Recent content by J-Lancs

Cheers for that mate, you've been a great help so far! I was actually getting abit deflated after the VIC check thing but now with the new info you've given i'm looking forward to fixing the car again as much as I was before. :)

They biker in my collision didn't break anything (i don't think) as he got back up and was clearly shaken, he did fly off about 15 feet though!! I take it with your mates van it was a cat c? Anything more than a cat D requires a VIC check, well I've just found out over the weekend that mines a...

My golf has 125k on the clock and ive owned it for 4 years (bought at 87k from near warrington actually!) ...with it having 2 lady owners before me it is in pretty good nick mechanically- pulls really well and I've always serviced it regularly approx every 6-8k miles. I became quite clued up...

It was hit a 600cc bike! I was at a junction waiting to turn right and the biker (i was told by witness) sped off from his other 2 biker buddies and must have seen me late...tried to swerve past me on the right (drivers side) and managed to 'clip' my wing whilst also hitting my headlamp and...

Thanks to all so far for the abundant advice! Very much appreciated and acknowledged! At the moment i'm not looking into the engine transplane but will keep it for future reference purely because i'd like to get more out of the current engine and knock the miles up abit more. I'll start out...

Lol! i can imagine... wot would you recomment i change/ the 1st 3 parts that you would change... i'll go from there. The GA16 box i should be able to get hold of, so 2 more parts..lol.

i'll get there someday....

I'm wanting/hoping to achieve around 75bhp (same as a 1.3 i believe) so would you be able to give me some guidance on what I would need to achieve that? The car is a very low mileage car with 43k on the clock now, so i'm hoping the engine is ok to take the extra bits fitted onto it. I also...

Really??? WOW! that is some news to me! If that was me in the Vectra i would have definitely thought you had a different engine in there (Pulsar or something like that). the fact that this is possible from a 1.0 car is beyond belief for me I must admit. I'm new to this so any info or pointers...

i will definitely be staying in and doing some research this weekend (given the weather that's looking easy!) get some proper info into my head and then start with the mods. i take it a GA airbox is from a Almera? I will definitely check out the blogs you've mentioned, thanks alot matey.

:p oh yeah... thanks mate.

is there a 'how to' guide somewhere pal?

Thanks, I was going to come onto the airbox question, my question; does it actually make a noticeable difference by installijng this on a 1.0 car? maybe im just under-estimating the possibilities of a car..it's my 1st 1.0 car so im not overly optimistic u see. i hope i'm proven wrong. :)

So just a normal airbox from an Almera? what engine Size should i be looking for mate? 1.4? Is it a noticeable difference in performance on a 1 litre car?

How would i go about doing that my friend? Ebay Jobbie? I take it "short throw gear lever mod" is similar if not exactly to "Quick Shift"?