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:D nice polo

my valver made 117 bhp with just a BMC :p

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:D nice polo

my valver made 117 bhp with just a BMC :p

lol fair play mine must have had a hard life :( must be time for a rebuild, the main differance is yours is f**king lush :) want to swap ;)

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little update i broke my seat the other day :( so i was looking for one drivers 16v seat and most people wanted £50 + p&p so in the end i got some k2 golf seats retrimed :) also carbs are still going atm only thing left is to egt them jetted and rebalnced. also got some 14" steels £60 with new tyres as the pot hold seam to be getting bigger lol. last i found my rear blank that i lost and refitted it. lol

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because i am going back 2 injection due to the cost of fuel even though it sounds amazing and goes well on carbs i have cleaned up and painthed my mani and polished throttle body :) so bike carbs will be up for grabs soon i will have to get another set when i get full time job and can aford to run it lol :)

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NOOOOOO

Dont go back to injection.

Is it really making that much of a difference? Has it been on a rolling road? I bet that would make it a million times better.

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NOOOOOO

Dont go back to injection.

Is it really making that much of a difference? Has it been on a rolling road? I bet that would make it a million times better.

lol yer sorry guys yer it makes a differance alright pulls like a train but i just cant aford it at them mo being at college 3 days a week i only work 2 days :( £80 a week and most of that goes on fule atm. so there going to have to go. no not rolling roaded on carbs yet but o well i can soon make another set up wehn i get full time job :)

bad times eh

hahaha i feel your pain chris lol....the carbs make an awesome difference, I'm spending about £65 on fuel a week now compared to the £50 for about 9/10 days lol but i love it so wont be getting rid of it lol thankfully I'm a bit older and have readily available money =D

your manifold and TB look tidy though bud

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hahaha i feel your pain chris lol....the carbs make an awesome difference, I'm spending about £65 on fuel a week now compared to the £50 for about 9/10 days lol but i love it so wont be getting rid of it lol thankfully I'm a bit older and have readily available money =D

your manifold and TB look tidy though bud

ta mate :) its all back on the car now just got the bloody throttle cable 2 do witch is a pain in ass. yer 18 yong and stupid still lol o well i should think my self lucky afh at 18 really :) i have the carbs up 4 sale £350 but if they dont sell i am more than happy to keep them :)

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finished off putting her back to gether to day and we went out into the costwolds to play about got bit carried away with the old clicky clicky lol

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and some at the misses house she was happy to tell every one she cleaned the glass lol

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i know ull say no but if the coils arnt right down put em right down and if they are take out the helpers haha

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lol yer they can go lower but it bangs on every thing :(

all part of the fun i cant wiat to get my stance problems sorted its just not low enough I'm in need of some proper stretched tyres

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you have to have stretch when i 1st had the mini lites they were on 175 50 but i soon had them off and got 165 55 :) lol

yer I'm gonna wrap mine on some 165/45/r15's so ill have plento of stretch then

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Little update i bought a vag com lead lol cant get it to work at the mo but i will :). also got some new inditators just tided it up abit, some more dice valve caps and some pslots for the winter lol pics to come :)

Did you polish the rocker yourself?

Looks really nice

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yer some one had half done it befor but i just finished it off with some fine wet and dry then buffed it with the drill adapter lol isent as good in real life lol ;)

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good news i only had the pslots for a wekk and ended up sawping them and £200 for saome steffan bcw 7 all round got a deal and a half i thought :) they need a lic of paint but not sure weather to go silver, black or the same green as my ultra lities. please help me chose :)

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yellow centres with polished lip to match the bay =D

now get some 8s or 9s to compliment these =D

muchos steffans love!!

Go the green with polished lip :)

14's are they way to go!

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right i have pics not very interesting got my bumper fitted to night still need to sort out the exhaust though its abit rushed :( um tryed on the steffans and my mate has been taking a few pics for me to have put onto canvus ( cause i am sad lol )

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And the wheel shot just got to be done ;)

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just some of the steffans fitted still deciding on colour :)

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love or hate comment with the colour

i think you should get the wheels sprayed with black dishes and red spokes that would look the shnizzle in my book

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well i went to the paint shop and just chose a colour lol and this is what i went for in the end :)

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