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mjt · 16 Oct 2015 at 17:22

Not a fan of the smoked rear lenses

Akagi · 16 Oct 2015 at 18:43

Agreed, they look naff. But the rest of the car is nice!

Stormster · 16 Oct 2015 at 20:08

Cookie, yes Tom had it in for a bit whilst I was on hols. Still not perfect but needs more money chucking at it and big balls for Tom to go hard at that paint job haha.

As for rear lights, I can never make my mind up, I was gonna tint the fronts but I don't want to cheese it up, the last owner put it on and it's that fly eye stuff, easily removed to be fair (it's peeling off any way so only a matter of time

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sigma · 16 Oct 2015 at 20:09

Finally sorted the paint out then, Stomster!!!

Stormster · 16 Oct 2015 at 20:52

Sort of

It'll do, I've unfortunately become overly ridiculously picky now that's the problem. I went look @ new cars the other day, 20k beemers with worse finish than mine to be fair lol but I just want utter perfection, never happens with cars!

rare · 17 Oct 2015 at 09:09

Put some scaffolding in the back of the Abarth. There is no logical reason.

sigma · 17 Oct 2015 at 09:10

Put some extra horses in the front too?

rare · 17 Oct 2015 at 09:13

Will be soon. Feels fast enough with 180bhp though to be fair. Book figure is about 6 and a half seconds to 60 and 140mph top speed which feels quite fast in such a small car. Having been speaking to ProAlfa they say these cars can be easily taken to 200bhp with a remap on the stock turbo which isn't overly stressed.

snips86x · 17 Oct 2015 at 09:20

rare said:
Will be soon. Feels fast enough with 180bhp though to be fair. Book figure is about 6 and a half seconds to 60 and 140mph top speed which feels quite fast in such a small car. Having been speaking to ProAlfa they say these cars can be easily taken to 200bhp with a remap on the stock turbo which isn't overly stressed.

on a 1.4

rare · 17 Oct 2015 at 09:28

snips86x said:
on a 1.4

Haha yeah. Reliable enough engines though. The 695 which uses the same engine as this car has another 10bhp from factory so runs at 190bhp with no problems. 200 is a realistic figure. There are some people running 250+ on these cars, though the limitations of traction start to become a problem...there is an Italian guy who has come up with a stroker kit for them, but thats far too much investment for little realistic gain.

wingman · 17 Oct 2015 at 12:58

Is there any point in modding for 20bhp, invalidating warranty etc? (If there is any?)

jbh110tdi · 17 Oct 2015 at 13:13

wingman said:
Is there any point in modding for 20bhp, invalidating warranty etc? (If there is any?)

I would be more interested in how much of a torque increase there is.

depending on that would depend on if I would do it or not.

rare · 17 Oct 2015 at 13:13

wingman you are asking all the wrong questions... I've already cut part of the interior up on a 3000 mile 15 plate car, why stop now!!

On the most recent 180 they did, it went from 182hp to 199 and 221lbs to 278lbs ft. Quite a jump in torque.

crinkleshoes · 17 Oct 2015 at 14:06

It's that torque peak you'll notice the most... I imagine that'll feel like a bigger jump than the bhp figure would have you think...

jbh110tdi · 17 Oct 2015 at 14:56

rare said:
On the most recent 180 they did, it went from 182hp to 199 and 221lbs to 278lbs ft. Quite a jump in torque.

as said its the torque that you'll notice most.
it will go pretty well with 278lbs ft of torque its got to weigh the same as a bag of spuds
I don't understand why folk quote BHP its the torque that makes a difference.

wingman · 17 Oct 2015 at 15:13

Doesn't she look beautiful on the back of a recovery truck? <3

After getting the thermostat housing repaired (hairline crack leading to leak), I drove it for about five minutes when I noticed that the engine temperature was getting suspiciously high, a few moments later it shot into the red zone. Needless to say I was worried that it was bye bye time!

Pulled over and got it towed back to the garage, they hadn't bled the system properly, now it's been done and it's running well.

Blackhawk47 · 17 Oct 2015 at 19:51

Found another TT in the works car park.

Voxination · 17 Oct 2015 at 19:55

wingman said:
After getting the thermostat housing repaired (hairline crack leading to leak), I drove it for about five minutes when I noticed that the engine temperature was getting suspiciously high, a few moments later it shot into the red zone. Needless to say I was worried that it was bye bye time!

The water temperature gauge on the E46 is extremely inaccurate. Whatever is classed as "operating temperature" and the needle will sit in the center, however go 1 degree over that and you're into the red zone, there's no sliding scale.

{SAS}TB · 17 Oct 2015 at 19:56

Blackhawk47 said:
Found another TT in the works car park.

rare · 17 Oct 2015 at 20:11

Voxination said:
The water temperature gauge on the E46 is extremely inaccurate. Whatever is classed as "operating temperature" and the needle will sit in the center, however go 1 degree over that and you're into the red zone, there's no sliding scale.

So true, the rule is if its odd dead centre then there is a problem. Never run it off centre, these heads can cook quickly.

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