smithyithy

You wouldn't be buying one of these for flat out performance anyway, they're proper collector's items now. And I know which of these would look cooler cruising around on a Sunday afternoon:

I think they're lovely looking cars when kept standard (bare a set of wheels) especially the facelift.. Not too clued up on the models, I think the later MIVEC's were around 200bhp? And I don't think they're overly heavy cars either.. I mean if you want a proper FWD coupe you'd probably buy an ITR, but I do like these. Wouldn't want to pay a great amount for one though..

^ Watched your other vid of the engine bay with a few revs.. The chatter sounds cool! I'm not a fan of screamer pipes myself. What BOV are you running? (if one at all)

Probably the wrong section for this, and there was a thread not so long back, so I'll just copy pasta my post from there.. First piece was my Japanese Koi sleeve, by Matt Hunt at Modern Body Art, Birmingham: koi-sleeve-chris by Smithyithy, on Flickr Then got this traditional woman / rose on my inner forearm by Rachel Baldwin at MBA, Brum: tumblr_lp40xbe3E61qe7wq1o1_400 by Smithyithy, on Flickr Then got my plague doctor left bicep piece, by Ricardo Pedro at MBA, Brum: Finished Plague Doctor by Smithyithy, on Flickr And around the same time, Modern Body Art organised a day of non-stop tattooing, with something like 15 artists in total, with all proceeds going to Cancer Research, I'm sure they raised about £8000 in one day! I got this on my knee, was a fun 3 hours.... Tattoo for Cancer Research. by Smithyithy, on Flickr I've also got a little old school diamond on my thumb, and a troll face meme on my ass cheek for a dare, I'll spare you the photos of that haha. Should be getting back in the groove in the new year with the money from my new job, hopefully fill my left arm and complete torso throughout 2014

Naa it's alright dude, I did actually learn a bit from different people's inputs

Yeah, but at the same time, the Geordie mong has (somehow) put a fair bit of money into that Scooby, yet he's still an utter tool. There are folks on here with basic Starlets as first cars, built on a shoe-string budget that probably wouldn't act anything like the idiots in the documentary.. It's the same with lot's of things, all bikers are criminals, all car enthusiasts are boy racers, all tattooed people are thugs.. It's the corrupt portrayal by the media that puts these stereotypes into people's minds, and this is actually quite disappointing because Vice usually do some good documentaries, but here all they choose to do is focus on the bad apples of the much wider scene, and the general public will lap it up with the rest of their Proletariat garbage, so they can continue to fuel their stereotypes, and have somebody they can point the finger at and look down on.

It started off as a genuine technical question, that spiralled into petty arguing, actually.. Thanks for the relevant replies though guys, all I wanted to know is whether they're really needed on aftermarket turbo setups.. I'll be going down the TD04 route soon(ish) and I'm not overly bothered about having the car go WOOSH all the time, so I just wanted to check if I'll actually need to buy an aftermarket BOV or not. If I do, I'll just recirculate it, same as the screamer pipe, depending on which turbo kit I end up buying.

Some do try.. >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDQNRAb97k8

Well yes and no... Warranty is designed to cover parts and labour, not one or the other. If they do a perfect job fitting all the parts, but one of them happens to be faulty and ruins the engine, it can't always be proved where the fault lay, so a company won't want to put it's neck on the line and offer warranties, which can cost them a lot of money to honour, on parts they didn't personally supply.

I'd guess the auto-gearbox is a slightly different shape, so where the screamer pipe would normally run, the gearbox would be in the way... It wouldn't be difficult or expensive to get a suitable one made up though, it's 1 piece of stainless with a flange at one end as far as I know... In terms of benefits, I'm not clued up enough on them to give an accurate answer, so I won't. But when I get a new turbo setup, whatever it may be, I'll be having a recirc pipe rather than a screamer as they don't really appeal to me.

I was only having a laugh haha, it's cause I knew I had the pics of it with the white bonnet to counter you with

That's the route I was gonna take it dude ;) It's a great look for white pre-facelifts

U WOT MATE? dsc000311jm0 by Smithyithy, on Flickr dsc00023pn8 by Smithyithy, on Flickr I prefer the black / carbon tbh, I like the contrast, similar to the route Liam D's gone with my old Glanza. I believe this was Dan's GT?.. pic2n by Smithyithy, on Flickr pic4bsf by Smithyithy, on Flickr

Some cool stuff in this thread!! Here's my history so far (I'm 23 now, for reference!) First car was a £400 Mk3 Polo Coupe 1.3, learned so much form this car, didn't have it too long though: Mk3 by Smithyithy, on Flickr Mk3 by Smithyithy, on Flickr Sold that and bought a Mk4 (6n) Polo, 1.4 SE Openair, did loads to this, bodywork, wheels from Germany, Colour Concept leather interior, stupidly loud stereo etc, had it for a year or so and did quite a few shows: 24 by Smithyithy, on Flickr Mmmmm by Smithyithy, on Flickr Made a profit on that between the car and parts on it, so bought my kinda dream car at 19, my first Glanza, then get screwed over with insurance and sold it after a month. This is now Liam D's car 1 by Smithyithy, on Flickr Went a year or so without a car then, being at college / uni etc.. Then bought this cheap runaround which turned out to be a POS: Untitled by Smithyithy, on Flickr Then April this year I passed my A2 bike license and got my CBR400RR 400 by Smithyithy, on Flickr CBR by Smithyithy, on Flickr That's in hibernation until Spring, then I'll do my full license in May and get a Ducati 848 Evo Sold the red Polo a few months ago when I got a promotion and company car, nice Focus: IMG_0009 by Smithyithy, on Flickr Which meant I needed a new toy, so got my current Glanza now I can actually insure one: Glanza in a Tunnel. by Smithyithy, on Flickr Glanza Tunnel by Smithyithy, on Flickr And 10 days ago I got my brand new company car, fresh from the factory IMG_0126 by Smithyithy, on Flickr

Only one I've got is my shitty Facebook pic, I hate photos That's about a year old though, I've got shorter combed hair now, a bit of a beard and bigger hole in my ear

If I remember right, he had an immaculate black on black GT too

It won't just be the 22b though if that's the case, it's not like many were around to be broke ;) Here's a great thread listing pretty much all the Subaru turbos and what they were fitted to: http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1141476

No idea whose this was, but it was what made me want a Glanza a few years back dsc00042xh3oo1 by Smithyithy, on Flickr

Exactly this. Rota's are replicas. They're very closely based on some existing, expensive wheels, but are branded differently and cost a lot less. This is fair enough because people have the choice, if they are only after the looks then Rota will suit them, if they want to pay more for a better brand, higher quality etc then they are free to do so. Some of that fake stuff listed above is shocking, things like the HKS pulley... I for one wouldn't know the real from the fake, OK maybe now I can spot the differences.. But whereas a real HKS one might cost say, £100, it's gonna be well made, well designed and reliable. Someone having very passable fakes made up and packaged as the real thing for cheap bulk pricing then selling them for the same £100 RRP as the genuine thing, is wrong. The buyer isn't being given a choice between real and replica, like Autobahn and Blitz, instead they're being tricked into paying the price of a genuine item, for something that could fail or break because it's a cheaply made fake. I'll only ever buy branded items from reputable sites and traders, eBay is pretty bad for this stuff nowadays..

Still a wise investment at £50k! I'd absolutely love one of these, I'm quite often browsing Rocky Auto, dreaming of having the money to spend there: http://www.rockyauto.co.jp

I'd seriously consider snapping this up as a track project if I had the space, we've already got 3 cars in 2 spaces

So would this just be a case of running a stiff spring setup?

No real updates yet, Xmas has put a hold on things Just planning and saving at the moment, doing little bits here and there.. Got a few pics tonight after filling her up: Untitled by Smithyithy, on Flickr Lurking.. by Smithyithy, on Flickr 16e3d96e-7e76-47b2-bc0a-f8530925b00e by Smithyithy, on Flickr

Would it be possible to have the high boost 'dump' recirculate rather than dump to atmosphere? I like the chatter, but don't really want the 'WOOSH' on high boost...

I guess we'll be organising convoys closer to the date? I'll be happy to arrange one for the West Midlands heading South, I'm 5 minutes away from M6 Junction 10 which is a pretty major route, so could meet a fair few people there, get on the M5 at Junction 8 then head South as a big group