Paul C

I dunno - 305bhp in a lighter car is probably going to be fairly quick!

what everyone else said LOL! Stunning mate - bet you are well chuffed! :)

5% is too high regardless - redwine is correct, non cat test limit is 3.5% CO

rear doors are ok if they have had the handles permenantly filled - see the notes on the left side of the link I posted :)

all doors need to open from the outside - front doors also need to open from the inside http://www.motinfo.gov.uk/htdocs/m4s06000201.htm

replied :)

scrub that - just seen your other thread!! :D

Hi Rich - if you send me your details (reg & V5C no) I will run a check on my MOT device directly :)

Noz - I know a lot of tuners run copper plugs for the reasons mentioned arnt our plugs quite a bit longer than those BKR7E plugs? have you dyno'd before & after to see if it makes any difference to power - any change in det characteristics by using a plug further in the head like this? what do you gap them to - say running at 1bar? thinking of chucking a set in mine :)

I luuuuuuuuuuurve the cake!!

just do the job properly & get some uprated SMIC's :whistling: :lol: ps - thats a joke before everyone with front mounts takes offence!! (although SMIC's are better!! :tt2: )

for mot purposes the plate has to be: fixed vertically, or as close to vertical as is reasonably practical. so I would say you are on dodgy ground on a windscreen as raked as ours!

yes mate - same cable

from memory there is adjustment at the release handle - remove it & there is a clamp holding the cable to the handle that can be adjusted

hi bud - any news on this? I will get new hoses if yours are not new but if your coilpack connectors are new then please PM me how much you want for them :)

could you check your PM's ref the parts you posted about in my wanted thread. Cheers :)

goes on a bit doesnt it! :D

LOL! thanks - but I am really not trying to snipe anyone - just provide info! Ok - lets look at this one step at a time - first it appears you didnt even know the construction of a turbo 10 mins ago or how it works - now you are trying to say my comment on piston rings is a contradiction - the things you didnt even know about on your last post & thought we were discussing the pison rings on the pistons in the block - right?! Ok - they are designed to keep the back pressure out of the turbo - reduce the back pressure & they work the other way - they are a dynamic seal relying on pressure balance either side of the seal. Thats not a contradiction but an understanding of how they work. next - so cats "mask" smoke - please explain how! Smoke is formed by the oil burning in the hot exhaust - cats are a monolith of precious metals with the only possibility of acting as a catalyst to convert previous said emission chemicals into other chemicals - thats it - job done - all other gasses pass through without anything happening! If an engine burns oil or steam forms from a head gasket or oil passing through a turbo & causes smoke then the smoke will just pass though!!!! If you think otherwise then please let me know how! PS - back on topic - back pressure as far as performance is concerned is bad (generally speaking). Flow of exhaust gasses is far more important. Back pressure in some instances cab actually be slightly beneficial but on the whole it is the engines enemy for performance. What backpressure can do is change the flow however - there is much discussion & science behind shockwave tuning in an exhaust - using the inertia from the exhaust gas flow from one cylinder to help draw the gasses from the next exhaust stoke on that exhaust. Reducing back pressure will allow the gasses to flow faster & use the inertia to help flow - HOWEVER sometimes reducing backpressure can actually impact this effect in a negative way - its not so much the back pressure reduction that is bad but he way it has effected flow changing this shockwave effect. Im sure someone will disagree but there you go! :p

Lol! I'm talking about the piston rings in the turbo - this is what forms the seal: Piston Ring Seals can be found at both ends of the turbocharger. They are designed to keep the exhaust pressure out of the bearing housing, and the air pressure out of the bearing housing. And cats still can't "convert" smoke! And thanks, I am smart! :D Sorry if this contradicts what you think!

LOL! that provides more Hocus Pocus on cats!! :D first - most standard turbos do rely on a degree of back pressure to maintain a dynamic seal - stagger gap rings are used to prevent this, more info here from a website that builds turbos: http://www.turbodynamics.co.uk/services/turbo-upgrades/other-upgrades/ Staggered Gap Piston Ring A Staggered Gap Piston Ring replaces the standard piston ring seal. It is designed for use in low back pressure exhaust systems where oil weepage into the exhaust could possibly occur. Twin Seal Conversion Twin Seal conversions pre-date Staggered Gap Piston Rings and are used on older turbochargers where staggered-gap rings are not available. The process involves careful machining of the piston ringland on the shaft and the seal bore area of the bearing housing to allow a second piston ring seal to be fitted. This reduces oil weepage on cars with low back pressure exhaust systems or higher than usual crankcase pressure. As for the cat comment on its doing its job - cats are designed to convert 2 or 3 chemicals (depending on if its a 2 way or 3 way cat) into less harmless chemicals - CO, HC and in the event on a 3 way on most petrol cars - NOx are converted in the cats. A cat cannot convert burning oil smoke into anything else! In fact an excess of this will just kill a cat!

well I do like it rough!! :D perhaps a little more specific in this instance however!! :lol:

PMSL - so the other links were 3, 5 & 8 - now we have 4 & 6mm as a possibility too. Has anyone actually bought any & fitted it?! :lol:

3mm does seem very small - perhaps theres a few bits for where the vacuum pipe goes to the boost gauge sensor - I really should just go & measure a few pipes!! :D

LOL! this is what I was hoping to avoid!! :wacko: :lol:

I checked SFS but they list about 6 different sizes and I am sure you only need a couple of sizes - just wondered if anyone knows for sure