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    Why I hate statistics

    So even if I drive perfectly legal I am more likely to be hit by a speeding idiot just because I am over 21 ?
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    ariel atom V/8

    i quite hate the fact that at $160000 it's not gonna be the poor man's supercar killer any more. not it's just a two seater formula car.
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    Cheap and free tuning mods

    remove air filter, remove cat, turn off AC, remove any unnecessary weight, close all windows including sunroof, remove whatever drives the alternator, use coolant instead of window cleaning liquid and use the windshield sprinklers to spray it on the intercooler, remove the bonnet or leave it...
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    dump valves?????????????????

    That's exactly my point , i didn't state that there will be extra air/fuel in, I was trying to explain that the overlap also causes a swirl which helps the residual co mix with the air/fuel and combust better. To reiterate, the overlap forces the exhaust gas out, but a small fraction of it...
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    Custom Tubular Wishbones advice needed.

    If it won't be too late , I'll be back in UK at the end of august and i'll get in touch with the folks at the formula sae racing team, they get a lot of tubular wishbones machined to their specs and i might be able to get a hint or two as i'm also interested in a tubular double wishbone kit.
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    st 170 tuning and mods??

    cool , i would like to know about the intake manifold , was it custom made ? it would be nice to let us know how much din he pay for the carb kit , FPR , and intake manifold. i would also like to know about the ecu tweaking he did. why did he choose bike carbs over twin horizontal double...
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    How chipped is your windscreen

    i have no chips at all , i usually try to keep the distance from the car in front of me, especially lorries as they can carry large stones between their double wheels. still , the crack i got from pouring cold water on the windshield on a hot day started extending towards the center and now i...
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    st 170 tuning and mods??

    Please post more details , I'm really curious about the advantages of switching to carbs. Can't you get the same using injection and ITBs ?
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    st 170 tuning and mods??

    you should really start by setting a target and working your way up to it. for a lower budget you can opt for a n/a build and hope to get a bit over 200 bhp with new cams , increased compression ratio , port job and ecu although you should keep in mind that the st170 engine is already pushed...
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    st 170 tuning and mods??

    well it all depends on the budget , you can go for a turbo conversion and fit most of the parts from the duratec rs engine
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    What is your redline rev limit

    UK trim levels are just crazy , they got me all confused. in the rest of europe we don't have zetec , titanium and many others i can't remember right now. In fact i think that the only trim level available is the ghia. before i turboed the 2.0 duratec peak power was at 7000 rpm. Also the car's...
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    dump valves?????????????????

    there will always be a small quantity of exhaust gases in the cylinder that won't flush no matter how you tune your exhaust manifold/ports and the best you can do is to make sure that they mix properly with the air/fuel otherwise you won't get a good combustion.
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    What is your redline rev limit

    i don't have a redline on my focus ^^ peak power is around 6500 but shiftlight is set to 6000
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    dump valves?????????????????

    it also helps trapped exhaust gasses in the cylinder mix with the air/fuel mixture
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    Heat wrapping

    I've got A Graham Bell's four stroke performance tuning as well , good book , still hunting for more on ebay and amazon as they are quite pricey to buy new.

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