Rear box

Captain Jack · Post by **Captain Jack** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 12:02 am

Dai, yep, yours will be straight out. The bending down one is for diesels only

Post by **DaiRees** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 12:13 am

Ah see, that's why I thought it was a coupe thing, cos my buddy neildavies has a beautiful coupe with a tractor engine.....

Post by **Welly** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 7:26 am

Captain Jack wrote:Ah, actually it's only what you see that's straight out. If you look inside it, you'll see that the exhaust pipe actually bends down... Not very easy to explain... maybe someone will have a picture...

Captain, you must be some kind of nerd to know that

*admits to self about looking at an '03 plate HDi recently with same eggsauce tail pipe*

Post by **Welly** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 7:31 am

mjb wrote:Cunning application of a 'HDI' badge... I've been pondering doing that myself just to freak out the boy racers even more

Come on m - we all know the HDi would easily out run the old 2.0T you'd only be inviting boy racers if you put that badge on.

mjb · Post by **mjb** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 8:51 am

Welton wrote:Come on m - we all know the HDi would easily out run the old 2.0T you'd only be inviting boy racers if you put that badge on.

Jealousy's not an attractive trait

Captain Jack · Post by **Captain Jack** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 9:03 am

Welton wrote:Captain, you must be some kind of nerd to know that

*admits to self about looking at an '03 plate HDi recently with same eggsauce tail pipe*

I only know this because I was looking at a coupe HDi last yearm which had that arrangement ...

Post by **Welly** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 9:25 am

mjb wrote:
Welton wrote:Come on m - we all know the HDi would easily out run the old 2.0T you'd only be inviting boy racers if you put that badge on.
Jealousy's not an attractive trait

Hey m8 i put der bokkle ov injektur cleenz in da tank den we av a rayc on da a500 fing nere stoak /den wheel sea hoos da fast u wil get well Powned lol 1111111eleventy one eleven lol.

Blue406 · Post by **Blue406** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 9:43 am

Welton wrote:
mjb wrote:Cunning application of a 'HDI' badge... I've been pondering doing that myself just to freak out the boy racers even more
Come on m - we all know the HDi would easily out run the old 2.0T you'd only be inviting boy racers if you put that badge on.

I put it to you my Petrol 2.0 will outrun your HDI.

Fancy a race?

darrenwall · Post by **darrenwall** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 9:47 am

Blue406 wrote:
Welton wrote:
mjb wrote: I put it to you my Petrol 2.0 will outrun yours.

Fancy a race?

i had a race a few days ago with a d8 2.0 petrol and after 65 mph i started to pull away from him and he couldnt keep up untill i eased off at 120 mph , mines a d8 2.1 td by the way

Post by **Welly** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 12:55 pm

Preview Darren, Preview

My HDi felt pretty quick on Saturday and pulled 120MPH (the biker I passed looked at me a bit wierd

)

Yes, I think the Oil Burner will out do the Petrol

I am talking bollocks here of course

Captain Jack · Post by **Captain Jack** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 6:57 pm

darrenwall wrote:mines a d8 2.1 td by the way

Don't forget to remap the ECU on that

mjb · Post by **mjb** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 7:14 pm

Welton wrote:Hey m8 i put der bokkle ov injektur cleenz in da tank den we av a rayc on da a500 fing nere stoak /den wheel sea hoos da fast u wil get well Powned lol 1111111eleventy one eleven lol.

The A500 is definitely not somewhere you want to be breaking 70-80 on between 7am and 9pm (apart from the northern-most 2.5 miles before the M6). Far too many sunday drivers doing 30mph and slower!

Besides, my turbo will pwn you even if I only use second and fifth gears! I can do 5 miles without breaking down

Post by **Welly** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 9:54 am

mjb wrote:
Welton wrote:Hey m8 i put der bokkle ov injektur cleenz in da tank den we av a rayc on da a500 fing nere stoak /den wheel sea hoos da fast u wil get well Powned lol 1111111eleventy one eleven lol.
The A500 is definitely not somewhere you want to be breaking 70-80 on between 7am and 9pm (apart from the northern-most 2.5 miles before the M6). Far too many sunday drivers doing 30mph and slower!

Besides, my turbo will pwn you even if I only use second and fifth gears! I can do 5 miles without breaking down

Is there still that bit of road leading upto the M6, dead straight it is, which is 'bumpy' like that big concrete slab stuff but with a rythmic up and down bumpy ride. I used to do that stretch between Stoke and M6 to cut out the Wednesbury area if heading north on M6 about 6 years ago for my job and it was hypnotic (the road I mean, not my job, that was shyte)

Benner · Post by **Benner** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 6:01 pm

Well, in the end I was boring and went to my trusty exhaust centre and got a standard rear box fitted.

The bore and the silencer however are much larger now, so I have a much nicer 'deeper' note whilst I'm driving. The quality is much better as well, I think the last one (which I actually think was the wrong one due to this one's increase in size) was built out of old baked beans tins, where this one looks and seems far better.

Total cost, £82.25 inc Vat and fitting. Not the cheapest I suppose, but I know the business and have used them before and have had no problems. It goes to show just how much difference a good reputation and good customer skills can make.

So overall I'm quite pleased and should be set now for a couple of years (especially with my 2 year guarantee!

)

mjb · Post by **mjb** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 7:49 pm

Welton wrote:Is there still that bit of road leading upto the M6, dead straight it is, which is 'bumpy' like that big concrete slab stuff but with a rythmic up and down bumpy ride. I used to do that stretch between Stoke and M6 to cut out the Wednesbury area if heading north on M6 about 6 years ago for my job and it was hypnotic (the road I mean, not my job, that was shyte)

It's all nice and newly resurfaced round that bit

You wouldn't recognise the A500 now - they've trashed the 2 roundabouts and replaced them with underpasses underneath the most RETARDED junctions you've ever seen in your life. Just to turn right at this one junction, you need to stop for *3*

sets of lights - just one junction

- all timed to be just turned red by the time the previous set hit green

It'll be interesting when they open the bus lane too, which is going to cause pain for anyone wanting to turn left!

Dunno why they just didn't decide to use the 3 lanes for left, right and straight on... Damn Stoke council muppets

Wonder exactly how much of my council tax has disappeared into that exercise in utter stupidity