Need Tips For My 1.1 desire
 

You could get a manifold, and and exhaust, but not much is going to make it quick mate. Wait for a VTR engine or VTS engine to drop in :y:

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Welcome mate, I've got a Desire as well - best I can say is new backbox and exhaust, induction kit, air filters, drop valves - theres loads you can do, but insurance will hate you at our age when we start modding the engine, may as well wait until you've got some NCB and then get a VTR :)

i cant get a vtr or vts engine cuz i'd get rap€d by insurance if i crash and im insurance is already sky high, my mate said iif i rip out all my plastic air filter shit it will sound beefy wud that fhk my car after a while ?

Just wait and build your no claims up mate.

Leave standard air filter in, its better than an induction kit without good air intake routing.

how much would a induction kit cost and what will a new black box do ?
im learnin carpentry in college so im abit shit with my car mods :D
and also what type of exhaust should i get?

would taking my airfilter pipes heading away from my engine mess my car up?

Just leave it tbh.

As said, get some ncb and get a VTR/S

If I could go back in time I would of listened to my Mum and bought a £500 run around. Then saved/built up NCB for a much better car than what I have now..


Be that guy dude. Be sensible for now ;)

Me too, ive said it so many times, but i was greedy and went named driver one a westcoast for a few years. If i could go back id get a 1.1 106 n just leave it.

We all hate to admit it, but looking back our parents are pretty much usually spot on.

4k on my VTR back then and then around 1k on mods. After a year I duffed it. And was TPFT! Ouch :(

Worst thing is, it looked shit too.

if i were you dude i would just drop a back box on.
like ever1 else said just save up or you us the car te build on. make it to how you want it.
because i think that the vtr and 1.1 have the same shell
correct me if im wrong any1

They do. But its more work, with struts ARBs, wishbones, an engine mount, the VT kit, the rear beam etcc

The post I made is genuine sound advise based on experience.

but if you dont put the effort in you never will get the car you build.
its all the fun, rip a car to bits then slowly re build them :D
well mines in working progress :D

fair enough
you are write and is the more sensibly option and wen i look back il probley think why did i do that

Reality is if you take than option you will be better off in the future car wise. Will have more options available and more cash to spend.

it's a 1.1

theyre slow

dont do anything to it atall

Well my saxo is pretty much a vtr but its not 1 beacause of the engine i got vtr body kit vtr alloys, seats and i do wanan get sum west coast seat belts just cuz i like da look of dem :D

r u sure u gt da VT* struts, arb and wishbone on dem m8?

:S

nah i dought it i dont know what they look like and i dont think i would what are the differnce?

it's not a vtr though is it...

and speak in english, text talk is for fags

Asshole^^^
Didn't your mother always say to you?
If you havent anything nice to say, then dont say nothing at all.

ive got a pipercross induction kit nearly brand new in box if you want it its for a saxo 1.1 desire ill take £50 posted for it mate let iz know

read the forum rules n00b... no text talk allowed

just leave your 1.1 alone, it'll never be quick, or be a vtr unless you put a vtr engine in, which would then make your insurance go through the roof as youve already said

and to the guy above, piperX filters decrease engine power usually ;)

as above the only way to make a 1.1 fast is put a bigger engine in it 1.1 are shit to mod i spent a grand on mine and i saw 1bhp if that there is no point just save with the mpg and get a vts soon

To be totally honest... What're you expecting from a 1.1?

If you wanted speed.. You should've bought another car.

If you just wanted a little run-a-round, you've got spot on with this motor.

Just leave it alone, get it looking good and wait until you're old enough to ensure somethin' quicker.

i'd wait to get a better car if i was you, but if u definately want to make some small mods. i would get an upgraded panel filter piper x or something similar. that way it will fit as an exact replacement inside ur original filter housing and insurance company won't know. some of them can increase air flow up to 25%. back box mebies a piper 3" outward rolled?? or a powerflow 3.5 outward rolled :y: