www.imoc.co.uk

Greenlight have been good for me although they won't give me the agreed value I would like, more the value of what a similar car would cost.

We all know that you would never really find a similar car to the one you own...!! I may look to change myself to get a better agreed value.

excuse to get it on the dyno. ct26 is more punchy. but i doubt you were making more top end power back then than you are now. maybe more torque back then. Yeah I am pretty sure it probably wasn't faster. Was a bit of a fun post really to see if anyone else felt the same about a car they had in thei...

Great thread mate. I'm looking at a similar route to you actually. Rev 2 turbo engine but I have Rev 3 upgrades. Looking to go forged at some point though, but it's a respray for me first. Looking at the same front end that you got, and very similar skirts. Also looking at a colour change like you d...

mr2magic wrote:In my experience it's either the nylon ring gear on the diff or the nylon gear on the speed sensor. Remove the sensor from the gearbox and take a look.

Yeah I had a non working speedo and it was the gear in the gearbox. Gearbox out job unfortunately.

Trying to save a few kg here are there on a car reminds me a some cyclists I know who proudly tell me they have saved 100g by spending xxxx loads of money on lighter parts, then they stick an KG of water on the bike...!!

The turbo lid looks better IMO so worth the extra weight.

Tedtiler wrote:Ct26 turbo comes in with a bang, ct20 more progressive. Feels like less kick but you win further up the revs.

Yes I was aware that the ct20 stayed longer than the ct26. Maybe a possible reason for my thinking. Maybe I am not going insane after all.

danjama wrote:I would think too much time has passed to be able to judge with any accuracy

Aye lad. It was another life....

acf8181 wrote:As you get older it takes more speed to impress you i think

When i was 18 a golf VR6 felt like a rocket ship, doesn't anymore!

Yeah we've must have become hardened to it.

Back in 1996 I had a Standard 1991 Rev 1 turbo car. I remember it being seriously quick, really threw you back in your seat and made your head snap back. It used to scare my missus at the time when I put my foot down in 2nd. 15 years later I had a turbo conversion done on my NA car. Rev 1 engine wit...

Looks great.

Will look forward to seeing it all put back together.

Really enjoyed reading your build thread mate.

Great to see how your car has evolved.

jimGTS wrote:cant you just google or youtube it??

im sure youll get a much faster answer than from a "middle man (ebay seller)"

Aye, nice description here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bF7uJbv_tT0

sheppy wrote:It's a gauge and a controller

Ta! the answer I was looking for.

Was unsure if that reading was telling you what boost you have it set to, or whether that was actually "live" boost so to speak. They are calling it an all-in-one gauge so you have to assume that it's boost gauge and controller. I contacted the seller and even they are unsure until they co...

As per this listing:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/120897895380? ... EBIDX%3AIT

Also, anyone know if this is just a boost controller, or is it actually a boost gauge too?? Or would you need a separate boost gauge with this?

Thanks

Actually that one you suggested has got decent reviews on Amazon.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/FACILLA-Interna ... B009APJFJS

Might try getting a stick style one and stuffing it in the wing or something. Well that won't work! A metal car body acts as a faraday cage. That's why aerials are always one the outside of a car or embedded in the glass. Stick it within the metal shell or, worse, in the thin gap between the wing a...

shinny wrote:No idea how well these work... but http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/121158961768

Interesting but can almost see that ending up in the bin!

Might try getting a stick style one and stuffing it in the wing or something.

gnzyza wrote:Modern cars have it in the window but on a separate circuit. You will see the aerial part doesn't demist the screen. I'm sure if you disconnect the one in the two it'll work but obviously don't think you can have both.

Yeah that makes sense really.

The one I had fitted is exactly like this one

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.vi ... ID=EBAY-GB

Car Stereo Radio Internal Glass Windscreen Mount Amplified Aerial Antenna RMA819

Hmmmm, I thought that my BMW X5 had aerial in heated rear windscreen as there is no obviously signs of an aerial and that works really well. Yeah I had my aerial hole blocked up and had rear quarter resprayed ect. The aerial I had fitted is a windscreen mounted one and is useless. I cannot pick up a...