Car Modifications - UK

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Cars taking their lead from Deltic trains?

Sports car that uses a 0.8L engine to charge batteries that power 4 motors giving 362BHP, 0-100KPH in 3.5 seconds and a...
4 comments posted 17yrs
posted by conor_turton
4 comments posted 17yrs posted by conor_turton

Major Mondeo Mod

Woohoo - excellent mod just done. Improved smoothness and performance no end, sounds better and pulls from 500rpm up. Ye...
3 comments posted 17yrs
posted by urd3
3 comments posted 17yrs posted by urd3

Brake comparison.

Peugeot 106 - circa 800kg - ~60bhp - top vs Mazda MX-5 - circa 1100kg - ~145bhp - bottom http://tinyurl.com/abrl4p In t...
48 comments posted 17yrs
posted by douggie
48 comments posted 17yrs posted by douggie

...hello?

Is anyone alive out there? I've seen no new posts for ages!
54 comments posted 17yrs
posted by iridiumdan
54 comments posted 17yrs posted by iridiumdan

Tarting up manky alloys

A while back, someone posted a way to make tatty alloys look half decent on the cheap using rattle cans and elbow greas...
3 comments posted 17yrs
posted by privacy
3 comments posted 17yrs posted by privacy

Ideal drift car?

Long wheelbase, torquey engine... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImOS-7vWLWA&NR=1
4 comments posted 17yrs
posted by noresponse
4 comments posted 17yrs posted by noresponse

Success at last

A weekend of success - finally have the SD1 running again. There have been numerous faults in the EFi system and I fina...
11 comments posted 17yrs
posted by cagmeister
11 comments posted 17yrs posted by cagmeister

Spotify ?

Anyone else tried it ? Think itunes only totally free, but you can't actually save the music(1) as it's streaming only....
2 comments posted 17yrs
posted by zilspeed
2 comments posted 17yrs posted by zilspeed

I think I'm in love

Gave someone a hand this week to move a newly finished shell into their garage. He showed me his other cars while I was...
10 comments posted 17yrs
posted by zilspeed
10 comments posted 17yrs posted by zilspeed

Getting by the week.

Ignoring the 2 crap weeks with binding brakes. 30.43 30.99 31.11 32.47 33.46 I have now exceeded the manufacturers quote...
50 comments posted 17yrs
posted by carl.robson
50 comments posted 17yrs posted by carl.robson

New licences

I must be amongst the first people to have to have my driving licence replaced because it was too old. The new card bit...
7 comments posted 17yrs
posted by douggie
7 comments posted 17yrs posted by douggie

Best unmod I've done in a while

Replaced the stupid short shift in the MX5 with a bog standard lever. Oh joy, suddenly I've got the snick-snick-snick a...
2 comments posted 17yrs
posted by tnewsSPAMMENOT
2 comments posted 17yrs posted by tnewsSPAMMENOT

My missus is officially tight.

So tight that Tesco pay her to take away food. Last week "happy eggs" on special. Shelf price £1.00 for 6 large eggs, b...
61 comments posted 17yrs
posted by carl.robson
61 comments posted 17yrs posted by carl.robson

MOT ..... Passed.

With the comment "Best balanced brakes he had seen in a car that old, for a very long time". Nice. They do charge the f...
2 comments posted 17yrs
posted by carl.robson
2 comments posted 17yrs posted by carl.robson