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IF you do it yourself it's only about a hundred quids worth of bits max!

" sorry mate, it was fine when you picked it up from me, you must have damaged it on the journey back" That's the phrase i'd expect to hear from him.

look at th eintake system on a Aston V8 Vantage!

You sure you haven't fried a relay Hudson or got a lack of continuity to one?

Ignition relay dead? Please tell me you checked the fuses ;op

Looks like its just gone onto ford privelidge with about 8% off.

take th epart numbers off mine if you want

put a switch on the dash ;op

link for what?

Finally you speak some sense Hudson, If that's you stance fair enough, it's not how it read to me that's all. I do know where you're coming from as that's why my ECU switches the alternator circuit off under certain conditions and i run a tiny one anyway.

or humidity, christ, i hope you make sure you take a s**t everytime you drive to optimise bhp/ton

No where have a said there wouldn't be a measure difference, simply that it's so small it's inperceptible, you couldn't tell 3bhp difference car to car! it's not about that, i was simply questioning the fact that its pointless to keep it. That statement simply isn't true.

If people based there posts on data and fact rather than speculation and opinion then i'm sure there'd be less disagreement in the world ;op

It's not intended as a knowledge war because it's not a who's know more, i merely wanted someone to explain clearly the logic behind using ITB's and keeping aircon being pointless. I felt it to differ from reality. At the end of the day it boils down to an imperceptible degradation in...

It's not immaculate at the mo, it's in the process (and has been for a while) of a reshell but thanks for the comments

It seems to be a matter of pure opinion to be honest ad comes down to wanting the bay to look different. The socks logic i understand but you have to come to the same conclusion, fitting them and keeping aircon is not pointless it's merely not the solution you deem optimal.

We all love socks it would appear!

I did 50k+ miles plus with mine in my everyday car in all weathers including snow and ice, to blistering sun! Fantastic, never let me down once and always started with a flick of the key

Dave, why do you lose the power? and how much across what rev range?

Why are you spending so much? i know throttle bodies well and mine cost about 2k and made nearly 50bhp difference, granted on a different and bigger engine but i just dont see where you spend 5k

I did go but not with the mk1 this year! My point on this thread was that keeping the aircon by no means makes throttle bodies pointless, but yes for a pure performance installation the less weight etc the better. I'm completely with Andy on this, yes you can optimise the package for the...

At the end of the day, driving the front wheels is wrong!

What sort of numbers over what rev range though from hard numbers not speculation? Is it not a clutched compressor? The additional parasitic losses from free running compressor are minimal, therefore with the aircon off it would make an inperceptible difference to the driver.

Go with the manufacturers grade if possible, it's unlikely to cause any terminal damage but may affect shift quality s previously mentioned

intermediate shafts and stiffening the long side mitigate alot of the driveshaft geometry and elasticity issues though.

ah ok, i'm interested to hear ben's thoughts

Socks are bad idea but then any filter gives losses to some extent. I used to run mine without a filter with no problems short term, it is risky for foreign bodies aswell as particle damage within the combustion system and valve train so not advised really. What is that stops you running the...

why does keeping the aircon make throttle bodies pointless?

that's a big b**ch!

RS has january build dates specified.