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Postby BIG_MVS » Mon Aug 08, 2011 6:52 pm

Here we are young Sir:

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Now what's the crack here? Have we been taking old paving stones to the tip?

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Postby mettersl » Mon Aug 08, 2011 6:58 pm

Wow thats low....
I wouldn't be able to get it in my garage without removing something underneath....
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Postby PaulyA610 » Mon Aug 08, 2011 9:34 pm

That is slammed maybe a bit too low for me, needs a bit of neg camber and some bbs splits (like the Le Mans) and it will be looking stunning!! Good work mate, how did you get on with the pulsar??
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Postby phildini » Tue Aug 09, 2011 9:51 am

They look the nuts low!!! but like Lee I would never get it in the garage
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Postby steve barker » Tue Aug 09, 2011 2:08 pm

Thanks for the comments lads!
The cars running 12.8 quater mile, 4.5 0 to 60.
Also on Gaz coilovers, but it's pretty much standard apart from that!
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Postby mettersl » Tue Aug 09, 2011 2:14 pm

STD boost and cat? Or an art boost controller and no cat? Lowering it can't knock 1.2 off the 0-60, on it's own, that is very fast.....
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Postby BIG_MVS » Tue Aug 09, 2011 3:12 pm

I don't like it lowered to be honest but each to their own.

On a sensible front I have seen 2 or 3 GTA's seriously damaged bodily due to them being very low. Stress fractures appear in the front and rear turrets and in extreme cases it can cause cracks in the roof :shock:
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Postby PaulyA610 » Tue Aug 09, 2011 5:19 pm

Has the engine been modified at all????
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Postby jamie » Tue Aug 09, 2011 5:49 pm

My old car 8) Looking good..... should never have sold her :cry:
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Postby steve barker » Tue Aug 09, 2011 5:58 pm

Mild mods really! 18 psi and back box
Removed and a straight through pipe in it's place.I'm soon to be fitting an omex 710 Ecu though so it will be safer on the high boost!
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Postby clee » Tue Aug 09, 2011 6:30 pm

Looking good Steve .What is happening with the GTA these days ?
BigM couldn't get down that low so no great suprise he doesn't get it :wink:
Any chance of you getting down to Pod one day ?
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Postby steve barker » Tue Aug 09, 2011 9:39 pm

clee wrote:Looking good Steve .What is happening with the GTA these days ?
BigM couldn't get down that low so no great suprise he doesn't get it :wink:
Any chance of you getting down to Pod one day ?

Haha!! The gta is using alot of petrol goin in and out of the garage every day they both need some love to be honest but just haven't got time at the moment due to buying a house recently!:-(. I'm waiting to buy a new air/fuel ratio meter so I can sort the map out on the gta and I need to pull the box out of the 610 to find out why second gear has disappeared, it engages but has no drive so I'll have to strip it n have a look. I would love to fit a LSD while I'm in there cause it loves to leave black tracks wherever it goes lol, probably why it's lost second though as it goes sideways more than it does straight...;-)
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Postby si21 » Wed Aug 10, 2011 12:37 pm

BIG_MVS wrote:I don't like it lowered to be honest but each to their own.

On a sensible front I have seen 2 or 3 GTA's seriously damaged bodily due to them being very low. Stress fractures appear in the front and rear turrets and in extreme cases it can cause cracks in the roof :shock:


Not another person.... I am not worthy its a 610 = God in Alpine terms :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: what ever you do dont modify it :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Only pulling ya leg Mr MVS...he is right about turret damage etc though :shock: not good!! specially for me living in War torn Peckham, the roads are awful.

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Postby clee » Wed Aug 10, 2011 12:57 pm

It's not the lowness that fecks them more the zero suspension travel ........
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Postby BIG_MVS » Wed Aug 10, 2011 6:25 pm

clee wrote:It's not the lowness that fecks them more the zero suspension travel ........


I agree, how much "travel" is left on it tho :?

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