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what, my old 172? Accoding to this forum it's faster than a Ferrari, with more cornering ability than a 2007 F1 car. (In reality, it was a shopping trolley with an oversized engine that did very well at hiding it's "drive-forever-forward", FWD nature)

Town, yep that sounds about right, but even with cruise & climate at full swing I'd break 40mpg on a run. That said, I take notice of speed limits.

That I respect. Your motor, your tastes, do what you want. It's only others opinion of it. Just because it looks like it's been in a freak accident and the parts have just come off a breaker, so what. Look at those Golfs that people paint in rust, they look f**king s**t, but some people...

40+ mpg on a run in a 172 is easily achievable

See I dont know what it is, but I get a nice induction whine in the 3-4.5k range, nothing silly, in fact probably not even noticeable from outtside, but nice.

It's all about the noise for me. Blower whine The sound of trumpets sucking down large gulps of air But not the sound of fans in the exhaust

Special is very much the word. In the same vein as Special Olympics

Mine would be: S-VT Engine Flowed and hi-comp skim on the head. ITBs Balanced bottom end Light-as-air flywheel. Hydra ECU sigh

In fairness, there was only about 10hp and 15lb/ft difference until they neutered the 1.6. Then gave the 1.8 some swanky valves to get the 146hp. But the same swanky valves cause all manner of agro if you want to do anything other that slap an intake and chavzorst on it

yeah yeah, you've been reading Nutz again haven't you ;)

Any testicles, actually. ;)

not that I've heard of fella. Typically I go to Barney Bear (?), but if you've got a decent block for a good price, take it. 1.6 or 1.8?.... if the smaller, this could be the perfect time to upgrade....except.....oh yea,then your intake probably wont fit.

I got rid of the car, it seemed the only way that didn't involve pouring double the value of the vehicle into seats.

EFA :)

I hear they're putting the finishing touched to the much-requested 3-door version, but there are still concerns that it's not big enough for a small hatch. Pre-release rendering attached

yes, because a car imported 10yrs ago wont possibly have any rust. The only good things about an Import:- - higher rev limit on S-VT - Split-fold sun visors so you have an option between being blinded by the sun or having no view of the road (I've even gone so far as to fit these)

Nutz = Maximum scene tax. Imagine how CS overvalues trendlines, it's exactly the same principle. Also, its amazing how many UK-registered cars on there are, somehow, an import. ultralol I guess they were sold in Reading, exported to Hiroshima, then sent back.

Nah, you can get alternative pulley kits.....From 949racing, I think. I'd need an ECU too, to run my valve timing. I'll ask The guy over in P'boro what he's got, 480 for a 20yr old, mass-market block is mental. I'd expect you're paying scene tax. MX5OC purchases are tax-free ;)

Ah! Coolant hoses, fair enough, blowers don't do massive temperature increases. If it was one of those ghey fan-in-the-exhaust things, then there'd be no hiding from the facts of tuning. Still, it's a bugger, hope you can get it up and running without too much grief.....failing that, I'll take...

Nothing at all to do with boost, not at all. ;) Nothing works EASILY with S-VT, you'd need a newer version of Megasquirt of Hydra. But the benefits are apparently rather good for lite-boost options. I'll also check with my man in Peterborough who's got sheds full of MX5 parts

If you see some unused wires floating around in the door when you take the speaker out, then yes, get those re-attached and you should be fine. There'd also be redundant wire in the rear "door" cards too, looks like all 4 channels were going through the amp. Any reason why you dont just plug...

so hows that welsik boost y0! going for you then fella? :wink: EDIT: Time for an S-VT Transplant then.... EDIT 2: Except you cant now, because you'll need a mk2 loom to hook it into.

even if there's speaker leads coming out of the head unit, they might not be hooked up to the speakers :(

Colour Concept Clio? Hideous as

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ahhhhhh! sorry then, you actually seem to have a good idea of what you're on about...which is a rare thing on here

As much as you speak the truth, taking Paddock Hill flat, and getting down a potholed B-road are two very different principles. Hence why Renaultsport ROAD VEHICLES aren't set-up like Cup Racers or FR3.5s So, sure, run a 5mm ride height, just don't expect to have any lower bodywork left after 15...

They look alright

You've heard of Apple, yeah? ;)

Can you get Brazzers on it?