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I do enjoy 1/4's, as said it takes a lot more skill than most realise, as well as having people watching which can make you nervous, the surface is very different to the road.
Iv seen 300bhp Cossie's running 15's because the owner couldnt launch the car right, a mate could not get his standard...
Bear in mind the MK2 is a genuine 70-100 kg's heavier, all ph2 have bigger wheels, and all have longer gearing than a willy, which makes a huge difference.
My old Hybrid ran 14.0 @ 101mph with completely standard internals, but it was stripped so lighter and had a 16v box, which i felt was the...
I agree with Daniel, i love XR2's and i think bearing in mind how little it weighs anyway, keeping the interior in, and mint, will retain its value as its gotta be one of the cleanest non concorse(sp) XR2's around, so i think modding it under, but leaving the interior and exterior standard will...
I think the sticking throttle was the TB, and the high idle i think sounds like your ICV mate, try tapping it with a hammer, not hard, but it helped mine
Its supposed to go back, at least thats what it did with me! lol
when its running tap the top with a hammer mate, this also worked for me, in fact i still have a hammer in the back of my seat due to having to do this lol
But you cant just walk up to an engineering company and ask for a Clio supercharger barcket, you need to work out exactly how big it needs to be, the right angles and strength, bolt holes etc etc
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Ha lol, cheers matey, dont worry, mine is axactly the same, it has a few scratches and the bonnet is super stone chipped, but still gotta love it, everyone knows the black ones are faster ;)
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I think 4 63mm throttle bodies might be overkill for my engine lol
IV got a few ideas im going to try out, one is air filtration, hopefully that will work out well :)
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Ha lol, cheers fella, no its not for this one, but im suure once im done with what im doing you will love it mate ;)
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Just imagine, it would be like having a supercharger lol
Roll on this week there is a chance i might be able to fire it up this coming weekend... :eek: