stolen from another forum:
engine shot
front shot
rear shot
no stats on it other than its in Brazil :dog:
engine shot
front shot
rear shot
no stats on it other than its in Brazil :dog:
Chip is the sort of person that is likely to get the power he wants because he can do the majority of the work himself. Whereas the majority of us dont know how to do it and cant afford the £1000s that UK tuners ask to do the job.chip said:I spent 500 quid on a secondhand P8 Pro and will probably map it myself, so i many not be a good example for you to use to prove how expensive it is lmao
DeXx250 said:Chip is the sort of person that is likely to get the power he wants because he can do the majority of the work himself. Whereas the majority of us dont know how to do it and cant afford the £1000s that UK tuners ask to do the job.
Your like me in some ways, sooner have something to show for my money instead of a piss stain on a wall . Beer is nice now and then tho :beer: .chip said:Not always the case, for example i built my engine myself and yet spent more on labour than if i got Adrian to build it for me, as i spent about 40 evenigns at his place building it, and each time i went i spent:
Petrol: 15 quid
Takeout for us + his mrs : 18 quid
Wear and tear on car: 10 qud?
So probably 43 quid * 40 = 1700 quid
Then 500 quid or so for machining, so thats over 2 grand in labour to build my engine!
Most parts ive paid more or less retail on too, i just got lucky with the ECU
Its going to be WELL over 10 grand for it finished!
Wait till you see the inlet though, its V sexy and will owe me less than 400 all in :beer:
Thing is though, to me the cost doesnt matter, as building the engine for example is my night out every wednesday, instead of spending that 43 quid down the pub, so it depends if you add it up as a hobby or a labour charge.
Also im spending this money over a very long period dont forget, ive been building this engine for about 2 years now lmao
I'm lucky in that I have dave walker (emerald) down the road from me. His ecu new is only £550+vat and loom is something I could work on myself.DeXx250 said:Chip is the sort of person that is likely to get the power he wants because he can do the majority of the work himself. Whereas the majority of us dont know how to do it and cant afford the £1000s that UK tuners ask to do the job.
lmoa - recently I've stopped spending on the car and just gone out and bought a new wardrobe of clothes, along with being in a bar/club most weekends. Gone back to the car now though Just spent £350 on ur mates head :beer: lmaochip said:Ive been lucky recently in that ive been able to afford a good social life and also to do stuff on my cars, i like to keep things well rounded at least a little bit.
Couldnt do with spending so much on my car that i cant afford a weekend away getting a few beers in with the passionford lot etc.
But i do spend a total of about 12 quid a year on clothes, so i guess thats a sacrifice most people wouldnt want to make, but ive just never been into all that sort of stuff.
lmao lmao lmaochip said:I didnt know i had any mates that charge as much as 350 quid to give head lmao
Im in the wrong business clearly!
I would have thought the small one helps the bigger one to spool up maybe?DeXx250 said:Why run 2? The small one to provide power till the big one spools up?
The boost pipe is plumbed in beyond the bigger turbo so that would suggest its to provide power before the bigger one kicks in.Pete_GSi_16v said:I would have thought the small one helps the bigger one to spool up maybe?
The bonnet wont shut with those boost pipes where they are for a start on the Fiat.chip said:Having thought some more about that twin turbo, and discussed it with the lads on passionford, it absolutely will not work, and that car is blatantly never going to be fast, just a "trailer queen" which explains why it looks like its never ran!
Why ? thought it was supposed to be 753bhp ?chip said:Having thought some more about that twin turbo, and discussed it with the lads on passionford, it absolutely will not work, and that car is blatantly never going to be fast, just a "trailer queen" which explains why it looks like its never ran!
:nod: lmaoobserver said:Maybe thats what you need matt, to get you into the low 13's or over 300 BHPlmaolmao