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now iv never driven a cup,but from what iv heard they pretty good std right?
now iv had coilovers in the past,and all different types of suspension,and in all honesty i love the way my 172 handles atm,really chuckable,but i feel that maybe goin slightly lower might improve things a lil more,i...
i loved my old scoob,a uk spec prodrive fiddled turbo,about 250 bhp,so nippy but not fast,my old hybrid would hgave eaten my scoob for breakfast up to 100
made the best noise in the world and got loads of attention in it (i was only 20 at the time tho...) but was lucky to get 25 mpg and the...
quite funny this thread mate coz i raced one last night!!!
he was in on his own and i was 4 up and we both went for it and i have to say i passed him,not easily but as he wouldnt move out the way i had to ease the throttle till he moved over lol,then i went past him
so long story short...
iv had 28 cars lol so il list the best
5 mini's :D
a 1988 jetta with a 2.0 16v race lump on coilovers
a 1995 prodrive fettled scooby
martins old hybrid
and the 172
i fully agree,iv had run ins over the years with 'slower' and 'faster' cars than mine and both won and lost to both,generally speakin all the hothatches ie the clio's from the renaultsports bk to the williams,the ctr's the gti6's etc all are roughly about the same with an average driver,but with...
mines just turned on 100k and runs spot on (touch wood....)
revs clean to 7200 when warm with no funny noises,had a cv gaiter pop off but more grease and new clip and she good as new :)
few lil rattles inside but nothin bad,no clunks or knocks so id say mileage isnt a worry
my point exactly :)
certainly not meaning to get at ya fella,its just if u imagine ur bonnet closed there is such a high temp under it that a pipe leading to an open induction kit wont work coz the ik will just be sucking in all the hot air from around the engine,the cooler air coming from...