Kaza Steve

have you done anything to the internals mate ? for running high levels of power a forged engine Pistons & rods is a wise move ...although the rods are forged i believe as standard ...still changed mine though just to be sure ...only way to get more power is to increase the air fuel mix ...the turbo's provide the compressed ( increased amount of air ) which needs to have increased fuel to make the mixture combustable ( hence the need for larger injectors ) to tell the larger injectors how much fuel to put in the ecu reads signals from MAF etc etc and increases or decreases the duty cycle of the injectors accordingly ( that is very simplified but in a nut shell ) ....so an aftermarket chip is generic where they all are the same give or take a few bhp and it is fine for your needs ..but to get the most as Smithy says you can have the car mapped ......where the ECU is fine tuned in real time on a rolling road to the specific cars set up and each map would be slightly different the injector cycle ,boost , etc can all be set up accurately an aftermarket ECU is only for those who want that bit extra ...launch control, built in boost controller, NoS control, switchable maps ( hi . med . low boost ) if you are shoving that much air in the engine and on standard injectors then you will be running very lean and getting very close to Det point and a fubared engine....turn your boost down until you get the injectors and chip at a minimum..and at levels of power above 370 the stock clutch is starting to strugle so that will need upgrading...also hope you have upgraded the brakes its no point in going fast if you cant stop.....hope that helps

hi mark at a minimum you need to take the dash ( gauges assembley apart ) there is a how to on here somewhere, do a search for it ....most probably a loose connection on the back of the speedo ...or it could be something as simple as the needle catching on the speedo dial face , it doesnt take much to stop it working

all the best you two.......and many more

thanks fellas i will keep it all in mind if i intend to ditch the black and red retrimmed dual electrical ones and matching back seats

arghhhh looks like a nightmare job mate ....not getting it out getting it all back together and working again afterwards....

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easy mate ..just get some black shoe leather dye and a small paint brush ..job done in seconds

i have a snooper and as long as you update it regularily it works fine picks up hand held radar and laser from over a KM away ..i hate those camera vans theyre not even police just some scumbags selling the photos to the police dept ......

unfortunatley you have no choice legaly but to wait and go the court route however you can when she leaves the property for any time move back in and change the locks ...if she is living there under squaters so called rights..if the property is furnished and the furnishings belong to you then she has no right to be in there without your consent ..as its not an empty dwelling ....move a mate in there temporarily until you can re rent it ..she is then the DHSS's problem and there is nothing the police can do ..make sure all her belongings are removed and secure and not damaged ..dont forget you have rights too

cow shit air !!! ..... i just gagged at the thought of that mate

looking forward to seeing them done and fitted mate

never thought of recaro !! thanks for the input ...i will have a search around , the drivers and passenger electric seat must have a combined weight of around 45 kilos maybe more .....its like having a fat kid on board all the time or carting round for no reason two bags of cement ......

you wanted to change your electric driver and electric pasenger seat for some lighter ones ..what would be your choice .??..budget around 600 quid the pair .???? so thats bride seats out for a start :) looked at corbeau cant see any recliners and cobra seeem expensive and without subframes...

white ..white .....white .....and then some more white on a blue car ..or bronze..maybe copper......now im confused ..time to go back to the pub i think ...

no worries Chris .....just my anger getting the better of me ......thanks anyway i appreciate the position of the forum .... regards Steve

sorry my email is nellis@kpo.kz drop me an email when you can mate but im 5 hours in front out here at work ...live in morecambe when at home

also very very interested for my ML 55 AMG boot plastics ( as well as bits for teh zed )

cant see the pics ....firewall blocked photobucket ... :(

jesus i would not give him 14quid for it let alone 1400 cheeky sod

yes Gaz ...headfirst into a bottle of 60% proof chilli flavoured vodka straight out of the freezer..........took me 6 hours to loose the hangover today

oohhhhh my head !!!!! never again .........

thanks all ..its 4pm here nearly beer o clock roll on 7pm ....hic hic

its barassic ...-24 and two feet of snow .....i feel a vodka frenzy coming on !:punk::thumbup::yes:

been there done that caused a shed load of issues with internet etc really slowed down the machine ...i have just today gone back to xp and am happy again steve

i know what its like mate .....gets to minus 40c without any wind chill in kazakhstan in winter ........thank god its warming up again :)