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Mike
14-02-2003, 16:35
FYI, I'm going for a 5" Jap box plus mid section silencer with all pipes in 2.5". Total cost £345 at Turiff 01888-562929 fitted Sat 22nd Feb. My Rolling Road guy says 2.5" pipe should give right amount of back pressure without sapping power. Norris recommends 2.25" so I should be OK. The place in Dunfermiline said their price to you was excluding vat, so would have been £400! I'll be on the rollers on 1st March so watch this space for power. My current mods are:

 TSW Imola 7.5/17
 Goodyear Eagle F1s 215/45R17
 Speciality Products EZ cam 81250 front camber adjusting bolts
 Momo Tornado Steering Wheel
 Clarion CD DRB4575R
 Autometer 4701 Carbon Fiber Ultra-Lite 20psi Boost Gauge
 K&N 75i Filter + cold air feed
 Turbo Dynamics T25H p/n MD83 s/n J060JA
 ND Actuator 15psi (soon to be 18psi)
 Jez stage-2 chip 4000/7200rpm limits 15 degrees BTDC
 Bosch Fuel Pump
 SAAB FMIC + blue Samco hoses
 NGK BCPR7ES spark plugs
 Bailey Dump Valve
 Brembo 280mm 10 groove front discs + Pagid fast road pads
 Castrol GTX Magnatec 10/40
 LUK clutch kit
 INSANE rear window sticker


:D :D :D

tmmollah
15-02-2003, 14:08
Sound good, is it a powerflow dealer you are going to? Did you phone the number I gave you then? They deffenately told me it was £330 for the whole lot. I'll call them again.
I got so much to do on my car. Got to fit my boost guage, electronic boost controller and getting a volvo intercooler on tuesday.
you car should be ripping when you get that stage 2 chip and exhaust in and boost up to 18PSI

Kev
15-02-2003, 16:07
Mike, pls edit ur alarm make and model unless u want all the aberdeen scrotes to know wat kind u have.

Kev

Mike
15-02-2003, 17:05
Originally posted by Kev
Mike, pls edit ur alarm make and model unless u want all the aberdeen scrotes to know wat kind u have.

Kev

top moderator keeping an eye on his flocking members!

Mike
15-02-2003, 17:11
Originally posted by tmmollah
Sound good, is it a powerflow dealer you are going to? Did you phone the number I gave you then? They deffenately told me it was £330 for the whole lot. I'll call them again.
I got so much to do on my car. Got to fit my boost guage, electronic boost controller and getting a volvo intercooler on tuesday.
you car should be ripping when you get that stage 2 chip and exhaust in and boost up to 18PSI

Tonnie, yep I called the number/spoke to the bloke you said and mentioned you and he said thats the price but before the dreaded VAT! The place I'm going to is a Powerflow in Turrif about 60 miles north of Aberdeen!

I'm dying to get all my stuff done and then that'll be as far as I can go with the T25H (250bhp...?) I'll probably be bored after 6 months?

Youve got some good stuff for your car (I'm jealous of your controller!!!) and with the T28 you should get up to 300bhp? It'll be fun at Crail.

Mike

tmmollah
16-02-2003, 16:52
Mike,

Just spoke to a guy in Perth, who said he could give me a full system for £340 as long as I pay cash. How loud are you going to get yours? I spoke to him about this, he said it would be better if I went for an actual jap box, which is very good qyuality and all chromed finish and will give the car a very deep rumble. He said this is what mosts scoobys go for. He could do that for an extra £20
The back box that you will be going for is an actual powerflow back box and they just stick the 5'' tailpipe on.
They got an open day on the 1st March, which I'm going to go to.
He said I could try out different tailpipes against my car.

Mike
16-02-2003, 17:53
http://www.powerflow.uk.com/productpage.html

it's the one at the bottom of the page I'm getting (I hope!) and as for the noise, I could'nt resist the biggest but I'm getting an extra box half way between the turbo and tail. I'll call them up on Monday just to make sure and when it's fitted next Saturday I'll report back!

Oh yes, I've also e-mailed Simon Norris asking if 2.25" or 2.5" pipe is best.

Thanks Tonnie, we'll get to the bottom of this one way or another! :)

thejames
16-02-2003, 18:45
Good choice mate. Thats what i'd like to get so i'll be looking out for your feedback. Are you de-catting? Whats the 'extra box' for? Guessing just to dumb down the noise a bit? :D

Mike
16-02-2003, 21:00
Originally posted by thejames
Good choice mate. Thats what i'd like to get so i'll be looking out for your feedback. Are you de-catting? Whats the 'extra box' for? Guessing just to dumb down the noise a bit? :D

yup, the cat must go ('tis OK for the MOT since no S13 needs a cat to pass) and the extra box is noise reduction...

tmmollah
17-02-2003, 18:07
Phoned the guy in Aberdeeshire and he quoted me £349 with the 5'' back box. The guy in Perth said £360 and Perths only 20 miles from me. Will get mines soon as I get my car back. Dropped it off today for the full re spray in super gloss black. Get it back in a week and a half.

Mike
17-02-2003, 18:07
Originally posted by Mike
http://www.powerflow.uk.com/productpage.html

it's the one at the bottom of the page I'm getting (I hope!) and as for the noise, I could'nt resist the biggest but I'm getting an extra box half way between the turbo and tail. I'll call them up on Monday just to make sure and when it's fitted next Saturday I'll report back!

Oh yes, I've also e-mailed Simon Norris asking if 2.25" or 2.5" pipe is best.

Thanks Tonnie, we'll get to the bottom of this one way or another! :)

Powerflow say yes it is the full 5" chrome box. Simon says go for 2.5" pipe. I'm going Saturday and will give feedback then...

vibrio
18-02-2003, 15:54
don't go with powerrust mike. really chepa steel they use. corrodes quickly

Mike
18-02-2003, 19:27
Originally posted by vibrio
don't go with powerrust mike. really chepa steel they use. corrodes quickly

I've got one on my Nissan Serena 2.0SLX rwd, lsd, twin sunroof, 8 seater... tarnishes quickly as you say but lifetime guarantee. The back box I'm going for is shiny chrome and about the size of a small country with a five squillion inch tailpipe. You'll hear me on Saturday afternoon as I rev it up in Aberdeen...

Only 3 days to go :cool:

Mike
19-02-2003, 16:24
only 2 days to go :mad:

vibrio
20-02-2003, 10:03
Originally posted by Mike
I've got one on my Nissan Serena 2.0SLX rwd, lsd, twin sunroof, 8 seater... tarnishes quickly as you say but lifetime guarantee. The back box I'm going for is shiny chrome and about the size of a small country with a five squillion inch tailpipe. You'll hear me on Saturday afternoon as I rev it up in Aberdeen...

Only 3 days to go :cool:

this is loud

http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/fiatpuntogtmpeg3/files/magnex%20rev.wav

thejames
20-02-2003, 18:36
So whats that then?

Im guessing Magnex, but what car etc...?

vibrio
20-02-2003, 19:55
look below :confused:


Punto GT (1.4 + turbo intercooler)

mike met me once. his superior reaction times ment he beat me but my time was quicker :D. that was before his mods though

thejames
20-02-2003, 20:00
Originally posted by vibrio
look below :confused:

Punto GT (1.4 + turbo intercooler)


How big is your system? Has it been de-catted?

Loud for a 1.4.

vibrio
20-02-2003, 20:08
it's a 2 /14 bore. that was not decatted there but is now. to be fair the camera was held quite close to the exhuast. this gives a better impression of the system

http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/fiatpuntogtmpeg3/files/st2201.mpg

Mike
20-02-2003, 21:53
it's so much fun modifying (when things go right!) and good to see others doing good stuff too! Vibrio: your punto scared me on the strip how fast it was. Last time at Crail, I was up against an escort... ha! I thought I'll have him! Little did I know he was rwd with a Cosworth engine! I'll get him next time!

only one more day and the cat will be gone :eek: and my quest for 250bhp will be nearly complete!

vibrio
21-02-2003, 15:45
this is me agains Mr midgers. he was suprised also :cool:

http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/fiatpuntogtmpeg4/files/200sx.mpg

Mike
21-02-2003, 19:18
only 12 hours to go before my new Exhaust! I'm going to bed early so morning comes sooner!

vibrio
21-02-2003, 19:21
get some sound clips of it when your done

Mike
21-02-2003, 19:36
Originally posted by vibrio
get some sound clips of it when your done

ok, you'll have to tell me how to upload them

thejames
21-02-2003, 19:51
Mike, if you haven't asked already, can you ask 'em whether they can make bungs to go with the powerflow zorsts, ala Blitz??

(Well excited for you BTW!!) :D

Mike
21-02-2003, 19:59
Originally posted by thejames
Mike, if you haven't asked already, can you ask 'em whether they can make bungs to go with the powerflow zorsts, ala Blitz??

(Well excited for you BTW!!) :D

yessss! let me tell you about my latest plan. I tried preperation A thru G but they all failed! When me and my son, who I shall call "mini me" go there tomorrow, I'll ask... mwahahaha!

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thejames
21-02-2003, 20:01
Ahhh... "Preperation H".

Which i think we'd all agree feels good, 'on the hole...'

vibrio
21-02-2003, 21:29
make the mpeg then sent it to my work e.mail. thomsonr@hri.sari.ac.uk I can upload to a site and make a wav file of it

Mike
21-02-2003, 22:38
this is Mike's wife.. he's in bed. I'll tell him tomorrow.

Mike
22-02-2003, 15:11
EXHAUST FITTED :D :D :D SORRY I'M SHOUTING BUT IT IS LOUD :D :D :D AND GOES Broooom, boostcut, boostcut, boostcut, change gear, broooom, boostcut, boostcut, boostcut, change gear, broooom, boostcut, boostcut, boostcut, change gear, broooom, boostcut, boostcut, boostcut, change gear….

(oh, and they dont do bungs)

Kev
22-02-2003, 16:18
LOL @ boostcut

Get that stg II chip in there then and ill see u @ crail in a few weeks.

Pics pls also!!

Kev

Mike
22-02-2003, 16:25
Originally posted by Kev
LOL @ boostcut

Get that stg II chip in there then and ill see u @ crail in a few weeks.

Pics pls also!!

Kev

yup, lots of LOL's on the drive home...! Check your e-mail now re: prce of tyres. Vibrio has the technology and will post pictures here but I'll send you some photos in the meantime. How's your flange? Mike

thejames
22-02-2003, 18:51
Mike, surely it ain't that loud is it?? Or did you change your mind about the mid-section silencer? ;)

How does it compare to other zorsts? Can you feel every bugger looking at you as you drive it now??! :cool:

thejames
22-02-2003, 18:51
Oh, and what is boostcut?

Are you losing power cos of it?! :confused:

Mike
22-02-2003, 18:58
Originally posted by thejames
Oh, and what is boostcut?

Are you losing power cos of it?! :confused:

boost cut is when ECU sees too much air flowing into engine and it stops the fuel (I think). A chip sorts this (I'm geeting one and a rolling road setup next saturday). Noise was "bad" for the first 5 miles but it's OK if you dont boot it... so you can decide when to be a boy racer! I did have a small mid-section box fitted just behind gearbox and went for 2.5" pipe. I LIKE it! :p

And for the Advert... buy your exhaust and tyres at good prices from Turriff Tyres like me. Call Jim or Julian at Turiff tyres 01888 562929

thejames
22-02-2003, 19:05
:cool:

Sounds "bad" mate! :rolleyes:

Get some sound clips posted!! :D

Mike
22-02-2003, 23:01
Thanks James... took my wife to town in it tonight (saw Chicago) keeping to the 30's and 40 limits and she said it wasnt too bad! Then we came the country road home and she wasnt totally shocked.

Vibrio has offered to post some clips I've sent him, so come back soon!

tmmollah
23-02-2003, 02:06
Looks nice mike!!! How much did it cost in total? I'm thinking of just going to the guy you went to. Is it in Aberdeen?

Tonnie

Mike
23-02-2003, 08:02
Originally posted by tmmollah
Looks nice mike!!! How much did it cost in total? I'm thinking of just going to the guy you went to. Is it in Aberdeen?

Tonnie

Thanks Tonnie, I'm well pleased! :D The place is a long drive for you: it's 1 hour North of Aberdeen, inland from Peterhead! However, it's a great drive there and you get excellent service and price was a totally reasonable £349! I also got 4 Goodyear Eagle F1's (02) and everything all in was £692.10. You need to book and it took 8:00-12:30 but the village is about a mile away and theres a cafe you can sit in.. Also, about 30 miles West in Huntly there's a rolling road guy (I'm going next Saturday) so if it was a weekday you could do both with the one trip?

Now, where are my keys...? brrrooooommmmm