barry123's VTS - Lightweight flywheel & quaife 21/04/12 #1035 - Page 35 - Saxperience

J222JRA · 11th June 2009, 14:12

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Originally Posted by adsayer

oh and got 54.6mpg from the saxo last run I did.

pow.

thats awesome mate, you must have a very light foot

Roj · 11th June 2009, 14:46

your MPG is amazing man. It feels like i dont get much more than 40 from a 1.1

Barry123 · 11th June 2009, 20:22

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Originally Posted by leeroybrown

Bit of a shitter going is the alternator stupid later ones have a different plug on them and they always seem to be more expensive then older ones.

An E46 M3 alternator costs £500 before fitting apparently.... I've been told not to complain about any of the costs incurred in running a saxo from now. I'm relieved it didn't cost over £200 which was what I was expecting when the fcuker brokedown

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Originally Posted by J222JRA

thats awesome mate, you must have a very light foot

It's not even that mate, it was 70mph all the way. I've yet to do an MPG adventure at 50-55mph (although it's pretty draining on time and concentration doing properly)

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Originally Posted by Roj

your MPG is amazing man. It feels like i dont get much more than 40 from a 1.1

I'm a bit of a cockhead when it comes to mechanical sympathy that's all dude... basically
Fully Synthetic Oil
Use Super Unleaded
Check all easily accessible moving parts regularly
don't buy shite anything for a car
use good (and I MEAN good) tyres and pump them up to the correct pressure
Don't rag the car from cold (EVER)
only apply well proven modifications to the car

and that's it really!

Chr15 · 11th June 2009, 20:25

I just spent £40.31 on petrol.

Ill kill myself if I dont get Sayer-style mileage from this tank.

Barry123 · 15th June 2009, 23:56

Tony · 19th June 2009, 01:12

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Originally Posted by adsayer

He's fine with it, but it's just an arse ache searching for a late gearbox. 51 gearboxes are too early

mate that's well cool!!! cheers for that!

No problem, look forward to hearing what the 'box is like if it gets done and if 4th-5th is as bad as Mankee said it'd be.

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Originally Posted by Ryan

colour coding wing mirrors really is ghey

As are you homme boy

Barry123 · 19th June 2009, 01:19

naaa it's about 500 rpm difference dude.... twill be all groovy.

Well I spoke to mankee at FCS and he said he could do a early gearbox as well now lol just I've ran out of money till the end of the month now... gayyy.

Funny I was thinking about posting an 'ideas update' on the car...

Guys... I'm throwing this out and hoping for some good input here... ignoring engine stuff, what exterior/interior mods could I do without going OTT?

Thanks

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rey · 19th June 2009, 01:26

Exterior:
-de-badge
-10shit mirrors
-de-lock doors

That's subtle stuff imo

Interior depends, if you want full interior then black a,b and c pillar covers from a 106 and then spray headlining black? Just a thought..

Ryan^p · 19th June 2009, 01:26

dont do painting the main mirror unit it looks utter wank.

Colour coding could be done but again it looks shit imo.

Leave it how it is cosmetically you queer

Barry123 · 19th June 2009, 01:31

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Originally Posted by rey

Exterior:
-de-badge
-10shit mirrors
-de-lock doors

That's subtle stuff imo

Interior depends, if you want full interior then black a,b and c pillar covers from a 106 and then spray headlining black? Just a thought..

I've delocked, deaerial (see above pic), debadged and degrilled it. 106 mirrors... no... great... how about smoked fogs?

Ryan^p · 19th June 2009, 01:34

smoked fogs wont work with the clear lenses in the morrrrretes

Barry123 · 19th June 2009, 01:38

fuck it... leave the exterior as is then... doesn't look too shit I suppose.

Ryan^p · 19th June 2009, 01:38

its a mk2 it wont look shit, only mk1s do that

Chr15 · 19th June 2009, 06:57

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Originally Posted by Ryan

its a mk2 it wont look shit, only mk1s do that

No comment lol

Are you still doing the grill / gap in front of the fan to stop the deer going in there?

joehow12 · 19th June 2009, 07:50

Sayer car looks the tits how it is on the outside. Maybe some lovely new seats?

Would it be possible nearer the end of summer to have some pictures of my car taken for a fee?

saxo_ron · 19th June 2009, 09:22

Having looked at your car and studied it. Dont do anything more to the exterior. Looks tops.

rushy_23 · 19th June 2009, 09:44

You'll probably not agree Ads but I always felt that loosing the fogs completely looks very smart, fair bit of weight saved too.

106 mirrors do look better than the chunky Saxo mirrors. Two cheap but effective mods there, nothing lairy about either of them.

Dumbo Ears:

Fogless:

I know deep down you want some slight cosmetic changes, hence the thread title change/thread bump!

Luke · 19th June 2009, 09:47

I personally think your car is perfect as it is now Sayer.

I'd concentrate on engine mods now and little bits on suspension, uprating stuff.

Barry123 · 19th June 2009, 09:56

The suspension is fine I think... most of it is uprated bar the TorsionB, ARB's and ARB bushes, the ARB bushes are the one thing I do need - cheers for the reminder! lol

rushy cheers man... I think I'll keep the fogs, I never use them but it pains me massively if I have a control in my that'll activate nothing... same for dewipering. I had 106mirrors on the derv and actually pretty soon after buying them I craved the saxo mirrors back, but cheers for the suggestion though!

Picking up my cams later today... rave on.

Luke · 19th June 2009, 09:57

I don't think 106 mirrors look that good from the inside personally, I prefer the Saxo mirrors.

You are like me with the dewiper, I'm leaving stuff like that on my car.