some stupid things sometimes. LOL ;)

The bottom line is this: Those who wanted all the goodies with their cars purchased 172s Those who decided they could do without the goodies for a bit of extra speed (and yes I have driven both and the difference is very small but noticable) purchased Cups. (or) Those who didnt have 16k...

You shouldnt rely on a knock sensor to r****d ignition for use with nitrous oxide. Its beyond the scope of what its designed for. There must be some kind of piggyback controller for this like the HKS Super AFR, but for ignition instead of fuel?

Thats not what I said. ABS is not faultless, but its actions are predictable. This is beside the point though.

What bens saying is that if you try and raise the limiter to 10k, the inertial forces on the rotating assembly and components will be so great there will be no WEAR, but things will literally TEAR APART! Even the best factory blueprinted car engines dont go that far.

RobFenn: You say progressive braking is the key in wet conditions. What do you think ABS does, or have you not read pages 1 and 2 of this thread? Just to recap, it means that you can hammer the brake pedal and let the computers apply as much braking force as it can to each wheel without actually...

Ill tell Kimi Raikkonen to watch out for you then Rob!

Im still not convinced. Here are the figures that I read: http://erc.qmuc.ac.uk/cliosport/file.php?image=cs_clio-diag.jpg http://erc.qmuc.ac.uk/cliosport/file.php?image=cs_porsche-diag.jpg Thoughts?

Yes you just splice into the rear speaker connections with the RCA lead adapter. The speaker impendance will half, but you wont notice it.

I agree. Getting a VI in August. If a VII pulled up in your rear view mirror, you wouldnt move over until it flashed so that you noticed it. In a VI however...

Without ABS you control all 4 wheels with the press of the brake pedal. With ABS you hammer the brake and the wheel sensors can apply or back off the braking bias to each wheel individually. Id place a very large amount of money on it that a standard 172 could outstop you on this road you...

There is no way a standard 172 will outbrake a 996 turbo from 100 or any speed for that matter. Id like to know where you got that information.

The sevens are going for cheaper than the sixs at the moment. You can pick up a nice 51 plate VII for the same sort of money as a X reg VI if you look in the right places. Something about the VIs that hold their value. A Makinen will set you back about £24k!

Not a problem. COUGH-wheres my beer-COUGH :D

You wont lose your rear speakers in either suggested method.

I mean when an ABS system is designed and fitted, if someone can stop the same car quicker without ABS during testing, the ABS system is re-iterated! And YES, a car fitted with ABS will always stop quicker than the same car without ABS. The ABS system can measure and react far more quickly than...

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The yellow cable block is the remote I/O slot. You need to locate the cable to plug in to this to make it work. Itll be flapping around loose somewhere.

A car equipped with ABS will ALWAYS stop quicker than its NON-ABS equivalent. It is a requirement for ABS systems.

So basically what youre saying is that the Suzuki Escudo Pikes Peak spoiler I fittet to my Cup yesterday is going to loose me top end speed! Why was this not documented with the fitting instructions? http://stuweb.cms.gre.ac.uk/~fl003/escudo8.jpg ;)

Quote: Originally posted by Mikey16vClio on 05 April 2003 I take it back then, i surpose it does improve mpg. If so does it pay for its self it that respect? So how are these new Renault ECUs written? if ( getFuelType () == "Optimax" ) { injectorPulse =...

I raised rev limit helps you in first gear loads though and improve your 0-60 time. You really dont notice that the car is not pulling hard high up the revs in first and by the time youre in second youll be doing nearly 40 mph. Other than that you really dont need the extra revs except for the...

My Cup hits just over 70 in second gear too. I have an 8,000rpm redline though. Im not saying CUPSIZE is lying, because his speedo may well say 72, but I would imagine it is far more inacurate than it should be.