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Car Forum / UK Car Forums / Car Modifications (UK group) / October 2008Modded my new car today (well sort of)
Having picked up another polo yesterday I removed the K&N that the previous owner had fitted and put the stock air box back on with a fresh paper filter. It's quiet it down quieted a bit so it should be a more pleasant experience to drive. On a random side note why dose driving get worse the further south you go? After getting below Brum there was a steady correlation between the distance south and the number of people refusing to use lane one or two until you hit the M25 where we were the only people we could see using them and lanes 3&4 were packed and only doing 60.  SignatureIf we diverted all funding from climate change research into an examination of the tooth fairy you'd have a list of BScs and PhDs as long as my arm with computer models of her wings and credible theories as to her phone number. Member of D.N.A. National Dyslexics Association > Having picked up another polo yesterday I removed the K&N that the previous > owner had fitted and put the stock air box back on with a fresh paper filter. > It's quiet it down quieted a bit so it should be a more pleasant experience > to drive. You'll probably find it goes faster too. SignatureConor I only please one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow isn't looking good either. - Scott Adams >> Having picked up another polo yesterday I removed the K&N that the >> previous [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > You'll probably find it goes faster too. Having got used to proper engines (TDis) it's hard to imagine it going any slower than it did yesterday. 4 valves per cylinder was a bad move as you get nothing till 3k then not a lot. > Having picked up another polo yesterday I removed the K&N that the > previous owner had fitted and put the stock air box back on with a fresh [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > only people we could see using them and lanes 3&4 were packed and only > doing 60. because cocks round here all shoot into the right lane and stay there regardless. everyone drives with the 'you aint getting in front of me' attitude even if they are doing 60mph. undertake them though and they'll flash at you. bunch of pricks! lane discipline round here is really sh.t! wait till you hit some of the roundabouts that gets interesting! On a random side note why dose driving get worse the further south > you go? After getting below Brum there was a steady correlation between the > distance south and the number of people refusing to use lane one or two until > you hit the M25 where we were the only people we could see using them and > lanes 3&4 were packed and only doing 60. That's standard dahhhhn sahhhhf. If the M25 is busy they all bunch up as they approach junctions to no-one can join the motorway without risking a minimum 10 car pile-up. This is *always* done whilst staring straight ahead and blanking anyone who's trying to join the motorway or get out of the way of the impending carnage. When you do manage to join the M25 you'll invariably get some w.nker swerving across three lanes making a beeline for the next junction, never indicating, and aiming at taking the front off whatever you're driving if remotely possible. For a proper challenge you need a 250k mile Transit recovery truck with the 70 bhp non turbo engine and a heavy car on the back. That makes the M25 really exciting. SignaturePete M - OMF#9 BMW 325i SE Touring Range Rover V8 Turbo Renault 30 TX Auto "Wait! We can't stop here, this is Bat Country" > On a random side note why dose driving get worse the further south >> you go? After getting below Brum there was a steady correlation between [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > they approach junctions to no-one can join the motorway without risking a > minimum 10 car pile-up. Heh, I always used to hate driving / parking on the M25 as well - driving standards were almost ridiculous they were that bad, and the average IQ of the drivers around me seemed to be less than my shoe size, and I'm only a 10. I suppose that's one thing to be grateful for :-) > For a proper challenge you need a 250k mile Transit recovery truck with > the 70 bhp non turbo engine and a heavy car on the back. That makes the > M25 really exciting. Does a 70bhp (when new I suppose?) non-turbo engined, 250k mile Transit recovery truck with a heavy car on the back (or no car on the back....) even move...? Can it actually do 0-60? SignatureDan B Clio R27 > "Pete M" <pete.murray@SPAMFREEblueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message >> For a proper challenge you need a 250k mile Transit recovery truck >> with the 70 bhp non turbo engine and a heavy car on the back. That [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > recovery truck with a heavy car on the back (or no car on the back....) > even move...? Can it actually do 0-60? 60 is a challenge, 70 is possible given 10 or 20 miles run up. There's a section on the M4 where 40 is hard work to maintain.. SignaturePete M - OMF#9 BMW 325i SE Touring Range Rover V8 Turbo Renault 30 TX Auto "Wait! We can't stop here, this is Bat Country" >> Does a 70bhp (when new I suppose?) non-turbo engined, 250k mile Transit >> recovery truck with a heavy car on the back (or no car on the back....) [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > There's a section on the M4 where 40 is hard work to maintain.. That wouldn't be England-bound somewhere in the Welsh stretches of it, would it? I went up there with a probably equally almost as gutless 2.3TD Carlton to tow a mate's V6 Vectra back from near J48, on a trailer, and it was very bloody slow heading back. Signature"For want of the price of tea and a slice, the old man died." >>> Does a 70bhp (when new I suppose?) non-turbo engined, 250k mile Transit >>> recovery truck with a heavy car on the back (or no car on the back....) [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > to tow a mate's V6 Vectra back from near J48, on a trailer, and it was very > bloody slow heading back. Think that'll be the same one, yeah. SignaturePete M - OMF#9 BMW 325i SE Touring Range Rover V8 Turbo Renault 30 TX Auto "Wait! We can't stop here, this is Bat Country" >> "Pete M" <pete.murray@SPAMFREEblueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > There's a section on the M4 where 40 is hard work to maintain.. Heh the guy that delivered the Vitesse (~1400kgs IIRC) said he was down to 30 on the A31 (just after the M27 ends). His sat nav took him through a local village called Burley and he was crawling up the hill out of it in first thinking he wasn't going to make it. Gawd bless the transit!! >>> "Pete M" <pete.murray@SPAMFREEblueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message >> [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > local village called Burley and he was crawling up the hill out of it in > first thinking he wasn't going to make it. Gawd bless the transit!! anyone whos raced at cadwell park (coming from the south) will probably know the big long hill not far from the circuit, can't remember exactly where, haven't been there for a long time, there was a few times where we were down to first and barely moving at all. I think that was the only time my dad was glad he was racing a capri and not the (heavier) mustang he'd wanted. james >>>> "Pete M" <pete.murray@SPAMFREEblueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message >>> [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > where, haven't been there for a long time, there was a few times where we > were down to first and barely moving at all. Tsssh! Nah, second maybe, but first... first? *remembers early cars* As you were then... :o) > I think that was the only time my dad was glad he was racing a capri and > not the (heavier) mustang he'd wanted. SignatureThe DervMan www.dervman.com >> "Pete M" <pete.murray@SPAMFREEblueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > There's a section on the M4 where 40 is hard work to maintain.. thats why the weave lane to lane to keep momentum as it took white van man 25 miles to get it up to that speed! > > 60 is a challenge, 70 is possible given 10 or 20 miles run up. > > > > There's a section on the M4 where 40 is hard work to maintain.. > > thats why the weave lane to lane to keep momentum as it took white van man > 25 miles to get it up to that speed! Why is it so tough to maintain speed? SignatureCarl Robson Get cashback on your purchases Topcashback http://www.TopCashBack.co.uk/skraggy_uk/ref/index.htm Greasypalm http://www.greasypalm.co.uk/r/?l=1006553 >>> 60 is a challenge, 70 is possible given 10 or 20 miles run up. >>> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >> > Why is it so tough to maintain speed? Mainly because 74 bhp (when new), 2 tons of Transit flatbed, 1.5 tons of whatever on the back, 250,000 miles of merciless thrashing, a drag factor similar to that of an Atlantean bus dressed as Eddie Izzard and a big f.cking hill that goes on for miles all tend to work against you. If you thrap it up to 70 mph approaching the hill and keep the right foot hard to the floor the thing will still slow to 35 mph by the time you're half way up the hill. Then its just a case of rowing it up there with the gear lever, hatrid for diesels and sheer bloodymindedness. SignaturePete M - OMF#9 BMW 325i SE Touring Range Rover V8 Turbo Renault 30 TX Auto "Wait! We can't stop here, this is Bat Country" > Mainly because 74 bhp (when new), 2 tons of Transit flatbed, 1.5 tons of > whatever on the back, 250,000 miles of merciless thrashing, a drag [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > half way up the hill. Then its just a case of rowing it up there with > the gear lever, hatrid for diesels and sheer bloodymindedness. I was thinking that Vamp was struggling too. Biggest hill I can think of is heading over the pennines on the M62, done that at 80+ but you have to be careful for wagons popping out into the 3rd lane on the 4 lane stretches SignatureCarl Robson Get cashback on your purchases Topcashback http://www.TopCashBack.co.uk/skraggy_uk/ref/index.htm Greasypalm http://www.greasypalm.co.uk/r/?l=1006553 > For a proper challenge you need a 250k mile Transit recovery truck with > the 70 bhp non turbo engine and a heavy car on the back. That makes the > M25 really exciting. A mate of mine bought a non turbo 2.5 Chassis cab. He then extended the chassis by about 4 feet, then built a motorhome onto it by modifying a lightly damaged luxury 4 berth caravan to fit. This fecker has belly lockers, a silent genny and hot and cold water / central heating. The whole nine yards as the saying goes. He tows his Brain James 4 wheeler transporter with the Fisher Fury to events all over the place. Not the fastest form of land transport ever invented, but having your own bed to sleep in and cooking facilities / shower etc. is sort of priceless when you're away from home at an event. > > For a proper challenge you need a 250k mile Transit recovery truck with > > the 70 bhp non turbo engine and a heavy car on the back. That makes the [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > bed to sleep in and cooking facilities / shower etc. is sort of priceless > when you're away from home at an event. It'll do 40 all day long though which is about the same as the caravanners on the M5. SignatureConor I only please one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow isn't looking good either. - Scott Adams > On a random side note why dose driving get worse the further south >> you go? After getting below Brum there was a steady correlation between [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > the 70 bhp non turbo engine and a heavy car on the back. That makes the > M25 really exciting. lmao! yep you been down this way alright |
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