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Hahah a) Yours is a LOT better on fuel than I thought it would be b) Mines not so good c) I need to stop winging that mines too crap on fuel to take on a euro trip and get it done! :D Your thread has made me realise I need to man up ;)

Utterly jealous. I'm so gutted my euro trip hasn't come off this year - next year I'm all over LM and a big road trip afterwards! That fuel economy though - WOW. I'd get 10mpg more in the Clio lol

No worries. I'll pm you my mobile number mate :)

LOL I wouldn't be taking the cup anyway mate - I'll be going down in the Passat. Air con FTW! I'll sort something out with you pal

God knows what's going on with this but there's a group of people from facebook having a meet in the overspill car park (WF10 5HW) at Xscape 12pm start - there's going to be photography coverage etc... so I suggest we tag onto that. I'll be there :)

I'll come down on the 3rd too That PDF timetable - is the main race really only 15 minutes long? Chip - we could go down together if you want :)

You didn't see the full potential because he wouldn't get out the way LOL - I was having to back off loads!

It pulls like a steam train - I'm really not bothered about cams at all :D

It's fairly standard from what I've seen of other ITB'd engines running 90mm trumpets I'm looking forward to getting it back on the rollers with the 120's see what difference it's made

I am on standard cams.. makes peak power at about 7600rpm

He's back!!! haha For how long this time.. That was my point with valves - £500 aint worth it to protect an engine you can replace for £300 IMHO And yeah valves are a weak point, and so are rod bolts blah blah - but my ITB'd engine has been hooning around tracks for 2 years at 130k...

Good luck :)

That's pretty much what Chip and others will tell you about the RS2 as well It has such a flat torque curve if you put your foot down in any gear it just goes - whereas with ITB's obviously you get more power and torque top end so you have to thrash them a bit more. There's no need to...

Get a rubber seal - put lithium grease on it - leave it for a while ;)

Aye good stuff - 0% copper so doesn't kill your abs and not petroleum based :) You can get it from ECP http://www.eurocarparts.com/ecp/c/Saab_9-3_2.0_2001/p/Accessories/Car-Maintenance/Maintenance-Fluids-and-Greases/Grease/?526770250&0&cc5_150

Someone has to be right in tech threads ;)

Yup It's a really really old mechanics trick from the days of mk1 escorts etc... One of my mates recently came off track saying his brakes didn't work and smoke pooring off one - when we checked the mechanic had put copper grease on the pads - it had melted and splattered all over the...

Also copper grease is petroleum based - rubber piston seals corrode when they get petroleum based grease on them - so greasing the back of your pads is more likely to destroy the dust seals than it is to stop any "squeaking" If you have to use anything I'd suggest a high temp silicon grease but...

Exactly - so why post saying it wasn't relevant when the comment about it killing ABS was aimed at the forum - just because you don't have it on your car doesn't mean everyone in the world doesn't. Weirdo.

You're also not the OP so who was talking to you?

On the back of the pads does NOTHING - the piston pushes the pad at 90 degrees - there's nothing to slide. On the edge where it hits the sliders is the only arguable place to use it but to build up rust that would resist the pushing force of a caliper piston you'd have to not use the car for 3...

NEVER EVER put copper grease on brake components It's a very very old fashioned thing that some people think stops them squeeking Copper grease when it gets hot in brakes turns to liquid and runs onto the pads and contaminates them There's no need at all on modern calipers/pads

If you'd answered what ECU it was we could have helped more LOL If it's omex then part of the loom needs splicing into the standard crank sensor or you don't get a feed

Wow didn't think you'd go that far below the belt straight off haha ;) I've spent so much on mine I can't afford Rockingham - which makes me a massive fail artist

That's not what most of us would call a daily driver ;)

I reckon I could have that in the twisties! ;)

He's already stated it's not a road car and everything just added is same as what I've said lol He doesn't want to sell the clio for evo etc... first thing I suggested Harbinger - no it's not with forged internals as you don't need them at 230bhp

It can be done yes - but your reasoning for it is utterly wrong Turbo'ing a 172 costs £3k - that's a DIY kit with all the stuff you need to map it to 230bhp. You can do it a lot cheaper if you don't mind shopping around and using some 2nd hand bits too. By the time you've bought a 1.8t 20v lump...

Yeah you're a bit screwed if you're on the 182 cup hole spacing. I would honestly get hold of a set of 172 cup hubs cheap and try fitting one on - I'm 99% sure they'll fit straight on and then you can use any off the shelf coilovers. You're engine will be fine with either - it's just down...

Considering you could jack a cup up - put your foot fully on the brake and still turn the rear wheel by hand, I'd rather not have lol