New car :D

[alexisonfire]

So apart from the sound what exactly is the point? Are you planning on installing a bonnet window so that the mod can be seen?

I bought the induction kit very cheap off ebay, compared to new anyway (£120 off new price) but it didn't come with a cold air feed. So it was sucking in extremely hot air off the manifold/rad (loss in power but glorious sound). I eventually got round to getting a cold air feed fitted, it arrived today in fact, which means no more nice sound, but there's a noticeable difference in performance now its sucking in cold air from outside.

Should have left it standard tbh.

Why? Just like any other car enthusiast, i want to get the best performance I can from my car. Its sad that when ever someone modifies a small hatchback like this, they automatically get labelled a chav.

 

[alexisonfire]

Because you're trying to get "performance" from a shopping trolley?

Well hopefully, on a sunny day, in the not to distant future, we can once again come together and rejoice over my next new car, and hopefully then, i will finally have a purchase worthy enough for you.

Until then, this is my car, so get over it.

Just dont see the point, sorry

Thats cool I've made my little car, that little bit faster, so im happy

 

[alexisonfire]

As I said before, it was quite a nice tidy little car - a decent little alternative to a fiesta for popping to the shops in.

But it ain't a performance car, it's not an enthusiasts car, so I really don't see the point on making it sound like a wet fart in the pursuit of 1.5bhp.

A little fiesta for popping to the shops in, would in my opinion be something on the lines of a 1.25 5 door with a 0-62 of 16 seconds? Where as my car with these mods does 0-62 in around 8 seconds. You can't really put those two cars in the same class... I'm not going to pull a mike and claim my car is in the same league as a jet fighter, but its far from a shopping trolley.

 

[alexisonfire]

Fooled me.

*snip*

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Bet that makes a cracking track toy.

Aye, he did all that work and then ripped it apart and sold all the parts, i believe he has a 225 cup now. Was a nice spec c2 though...

1.6 16v C2 GT engine
LAD modified ported and polished cylinder head
Pug 106 Motorsport Cams
Pug 106 adjustable vernia pulleys
New timing belt kit
C2 VTS inlet manifold
C2 VTS injectors and fuel rail
GT ported and polished throttle body
BMC CDA induction kit
Piper 4-1 manifold with 2" collector
Piper full stainless steel exhaust system
GMC lower engine mount
Quaiffe ATB LSD diff
Lightened and balanced fly wheel
Re-built box
Porsche boxter 4 pot callipers with 285mm discs
Hell braided brake lines
Rear standard discs
16" Pro race 1.2 Team Dynamic Wheels
Toyo R888 tyres
C2 VTS front and side side skirts
FK silverline coil overs
Fully re-sprayed inside and out in Ford Radiant Red
Fully stripped interior
Flocked dashboard with carbon fibre inserts
Carbon fibre door cards
OMP gear knob, deep dish steering wheel and harnesses
Cobra Clubman bucket seats

 

[alexisonfire]

Ok, so maybe he could have bought an Elise after all.

Indeed

But if everybody bought an elise to go fast, the world would be a very boring place. Making a slow car go fast is half the fun

 

[alexisonfire]

the world would be a very boring place

Albeit, a boring world where everyone owns an extremely fun lotus elise.

 

[alexisonfire]

Just for the record, before someone runs into this thread wielding a wireless keyboard, takes what joshy just said out of context and proceeds to molest my face with the corner of the Ctrl key, i am in no way implying that fitting an induction kit to my car has transformed it into a track car

 

[alexisonfire]

While I am ecstatic at the fact i'm not being stabbed in the eyes with blunt spoons any more for fitting an induction kit to my lawn mower, this is a topic for a different thread, no?

 

[alexisonfire]

you keep mentioning performance - how much performance is that induction kit actually going to free up? and £120 off? how much was it???

huge waste of money imo

The induction kit cost me £60, they are £180-£200 new, which I agree is a complete and utter rip off, hence why I didn't buy new! I've probably gained 1-3bhp, but it does seem to of made a difference to throttle response. Even if i've gained nothing, it feels like i have, and thats worth £60 imo. People can spend hundreds of pounds on exhaust systems for only a possible gain of 5 bhp ~

 

[alexisonfire]

I'm pretty sure thats what you are intending to do?

It is yes, but that wasn't my point. It doesn't matter if someone spends £60 on an induction kit for 2bhp, or £400 on an exhaust system for 5bhp, its all relevant to taking each step to achieving the final goal, more power.

Horses for course but i wouldnt, havent touched a thing on my car. It's too slow and getting an induction kit wont change that, its just money down the drain.

Its not all about BHP aswell, and not all modifications give you big power like a turbo for example, you have to do the small stuff too

 

[alexisonfire]

And black wheels are planned

Black wheels is pretty damn extreme, that's how a role, super hardcore I am.