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do you not need the hot air ducting then? is there no performance loss when cold (esp in this weather?!)

i cant belive it - ive had the clio for 2 months, and have had my mum reverse into it and now a great bloody HGV drive into the same side of it! i was getting onto the A2 today on my way home from work, and there was big traffic. the inside trwo lanes were not moving, but they were just...

do you not need the hot air ducting then? is there no performance loss when cold (esp in this weather?!)

i cant belive it - ive had the clio for 2 months, and have had my mum reverse into it and now a great bloody HGV drive into the same side of it! i was getting onto the A2 today on my way home from work, and there was big traffic. the inside trwo lanes were not moving, but they were just...

...doh!

right - any insufance boffins out there might be able to help me: my insurance is up for renewal in 3wks time and of course im gonna shop around see if i can get any cheaper quotes than my existing insurers. the only problem is that, about 6mths ago, i pulled out into the side of a blokes...

yeah come on mate, i hope for your sake after all that u at least got the girl...not that it softens the blow!

gonna start running mine on optimax methinks! ill give it a shot of injector cleaner (any reccomendations people? redex?) and see how it runs after thaty!

...doh!

right - any insufance boffins out there might be able to help me: my insurance is up for renewal in 3wks time and of course im gonna shop around see if i can get any cheaper quotes than my existing insurers. the only problem is that, about 6mths ago, i pulled out into the side of a blokes...

yeah come on mate, i hope for your sake after all that u at least got the girl...not that it softens the blow!

just started it again. What happens is that it starts ok, but as soon as you put the throttle down, it hesitates and then rises on a misfire, before returning to really lumpy idling. again this stops over time as the engine warms up, but is there a faulty component i have that should give smooth...

just got in my car (which was cold), turned it on and stalled it when i puleed off (ok ok we all do it sometime!). when i restarted it though, the engine was V.lumpy, seemed llike it was only runing on 3 cylinders. i could also hear it pinking . ANyway, i drove it to see what happened, and as it...

call me naive but i hadnt thought that you get different quality fuels at different garages! what are the good fuels then? and what are the sh*tty ones to avoid? ...oh and have just been to ekoteks site - i suppose its not gonna do much on a 60k engine if the 74k valver didnt get much...

ive got mine (15"rims with 195/45) on standard suspension and have no scrubbage,even have loads of room on full lock! its offset is ET 37, cant believe theres so much difference with what should be identical motors! guess ur just the unlucky one mate!

call me naive but i hadnt thought that you get different quality fuels at different garages! what are the good fuels then? and what are the sh*tty ones to avoid? ...oh and have just been to ekoteks site - i suppose its not gonna do much on a 60k engine if the 74k valver didnt get much...

ive got mine (15"rims with 195/45) on standard suspension and have no scrubbage,even have loads of room on full lock! its offset is ET 37, cant believe theres so much difference with what should be identical motors! guess ur just the unlucky one mate!

sh*t thats not bad! hows the insurance, or are you keeepin it a bit hush?! ;) also, do you reccomend i get the breathing (induction / exhaust) sorted first before i have it chipped?

sh*t thats not bad! hows the insurance, or are you keeepin it a bit hush?! ;) also, do you reccomend i get the breathing (induction / exhaust) sorted first before i have it chipped?

brun - have you chip[ped your motor? if so did you get it done at hill power? am thinking about getting it done there, but am a bit wary of the claimed 10/12 bhp increase, esp. since superchips can only get 5bhps, for double the price!!!

brun - have you chip[ped your motor? if so did you get it done at hill power? am thinking about getting it done there, but am a bit wary of the claimed 10/12 bhp increase, esp. since superchips can only get 5bhps, for double the price!!!

wow, 150 is A LOT cheaper, just looked at sanspeed site and you only get 5bhp for 300 quid! btw, whats tramlining? is that torque steer?

wow, 150 is A LOT cheaper, just looked at sanspeed site and you only get 5bhp for 300 quid! btw, whats tramlining? is that torque steer?

how much is the chip - what company are you getting it done from? would you advise getting the exhaust first, or do they do a free re-map (if needed) once the exhaust is on? i reckon that once the tyres have bedded in a bit the performance may improve slightly, but i am well impressed with the...

how much is the chip - what company are you getting it done from? would you advise getting the exhaust first, or do they do a free re-map (if needed) once the exhaust is on? i reckon that once the tyres have bedded in a bit the performance may improve slightly, but i am well impressed with the...

yeah i have noticed that, didnt know the name for it...torque steer! noticed the bumps like yuou said...seems the only option will be to chip the lump to get the responsiveness back. id be very interested to hear what other RT owners have found with their rims.

damn the posting at the same time! - clean, just read your post, answers my "grunt" question (excuse the expression :) )! do you reckon that checking the alignment / camber / tracking will improve matters? (sorry if these are actually the same thing!)

they arent that thick, 6.5" - talkied to a couple of VW boys today (a mk 1 golf, mk 3 po(l)o!) and both said that they didnt notice any of this, in fact perhaps a slight increase (not sure if i believe that tho!). Is this coz the VW lumps have more low-end grunt, as ive found the E-type renault...

yeah i have noticed that, didnt know the name for it...torque steer! noticed the bumps like yuou said...seems the only option will be to chip the lump to get the responsiveness back. id be very interested to hear what other RT owners have found with their rims.

got a set of boss 15" XTRs yesterday with falken 195/45 rubber, and although i knew the acceleratioon would be a bit worse i wasnt prepared for this! altough you 172 / willy boys are obviously a lot faster in comparison, on my standard rims i could feel the pull on the RT, espec. around the 3K+...