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

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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 ?

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...

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

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...

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.

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

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

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.

I have decided for a subaru ej20 , i can find a good one around here without paying a fortune for it. I will use a stock one and upgrade it as i get used to RWD (Did I mention I have never raced a RWD car before ? ) At the moment I am a bit worried I'll end up with a nose heavy car. How much do...

some of my buddies use some sort of firewall to separate the intake from the rest of the engine bay... don't know how effective that is though.

stop complaining guys , back in romania is so hot i cracked the windshield when i sprayed cold water at it

He's got the 140 hp golf 4

those TSIs may be small but are thirsty as hell. my mate gets 25l/100 km when he's flooring his 1.4

I'm not that sure if it's that cost effective to get that 1.8t engine and bore it out. (keep it mind that i need a 2 liter turbo engine to get into the 2.5l-3l group-for group placement you multiply your engine displacement by 1.3 or 1.25 depending on competition- that is if your engine uses any...

Wow, his project is truly amazing... setting up the suspension like that requires a serious bit of knowledge. Also nice CADs , I will give it a go in solidworks as well, mostly to see how everything fits together, how does the chassis handle different loads and which would be the best engine...

by inline you mean that the engine is mounted "along" the car? i'm not familiar with all English engineering terms yet. If that's what you mean , then yes , i am going for an inline setup. I would rather have the engine in the engine bay as one of my friends had his engine mounted in the back...

I'm considering an renault 11 for this , as it was the my first car and and the first one i raced in a hillclimbing competition. Unfortunately I had a nasty crash and now the chassis is slightly bent. Also , being front engined and front wheel driven, with no power assisted steering it was a...

You are right , i should have referred to it as spool up time exclusively instead of turbo lag. Indeed , spool up time is not the same as turbo lag, but it's one of the reasons for it. As for how to increase pressure without a throttle plate, i thought that the rate at which pressure is...

well in theory the turbo lag is lower if the pressure difference between the pressure of the air going into the intake and the pressure of the compressed air (ie before and after the turbo) is smaller. So theoretically, in order to have 0 turbo lag you need higher pressure before the turbo and...

my fault , i didn't notice this is the diesel chat.

It dumps the pressure that builds up AFTER the turbo , when the throttle is closed. This is done to avoid the air going back through the turbo, often making it spin the other way and damaging it. Also , air forcing its way back through the turbo creates more turbo lag, so you might notice a...

I am sorry for wasting your time, I am not going to do this any time soon, there is plenty of planning to do, but I would really appreciate if you could share more information about how it is done , how does it affect weight distribution and if it can be modified to allow a mid engine to be fit...

Are there any shops that can replace your chassis with space frame, so that you can keep your original cars' look but do crazy things to it? And is it legal?

I will only take the tests to benefit from cheaper insurance, i might as well drive with my other license here. Also if i have an uk license i can take advanced driving lessons which hopefully will result in a decent insurance premium. As for why i chose to come to Britain, well there are some...

I'm taking the test for an uk license, i already have a romanian one. I think I'll take it in the autumn though. I haven't driven any RHD yet , but i'm used with shifting gears for my sister with the left hand when she was driving and i was on the right side lol. As for actual rhd traffic ...

well, I'm just about to find out :)

Actually if the exhaust is too big it will reduce power. There is a reason why intake ports are slightly larger than the exhaust ones. It is more important to make sure that the flow in the exhaust is as smooth as possible (by removing the cat, and other components that might restrict the flow)...

"mag rims" for aluminum alloy wheels. i'm not that sure if this is used in uk though.

Thank you very much guys , i'll now do some research on what being a resident in uk implies. Anyway , since i live here most of the year,i pay bills (no wages though ,i'm a student xD ) and i will soon get a national insurance number i hope that i'll pass as a resident.

well , it's strange no one mentioned the judd engines. lots of power with medium displacement and they are also very light compared to engines with the same size. also , the hayabusa engine is a masterpiece and what happens when you turbocharge one of those is pure awesomeness oh, and the...

again , i don't want to insure a car while possessing a foreign license because it is too expensive. thanks for the info on mot. do they also test for emissions and such ?

I know that i can use my romanian license, but if i want to own a car the insurance will be too expensive unless i get an uk license. So you're saying that i can take the test without taking any driving lessons? That would be cool , but i think i need some proper RHD training ^^. Oh , and that...

Hi folks, I am a student from Romania and I'm looking to get a GB driving license. I need some tips on the fees of different schools and i really want to know what owning a car in uk involves (what taxes do i have to pay, insurance and suchlike). I have a romanian license for 3 years, but i...