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Do you get dodo on your hands Del? Yuk!!

As you can see by my sig below, I've been there and got the t-shirt. You'll not be disappointed. Go for it Check his web site, it gives you the options, requirements and expected gains. He's the best about, busy man, drop him an email but keep it short and to the point if you want a reply! BTW if it's a wide track/DCCD car you don't need an uprated fuel pump, I didn't.

Completely de-catted? If so, your EML will be on constantly?? Get some decent plugs in, use V power fuel and you'll be looking at 340bhp plus and a huge grin! Well worth doing, but make 100% sure it's done properly by someone with a good reputation.

Kenny, baby, don't be like that, some big lovely yummy brake upgrade will be along to play with you soon! Not gonna bother changing fuel tanks, just keep it half full! Water spray crap will be going too, never used it in 2+ years anyway. I think I'll strip everything I don't need, or want and weigh up:lol: the benefits before I get rid of any of the stuff(excluding sound deadening and a/c). Who's went down the weight saving route before? Anyone got first hand experience? Results?

Noise isn't an issue, it's pretty noisey as it is. It's not a daily runner. Every 10kgs worth 2.2 bhp so it's better than you think . Seriously though, we all know how much a passenger blunts the performance of a car, if I can shave 80kgs from the car, it's gonna be better. Success ballast in touring cars is only 40kgs, and that slows them down. Every little counts for performance no? Kenny, dream on sunshine, less weight = better stopping so the diet is effectively giving me a six pot upgrade for free

Can't afford to change Mac so gotta work with what I have. Didn't make much difference noise wise or weight wise?

Changing parts would cost significant cash so for starters I'll stick to reducing weight by removal (and selling) of parts, then maybe the cash can go on improving other areas. Saving weight is mostly in an attempt to improve power to weight and the handling. I don't really intend to track the car as it will always be too slow unless I spend thousands (or tens of), quarter miles are not what I'm after either. I like my scooby, it sounds great, goes well and looks like the rally car it was in its time. I can't afford to change it for something else and I don't want to really, probably wouldn't get enough for it now, so may as well make it the best it can be for fast road use. I'm no Jenson Button, but I can hold my own in the driving stakes. Plenty race experience and there's not much more I could learn. Not at my age anyway. Cue the slagging(eh Andy?). Bottom line is I'm trying to better the car I have and want to keep. Brakes have been attended to, suspension is next month and after the weight reduction I may seek a further upgrade on the engine but not to the point where things become stupid expensive. The car's not a daily runner either.

Paul, I was just pull 60kg as a low adult weight. More would be great if acheivable. Lighter glass, mmm, wonder how much lighter the glass is over standard? It'll be interesting to see what's achievable. I intend to have the front seats out too as they make you feel as if you're sitting on the car instead of in it! When I decide to do this, i'll make sure i can weigh the car, the bits and bobs and see where we are overall at the end. Sound deadening sounds a total pig to remove. anyone any tips?

Has anyone any idea how much weight can be trimmed from the MY05 STi by removing the interior, a/c, electric windows, boot stuff, sound deadening, poss air bags, etc etc? Anyone done it and know how much? Certainly makes a noticeable difference carrying passengers so maybe theres a good 60kg to be saved? Or more?

Derek, my man! Looking very good. New profession maybes? Now, having checked a fair few Scoobs for graphics, me being a fully paid up member of the WRC club, I think your fat bloke sitting in carpark landscape is certainly, well, unique!! Are those numbers your power/torque decals?? You know what, I can almost smell the RB clutch from the photos. No. Wait. It's just the same shorts I had on Thursday night!!!! Well done pal.

Blame it on the boogie

Should be collecting the bitz end of next week. Fitting shortly afterwards before final setting up in time for next Lanark Meet. Update to follow.

Great looking car, love white Scoobys, doubt I've seen a Bugeye looking so good

Brake update: Tried a real world test to see the improvement or not in the braking department tonight. Took the car and an RB onto a quiet level section of straight road and after picking a reference point braked the cars down from 85mph to a stand still. Result was that they both stopped almost in identical distance. As I suspected the brakes are no better at stopping but I presume they'll fare much better on repeated stops. They better! Also, purely in the name of science, we had two 0-just a bit over 60 drag tests, not much in it at all. RB got a better start, mine clawed it back in 3rd and 4th and then as the speed rose the RB started to edge it again, aero advantage maybe? Not sure but very close. Return run, used 'launch control' on mine. RB couldn't match that start and never recovered ( hope your clutch does mate ) A quick swap revealed the cars are completely different animals. More scope for comparison threads in future maybe?

How low is your score John?

Stephen, How much certainty is there that other carriers will get the iphone, especially orange?

Has anyone got the new hardware? Who's got the new OS and old phone? What's the story? Any better, any faster? Please tell all! And, is Orange to get it or not?

10 mins tryin - 1033

Just shows you the lengths these guys will go to for kicks!

Passed you in the the big banana today Grant, was in me Skoda, waved but you never stood a chance

I know a David Brown tractor, is that any help? Sorry, couldn't resist. Hope you find him mate!

Went to The Racewall today. It was a good day, weather held out, surprisingly, and it was good to see some old names racing. The F1's were good, think they are too powerful for round there though, some damage when they hit the wall! F2s were always my favourite and it was good to see them at their best. Speak was strugglin with his car, he still can't take being pushed off, he went all out to get the Gold roof after being pushed off by him, end result finished about four cars except the Gold roof but including Speaks with a hard hit to the wall. Good to see John Fortune still racing and still mad for it by all accounts. Finish to the final was hilarious, 1st to 3rd were running pretty much a car length apart for the last 5 laps, on the last corner of the last lap 2nd gave 1st an almighty punt and slipped through only to be t-boned by the spinning former leader which allowed 3rd through to win. Button and co could take a few tips from these guys on how to put on a show!! It's a good day/nights racing, plenty action but £15 seems a bit pricey to me. I'll defo be back though.

Very nice Kenny, would like to have seen them in yellow though

When I first pushed the pads against the discs on the ramp they were bedded in! Someone can correct me if I'm wrong but the only reason you need to bed brakes in is when you change one or the other. Think about it, rarely do pads, discs or drums wear evenly. If you stick in new pads your disc surface is uneven(from centre to edge). It takes time for the pad to wear off where the disc is high and eventually the pad will wear to mirror your disc. Bedded in. New discs and pads are perfectly flat, square, whatever and so have immediately got a full contact surface needing no bedding in. Same applys to drums and shoes. As part of my job I prepare and present HGVs and trailers for test. A big part of that is busting the glaze on trailer brakes and then I have to bed them in. When I bust the glaze it removes the worn pattern from the shoes which fitted the drums uneven surface. To bed them in I wind the brakes on by hand and then pull the trailer for about 10 miles at around 40mph, winding the brakes on 3 or four times more in this run. They get very hot during this but it is accelerated bedding in, forcebly wearing the shoes to the drum profile. It works. Most of the time. First test will be the Lanark Meet. No time before that!