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sod the loan and mods, spend the money on the track

where was yous in Italy you lucky bstard?

I am not, but I spend a lot of time in Corsica (house) and in Italy, many Italian friends, support AC Milan (was at the final against Juve in Manchester) etc. etc "Scudetto" gives the game away really..

you italian scudetto?

PM Chris h in Glasgow, Im sure hell sort you out..

I stand corrected by Mr Ben. 4 Bhp loss then, not 10. loss all the same.

yes you can do it. anybody can do it believe me its very very easy. get one and well talk you through it.

ahem ahem - clearing my throat - now that weve established that the BMC sounds magnifulicient as above, that the viper sounds like a pussy, Id say a pipercross/k&N will sound absolutely luuurvvvely like PPOOOOWWWAAAAAAAAARGHHHHAAARRGGHH BRAPPBRAPPBRAPPP POWAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRGGHHH (I have to start...

Ford: "a shallow place where a river or stream may be crossed by wading or in a vehicle" Fjord lol its a souuupercar mate not a souuuubmarine!! ;)

change the oil. get the car to reno-minute service and get them to run a full diagnostic on the engine. sometimes the sensor under the engine cover on the back left hand side of the inlet manifold malfunctions and that can rob up to 10-15 bhp. otherwise, give it a good thrashing. My car always...

Glasgow!!! we need some talent down here, can you relocate please. Ill send you a couple of Cliosport stickers if you do!

PMSL ? yeah I add to the effect all the time. You should see me drive with my windows down screaming like an f-ing maniac. Its really starting to affect my voice. I sound a bit like Dame Edna now, or maybe thats because of the tight fitting 4 point harness. Jeeeeez this is hard work...

okedoke, I will send them the questions and relay answers (theyll sound like Senegaleese to me). where are u based re. promised pints??

it also makes a noise like brpbrpbrpBROAAAAAAAAbrpbrpBROAAABROAAAAAABBBRRRBBRRR. You can get the big mother induction inlet hose to stick out and suck in little fury animals or birds in which case it sounds more like brpbrp BROAAAAAAchsksgstlskhsfffhhhh -brpbrp - BROAAAAAAABROAAAAAAA if...

ure nowhere near! Im in London and will be heading up North for mod.

i paid £440 or so squids all inc for unichip at owens. viper/BMC is for noise only, but good fun:cool:

Where are u Ben? might pop in on the way. yeah pre mods power was 165, post mods/unichip 174.5 talk about a bunch of lying gits at reno. Ive got good RR results from my unichip fit last week even taken at 31 deg. I will take the car to be remapped at another independent unichip dealer after...

Chris, do you have any more tips (a list would be worth quite a few pints:)) on what to ask those guys??

all night long, all night, all night loooong - you got me going on those good old Lionel Ritchie tunes.;) how do you suggest I verify my 200bhp has all day staying power? (although the owner has impeccable credentials I hasten to add..) Thats the plan. If I am standing there during the...

Chris, Ive been reading a very useful document put together for k-series tuning etc. not a book as such, but very useful. If you want to I can PM you the link. Ben two questions: 1- whats the likelyhood head/valve work will increase power atw by 20 bhp (13%). consensus Ive got from 4...

Hi Sangy, how was the holiday? powerstation any good? what took you there after owen developments? more mods you havent told me about??

no I had mine fitted by owen developments in oxfordshire. They seem to know what thyre doing. however I will soon need a remap due to mods and I fancy trying another unichip dealer just to get a wider sample. Which of these guys you mentioned is nearer to the M25, and could you let me know which...

I dont have the ambition to fully understand the intricacies of engine modifications, but on the other hand I bought the cup with the intention to modify it now, use it on circuit for a couple of years and then move on. If I cant make my modifications by the end of June, thats one summer season...

when I asked Owen developments about TBs last week, they looked at pricing different options inc a rapidly rejected look at sourcing super 1600 parts. In any case the pricing on that stuff was totally ludicrous, so were back to the standard TB route, if only somebody could get off their...

yes, LAD offer this, but K-tec is soon to offer a Janspeed developed head showing 40+% flow improvement, good for a theoretical 24hp. technomap in France do a mild head+cams mod (+remap) and have shown 192-195 bhp on mk1 172s which aint very far. So despite conventional wisdom that there isnt...

Before I get TBs, I want to extract maximum from the head. I need to understand how a company can be telling they will guarantee 200 bhp and agree to do a before-and-after RR session in my presence to show the actual power gains, simply by working on the head+valves. If they have benchmarked...

no, no, the new BMC sp08 is actually smaller than a viper 160mm long by 150mm diameter. Fits nice n lurvely in ze cup... The inlet ducting however is made of hard aluminium and is a real MOTHER **&&%% to fit. Lovely sound though and looks the dogs danglies..

think its k&Nfilters.com

I know, I know, but Ben is a man of substantial resources.

Hi Ben. First Id like some pictures of the inlet ports to guess what improvements can be obtained vs a standard head. second Id like to have a picture of the valves to see what work can be done on the valve seats. finally inlet/outlet tract piccies would also be nice. valve dimensions and a...