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james1978 · Post by **james1978** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 9:38 pm

owered front
fitted fmic, huge
induction kit
ajuster
boost guage
meshed grill
fitted some new side repeaters ( 10 points for first one to notice what off)

ready to go on
tubular fanimold
pulsar turbo
fast rd cams
torque steer bush's
braided brake lines

CHR15E · Post by **CHR15E** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 11:11 pm

What suspension have you got on that? Looks low.

No idea on the repeaters, what are they off?

Mike V · Post by **Mike V** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 11:18 pm

CHR15E wrote:What suspension have you got on that? Looks low.

No idea on the repeaters, what are they off?

look like BMW,
Maybe a 3 series?

91-98 model not sure which e number that is.

Edit, just noticed your in preston. Nice to see another northerner. Im in Mancheseter.

james1978 · Post by **james1978** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 6:48 am

yeah bmw e36 i think

were in reduced bin at halfords, i paid Â£3

just had to cut out a slot in wings to fit them!!

i fitted a set of honda accord/rover 600 front apexi springs out of a set i got offf my mate for Â£30

i desperately need new shockers though as its a little bouncy, trying to figure out what options i have
aldo need polly bushes, especially the arb ones, as my off side is only half there

i think the stance is perfect!!

Nuts4my827 · Post by **Nuts4my827** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 7:08 am

Bouncy is _NOT_ good, especially on the front wheels, as you steer and drive from them.....

james1978 · Post by **james1978** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 7:49 am

i know this lol

its tight when going round corners, just overly soft on bumps
the shockers are 162000 miles old if original ones
was soft when i got it!

its all in hand though

CHR15E · Post by **CHR15E** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 10:08 am

james1978 wrote:i fitted a set of honda accord/rover 600 front apexi springs out of a set i got offf my mate for Â£30

i desperately need new shockers though as its a little bouncy, trying to figure out what options i have

They're the same spings as an 800 then?

I use Koni shocks on mine but they're not cheap.

Post by **Richard Moss** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 10:20 am

CHR15E wrote: They're the same spings as an 800 then?

I'd be surprised if they were. They may fit but surely they're not the same.

Rusko · Post by **Rusko** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 4:02 pm

Richard Moss wrote:
CHR15E wrote: They're the same spings as an 800 then?
I'd be surprised if they were. They may fit but surely they're not the same.

I have read this somewhere before but couldn't remember which honda variant they had used the springs from.

james1978 · Post by **james1978** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 6:51 pm

pretty much same suspention set up as accord / 600 on front
the only difference is a little extra tin, so doubt they are really much different
they are uprated anyway, so not like i fitted standard ones

besides, if they used same brakes as a 400, im sure they used same suspention as 600 lol

tomcatdan · Post by **tomcatdan** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 3:41 pm

To be fair mines a little bouncy sometimes too, but then I'm used to the konis on the 200 which have no give at all so it's probably a relative thing.

I am giving serious thought to fitting better shockers/springs to it though, but I think it's more the lateral roll that I'm struggling to get used to - I'm assuming the Vit had the beefiest ARB on the 800 range so there's not a thicker one I can fit?

Post by **Richard C** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 4:06 pm

Yes the vit did indeed have the thickest ARB

Post by **Richard Moss** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 4:16 pm

I think that the diesel front ARB is as thick as the Vitesse Sport one.

tomcatdan · Post by **tomcatdan** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 5:21 pm

Hmmm, so no chance of a thicker arb then

Any ideas - I really want to sort the handling and responsiveness a bit, I know it'll never handle like the 200 does, but less wallow in the corners would be a good start. On the other hand, I don't want the feeling that someone still the shocks and replaced them with a solid piece of scaffold pipe like I get with the 200

Post by **Richard Moss** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 5:30 pm

Are the droplink bushes in A1 condition? They make an absolutely MASSIVE difference to the handling - as I found when I replaced mine on the Sterling.

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