the halfords tuning generation

i generally thought the idea was to get rid of the EGR valve :confused: dont the 1.2i nova's come 45bhp as standard and the late corsa b 1.2i with EGR come as 44bhp???
Mind you I cant say anything, I drilled the airbox on my 1ltr :tard: when I first past my test. I did fit a carb also off a 1.2 OHV astra which did actually make a difference lol.
The best thing is the lads with the corsa 1.2 12v who kit them up to the nines with the mahoosive jap twin exit exhausts etc and then think the sound like v6's...innit lol lol
also the people who put carbon bonnets on because they 'want to save weight' then fill their cars with SPLX ice :wtf: :tard: lol

there are lots of good rolling road machines about, just the cretins about that "operate them" dont actually know how to.

Problem is, for every modified car driver who looks after their car and treats it with respect (note correct spelling lmfao), there's a handful of chavs who think adding a K&N, 14" Fox alloys, 100kgs of ICE and a 5" Rage exhaust instantly makes their car a "street racer" and proceed to drive round Tescos/McDonalds/chavvy estates like they're on the Indy 500; therefore the police and general public tar every modified car as chav so act as if we're going to bring about the decimation of society.

[edit]Case in point: The local kroooozzze site are planning another mahoosive Yeovil Krooooze (the last one brought the bottom end of town to a standstill as they crammed one of the main car parks totally full). Another one is being mooted for mid October, and (supposedly) the police have posted on the forum saying "if we see you causing a nuisance we'll arrest you and crush your car". I can almost guarantee that if I happened to drive my car somewhere on that day I'd - at least - get stopped by every copper that saw me. He'd take one look at my car and think, alloys, spoiler, must be a trouble maker here for the krooze, and want to give my car the once over.

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Originally Posted by draper-midlands

gutted since that was the only reason you fitted it :thumb:

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lol unfortunately not, the standard wastegate blew itself apart and exited rather hastily from the airbox, and as the Forge one came up cheap I stuck it on as a temporary fix. I've not bothered replacing it since as I can't be ****d and added with the filter i can make my car emit some very odd noises which confuses chavs and makes babies cry lol

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Originally Posted by hendrix

dont some k&n's actually have a negative effect and reduce the bhp because there is no cold air feed set up and its just taking in hotter air from the exhaust manifold region

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thats wot ive heard aswell !!

dosent take a genuis to work that out to be fair lol

even ford messed up the fiesta ST's air intake, it gets hot in summer and backs about 25bhp off the power band lmao

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Originally Posted by Razorjack

lol unfortunately not, the standard wastegate blew itself apart and exited rather hastily from the airbox, and as the Forge one came up cheap I stuck it on as a temporary fix. I've not bothered replacing it since as I can't be ****d and added with the filter i can make my car emit some very odd noises which confuses chavs and makes babies cry lol

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i know, BUT i like winding you up :p

Heat Soak is only an issue when the car is standing; when you're moving, cold air is rushing in through the fron grille etc and cools the bay ambient temperature quite a lot. A little too much sometimes, hence carb icing.

oh my god lol, the lad in the Nissan Sunny lol, i know him if it was around the Derby area hahahaha

But back on topic, i totally agree, i cant hold a converstaion with most lads round here, you talk to them and mention "proper" modifications and rebuilds etc etc. and they just look like ya lying and go on bout there latest peice of **** mod from Halfords or Motormania, winds me up

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Originally Posted by Razorjack

Heat Soak is only an issue when the car is standing; when you're moving, cold air is rushing in through the fron grille etc and cools the bay ambient temperature quite a lot. A little too much sometimes, hence carb icing.

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Exactly.
I've noticed even after my cars been parked for 5mins the filter is not hot at all.
Its just something someone always says with cone filters.