Caporegime
and why is more track usage competitive? there are a few track car owners here who do it for fun not as competition, arent there?
New car :D
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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?
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Good point well made.
Soldato
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.
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.
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 ~
Soldato
Sod it you don't have to justify yourself to people on here. Do what you want 
Some will bitch and some will have done and still do similar things to their own cars.
We could all be grandads driving waftmobiles or we could still like a bit of fun in our driving. Either way no one on here gets dissed for driving a pretty boring barge.
Some will bitch and some will have done and still do similar things to their own cars.We could all be grandads driving waftmobiles or we could still like a bit of fun in our driving. Either way no one on here gets dissed for driving a pretty boring barge.
Pretty sure they do tbh
Soldato
I'm pretty sure thats what you are intending to do?
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.
Caporegime
its not all about increasing bhp though!
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.
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
Soldato
thats where we differ 
if i even thought about spending a couple hundred quid on modifying what is a luke warm hatch (it really is, its barely any quicker than my xsara) than id just put that money towards a better car in the first place lol. £500, for 10hp.....not for me
if i even thought about spending a couple hundred quid on modifying what is a luke warm hatch (it really is, its barely any quicker than my xsara) than id just put that money towards a better car in the first place lol. £500, for 10hp.....not for me
Caporegime
thats where we differ
Again, its not all about adding bhp. different mods can do different things as well as adding a couple of bhp to the top end
And black wheels are planned. But either way so what? He's posted, some people like it, some people dont. Thats life.
They probably dont spend thousands and thousands acheiving that.
[TW]Fox;17673128 said:
Black wheels is pretty damn extreme, that's how a role, super hardcore I am.
