I stand corrected. Sorry.

Ive asked him this morning and he thinks it was £130 delivered with £25 of that being import cost.

 

nice front faceing inlet mani where is that from ?

 

Anyone have any thoughts on the value of said car?
14K?

 

I would have thought advertise it for £16k and maybe get 14.5 or 15k for it worst case. If you're in a rush to sell then you'd need to drop further as nobody seems to have any money anymore!

 

Looks to be cosworth manifold

 

I want that car!

 

Spoke to original dealer this morning.
He knows me etc, I explained that basically a particular condition now prevents me from driving for a while.
Can probably do a deal with him for 14K, perhaps a bit more.

They do seem to be going for 16K ish
I don't particularly wish any test pilots knocking my door either, so what do you think?

 

Quick question. My current exhaust setup is as follows. Standard down pipe, Second cat delete, standard mid section and a ppp back box. I am thinking of going for a decat downpipe and getting a custom mid section made up with no resonator. Is there any disadvantage to this over let's say a h&s full decat system. As it works out much cheaper. Also will i need a remap after doing this?

 

You will most definitely require a remap

 

Would the car just not run right then without a remap?

 

Lets just say that the chance of your engine lasting for long without being mapped to suit the new breathing setup of the car would be in doubt.

With the well know ringland issues on the hatch I'd not alter a thing without a map!

 

Right ok. Is there a disadvantage in anyway of fitting the system I mentioned above over buying an off the shelf decat performance exhaust?

 

The H&S ( or other brands ) are designed as a system so should work better used together. Also may well have been tested to measure reduction in back pressure, increase in power / torque etc.

And my previous & curent H&S exhausts can be wider bore to help flow for those after higher power.
H&S a bit noisy for me tho', I had an extra mid box fitted after.

Otherwise, unless you need that last bit of performance and the exhaust is the limiting factor, you'll be OK with a home made one, when set up / mapped in!
If you are just after more noise, fine, just map it!

If mapping, add anything else that needs mapping at same time ... CAIK etc.

 

Yep it's a cosworth

 

I just ordered a new centre section with silencer from Hayward and scott for my car. Mine seemed louder than ever after having my heads worked on and the new downpipe for the rotated setup. I got a new baby on the way and the neighbours were getting annoyed so decided to get something done. It's not available on their website, but they will make you one for about £40 extra, or you can send in your existing one and have it converted. I will try and do a before and after sound sample for those interested. They said it will have no effect on performance at all.

 

Yeah, I asked about that after geting my full 3" system ( with sports cat ) the other year, but Ian wanted £200 for an extra box .. send 'em the midpipe or pop down ..

I went to nearer exhaust specialist place and got made to measure box fitted ( cut and welded in ) for around £90-£100, although may not be same quality stainless steel.
Works though.

Avoid stainless steel tubular headers, gets even louder!

 

Were they jealous .. or expecting it to be noisy like the car!!

 

haha.....I do cringe most nights when I come home, generally I get home from work about 11pm. I live in a cul de sac, and have a car port under the neighbours house. It was bad enough before when I used to cruise in, reverse with minimum revs, then switch off asap. This is no longer possible with the twin plate clutch. I have to launch from 1 side of the cul de sac to the other, doing my 3 point turn at 3000 rpm so that it doesn't stall

 

I sold my 330S 4 weeks ago and got slightly more than that, but it had 42K on the clock. The dealer put it up @ 20K to start with and has now dropped it to 19K

 

Haha I hearing you there!!!!
Just get the anti lag on an set off all there alarms hahaha

 

Any guys with a hatch looking for a Prodrive PPP Backbox ? I have one in my possession which just needs a wee clean

 

Does anyone else have a really rattly boot area in their hatch? I think it's the stupid retractable parcel shelf. I've taken it off and tried to pad bits out but to no avail. I've got next to no cabin rattles which I'm impressed with but the damn rattling from the rear is driving me nuts

 

i have this too i belive it to be the parcel shelf seems to do it more when retracted not so much when out extended but still a little bit im guna try some felt pads see it that makes a difference if not im just going to take it out and only put it in when shopping etc

 

I found with the retractable parcel shelf that the orientation of the unit makes a huge difference, I have to have it so the retractable bit points down rather than towards where you fix it when extended and it stopped all the rattles for me. Bit more awkward to extend but no rattles anymore

 

If there are rattles, I can't hear them over my exhaust

 

that a good shout must try that so you mean rotate the unit say 45deg towards the boot so the end peace that doesn't retract all the way will then be pointing at the floor

 

On my old hatch I used to find the hard plastic trim arount the tailgate used to rattle a little so took a few bits off and shoved a few cut up car sponges behind the trim, worked a treat.

 

Like this

 

My parcel shelf had the rattle,dealer did something to cure it .

 

Is the noise intermittent, sort of on, off, on, off, on, off ... I think it's called stacato ...

Sorry, I'll get my coat ...