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  1. A complete engine strip is not required to replace the cams but best to remove the engine to do the job. Heads have to come off as well as the complete front end, so easier with the engine out and if you are stripped that far, then you are just as well pulling the pistons and crank and doing a refresh. Alex. Heads off ? surly not, AFAIKS its just the front covers to get at the timing chains,sprockets etc, and just cam bearing caps etc, otherwise it would mean head of in order to replace lifter buckets, should the clearances need attention. yep it is head off irrc when mine was done . do you have hotter cams?
  2. Thank you mate Also the luxury pro liner is that a barrier or just deadening?
  3. +1 unless you are balancing the outputs?
  4. Talk audio, pm a guy called loudboy (Darren) tell him you want some 2.5mm foil backed deadening. Its much cheaper and better. is the forum - http://www.talkaudio.co.uk/vbb/ thanks for the views and advice, will do some more research Yes thats the one.
  5. Dblock

    New shoes....

    loving the stance and colour combo, I also like you went for something different.
  6. Yes and kinda. There are cheaper things out there which do a better job. Its kinda heavy. Sound deadening needs mass for it to work. On my clio I had 4mm loudboy stuff that was heavy. Original quote - expensive is a reflection of value and weight is relative. So no would be my answer. I really don't get why people on here get into these cars and then advocate cutting corners each time they mod something.... And sound deadening does not need mass for it to work. Why are studio walls covered in 'egg box' foam? It needs a pattern and / or material to absorb the frequencies. It also depends what the resonant frequency of the material you are applying the deadening to. Check some of the simple tests you can see where a 1" square piece of Dynamat Xtreme renders a cymbal complete tuneless vs some of the other 'bargains' out there..... Not really second skin isnt as expensive as dynamat nor is slient coat. Getting a better product isnt cutting cornors, dynamat just isnt that good. Loudboys 4mm stuff is great and cheap. here is pic of his 4mm stuff vs damplifier pro the 4mm stuff was used in my clio running a RE XXX 15" port tuned to 32hz. It was silly loud as it was facing the up so I got the horn effect aswell. No pannel ratttle. He also does a 2.5mm foil backed one. If the doors where about 3 metres thick then yes soft absorbing materials are great but you dont have that option. Mass is generally the best way to stop panel rattle and sound deaden the areas. In a boot you could have a sub box and on the sides stuff it with towels. this does a great job of stopping vibrations but you cant do that on a door. Also as Rob has said I personaly never found flashing tape to be great but that doesnt matter its messy. If your car is in the sun and you roll down the windows sometimes they get stuck and you get the glue on them. Personally in the last 12 months I havent seen anyone do anything with flashing tape. Generally its considerered crap. All IMO of course.
  7. PM Matt from I4detailing he will help.
  8. If you was closer I would let you hear my system when its finished. Hopefully it will be good. Not a problem. Pics of when your finished aswell
  9. I know they will be, but usually MTX is heavier on the bass. More sql then sq. I wouldnt IMO because if they fronts are amped you wont need the rears. Also if you feel you need rear fill you could always upgrade them at a later date. Sorry Chris saw your pm at work and forgot to reply no its still here.
  10. Yes and kinda. There are cheaper things out there which do a better job. Its kinda heavy. Sound deadening needs mass for it to work. On my clio I had 4mm loudboy stuff that was heavy.
  11. Jealous of your car, it looks sooo good.
  12. +1 the honeycomb meshing type thing looks sweet.
  13. Carbon Coops has some decats
  14. A complete engine strip is not required to replace the cams but best to remove the engine to do the job. Heads have to come off as well as the complete front end, so easier with the engine out and if you are stripped that far, then you are just as well pulling the pistons and crank and doing a refresh. Alex. Thats alot of work. I did wonder why that wasnt any cammed Z's.
  15. I wouldnt have bothered with rear speakers but if you have you will need a 4 channel amp. for the sub you will need a 1 channel amp or a 2 channel bridgable amp. TBH Im not sure the MTX will be great. Try rainbow, focal, dynadio, Legatia HAT's, MB quart.
  16. No thats a myth its crap and messy. I would say its far from a myth. For certain application it can do the job very well for a very little outlay. You may often need a few layers of it to get the same effect as Dynamat but in the right setup it can be the right stuff to go with. It gets messy if it gets hot. The principal to sound deadening is to add mass. flashing tape isnt a great way to do that. Also did you do a direct comaparson with the same audio gear? Generally if your using flashing tape your system is going to sound rubbish. Why do people use second skin and loudboys stuff. It is great at the job and isnt that expensive. Flashing tape I can assure you isnt as good. I used it and when I got some proper sound deadening which was cheap brown bread and Ivanhoe they where much much better. Try talk audio for more details.
  17. No thats a myth its crap and messy.
  18. Talk audio, pm a guy called loudboy (Darren) tell him you want some 2.5mm foil backed deadening. Its much cheaper and better.
  19. The guy from MWtech says they have been on a road car and drifted on and they are still fine.
  20. I already have a japspeed Y pipe and it seems fine but if I needed one, I would go to someone like prospeed and get a hand made xyz pipe, cat and decat made. I dont think it would cost that much.
  21. Falkens are ok but your better off with vreds or f1 asymericals IMO.
  22. I love the screens in the door. Useless but cool.
  23. 324mm on the front Im pretty sure. Its not like you can change the carrier or yokes to take a bigger disc, or easily anyway.
  24. Personally I would stay away from drilled. The ones on my 172 have cracked and dont get used that heavily.
  25. Dblock

    best oil

    I hope you dont cook with olive oil. Pro S for me also. I noticed the oil pressure doesnt seem to drop much when using it compared to normal titan. After 6k miles the oil pressure would usually be lower.
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