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lol never claimed to know anything about cosworths just wrote what he told me.

even changing it to a new standard filter should help but if you want you could get an aftermarket one

not sure if its 500 bhp but its the 3dr hatch sierra cosworth i think

check the plugs as said but also check your air filter it may need changing which will only cost a few quid.

the 480 engine conversion sounds good coz they won't be too expensive to buy and would be reliable. do you think they would fit in a clio shell?

i'm watching that as it would be good for a stealth conversion it had no bids when i last looked

lol

thank you

THE ENGINE IS UP 4 SALE AS IT HAS TURNED NUMBER 2 BIG END AND HAS MARKED THE CRANK, is it serious?

the e30 is mint they had an e30 evo at keithley trade and i was so tempted to buy one. great pics

yep ant and dean and i forgot what the other guy was called thats who i was chatting to today

the problem with the rear wheel drive cars is getting cheap power me mate could build a nova 2.0 for about £600 and it be pretty much as quick as my 172

i know there is a lot of them local they have there little thing called backyard racing i used to work with a couple of them. one of the lads is featured in performance gti this month

not exactly easy to do in a backyard with little money thats why i was thinking more along the lines of big engine little car ie pug 106 and an mi16 engine or nova with a let engine. something thats not going to be overly difficult to do and there will be plenty of info on the internet to help...

eh?

it'll be done on a budget and built in a back yard so needs to be easy to work on. my mates have built loads of 2.0 novas but i would like to try something a bit different. plus this will be my first attempt at anything like this

been talking to a lad near me and his mate has just done a 172 turbo conversion into his 5 its got a t24 turbo off an rs500 cosworth lowered the engine capacity to 1800cc and uprated some bits and it pushing over 400bhp and revs to about 10000 rpm should be capable of mid 10s. his 5 turbo...

i'm really keen on building a car for doing quarter miles but cant decide what would be my way of going about this. i have have had a few ideas but want other peoples opinions. there is a mk2 ph1 1.4 with cambelt failure on autotrader for £400 was thinking of doing a 172 engine conversion and...

please don't :rasp:

i've had mine six months and already done 16.500 miles in it! i'm going to back off a bit now with the mileage. lucky for me itss still under average miles :)

i think you should too as i want to be the only standard phase 1 left :rasp:

i spend hours practicing i've done 16000 miles in six months and only live four miles from work lol but as you said some track work wouldn't do me any harm

may be worth the extra money then i'll do anything to keep being quicker than my mate round the backroads lol. we are a bit competative so any little advantages are a bonus :)

have you run it low on fuel? you may have some s**t stuck in the fuel pipe or maybe check your spark plugs

think i'll stick with standard pads and just change them more often. i could have three sets of standard pads for the price of those ds2500 lol

taken from the site "They are also very driver friendly having excellent pedal modulation and feel. Please remember these pads are not reg 90 approved and therefore any car made later than 2000 should only use these pads on track!" can't see it being a problem really, who's going to know?

just looked up the ds2500 and it says for cars made after 2000 they are only to be used on track. would this not make you fail an mot

right i'll do a full overhall with disks, pads and braided hoses i didn't know 5.1 needed changing more often i'll stick to normal stuff then. thank you for your help :)

the problem will be 16000 miles of hard driving with no pad change lol. do you not think i would notice much difference if i changed to green stuff pads over standard ones?. while i'm at it i think i will will change the brake fluid to dot 5.1 and get some braided hoses. the disks are fine i...

yeah ph1 172