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Thanks to everyone who came along last night - it really was a corker. And to anyone (Squirt included) who didnt get to mingle too much its probably worth doing a local meet first and get to know a couple of people then go down with them to the big ones like at last night at Southend...but sorry...

Yeah Mark, once you get the video sorted can you email it to me?

hehe well IMHO this power business is all a lot of smoke and mirrors. Whatever mine makes, I can waste most things on the road without even thinking of firing the gas. And mine achieved only a modest 180bhp at the last rr day. And if that meagre amount is enough to keep up with an RB5 then, Im...

IMHO 1/10 for style but 10/10 for effort. Not really into the wacko look but who am I to tell people how to style their Clio anyway?

Steves an old pal of mine Kev, I kept meaning to mention it to you, that he was in Walden. Anyway, if he doesnt reply soon, then text me or email or something and you can go and scout out his Clio. Ive not had a look at it myself.

Where is it? I need to get my wheels refurbed again!

Yeah cheers for the tip Fred, you mean styrofoam like polystyrene?

Well if the flywheel shatters, its gonna be pretty bad news. I suppose in a worst case scenario it might even bust the casing and through the bulkhead, theres a lot of energy in there. So dont go too mad on shaving weight. Find a specialist and try to talk with them about where they are gonna...

Get rid of the cat. Its legal to run without one as long as your emissions are within limits which they probably are. And if not, you can only have the emissions tested at an MOT station by which time you can put the cat back on.

Powerflow dealers will do whatever you want. Even a monster truck style vertical silencer with all drill holes, going up the side of your A pillar if you really want. Im sure they could knock up a straight through centre box.

Well yeah if you put it that way I have been doing quite a lot of miles lately. Yesterday did an 8 hour drive up from Cornwall back home to Southend, then this morning off to Hill Power (which is a Derbyshire postal address, but really I reckon its Leicestershire). By the time Id finished at HP...

Youre definitely on the right track Joe, even if it is a wacko idea. Once the diff pushes drive to the rear what kind of front/rear split would you get? If you can do it you might have a nice little business going doing 4wd turbo conversions - 200bhp at the wheels - *useable* power! Ill...

Congratulations Ben - you were definitely the furthest travelled member at Southend tonight. For those who didnt hear about it, he came down from Edinburgh just for the meet! Thats truly hardcore.

Oh yeah im in Southend.

Perfecto I wouldnt mind a race sometime. I got caned badly by a stripped out 205 with an MI-16 lump over in France. In fact everyone did! Now Ive got my Clio running sweet as a nut with a few final touches to do Im ready to race again.

Fair enough Teady, there *is* a fine art to quarter miling but once youre fairly consistent its just a question of how much power you can lay down. you could put my wife in a 172 and shed be in the 15s on her second run. Put her in a Metro Studio 2 and it doesnt matter how good she is, shes not...

You dork knowing about the strengthening patterns! It would be possible to have a R19 Williams turbo. Obviously it wouldnt be a factory option though. Plenty of 19s with Willy engines and they can be turbocharged.

hehe too bad for the coppers then, I just got back and there was no trouble at all. They blocked one end of the seafront for a bit but we just went somewhere else, and had a great evening out - 38 or 39 cars in all.

I was caning down the M1 from Leicester to the M25 just after lunchtime. I dont think you would have mistook my wheels though...

Looked at the 172 graph. It seems straightforward enough, assuming that both tests were done under the same conditions, the absolute accuracy of bhp doesnt matter, as long as the before and after conditions were the same. Anyway - if you look closely at the graph, firstly the improvement in...

Good result Kelly, sounds almost right for a standard Willy.

Dont know the ratios but I can give you the speeds in each gear at different revs. Youll need to adjust for the difference between the 215/35/18s Im on at the moment and the 185/55/15s it should be on. Ill try and have a go tomorrow. Speeds at each 1000rpm ok, up to say 6 or 7k?

Well Im back now. All I can say is Southend was mental. 38 or 39 Clios at one stage, I had to block the roundabout to get all of us through and along the seafront in one line, then we couldnt even get a parking space cos all the day trippers were still there! We went further down and found a...

So the question is then Joe, regardless of whether you get the mods done soon, when are you coming quarter miling and see how your theory works out in practice?

Well yeah if you put it that way I have been doing quite a lot of miles lately. Yesterday did an 8 hour drive up from Cornwall back home to Southend, then this morning off to Hill Power (which is a Derbyshire postal address, but really I reckon its Leicestershire). By the time Id finished at HP...

Youre definitely on the right track Joe, even if it is a wacko idea. Once the diff pushes drive to the rear what kind of front/rear split would you get? If you can do it you might have a nice little business going doing 4wd turbo conversions - 200bhp at the wheels - *useable* power! Ill...

Congratulations Ben - you were definitely the furthest travelled member at Southend tonight. For those who didnt hear about it, he came down from Edinburgh just for the meet! Thats truly hardcore.

Oh yeah im in Southend.

Perfecto I wouldnt mind a race sometime. I got caned badly by a stripped out 205 with an MI-16 lump over in France. In fact everyone did! Now Ive got my Clio running sweet as a nut with a few final touches to do Im ready to race again.

Fair enough Teady, there *is* a fine art to quarter miling but once youre fairly consistent its just a question of how much power you can lay down. you could put my wife in a 172 and shed be in the 15s on her second run. Put her in a Metro Studio 2 and it doesnt matter how good she is, shes not...