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He’s mad and obviously stupid.
You can get the similar spec upgrades less than £2k (Map, Brakes, exhaust).
Just shows how naive people can be and the lack of research people do when money is no problem.
A guy who spent similar money a few months back on vxronline was hit with the same...
On the ABS subject
ABS has saved me hitting a deer once. I was doing 60 along a r-road, damp surface and as I go around a long swiping bend a stag walks out in front of me. I hit the breaks and steer around it. Had a similar instance 5 year before in my XR2i and it was a pump the break session...
So how many times have you been pulled over by the police due to 4 tonnes of black smoke coming out the exhaust and the bag on your head to help with the embarrassment?
Its possible but from what I’ve read in the past about people who’s had remaps they get abut 5-7 bhp at the end.
The trophy is a fantastic car, EVO mag think it’s the bee’s knees but if you want straight line speed and coming from a turbo car you may want to look at something like the SEAT...
Im not an expert but as they haven’t posted yet from what I’ve read in the past on here
for 25bhp gain ish the most popular mods are throttle bodies or a turbo, all costing about £2k-3K ish
for a 15bhp gain most do Cams, matched inlets and a remap costing about 1.5-2K
for a 10bhp gain an...
like said
On a 1#2 the recommend times are 72K miles or 5 years old. Many would recommend 60K or 4 years on here though.
It’s a big job and a costly job
From an independent garage expect to pay around £450 -650 (172 cups a bit cheaper)
From a Renault dealership expect to pay £600- 1000...
the first thing i did when i brought my 172 was take out the elf sticker. the EVO sticker only looks good on stuff like scoobys and stuff imo not small cars.
ive never seen a elf p.station in the uk
Yes. you run a CAF with a “trumpet” (or cup I don’t think it matters!) from somewhere with good air flow such as the front grill directly into the airfilter