900 million...

[Mikey]

at the end of top gear last night james said that the UK spends 900 million a year on modifying cars.

really shows how big the scene is and how the we are petrolheads through and through lol

:y:

pointless thread ftw :hug:

[Danr]

I was driving to work this morning and thought i'd keep an eye out for any modded motors. I saw one which was an evo. That's literally it.

Does changing the cd player pass as modding?

[Tupps]

I spent £2.50 on some xenon side lights

[Curran]

they didnt exactly show how you can modify a car properly.

you could easily modify lots of different cars to be quicker than an evo10 for less than half the price of an evo10.

you could probably make a saxo quicker for a quarter of the price. at least round a track if not in a straight line.

they didnt really show how they spent the money except going overkill on the brakes.

[shieldy]

lol and making a tits up of the wheels should have new about bigger disk means different wheels lol,

[Mikey]

they didnt exactly show how you can modify a car properly.

you could easily modify lots of different cars to be quicker than an evo10 for less than half the price of an evo10.

you could probably make a saxo quicker for a quarter of the price. at least round a track if not in a straight line.

they didnt really show how they spent the money except going overkill on the brakes.

9k on a car to modify.

3k on brakes lol...mad

[mini-dan]

nothing rong with that. LOL

[Mr_X]

well they didnt spend the money wisely, what did they knock off? 8 secs?

[grant_evans]

well they didnt spend the money wisely, what did they knock off? 8 secs?

7 iirc

[GoochyBoy]

they were still what 8 secs away from the original lol so pointless waste of money jus for viewers i guess lol

[carlos7777777]

they didn't do any engine mods.. they done pretty good imo... apart from huge breaks then having to get bigger alloys lol...

[TU-Tuning]

brakes were overkill. Tyres should have been bought properly the first time round. Either they didnt know what they were doing or theyre trying to make people like us frustrated lol

[yorkie]

3grand supercharge/turbo conv

[Curran]

they didn't do any engine mods.. they done pretty good imo... apart from huge breaks then having to get bigger alloys lol...


they obviously did.

did you hear the thing after they had given it a 'service'?

you dont gain 50bhp from a service.

[barrett]

900 million will include everything sold in halfords etc

[djrem]

they obviously did.

did you hear the thing after they had given it a 'service'?

you dont gain 50bhp from a service.

No,

it was cleaned and serviced.

Clarkson fitted a manifold and exhaust system.

Hardly a full on engine mod.

[bullit]

well they didnt spend the money wisely, what did they knock off? 8 secs?

because thier idiots and the show is a joke :homme:

[djrem]

because thier idiots and the show is a joke :homme:

Agreed.

Should be "Old blokes fuck around with cars" not TopGear.

[Darlo-paul]

Agreed.

Should be "Old blokes fuck around with cars" not TopGear.

Rem I thought you'd died... :y: Welcome back

[titchster]

I dont get how they expected it to be quicker? Its got less power, more weight, and worse handling. :S
As said, brakes were overkill, shoulda gone for some Clio V6 brakes or something, a lot cheaper. Shoulda stripped it too. lol.

But yeah, that 900 million will include cd players (could be part of a big install).

[Curran]

No,

it was cleaned and serviced.

Clarkson fitted a manifold and exhaust system.

Hardly a full on engine mod.


so you think they gained 50ish bhp from a service, manifold and exhaust?

i doubt it.

[Prickle]

those bp racing brakes (i think they were called that) were immense

[Curran]

those bp racing brakes (i think they were called that) were immense

weren't they brembo gt?

[EDWARDS]

he always has a pop at the modders

[EDWARDS]

i missed it what did he mod

[djrem]

so you think they gained 50ish bhp from a service, manifold and exhaust?

i doubt it.

they didnt gain.
they got back wht they lost in poorly serviced parts.

[Prickle]

weren't they brembo gt?

yellow text look like bp racing as stated i could be wrong, but they were big :D

[titchster]

AP racing. ;)

[turnip]

always looking to moan about modders as stated so they were obviously going to make a tits up of it to try and prove some bullshit that modifying our cars is pointless lol

i think they had the heads skimmed too.

would love to put some of the quickest modified saxo's around there track to prove that it's not

[Danr]

There are 9 million bicycles in Beijing......

[Mikey]

There are 9 million bicycles in Beijing......

...thats a fact. lol

[danzman1991]

I was thinking while they were doing this.. It would have been much much better to see them try and modify a Saxo or something..

[tom130691]

800million is just mark lol

[Prickle]

AP racing. ;)

thats the one :) A not B lol

[betty02]

so you think they gained 50ish bhp from a service, manifold and exhaust?

i doubt it.

They did, the thingh standard was meant to be 210bhp and was no way near that, so they had a service and rebuilt most of the engine and just give it a general clean

[Prickle]

they showed the results on a rolling road thingy, before 154 (or 7) bhp than after the engine got tinkered with it was 210 bhp

[Barry123]

900 million will include everything sold in halfords etc

ripspeed gearnobs ftw.

[Barry123]

so you think they gained 50ish bhp from a service, manifold and exhaust?

i doubt it.

depends how unserviced the engine was... imagine you've got clogged up injectors, coked up pistons, oil that's older than the dinosaurs (and probably shitty semi-synthetic) and an airfilter that's dirtier than a newborns nappies. It's going to take it's toll on the engine power. Notice how the engine 'only' got back 206hp compared to the rated 210hp... it actually shows why it's so critical to keep the engine regularly serviced because once you start mistreating the engine... it starts getting expensive to get the power back again.

[djrem]

ripspeed gearnobs ftw.

flashing LEDs or nothing.
i have 3.
one for the window rollers, another in the middle of my wheel for forklift truck style manouvuring.

[justan1100]

8 seconds on a tiny track like that is a huge difference.

[GoochyBoy]

because thier idiots and the show is a joke :homme:

Show is a joke ?? Main idea - to make ppl laugh which imo it does. i love it