Register a free account today to become a member! Once signed in, you'll be able to participate on this site by adding your own topics and posts, as well as connect with other members through your own private inbox!
try the above and also if you fancy opening it up, whap the heatsink off it and put some better thermal paste on it, if the heatsink has somehow ended up not seated properly from a knock or a drop that would cause this issue.
they will over time yes, no worse than any other tire really, but the issue is because they are hard tyres they last ages! just swap the fronts and the backs once they start to wear though and they will be fine
i just gave it a rub down to remove all the roughness then gave it a good clean with AG engine and machine cleaner then a few coats of the paint over that and it seems fine!
VHT paint, spray on
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2-X-500-ML-VHT-VERY-HIGH-TEMPERATURE-BLACK-SPRAY-PAINT-/310201959480?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Body_Shop_Supplies_Paint&hash=item48397a4438
thats the stuff there 2 big tins, i only used about quarter of 1 tin!
had the inlets off the ph1 yesterday for a look to see what they were like, now i remember my ph2 172 inlets being much much worse than this before they were matched. the question is, is it worth matching these ones?
lower manifold
top manifold
cant really see why? any issues can be sorted out by warranty and if its the car its self you dont like then didnt you test drive it?! granted you should have bought the dci! ;)
i didnt notice a massive gain however ph1's have a much better mid range than ph2 cars anyway so id imagine on a ph2 it would make a decent difference.
the raised limiter makes it worth while for me, and once the pops, bangs and flames map is released it will be awesome!
it was on the...
no, 99% of them wont hit book power, very very few do, if yours hit bang on book power of 179bhp then what did it have pre remap?! their are ones out there running massively under powered and thats just down to dodgey cam timing! they shold never run 10bhp under or more