Give the car a detail the other day and decided to go for pics.
Over the winter I hope to continue the front rub strip across the number plate recess, Schmidt Modern Lines 3pc (going to try to get bigger dishes so i can run 9.5/10 at the rear, Porsche Tombstones and then retrim them in leather and alcantara with rear bench to match. Clio 197 steering wheel. There is currently a group buy for bagyard stuff on a local forum so i may purchase the management for the airride.
cheers for reading :D
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Getting a new car to replace the A3
It is a .....
wait for it.....
it's quite long.....
Audi A4 Avant 2.0 T FSi Quattro S line Limited Edition with 18 inch RS4 wheels, Full leather interior and dual zone climate control.
It looks good in a very dark grey and the Chrome around the grill has been blacked out. Front brakes are drilled, grooved and vented as standard.
0-60 7.1 Seconds 31 mpg! And it is a Quattro so it will have really good handling, the test drive was a sheer pleasure.
I take delivery on Friday, I can't wait and all pics are pre the final valet and preparation.
Picked up my new runabout the other day, a 56 plate 1.9JTDM Alfa Romeo GT in Lipari Grey with red leather interior. Also has the optional £1500 18" wheel upgrade. Spent 4 hours last night washing, claying, polishing and waxing the exterior. Also cleaned and sealed the wheels. So, here she is! :o
I will be modding her slightly but don't want to go too mad. Plans are:
Give the Interior and engine bay a good going over.
Clean, condition and protect the leather.
Remap
Possibly FMIC
Lower 25mm on Eibach Springs and Koni FSD suspension.
Alfa Romeo 4-pot Brembo Calipers and larger discs.
Alfa Romeo Tax Disc holder.
Right, as i've now had a chance to get christmas out of the way i'm now starting my modding up again on the Calibra so thought i'd get a thread together as this will be an ongoing thing.
As a few of you know she already has a shed load done to engine to get it up to 237.2bhp Which isn't bad at all considering its normally asperated and theres loads of room left for improvement. But in the size car it is, a 0-60 of 5.54 seconds isn't bad at all.
I bought the car from 200 miles away from where I live as I knew there was something special about this old gal. From the advert I already knew it had a 3.0 engine conversion from Courtenay Sport, plus a few other bits and since i've had it have done roughly about £2000 worth of work to...
Since I first posted about my Toyota a few days ago I know it's been the talk of the forum.Obviously anyone with a mk1 Avensis will understandably be the focus of much envious attention.I'm used to it when I see the drivers of Porsches and M5s stare with such longing at my car,sometimes I truly think I should remove the vvti badges from the wings because it feels like sheer gloating lol.
Nah,I do get stares but their usually either in amusements or from people who think I must be driving about thinking I've got the coolest car in town or something.It's an Avensis,a mini cab drivers dream car of the late 90s,early 2000s but for some daft reason it's really grown on me and I woud love to get a 250 bhp motor under there and embarrass all...
update on the tiger cub trying to hang onto it as well as the belva but running out of excuses to tell the wife would like to put it back on the road for summer the belva being mid engine does get very hot so i have to take out the side windows to get some air then have to put them back when i leave it bit of a pain
Hey chaps been looking through some old photos i dug out from the attic found some right gems.
My old mans Triumph 2000 CC car it was his pride and joy was member of the car club and everything he changed the paint from original brown to a metallic blue. Does anyone have any images they remember growin up around a certain car? I used to specifically Remember the car having a Overdrive button on it haha
Hi .
New to the site but loved the artical.
Iam in the throws of rebuilding a AUM engine to go in my 150 TT. I intend to up grade it futher, as the engine in the car at the moment has already been re-mapped. Great result from the re-map, but like most of us I want more, so now have a second AUM enginesitting on the bench to play with. Having read the article, am I right in saying all 1.8t engines have the same bore and stroke dimensions, ie 81mm bore and 144mm stroke. I know the AUM has 19mm gudgen pins and are a weak point in the engine along with the con rods. SO ! I intend to buy to good "H" section rods, but wonder if I can fit BAM pistons. What Ya reckon guys ?
Regards Bill
Hi all, I thinking of getting a Vauxhall agila B as a project car. I was wondering what's the biggest engine you could swap into one due to the limited engine sizes. Could for instance you put a 1.4 turbo corsa engine in one???
Exciting times here at Rvinyl! We just acquired a 2005 BMW 325xi sedan with the purposes of turning it into a show car. Every week we will be featuring the next phase of the project by adding a new accessory, wrap, part, tint and showing you the entire process of preparation, installation and outcome. Look for a ridiculous amount of videos, pics and posts as we literally srtrip this 2005 BMW 325xi down and build her back up again.
As I said above, everything we do will be have an accompanying videos which we will post to our YouTube channel and our site. The project is expected to take between 6 months to a year to complete but so far the we have planned the following modifications and upgrades in more or less the order we plan to...
I have a 2000 eclipse game that I turbo'd and would like to know if anyone has or knows of someone that has the room definitions for that year as I can't find them
Hey All.
I know its not a photo gallery, but good enough:
A video of my RS6 chasing down my mates 2013 track-pack GTR on our way to the Nurburgring a few months back. I didn't expect them to be so close to be honest given the TP GTR is 550bhp and lighter than a stock GTR given the carbon front end and absence of the rear seat bench!
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Hi everyone looking for some advice, having trouble with rear calipers on my mondeo st tdci, put recon ones on a year ago and the hand brake mechanism is starting to stiffen up causing a lot of bother, this is the second set i have fitted, this is a common fault on the mk3 mondeo and i was looking for some advice to see if there was another ford caliper that will sort this problem out. Any advice would be very much appreciated many thanks Caffer.
Hers my ride tell me what you think
CAR MODEL Daewoo Lanos 1998
ENGINE 1.5 A15SMS SOHC, TD04L Turbo running at 7psi, Engine bay painted same colour as the car, Braided hoses, Chrome piping and blue hoses, oil catch can
TRANSMISSION standard
SUSPENSION king springs and shockes lowered front and back
WHEELS 275 limted triple dipped chrome17x7.5
TYRES 205/40/17
BRAKES standard
EXTERIOR Newgel Side skirts, gtAutostyle Evo Bonnet scoop and front evo heat bar and badges removed, Clear Altezza side indicators, Colour coded door handles and mirrors, Full Respray in same color blue also added HOLOGRAPHIC SILVER PAINT FLAKES & sparkles
INTERIOR black and silver interior sports steering wheel turbo timer,tacho gauges on pillar...
So here are some pic's I took when I went out for a drive earlier this evenig. This isn't my car so I won't be doing any work on it allthough I would like to. This isn't the greatest car for tuning but it's reliable and gets me from A to B so it will do untill I can afford something more fun and better for tuning.
because i have a vast amount of pictures, and the fact that i would have to re-size them all here are the links to the albums i have on my facebook profile. so you can all view at your leisure.
Let me know what you think, and remember the beast aint quite finished yet, but i am positive i will have him on the road if not complete for the show at Santa pod at the end of july
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=62722&id=677423505&l=bbc0beaa56
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=63937&id=677423505&l=08ee74bc7a
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=67500&id=677423505&l=8458281eb2
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=68310&id=677423505&l=268bad6692
I hope you all enjoy them. I have also put them all there so you can see what the car...
After a very long period of development my Sierra RS Cosworth is almost ready to rumble.
The engine was completed in 2008 & its taken some time to develop the rest of the car. I will trundle it around for 6months or so to sort out any bugs before my next & final Topspeed run towards the end of 2010.
215mph in 1.5miles is the Target & we have about 1000bhp to achieve it.
Only 2 road cars have ever cracked 215 in that distance in the UK so its a big ask, so wish me luck. Theres a vid below showing a test run at 900bhp & 187mph in just over 1/2 mile its scary. (Turn the volume up its a must)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hXNzf2kjqc
Bought a 2009 Toyota Corolla, any special maintenance tips ?
Hi Everyone,
My name is Shaun and I live in Hull.
I drive a 2004 Honda Civic Type R lightly modded heres some pics for you all....
Pics arent very good as they were taken with my phone...
Mods so far are...
Dastek Unichip,
ITG Maxogen Air Intake,
Spoon B-Pipe,
EBC Grooved Front Discs,
Red Stuff Front Pads,
Red Calipers,
Earthing Kit,
Mugen Front Grill,
Mugen Rear spoiler,
HEKO Racing Wind Deflectors,
30% Tints On 3 Back Windows,
H.I.D Headlight Upgrade,
Powder Coated OE Wheels With Red Lip,
SilvaTec Indicators All Round,
L.E.D. Side Lights..
I think thats about it..
Thanks for looking,
Shaun.
Ok so here we go ford fiesta st start its life off as a normal day to day car then someone bright idea the other halfs to change the hell out of it lol hmmmm!! Good idea or not we find out one day! So this is how this little fez started Plain jane.
Then the 8.5mm magneco leads are fitted along with the K&N induction kit and piper cat back and also lowered on eibachs and the front and rear strut braces are put in and the new rs7 put on her and then the mongoose flexi pipe. Upgraded breaks, Greenstuff pads and Bonnet raisers.
She went off for some graphics to be done.
And then bang engine blew up piston straight through the engine and after being stuck on the M25 with not a happy other half as for once I was not driving lol! we got...
I thought I would post up pictures of my 1997 Saab 900. So far its mostly stock but I have a good list of mods planned, it keeps changing as time goes on but I think i have finally decided on a few for sure. I have owned this car for nearly a year now, and have taken good care of it, fixing a few things here and there, but now I think its time for the mods.
Few Rust spots on the tip of the bonnet, getting fixed with rest of rust.
Rust on the rear wheel well on both sides, getting patched and painted within the next month.
You can see the rear panel under the passenger light is black instead of the green, thats from when I was rear ended by a jeep and found a replacement part, it will be painted when the rust spots are...
Here's the Volvo.
It's my first car (I'm 30 now, had it for 3 years, late starter!) Modding it started off as just a Remap to perk it up a bit and grew from there...
Runs 228bhp at the wheels 5000-6000, and 275lb-ft Torque at the wheels at 2500rpm on 97Ron
1/4 mile at 100mph terminal dead - There are quicker cars around, but you really have to experience the flexibility and mid-range of a tuned T5 to believe it.
It's a torquey quick car out on the road during in real world conditions.
Timed at 30-70=5.4, 50-70=3.0
- IPD Rear RollBar
- Eibach Springs
- Geometry Kit
- Bell FMIC
- BSR Downpipe, sports cat and SS exhaust
- BRS Stage 3 remap
- K & N Air Intake
- Vibra Technics Gearbox Mount
- Braided Brake Lines with...
P.s. I am not a chav, merely just somebody that is bored with their slow first car
I like it personally, am open to criticism / comments
P.s. I KNOW I need to get some side trim , I also know I need the bonnet to be sprayed, but it will cost me a fair bit and is not important :)
I had just washed the car and realized I had no pictures of it as such
hello again friends, i'm going show my modest corolla. it's an small engine car but funny to drive :)
a little information:
Brand: TOYOTA
model: corolla e12 hatchback 2 seats
engine: 1400cc diesel 90cv
year: 2007, last model
the mod's i have made:
FULL front corolla TSPORT kompressor bumper
air K&N panel filter
lower springs, about 35mm-40mm
an 2DIN unit PIONEER avic f930BT
FUTURE MODS:
-ECU REMAP 120cv
-front air intakes in bumper grills, for turbo and admission chamber
-17 inch wheels from KEI RACING
-convert to 5 seats
-remove catalyst
-new exhaust line with 2 lines, 2 exhausts
-put an rear bumper difusor
-better audio system, mine is the stock system
-halogen white lights for better distance
for now is this
this is the...
I've been signed up a while but not got round to showing off my beast (yeah right) anyway here she is:
Mods so far:
Carbon Fibre Rear Veiw
Carbon Fibre Badge
Seat Tax Disc Holder
Fitted Car Mats (yes they need a clean)
Also fitted stubby aerial, LED side lights, LED Number plate lights, LED map light and LED boot light
And this:
If I can afford to I'd like coilovers, and rear spacers...but we'll see...
Thats all for now anyway :)
this was my accord the 1st time round. it was standard when i got it. i lowered it 40mm, 17"s, self made front bumper and skirts, standard 2.0 16v single cam engine, induction kit and stainless b/box.
this is it at the moment;
sadly i havent had much time to do any work on this latley, the new spec is
bodywork;
coupe front and back bumpers modified to fit
astra mk3 wide arch kit modifeid to fit
fiat bravo indy500 skirts modified to fit
impreza afterbbuner led back lights grafter in
smoothed boot
bi-plane spoiler
bumpstrips removed
side repeaters removed and placed in spoiler
vents in bonnet
bee sting areial
running gear;
rover 620 turbo conversion
engine fully stripped
bottom end lighten and balance inc...
Freelander has been part exchanged for this:
http://robertbentley.net/photos/cars/R36_1.jpg
http://robertbentley.net/photos/cars/R36_2.jpg
Collecting next week all being well. Just waiting on DVLA to transfer my reg :)
Well as alot of you know I've spent the last year building a Vectra GSi C20LET turbo. Well, as mentioned she took nearly a year to complete but then got board and have now got something a little better lol. Can't list everything thats done but here is the short version:-
full HKS Hipower 3" exhaust system turbo back,5" tailpipe!
*decatted,
*flamer kit,
*uprated suspension,
*Recent spark plugs
*rear privacy glass
*small leather momo style steering wheel,with sti centre and original nardi included
*crystal smoked rear lights
*crystal front headlights
*12” sub and Rockford fosgate amp in boot
*Jbl front component speakers
*Pioneer 6x9s in rear shelf
*smoked side lights
*smoked side repeaters
*clear indicators
*face lift...
Met one of your guys today at BHP performance show, although I've forgotten your name, sorry. A bit about me I'm 21 and from London and drive a Satin Black Renault Megane, any questions feel free to ask
Start of witha practice spray - a wing is good.
Build up the paint in layers.
I used about 15 spray tins of paint in the end I belive
When it comes to removing the bumper it would depend on the car, I discovered that after removing all of mine, I didnt need to but for some cars, you would need to, I removed the bumpers, the bonnet and the front two wings, and then masked up everything else, when I done the car
I didn't need to do any paint prep as the paintwork was only 3 years old, so I knew it was in perfect...
Ok, first impressions . . Very nice :) not built quite as well as the beemer but overall not bad.
The engine (136bhp Diesel) is very responsive and the handling is very impressive. Interior is nice and solid, seats are very comfortable.
Anyway, the photos . . .
It looks very aggressive here !! :amazed:
not bad from side . . .
not sure from the back . .
but I like the interior !!
right, after i well and truly killed the trampdrift carlton, was time to find something kind of practical, whilst still keeping a smile on my face....
so i got this....
and ended up in profit! long story! lol
MK2 Golf 1.8 8v Driver
ENGINE:
186k (just bedded in! lol)
Full top end rebuild 2k ago
GTI manifold
Full stainless exhaust
Weber Carb
10mm quad core HT leads
Bosch super 4 plugs
K&N panel filter
EXTERIOR:
Semi Rare Montana Green
15" OZ Polaris alloys - Temp wheels until i have enough spare cash for a nice dishy set
Lowered 80mm at front, 60mm at rear (sits Level)
De-badged single light grille
Crystal clear headlamps with Xenon bulbs
Half smoked rear clusters
Green side repeaters and bumper indicators...
Have been a member since last year but have only now gotten the car looking half way decent to posting on this site
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now with pics a quite quick estate car
Just registered so a few details of my car which I think qualifies as unusual
Car is a Nissan Stagea - basically a skyline estate. Most have the single turbo RB25 engine with auto box and are quite rare.
This however one is one of the even rarer cars with 4wd and the twin turbo GTR engine and manual gearbox .
Cant post pics yet (under 10 posts) so a brief spec as I dont want to make my first post an essay
Tuned RB26DETT engine dynod at 413 bhp with 340 ftlbs of tourque at 3500 rpm.
Nismo body kit and recaro interior,
Uprated brakes , suspension and steering .etc.
Anyway Im now off to look at the rest of the site.
Now have 10 posts so here are some pics
Hi guys.
As i'm sure a few of have read, i have the car booked for some toys and a rolling road setion. Well in the mean time i've been buying up the extra toys that I could without buying them through the tuning company.
What I have so far comprises of:-
New Samco piping for the Blow off Valve.
New Samco cuplink for the Air Intake pipe.
New Samco Water hoses.
New Samco Braded Fuel lines.
A few stickers which include Blitz, HKS Power and the Tuning company I use Xspec.
Also and this is the one I can't wait for, is a sheet of sticky back carbon fibre. It's no thicker than a sheet of vinyl, woven like true carbon fibre and becasue I already have a light weight bonnet from Japan, I dont need to worry about just buying a carbon fibre...
Some photos of my toys :-)
I bought the Robin Hood as a way of getting used to rear wheel drive again and to have some fun in a reasonably quick, well handling, motor. 2 litre Pinto, approx 140bhp.
The photos of the Elan show it at the 1985 Street Race Championships just before I wrecked the engine and being dug out of the garage prior to the total rebuild presently being undertaken.
Re: Hey folks :D
Ok so here it is. I took these about 4 days after buying the car so it is pre-valet and pre-gunked engine.
Note the red Honda badge. It doesn't look like the original has been swapped but there aren't any TypeR Accords this early so I guess it must have been. Ignore the red circle, I was highlighting areas for attention to remind myself. This is a rust spot *shakes fist*
If you are familiar with 5th gens you'll notice I ripped the number plate mounting off. The plate looks a lot more flush with the bumper now.
Note the fake TypeR stickers. Another painful reminder of the car's history and how it was treated. The bump strips will be removed and am thinking about refurbing the honda wheels in white until I can...
Please post pics of your ride here. Keep the file size smaller. If you can't upload your photos to some webspace they may be emailed to :-
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Please include a description of work done to your car or planned modifications so we can all compare notes.
So this is my toyota starlet from 1996 with a 4efte conversion with megasquirt ECU, TD40 turbo running 0.7 bar and 174 hp. :) Firstly pictures with new wheels mounted
And one with the old wheels..
The car has been modified so you can't see it's got a turbo engine mounted, even when you open the bonnet the original air filter is still in it's place, but with black pipes from the FMIC mounted behind the original air filter so you will have to go close up before you can see it's turbocharged. And the rear muffler kind of looks like the standard one, just a little larger and makes a great noise, not too loud either :) will post pictures tomorrow of the engine bay if people are interested :)
Pics of machine ;)
I went to Prescott today to the Midsummer speed fest practice, I'll post pics of that tomorrow ;) However the showstopper for me was this very special Split screen VW.
The only original panel is the front one! The whole chassis is custom fabricated... well actually everything is custom fabricated! It's running a 911 engine which I think the guy said it's running about 280bhp. It's sitting on airbag suspension & is built to dragstrip regs, although it's not seen any action yet. Oh & it's road legal. XD
All I need is a pot of gold to buy it now. ^.^
Hi guy's. right this is my baby. She's a 3.0ltr V6 Calibra running around 220-230bhp (not quite sure as I haven't had a rolling road test done since it was a 2.5V6 and it was 220bhp then)
Specs as Follows
Engine:
3.0ltr V6 24v Engine
Custom Chrome Air Filter Extension Pipe
Custom Chrome Air Intake Elbow Replacement.
Custom Made, Carbon Dipped Air Filter Heat Shield
Flowed inlet manifold and manifold devider.
Full Custom Made Straight Through Stainless Steel Exhaust System (Downpipes back)
K & N Induction Kit/ Cold Air Feed
Replacement unit for the Traction Control unit.
Samco Hose Cuplinks
Uprated 3.2 V6 Alternator (with battery)
ICE:
0 Gauge Amp Wiring Kit
2 x Infinity Crossovers
6 Channel JBL Amp @...
