LewisT

Thanks for the info. The tyres look ok, but I will check them tomorrow just to be sure they are spot on. I do have a couple of long trips coming up so I will keep and eye on it.

Well I had a whole host of problems with my last car, which was a Honda Civic (2007). I switched to the Superb in December 2011 and since then I have racked up 15,000 miles. The only complaint is that it is dull to drive. Other than that it has been great with 0 faults or problems. The dullness is parly my fault as I purchased the 1.6 tdi (I should have known better!). I just thought I would add a positive to this thread. You always see bad comments about cars, but less good. My Civic was a dog - a propper friday afternoon car, but other people had 0 problems with theirs (although there are some well reported faults with that generation Civic).

Hi Ordered my Superb SE Greenline II in Pacific Blue last week (no options), and currently being quoted 10 to 12 weeks. I will get back in touch with the dealer in a month or so, and see if there is a confirmed build date. The sooner it turns up the better, my current car is really rather poorly. Getting excited now

I have just taken delivery of the 1.8 vtec sport and i LOVE IT!!!! I test drove the derv but my company car budget wouldn't stretch to the derv sport! I love the styling, the handling is great, the seats are comfortable, the driving position is good, the visability is a little obscured but its not that bad. And most of alll the thing i love above all else is................ it has TWIN TRIANGULAR exhausts!!!!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOW!!!!!! but if you look inside you can see the little round pipe in the middle!!!! doh!!!

downdraft might be good, get a coulple of itg stick on filters, and have them poking out of te bonnet with a scoop.... plenty of nice cold air!!!!!

Brakes wise i was going to go for some new disks, like the brembo ones with some good pads and maybe some braded brake hoses to help with feel! Ok so a fresh grind cam is a better option that a re-grind.. any good sources for uk based cam profiling people? I found the cheep springs, how do they work out with the standard shocks? what sort lowering does that provide? I am more after a lowered track car than a rally car at the moment!! A set of small twin DCOE carbs sounds like the ticket!! O, going back to the brakes, i currently have a BIG problem with the brake byass, its like braking with the handbrake all the time... it locks the back wheels up before the front, and the haynes manual doesn't offer any brake byass adjustment tips? any ideas? thanks Lewis

I had a look at HP sporting...... WOW how much!!!!!!!!!!!! I will stick with desiel felicia strings and shocks cut to fit... over £700 for a set of front and rear springs and shocks plus vat plus shipping..... thanks for the link but thats about 7x how much the car is worth!!!!!!! The whole point was keep it cheeeeeeeeeeep!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! but still get lots of power!! Thanks Lewis

Nice one, i have been tryling to look for some CZ sites but i was having trouble for some reason!!! that is JUST what i was after..thanks!! Lewis

Ok i think i have got that!! Sorry, i forgot to mention that my car is on a carb! Ok, so my current thinking is...... new full exhaust system + manifold... big bore free flow (probably custom made by me! (welder and pipe bender!!!!)) possibly new intake manifold to mate with either one big carb or two smaller ones, get the camshaft re-profiled, uprated fuel pump if needed, cold air feed to the carb(s), maybe a slight head skim, oil cooler, maybe some new valve springs with a gentle port and polish of the head and valve pockets! how does that sound?? I am still tempted to just nail a turbo on and see how much power i can get before it blows, then nail in a VW polo G40 engine!!!

Ok thanks for that. I have been shying away from the idea of a turbo!! I think an oil cooler may help a lot, what do you recon? Fabia or Felicia bottom end??? what is the difference between that bottom end and the standarb bottom end???? What do you think to skimming the head to increase comression.. I am going to add a custom exhaust, and port and polish the head... Thanks Lewis

Hi there, I have a 1.3 J reg favorit I am planning on doing up. I am going to go for a trackday/rally kind of an idea. I have the breaks and suspention in hand (aftermarket brakes and the suspention from a desiel felicia cut down!) I do however need some help with egine tuning. I am trying to find an uprated oil and water pumps for the engine. I have two tuning options. the first is mate a 2ltr desiel turbo charger to a new carb or throttle body with an intercooler, or the second is to go high compression. For both of these options i am going to need to uprated the oil and water pumps, but i just can't find anything out there!!!!! I would greatly apreciate any advise on the above two options as well as any ideas about the oil and water issues!! Thanks in advance Lewis