paulg

When your talking about the tollerences involved in boring a block then the flex caused by torquing up your cylinder head is relevant, i know from the various types of machining work I used to do at work. Unfortunatly this means surface grinding a slab of steel flat and drilling/boring the neccesary holes in it to torque to your block and most engine shops couldnt be bothered with that because of the extra effort, hence they will tell you it does not matter. And it usually wont on an engine that produces 80hp and spends its life traveling to the shops. Remember that all engine builders are not the same, some build race engines and some re-condition diesels all day. Find a good one! Paul

your refined sence of humour is sorely missed these days Mr Toole im sure you will make a grand comeback next year. Paul

You did enjoy those few beers didnt you bud.. Ahem!

Damn it man, you surely are a buffoon. Paul

Stu I assume you know about the trouble he is in over in the States as well. There is a lot more than you in this situation. Get your CC company to sort it you can always get a leather kit from somewhere else. Paul

I would guess that rough idle would only be due to poor fueling from an off the shelf chip, maybee proper tuning would help

I also think a good place to start is by thinking of what NOT to include. such as features on some brabus merc prototype that is 1000hp and costs £100000000... who cares? stick to real peoples cars. saxos Standard cars with a KENWOOD sticker unless its something special or rare. any phrases like "Bad boy", "Radical", "Pumpin tunes" etc etc millions of pages selling identicle wheels.

I would personally would like to see more of a technical mag than the typical Max power sh1te. With articles from the top tuners on things like turbo comparisons with flow graphs etc and dyno testing, engine builds, head work, paint and bodywork etc etc. After all we all modify our cars by looking around at others and talking to each other to find out what works and what looks best. Im sure the relevant people would be only to pleased to supply info on the projects they are working on as it will bring them more buisness. Im afraid I cant get excited about some nancy boy who has splitfire plugs and a K&N in his Saxo :D Good idea Chris. Paul

im sure they are on the web in PDF format somewhere, If you cant find them I will post you mine to borrow. Set aside an afternoon for doing it. Paul

Exactly so why dont we all stick to our own forums then everyones happy.

Why are you here???? :confused:

Oops I thought this was a Z forum for a moment not somewhere for Supra owners to come and tell us how fantastic they are AGAIN :rolleyes:

most put an extra injector in each rubber intake hose and it needs to be controled properly by something like a HKS additional injector controller. Not the best way as your plenum is designed to run dry and you can never achive exact fueling to each cylinder as the fuel has a lot further to travel to the back cylinders than the front ones. The controllers are not cheap so it would be just as economical to buy bigger injectors in the first place and you wont need the complex setting up of the aditional injectors too. Paul

Jelousy gets you nowhere Paul :D

Full respect to the guy! It cant be easy to make one of them uglier :D:D Paul

Im gonna maintain a dignified silence :D On a serious note, the girls father says he is devistated at what happened to his little girl. Maybee he should be more concerned why his little girl was hanging around a well known celebrity knocking shop offering sex to famous footballers :confused:

No one really I would use is the truthfull answer. I do all my own engine pulls, clutches etc but dont have the time or enjoy it enough to take on work for other people. Beware or some of the mickey mouse so called specialists suddenly setting up as Jap tuners, most of the work on these cars is out of their league they are best left to fitting large tailpipes to scoobys, also beware of another local place that started by fitting bleed valves to Renault 5 turbos and is now a self acclaimed specialist in Jap cars. Contact GPS from the trader section he is in Manchester though but its probably the closest and as our very own Duffer works for him you will be well looked after. Feel free to e mail me if you want any advice. Maybee a (proper)Northern Z meet is on the cards :D Paul

I like it gonna start on mine after all the body mods are done. Think I will leave the cam belt covers off it looks better imho. Paul

Its cramped for adults but that isnt a problem cos you dont have to sit there :D Paul

Now Andy you havent turned into a southerner have you. You will be declaring mods next :D:D

I think Phat is a max power thing as in "My saxo is so Phat its modded to the max and slammed on 18's and pumps out the rad tunes on its mega ice." Paul

not 100% sure but I think you do have to take the engine out to get the heads off. Check with andy duff or someone. Nothings straightforward on a Z :rolleyes: Paul

NEWCASTLE :dance: :dance: Come on shandy boys, a couple of bottles of brown and you will be papping your frilly knickers Something for everyone The smartest girls The bestest beer The greaseist kebabs The biggest fights and bars like 'Rockshots' if your that way inclined (chris?) Free beds available at the Central Police station But its gotta be on a Saturday when Newcastle win or I go straight home in the huff :cry: Paul

NO Total crap, ask the people who have seen the code, some say it only removes the speed limiter. I have one lying around in the garage that I took out for someone after he blew a piston. Paul

Nice work looks like you put a few hours into it, I take it your not from England by the pics. Whereabouts are you? Paul