I've just fitted 350 quids worth of exhaust kit tomy ax, including a 4>1 manifold and a janspeed system.Thats it, project over ... everything else that would increasebhp has been done, crap that won't hasn't (blue leds, bodykit,big music box,etc).Its even got lower gearing than it should have.So what now ... spend another 2k modifying a vts engine andplant that in the bay or just run this 1.4 litre to the ground whilst savingfor the next project car???

Yep, i suppose i could try the mg maestro twin webber conversion,just doing that on a standard axgt is supposed to increase bhpfrom 85>100.Would it require any adjustment, apart from the basic idle mixture, imean, would it need a rolling road tune up???I might look into upgrading the brakes with the gti kit, also maybe a quickshift kit as well.A proper internal roll cage might be another idea.I won't be doing any external bodywork modifications ... the ax is hardlya pretty car to start with.Although the performance modifications have all been worthwhile ... i fitteda kent cam to an old style bmw some years ago (mechanical fuel injectionand adjustable timing) ... they promised another 15bhp over the stock125bhp.Ok, it might have gained 15bhp, but you really don't notice it much on sucha lardy assed car (1280kg).So i decided that would be my last big car modification.Then i bought the lightest hatchback i could find, and apart from variousbits of trim falling off, its been quite...

No!I'm bored waiting for the F1 free pratice 4 tiems to start on was hoping for a nice long debate type post to keep me busy till the carsroll out again! :)

What now???

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Nom 22 years ago

Yep - great innit :)

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Stuffed 22 years ago

No!

I'm bored waiting for the F1 free pratice 4 tiems to start on Formula1.com, was hoping for a nice long debate type post to keep me busy till the cars roll out again! :)

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