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paul w

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  1. Tbh mate i wouldn't waste time or money trying to make your N/A faster with remaps and piggyback gear, it's no sports car to begin with you ain't gonna see massive improvements on a 1.3 anyway 10-20 maybe 30bhp if you are lucky. You will still be raped by insurance co's :rolleyes: save the cash and make it look good then swap it all onto a turbo when you can afford one :thumbsup:

  2. This the 1.8T??

    Best of luck if it is.....you'll probably need it electrics are a fuckin nightmare on those at that age, coilpacks, MAF sensors etc don't run an induction kit if you want to avoid replacing them....£200 a pop they are!!

    I woulda stuck with the Glanza with the mortgage, it woulda been alot more reliable tbh.

  3. Piece of piss if you have a socket and spanner set, some coolant, new gaskets and a bit of patience as the nuts at the back of the turbo are a bastard to get at!! There is a guide somewhere i believe.

    Basicly rad drain the rad, remove top mount/up pipe for front mount, remove rad, remove cat/decat+heat shields if you have em then all thats left is the turbo so oil and coolant lines off and turbo-mani nuts. Refit is just reverse of above. Will take a few hours first time as nuts will be solidly seized in place normally. Penetrating fluid the night before will help as will a breaker bar.

  4. You will find it a lot easier to remove the rad, cat and turbo as the nuts at the back of the turbo are a twat to get at! If you try and cut corners you will only end up getting pissed off and it will take longer :)

    by the way forget the SS mani it will only crack again, save some cash for a mild mani then fit that instead :)

  5. You love the halfords batterys :D every topic about battery's u mention them :D lol

    Halfords battery's seem fine..bit expensive though..might b worth going to your local independent parts place (mine was less than half the price of halfords)

    I'm on commission B)

    I use em because they are always on the shelves, no need to order one if the motor factors ain't got one in stock. B) 4 year warrenty helps too :D

  6. With all due respect mate you got as far as the tech section... if you had bothered to look about half an inch down you would have found the HOW TO section

    here have a look :D

    http://www.ukstarletclub.com/forums/index.php?showforum=11

    It may appear harsh but when every glanza NOOB ( note not nob as you seem to think in your pm :D ) asks the same question about derestricting boost in gears 1 & 2 it gets a bit boring. The help sections are there to aid in answering these silly questions that pop up nearly every week :rolleyes:

    If you have any other things to ask then the search function can prove useful. If are not sure how to use the site then there is a newbie section with all the stuff you need to know. :p

    http://www.ukstarletclub.com/forums/index.php?showforum=79

    I mean no ill to new guys and will happily help with a genuine issue that may puzzle anyone who has tried to help themselves first :D

    Now pick up your toys and put them back in your pram :harhar:

  7. if anyone saw that programme on Channel 4, it'll all be diff at little chef soon, looks really nice the few they have down south :rolleyes:

    WTF are you smoking mate????????

    I used to do pest control in a number of lil chefs and i would never entertain eating anything from one!!!

    Low pay and foreign workers means shite hygiene :harhar:

    But hey don't let me put you off :D

  8. No offence taken mate, :rolleyes: the reason i asked in my first post how it smelled was to find out if it was burning oil ( smelly) or water/coolant (sweet) :D Which would narrow it down quite a bit :harhar: There are many "forum mechanics" who repeat the same shit everytime theres a "smokey" car, it often is the oil seals when people fit decats or new exhausts.

    If the seals have gone you will normally only get smoke off boost/on idle. It will normally be light blue.

    FYI

    http://www.turbotechnics.com/docs/turbo/faults.htm

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