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I think i'm down to the Bridgestone S001 or Uniroyal RainSport 3's.. I had Rainsport 2's on my 197 and was pleased with them, but something about the S001's is drawing me in. There's a wildcard too, Vredestein Ultrac Sessanta's are appealing but that's mainly due to the way they look! Also...

This is a job I had to do on the S40 recently, Icy cold A/C now and cost me £105 including regas. Much better than the £300 I was quoted!

Ha ha! Yes whoever fitted the old discs and pads went to town a little with the copper grease!! It's all gone now though.

So today's update is - front brakes! Picked these up about 14:30 this afternoon, they are calipers from a Focus ST, along with a new set of 320mm discs and pads (the riginals are 300mm) This was how they looked when collected from Nottingham ford breakers:- This is the original set up...

Im aware of the block issue, to my knowledge even the st is pretty safe at 330-350bhp. Having said that, I'm planning on shimming the block when I do the cambelt later this year to ensure reliability. All I can assume with the exhaust is that the Volvo unit is more restrictive than the ST and...

New wheels - just awaiting tyres (can't decide on which tyres to get!)

Morning all, I'm after some reccomendations for decent rubber in the above size for my new wheels. I'm currently looking at Bridgestone Potenza S001, Contisport 5's etc but cannot make up my mind. Any thing else I should be looking at (Hankooks maybe?) Cheers, Chris

Yeah not far away, I'm about a minute off jct 28! Off ft to collect the wheels tomorrow, got a bit of a bargain at £425 for the set fully refurbed. They usually fetch a lot more but this happened to finish at a silly time (14:52 on a Wednesday?!?). Now just to decide on a set of tyres (and fit...

What sort of prep are we talking, wash, clay, IPA then seal?

Morning guys, I'm off to pick up a set of wheels tomorrow that have recently been refurned and powder coated. Currently they have no tyres so it's an ideal time to get the well sealed. I've never really done anything with wheels so have no idea what's best, can anyone give me a list of...

What tyre size are you running on them? For cheapness I'm thinking 225/40/18 but I'm a little worried about the ride

Quick update. Won an eBay auction today for a set of 18" Volvo Medusa wheels which were an option wheel for the r design I beleive. They are freshly refurbed and ready for new rubber, hoping to pick them up at the weekend. Ok so it loses a little of the sleeperness but it'll smarten the car up...

Good on the guy for doing that, sounds awesome. I really wish they'd put the 2.4 lump in the S40, however I can understand why they didn't. I looked at the S60's when buying mine, but I just couldn't bring myself to buy one!

Glad I'm not the only grandad car driver on here anymore! Any ideas where it was mapped and anything else it had? 320bhp and 330lb-ft sounds a lot from just a remap!

My local tyre place only charge £35 to vacuum and refil the system to the correct wieght.

Hope this wasn't iMessage or similar though as that won't show on a bill.

Buy the coolant from Renault. It's about £12 for 5l of ready mixed type D. How badly did it overheat? If it got VERY hot then it could potentially have damaged the head etc. If I was taking it to a garage, i'd want something better than 'We think it's the radiator' and 'it varies' regarding...

Nitrous would be the cheapest and easiest way tbh. That or buy another car like I did. I wanted more power so bought something with a 5pot turbo. £1000 of modifications have given me an extra 64bhp & 110lb-ft of torque!

Sky has one of the simplest interfaces in my opinion. Tivo is terrible, so don't go for that.

If you can see it in the tank, it's probably fine!

400bhp and 450+lb-ft and i'll be happy. Both of which should be easily acheivable on a Focus RS K16 turbo. My current plan (the one above) will get me well on the way leaving only the turbo, injectors and a map i think. I'm hoping to keep the sleeper look though, so may just go down the Focus...

Glad to be of assitance! I'm just trying to decide where to go next power wise. I get mixed reviews on whether an exhaust will actually release any power, that said the current exhaust MUST be holding it back. ST's with decats and std exhaust (even on std maps) pop and bang whereas my car is...

New flexis welded into your old manifold

5/6 years (dependeing on when the car was registered) or 72k miles, whichever you get to first. Either way, a 2007 197 is overdue a belt change by now, did you buy it recently? There are LOTS of threads on this here and over on 197.net. Price wise you're looking somewhere about £500. No...

No such thing as a mk2 Golf 2.0 turbo! lol. mk2 Golf GTI was 1.8 8v & 16v N/A engine or the Rallye & G60 had a supercharged 1.8 8v.

Both, I was sat at 50mph pretty much the entire journey due to road works (jct 28 - jct 47 M1 and back)

According to most Focus ST and T5 forums the original system is quite restrctive ( the volvo especially) even with the large DP and decat the car is virtually silent! Surely silent is restricted? On a side note I did a 122 mile trip yesterday and averaged 45.6MPG!! I certainly wasn't expecting...

How is this any more sensible than what myself and the others suggested?

Already done mate, it's running a milltek DP and Decat

Yes it was done on Saturday. It could be temperature related as it was sat on the dyno for a good few minute (running) whilst they messed about with configuration etc. They didn't turn the fan on until just befor ethe runs. I'm not sure what else could be causing it to be honest as I certainly...