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My housemates dad has a Saab 9-5 Aero Estate 2.3 HOT (high output turbo) And occasionally my housemate brings it down to uni for a week or two whilst his dad is away. Its goes like the proverbial sh*t off a shovel (admittedly it does have 250bhp). The build quality of this thing is amazing, by...

Am getting rid of the clio and getting a nova 1.4 sr (mainly as a runabout) and then getting a pulsar gti-r,saphirre cossie or coupe 20v turbo as a second car at the end of the summer.

Rockport - the other black valver in that photo at Brands is mine(well not for much longer as its for sale) Plus i have the photo on computer if you want it?Mail me if you do: mailto:jonladley@hotmail.com">jonladley@hotmail.com

lol id go with the pearl black problem, mine does it too ;)

Its a torx screw :)

Is that a lotus carlton in front of your car?

Theres an Corsa 1.6 gsi around thats tuned (N/A)to somewhere around 200bhp, and it does 4.89 sec 0-60. Those 1.6 16v blocks are VERY tuneable, and are, if done right, a better option than a 2.0 16v conversion, as they are a much lighter engine. Was gonna put one in my mates nova, but they are...

8.5 seonds in the wet, round a corner(gentle but noticable) with 1 passenger and a tonne of stereo, lots of wheelspin. Clearly not perfect conditions, i was just bored one night. Reckon i could definately get below 8, not sure about 7.7.

Hmmm i still cant get mine to go over 125mph, could it have a limiter or something?

Yes, my car has broken again, i fixed it yesterday morning with a new ignition coil, as that seemed to be the problem, it worked fine until this evening when it stopped starting again, and what was the cause? No sparks from the ignition coil. Anyone got any idea why my car keeps killing...

Caterham r500 superlight, acceleration is amazing:D

Right having disected most of the car at uni today, i have found out that the problem with the car lies somwhere in either the ignition coil or the crankshaft sensor as the distributor cap isnt getting any voltage from the ignition coil. Is there a way i can test whether the crankshaft sensor is...

Right, again my car is giving me problems (its really starting to p*ss me off now :() I came out of a club tonight and went to drive home, only to find my car wouldnt start, it turns over and everything, it just doesnt seem to ignite. I thought this could be related in some way to my low...

Escort Cosworths do 0-60 in 5.8 seconds with a top whack of 139, so the cossie would win easily until it topped out. The cossie has 4 wheel drive, its sooo blatently quicker.

Jun Motorsport 1000 bhp Skyline or Ford RS200 or Shelby Mustang Gt500(Elenor from gone in 60 seconds)

If you buy a cossie you buy it to get noticed, thats the whole point, its an icon as i said before, and if i had a cossie i want to race people, i am not dising the cup, its a great car, its just not fair to compare the two, they are two completely different cars.

from what i remember (i researched the job for my cinquecento but never got around to doing it) the lamda sensor is located on the manifold down pipe, it taks readings from the exhaust gasses and the adjust the fuel going in appropriately to prevent overfueling etc, from what i can recall they...

Hmmm let me see, cup or cossie, its blatently got be the cossie, no contest, its such an icon, and its quicker than the cup.:D

Ok once again my valvers having issues, the last 2 times I have filled up the petrol tank (Esso Super Unleaded) it has done 40 -50 miles on £10 worth of petrol before the low fuel warning light comes on, it used to do 70-80, any idea whats wrong with it, i cant smell any petrol so i assume its...

Well they were crap for me, did a quick quote with them for my completely standard valver 3years ncb 20 y/o and it said 800-900 fully comp, and when i phoned them up they said they couldnt quote me. That quick quote think is crap, they did that for my uno turbo two, muppets. Thye must only be...

bambam - Nothing wrong with Uno Turbos;) I had some awful mods on my first uno, including very badly done tinted windows, crappy allows and a big bore 2.:(

Thanks for that, will get onto that later today when i finally have some spare time :)

I think its more of a squeaking noise. Havent checked the fluid lately cos i have been very busy. How do i bleed it?

My power steering has recently got horrendously loud and I presume this is down to the hydraulic pump. Is this hard/expensive to fix? Is it possible for me to do it myself or is it best left to mechanics? Cheers Jon (owner of the worlds most unreliable clio 16v ;))

wongy - ill give that a try next time i go for a top speed run ;) wkdlad - hmmm possibly, i think my car needs a superchip;), i get the idea about the momentum tho

wongy - ill give that a try next time i go for a top speed run ;) wkdlad - hmmm possibly, i think my car needs a superchip;), i get the idea about the momentum tho

I dont understand why mine wont do more than 125, i have done it with 2 other people in my car, so theoretically when i take those two people out it should do more, but it doesnt it just stays on 125. Any ideas?

I dont understand why mine wont do more than 125, i have done it with 2 other people in my car, so theoretically when i take those two people out it should do more, but it doesnt it just stays on 125. Any ideas?

Mine seems to stop at 125, its like theres some sort of limiter there (not the rev one) cos there plenty of revs to go