kris

Its the Reading Jap meet tonight I think you read my mind

Well I reset the ecu, put the cleaner in the tank and had a spirited drive down the M3.

Car passed and was under by 0.1%, cheers folks

Cheers, shall I reset it before I set off for the test station?

go to a kitchenware shop, buy the least obtrusive carbon filter, cut out a circle which will fit inside your exhaust, shove it into the exhaust just before you do the test. Then remember to pull it out afterwards

Went to get my MOT done today, and the only think it failed on was the exhaust emissions.

 

Basically it ran 0.61% CO2 in the first test and then 0.96% on the second (limit being 0.30%), which I thought was strange as the results should get lower the hotter the engine. Car isn't decatted just a K2 catback so was a bit surprised with the fail.

 

Basically I've got hold of the Havoline engine flush and i'm going to stick it in the tank, take it for a good spin and take the retest tomorrow. What does everyone think the chances of passing are? I'm racking my brains to think of any measures I can take to lower it as much as possible.

 

Do you mean an engine flush treatment or a fuel treatment? They're two different products and procedures - or is the Havoline some wonder multi-purpose tratment?

I only ask because I just went through similar with my other car....because its spent the last ten months pootling round town...a fuel treatment into the petrol tank and a 30 mile blast never going below 4k revs sorted it no probs

Its Havoline 'fuel system cleaner', so my mistake its fuel treatment not engine flush.

Thats good to hear it sorted your problem, gives me a bit more confidence, can you remember how high your readings were?

Thats what the bloke did, first one failed and it after it was ran for a while he did it again. The second one was even higher

I think i'm going to take it for a motorway run then drop it straight in to the tester. I think the emissions on the new nissan PIXO are quite good...

Went to get my MOT done today, and the only think it failed on was the exhaust emissions.

Basically it ran 0.61% CO2 in the first test and then 0.96% on the second (limit being 0.30%), which I thought was strange as the results should get lower the hotter the engine. Car isn't decatted just a K2 catback so was a bit surprised with the fail.

Basically I've got hold of the Havoline engine flush and i'm going to stick it in the tank, take it for a good spin and take the retest tomorrow. What does everyone think the chances of passing are? I'm racking my brains to think of any measures I can take to lower it as much as possible.

Somebody must want these? Offers?

As the title says, I'm getting rid of my oem 18s that were on the car when I bought it. Have since had a set of rays and could do with the space in the garage!

Wheels are in good condition apart from two which have slight kerbing. The rears are cheap tyres with plenty of tread and the fronts are Toyo proxes T1Rs that are on the limit. Maybe a good set of drift/track wheels for somebody??

I'm in the berkshire/hampshire area and would prefer collection. I'm asking £100 for these which I think is fair.

Rear tyre depth:

Should have gone 30 at the back

I'll soon enough be putting coilovers on mine with the OEM rays, got 30mm spaced at the back and will probs go 20mm at the front. I'll be going alot lower than 25mm, probably as low as it will go without being really silly as the roads near me aren't too bad.

I reckon rear arms will be a must, or maybe just archwork, opinions? Tyre wear isn't a massive issue as I don't do that many miles at all.

I think it looks really good

with the money required to do it , if you have that much cash it would be better reinvested into a car that already has the bigger engine.

 

I'm with you on this one, if you have 20k aside to do this sort of thing, then I'd personally get something like a noble M12 for 25k, then upgrade bits and bobs on that. Would be a weapon!

VXR8

Unless you've got the cash or a real need to change the engine, I'd stick with the VQ and consider supercharging or a twin turbo.

Its £147 just for the pair I had at the back

Cheers boyos.

rtbiscuit: Its already lowered and so far no issues. Think the tanabe springs are 30mm iirc. I'll need the archwork when the coilies are on though.

Thanks again for the comments

Once I've washed the wheels again i'll get some side on pics, a sunny day will also really show off the gunmetal. I really can't stress how much better they look in the flesh!

I had a spirited drive to work and granted I didn't really push it but there was no rubbing. There seems to be ok clearance though. When I get coilovers I will sort the arches out. Would love to have a real low wideboy look with these. Its very underestimmated how much a low wide setup can transform the look of a car.

Front spacers are on the way!

Cheers for the comments

My rays have gunmetal spokes and a silver lip. Alot more noticeable in the flesh!

Hopefully with coilies and a nice camber setup it should look alot better.

After making the decision to keep my rays and powdercoat them, I also wanted to fill the arches properly. I didn't really feel that the eibachs space out the rear far enough so I went on the hunt for some 30mm spacers, I saw a couple of pics on the american forums and it looked good. Only problem being that there is no 'off the shelf' supplier here in the uk. So I got on the blower to driftworks and they knocked me up a custom set of 30mm spacers. Came to £147 for the set but definitely worth the extra cash. Don't think anybody on this forum has done this yet, could be wrong though.

I arrived home yesterday to be greeted with these

So this afternoon I set about fitting them.

When the wheel was test fitted I had a few concerns about how close to the fender it would be when lowered back down. Especially with my tanabe springs.

My concerns soon subsided when I got it back on the ground again!

Before:

After:

I really do think it looks good, even though is only 5mm more than some eibachs.

I was concerned that I might need archwork with the lowering, but I think it will be ok. I'll soon find out about any scrubbing issues when I next go for a long drive.

Opinions please

Would definitely be interested in the solid black with no logo.

Minis shouldn't be driven by men, and as much as I love the Golf R32 I still think they are overpriced.

Don't want an evo at all? There are good examples about for the money you want to spend. Also if the M3 is too out of your price for the year then maybe try a 330?

How about a mazda 3 MPS? A very underestimated hatch. Maybe a focus ST or Astra VXR? Always worth looking at everything as you never know you might actually like something that you had completely ruled out previously

Thanks for all the comments

ChrisI - yea myalloys were very good and would recommend them to anybody. Really good service and the finish is perfect

Chris - These are the ones I had off you, I'm back up in stoke at the moment but had a call from my housemate this morning telling me my spacers have arrived Will get them on start of next week and i'll get a thread up. Will pm you the link.

I agree about the rays, TE37s would be better but as far as standard wheels got they're great.

All depends on the qaulity of the system. I noticed a slight loss of low down torque after I fitted my K2 catback. But to be honest its to be expected with a cheaper system but the noise makes it worthwhile.

I had a supersprint catback on my civic type-r and I noticed gains straight away, but that was a quality exhaust.

Any gains you see if at all should be much higher up the rev range.