Toms306 Wrote:At 120 on the sat nav my trip computer says 15mpg lol....so yours is probably half that.....worse than the cars on TG last week on track lol.

SRowell Wrote:Hello people! Still at Uni so no progress to report however I have made a flashy new signature and avatar (Check them out over there and down below :dance: ). On a car related note I have come up with some plans to do once term finishes...

1. Install a red oil catch tank with red silicon pipes. Replace a few other pipes with red silicon too.
2. Do a general service and redo the induction kit. So new filter, new pipes if needed and red silicon joint.
3. Clean the engine bay lots and get some more stickers under the bonnet.
4. Buy and install a gti6 intake manifold.
5. Paint the black bits of the car ford sea grey. So thats mirror blacks etc. And Ill do the upper strut brace too!
6. Ive already got a gti6 exhaust manifold so Ill need to buy heat wrap and get hold of a full gti6 exhaust system from somewhere and fit it.
7. Have a play with the morettes and if I like them fit them and replace the passenger side lens with a cold air feed.
8. Replace the black vinyl on the doors as its peeling in places.
9. Braided Brake Lines
10. Install Cloud 9 Sound Deadening behind door cards, under boot lining and in the rear arches.
11. Cut open the standard intake scoop.
12. Get new top mounts for the front suspension as two of the bolts are spinning with no grip hock:

Also Ive got to get round to fitting the tow bar. Ive done the electrics so its just the bar itself that has got to go on. Itll be easier with the exhaust and spare wheel out so Ill mount the exhaust properly and ditch the spare wheel whilst im at home. Hopefully the service will mean I get back those 4 horses I seem to have lost on the Rolling Road Day :?

In the end Id like to end up with some bigger brakes maybe. NiallHarper is annoying me with the amount of progress happening with his car! lol I really cant wait for this term to finish and start working on the car. Last year I went to FCS and a few local club meets and thoroughly enjoyed it (even if my 1.4 vomited oil everywhere :nope: ) so this year I am looking to go to all the shows and local meets I can! I dont know many people when I am at these places so if you see my car or me just come up and say 'Hi Sam im blah blah blah off the forum and my real name is... ' Thatd mean the world to me if people did that

I realise that the above arent major things but this is due to saving up for the speed boat, but it should be enough to keep me occupied and to add a bit of quality to the car.

NiallHarper Wrote:Looking at that list, it looks like your just going for a red version of my car! Haha. Mines better though because it's not a gay colour

NiallHarper Wrote:Haha I don't mind! But I do still say that Diablo is for homosexuals!

Liking the progress of your car, looks really clean

SRowell Wrote:

NiallHarper Wrote:Haha I don't mind! But I do still say that Diablo is for homosexuals!

Liking the progress of your car, looks really clean

Same goes for yours. I think tbh Diablo and China both look great and Astor looks very good when it is properly clean. Looking at our cars I feel that it is almost impossible to compare them to the local BK and Maccies chavs that people interested in cars are so commonly associated with. Our cars are pretty much stock in look with OEM+ modifications.

This is what I hate...

In a lecture I denied being a boy racer, sure i love flooring it next to someone else but Im not one of those people who sit outside fast food restaurants with my burberry clad mates on a regular basis. One of my course mates said 'have you paid to go on a trackday?' I said yes... and he called me a boy racer! Paying for a track day is completely the opposite to what a boy racer actually is. BRs will just chav around on a local street with modifications deemed 'cool' or 'rad' and the soul purpose is to make their mates 'wel jel innit'. Paying to go on a track is almost a million miles away from this but in reality the illinformed wont notice the difference. He is a massive fan of topgear so said 'I

know what im on about' but quiet obviously you dont! How about you get a licence and a decent car with a decent owners club before you go slating what i spend my time doing!

/rant.

Foxy-jim Wrote:Sounds like a busy Saturday! Don't use Uni as an excuse not to buy car parts! I pay all my rent, petrol, bills, insurance etc and still manage it! Haha. Put the 306 first! Haha.

Foxy-jim Wrote:That's a good list to get stuck in too! You should put a spoiler on the back!