"ex girlfriend chucked tools away and never replaced them all"
Some people can't take a joke eh? I was only caught with her best friend!
Henry......
After a weekend blat to Stu's on Saturday, I was surprised at how much heat soak it suffered from after being stuck in traffic after an hour or so's run down the A11.
The symptoms (ECU threw no codes and ran Torque's fault code reader at the same time) where pronounced drop in power, and lethargy, and once it had been running at 40 or so for five minutes things returned to "normal".
I've been reading into it, and it seems the possible way of helping it would be to fit a vent in the drivers side wheel arch liner (like the 225 TT etc), and a cold air vent in through the bumper.
I know longer term, a front mount intercooler would be the way to go, but being a Turbo novice, don't know if this problem is exacerbated by poor design (What a place to stick an intercooler!) or by something that needs maintaining?
I'm not overly keen on a FMIC due to it pushing further away from standard spec and having insurance implications.
Ideas on a post card to "Clueless Idiot, Buffoon Towers, No Ideaville"
The symptoms (ECU threw no codes and ran Torque's fault code reader at the same time) where pronounced drop in power, and lethargy, and once it had been running at 40 or so for five minutes things returned to "normal".
I've been reading into it, and it seems the possible way of helping it would be to fit a vent in the drivers side wheel arch liner (like the 225 TT etc), and a cold air vent in through the bumper.
I know longer term, a front mount intercooler would be the way to go, but being a Turbo novice, don't know if this problem is exacerbated by poor design (What a place to stick an intercooler!) or by something that needs maintaining?
I'm not overly keen on a FMIC due to it pushing further away from standard spec and having insurance implications.
Ideas on a post card to "Clueless Idiot, Buffoon Towers, No Ideaville"
Yes, you're right Rob. Poor design, and you can help that by ducting the front and venting the back. Anything else will be most costly than buying a front mount and getting a much better overall benefit.
Insurance premiums won't change much if at all because of a front mount. If they do, leave your insurance company because they will be pulling your pants down. (That same car was cheaper to insure modified than it was standard with the same broker)
Insurance premiums won't change much if at all because of a front mount. If they do, leave your insurance company because they will be pulling your pants down. (That same car was cheaper to insure modified than it was standard with the same broker)
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Remove 20% of the weight and go for a straight line sprint 
Similar 'gains' none of the cost assuming you don't use a hole saw or grinder............you can always lose the weight then get a remap too.....
Similar 'gains' none of the cost assuming you don't use a hole saw or grinder............you can always lose the weight then get a remap too.....http://www.auto-genie.co.uk
07733 527430
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Valeting, detailing and undersealing
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