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10th June 2009, 16:32
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Location: Tonbridge United Kingdom (England)
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Originally Posted by Ferg
I hope his hair doesn't get wet ... Will take him all day to dry it off again.
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Did you not read about his haircut on shed  D
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10th June 2009, 16:38
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#662
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Originally Posted by Ryan
Did you not read about his haircut on shed D |
I thought that was all rumour ...
So what has actually happened?
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10th June 2009, 16:41
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#663
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He wont show pics, I suspect hes had his extensions put in now
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10th June 2009, 16:42
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But dont his legendary locks hold all his super powers????
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10th June 2009, 16:43
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Is the loss or torque at low rpm because there is no back pressure and higher up the rev range it pulls better because there is no restriction and gases are flowing more 'freely'?
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10th June 2009, 16:48
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Originally Posted by Mieran
Is the loss or torque at low rpm because there is no back pressure and higher up the rev range it pulls better because there is no restriction and gases are flowing more 'freely'?
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More to do with pulse tuning from not having an expansion box earlier in the system.
Which is why straight through systems are not allways the best despite people thinking so. They forget pulse tuning which is very very important.
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10th June 2009, 16:56
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OH whats occurring?
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10th June 2009, 17:05
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#668
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Saxperience Hardcore!
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Aycliffe
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Well erm I knew when I bought the car that the alternator was a bit dodgy but figured as it was occasionally dodgy I'd just run it into the ground... Well judgementoth of thy alternator hath cometh.
First sign that the paxo wasn't happy was when the abs light came on (?) then flicked off 10 seconds later followed by the instrument panel suddenly shitting itself (all dials went to zero), then immediately kicked in again (yo) with the abs and airbag lights up. Unphased by paxo throwing a hissyfit at me I continued onward with my journey
...for about 10 bloody seconds before I realised my dials had frozen in a glorious patriot to windows ninetybastardeight. Anyway pulled over thinking I could rescue the sickly paxo from it's automotive bluescreen of death by doing a cheeky restart and yonking the negative terminal from the battery. It reset the dash. Yay. But would it start. Would it fuck.
Battery had no jungle juice.
Ah well RAC are fitting me a new one for free.
Weather is nice and sunny too.
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10th June 2009, 17:05
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#669
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Double post
Last edited by Barry123; 11th June 2009 at 13:09.
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10th June 2009, 17:07
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#670
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I'm on iPhone btw. Which sucks
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10th June 2009, 17:11
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Originally Posted by adsayer
I'm on iPhone btw. Which sucks
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Iphone - gay 
Kinda knew you would be on the phone though
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10th June 2009, 23:02
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Ah, nothing major then. Good stuff. 
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10th June 2009, 23:20
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#673
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my dials went crazy one time they jsut all zero'ed mid journey. no speed revs petrol or heat.... whilst i was driving..... sadly they never came back on for quite a while. atleast your getting it fixed for free.... cant be bad!
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11th June 2009, 13:20
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Originally Posted by Luke
Roadworks around Nottingham? Dad mentioned something yesterday.
Michelins rock and I agree with you about better tyres, I have seen an increase with both remap and new tyres.
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yep they've been there for bloody ages now... 14miles of roadworks, WTF?!
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ya... I could go into more detail but I think it'd be lost on most of saxp/shed to be honest.
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looks awesome Matt. Really liking it.
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fuck you x
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Emm, I have a funny feeling a cat with the insides bashed out and then refited its gonna sounds like the worst powerflow exhaust ever mate, really tinny
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like a stainless steel manifold... wouldn't sound much different I'd think man.
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Originally Posted by titchster
I take it you stuck to the A57 and didn't actually come through worksop? Or was that the cock up and you came through worksop? In which case, gutted.
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A57 dude... must have been I think... basically A1 across to M1 just below M18 (I forgot to pull off onto the M18)
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Originally Posted by Tom5190
my dials went crazy one time they jsut all zero'ed mid journey. no speed revs petrol or heat.... whilst i was driving..... sadly they never came back on for quite a while. atleast your getting it fixed for free.... cant be bad!
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It's mad when it happens.... It happened once when I knocked the key slightly, just turned it back on and away I went... but it was crazy this time round...
anyway a snippet from yesterdays events.
Stuck on the A358 at Illminster  weather was lovely though
RAC man pulling out the old alternator
The new alternator going in!
So... I now have a brand spanking new alternator, fitted for free by the RAC.
Seriously though, RAC are fcuking wicked, I pay £5 a month for my Barclays Graduate Account which gives me New for Old iPhone insurance and RAC Roadside cover... Best £5 a month I've ever spent  highly recommended.
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11th June 2009, 13:22
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#675
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Barclays were trying to sell me that cover the other day on my account, might be something worth looking into now, especially as I'll have the mile muncher VTS tomorrow.
VTS wheels Sayer, let us know  cheers.
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11th June 2009, 13:23
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how much was the alternator then if they fitted it free?
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11th June 2009, 13:25
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#677
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well worth it after yesterdays events. I thought they'd just tow me to the nearest garage and f-off again and leave me picking up a bill for a horrendously overpriced second hand alternator and fitting charge. But no the guy was like 'right, we can tow you to home, charge your battery and follow you home, or I can take the old alternator out, go get new one, put the new one in for you...'
option 3. win.
Luke, they're black, crap, and have no tyres.
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11th June 2009, 13:25
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#678
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Originally Posted by Karl
how much was the alternator then if they fitted it free?
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£156 I paid.
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11th June 2009, 13:35
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#679
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Saxperience Hardcore!
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oh and got 54.6mpg from the saxo last run I did.
pow.
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11th June 2009, 14:09
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#680
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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.
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