Kaveney

Ok I have a fail on most Emissions ( see below )

The car has Cobra HFC and I have told the MOT place they need to be very hot .

After talking to them they said they warmed them up and did give it 3 goes but it still failed .

thought HFC were fine to pass a MOT or is this not true ?

Any help would be great .

Alan

Thanks chaps .

Thought it may be this as in the dry it is not as bad .

Just to understand in my tiny brain there is the same braking force on the front but the front left is gripping more ( better tyre ) and causing a pull to this side ?

The car has Kumho KU39 ( not the sport tyre ) on all corners bar the front left .

Regards

Alan

Good Morning

I have put in new breaks few weeks ago ( new disc andDS2500pds all round super blue fluid and S/S brake lines ) but last night the car under strong breaking did pull to the left a few times .

When the brakes were done all the caliper pistons were moving free and well so I don't think anything is sticking .

It might just be me as it was 1 deg and the road was Greece not wet .

The one thing im thinking is the front left is a Continental £ 150 and the front right is a Kumho normal £ 80.00 and the car is pulling to the left the Continental side .

Would this be because of the road conditions and miss match tyres or do I need to look at other causes .

Thanks

Alan

Good Work

What colour ?

Is it like my one

Good Morning

Thinking that the next thing to do will be to re fresh the shocks and springs so was thinking of the below and if people have had it .

The car is my day to day car so I don't want much if any drop in ride height and not to much firmer than stock .

I was thinking about new std shocks and then some Eibach springs to go with them .

The car is a 2005 and on 87K miles so im thinking this would be a good move

Alan

That is a good price I had got £ 660 from other places .

Thanks

Alan

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Thanks

This will be next then .

Alan

Just a quick question .

If I want the best performance tyre ( grip feel ) this side of a semi slick is the MPSS the one to go for cost not a factor ?

Alan

Down South so no problems

Ok so after putting a few miles on the brake setup I can report my thoughts .

The S/S lines have made the pedal much firmer and it does have less travel and has taken out the squish .

The new discs and DS2500 pads have given the car much more stopping power with no fade even from 70 MPH .

If any one is thinking about this setup I am very impressed .

Alan

Just one thing after doing this I have got a cold so have not had chance to bed the new pads and discs in so will be doing this tonight on an empty D/C .

What is the best way for this 8-10 60-20 MPH stops ?

Alan

So this weekend was the brake upgrade / change .

Fist up was to remove the front discs and pads .

Front disc not in good shape

Or the pads

Then to fit the new front disc and pads

Then the front S/S brake lines

Then on to the rears with old disc and pads removed

Then to fit the new disc and pads

And the new S/S lines

Then it was a brake fluid flush / bleed to finish off .

Alan

Love my one for the noise and look but will lose power over the stock set up I was told .

And a quick oil and filter change .

Got the chance to use my G3 was today after it stopped raining

Ok I will ask Scot for a price of the Milltek .

I only need the mid and back box as I already have the HFC ad Y pipe so is a tweek of the map needed .

Alan

don't think I have seen you yet and I drive to work in Billingshurst past Arundel

Ok thanks could be another trip up again .

Does the uprev need changing or is this ok as the car did have HC and a Y pipe when it was Upreved .

Alan

Ok thanks what sort of gain 2-3 BHP over the stock system ?

The car has an uprev

Hi there people .

Can someone give me some information in regards to the stock exhaust system .

I have some HFC and a milltek Y pipe but still have the stock mid and back box exhaust .

Will changing this give a few more BHP and LB/FT or will this just give me more noise .

The car has had an Uprev .

Thanks

Alan

88K and I do 65 miles per day so say just under 20K per year .

Alan

Next small update got round to fitting a few bits .

First up some CREE LED number plate lights

OLD

NEW

Then the bonnet dampers

Look what father Christmas got me

Will be fitting them when I stop eating and drinking .

Yes will need to remove this .

If anyone is looking to improve the handling the Whiteline set up and new banana arms Is a good move .

Alan

Another update time .

On Monday went to Abbey Motorsport for some suspension parts and to turn off the engine light that came on after the Uprev .

First was two new banana arms

Then a Whiteline front anti roll bar set to soft with Whiteline drop links .

Then a Whiteline rear anti roll bar set to soft with Whiteline drop links .

And today I set the rear up to medium for the ARB

Car is now much more tight and flat and turn in Is much sharper .

Alan