Looks absolutly superb! Cant wait to get my hands on mine this spring for some heavy modding!!
Corley, how much for the custom manny and down pipe? Is it the downpipes thats already been modified?
Sorry question heavy, but also how have you moved the turbo to sit higher? Is this anither custom...
Hi guys, what model of turbo has been used on this? Has the downpipe and turbo been taken from a saab 9000 and bolted onto exhaust manny? Great project amd thinking of doing it this summer!!
Help! :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
Can anyone help or advise on doing a rear brake conversion?
Does anyone know if anyone has ever done a step by step or video of this?
Cheers!
Cheers mate ive eventually gone for the all round 40mm by eeitec, the ride is abit rought bt the handling is brilliant! Got the sports shocks on.order aswell from weitec!
Hi, any1 no of anywhere i can source some uprated valve springs for a 1.7 zetec?? Goin to.b running a fast road cam and throttle bodies soon so rather than have the head off again im thinkin to uprate em now so its saves time and energy! Thanks! Lex
Im going to see what the front strut is like fitted and see how much better the handling is but u maybe right, i think that when i lower the car anyway its going to have a massive effect on handling. It just feels abit boat like after fitting the 17's after the brake conversion, just feels it...
Hey jelly ive been having loadsa probs with my car at the minute and havent been on here recent, thanks for the offer of the strut, but i had a bargin handed to me abit ago, of an e-tech front strut for £30 that i cuddnt turn down!
Thanks again
Lex
Cheers starfire, im really wanting to get the 65/40mm kit they provide because im gonna be wantin to track race it at the beginning of june, im hopin it goes all to plan and i can upload some images but had abit of problem with potholes of late, has done some seriouse damage to one of my alloys...
Yeah ive noticed a real difference with some speed lagging after i fitted the brake conversion in low end, and it just feels like its pulling more weight, i do agree that it is pretty good on long winding roads, harder braking goin into bends etc
I am actually pretty interested in the brace...
PS mad hillbilly
The holes which fit the caliper bolts do need drilling out, what i did to give it a more stable hold in the hole is to retap the hub so the bolt screwed into the hub aswell as the caliper. I dont know if any1else would advise this but if your putting huge strain on the hole and...
Have completed my brake conversion and i went with the mondeo calipers and mondeo brake discs, its now running on 300mm discs however had major problems with bent knuckles on the hubs!!! this was a real problem and took around a week to sort out. The brake conversion also adds abit of weight...
starfire, are you going to fit them yourself? i cannot really find anywhere that fks have been fitted and reviewed, its like no-one has heard of them!!
How much did you pay for yours?
Lex