Recent content by jimbo

the mytyres ratings are just from other places though. the best rating is the one that gives you marks out of 5 for all the different aspects of the tyre, but when i looked up how those are calculated its just from a database of people in germany saying what they thought of the tyres. so you...

if youre going standalone then have a look at the VEMS management system. its loads cheaper than the likes of Emerald, and has far more features. its a superb bit of kit for the money and ideal for DIY TB's

well if you can get to the alternator belt, then just try turning the alternator pulley round! its driven off the cambelt, so if the belt is snapped it will be really easy to move, if the cambelt isnt snapped it should be just about impossible to turn it by hand how hard is it to remove the...

its not the pistons youre so worried about damaging as the valves! pistons are solid lumps of metal, and turning over wont damage them. the valves are thin and softer, and bend very easily, and theres 16 of them to replace if theyre damaged lol. they can then damage the pistons, but when youre...

it depends on the rollers as much as it does the car, as said in a thread not so long ago by Andy from GDI, the place they use has an engine dyno AND rollers, and from the measurements taken on the dyno and then on the rollers with the same engine they have a fixed amount/percentage they use, as...

unless youve got a knock sensor in which case the ECU will adjust itself for higher octane fuel and advance the ignition timing. otherwise it is pointless and will lose power rather than gain it since it burns slower (were talking tiny differences, but a difference all the same)

a) a little, but it wont be a roaring noise like you can get with an open kit b) just locate the pipe somewhere in or behind the front bumper/slam panel. some people remove foglights and the like to fit it, but you can just as easily find a gap somewhere and cable tie it, so long as its...

open induction kits are the spawn of the devil! cold air feeds are pointless. the filter is open, sat somewhere in the middle of a very hot engine bay. youve got all that filter exposed and a tiny little tube providing cold air, wheres the filter gonna draw all its air from? all around it...

what about the cooking, and waterfall incidents?

damn i read MK2 as MR2 haha, i almost posted a long-ass reply as well, DOH! i need more sleep....

i expect it uses a std fram underneath the carbon, and seeing as the fram makes up most of the weight of the std bonnet i expect the weight saving is minimal you need one with either no frame but a few supports, or a carbon frame, alternatively you can get frameless fibreglass bonnets which...

if you get pulled by a roadside emissions test unit tho, and you fail on emissions, you get a £50 on the spot fine and i bet you that no coppers can tell if you have a cat or not if you put the cat guard back on over the de-cat pipe, and they cant do f**k all about it if you havent got one lol

cos they only rev to about 4k rpm!

id have driven forward, given it full left lock, and run the cúnt over!! whats a damaged rear bumper when you get the satisfaction of wiping out another pikey :D then you couldve ravaged his pockets and stolen all his cash and cards to pay for your damage anyways hehe

is that the latest picture of your car you got ben? looks like its had a respray ;)