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I've changed all the suspension on mine and concentrated on handling since that's the weakness of the Fabia. Actually I've always spent the majority on brakes and handling because engine mods before turbos were mostly pointless.

Just drive it more, don't waste money on the car itself, spend the money on petrol and drive it further afield to fast track your experience as a driver, also start saving up for your second car so you can afford something sportier.

I'm not. Look at my post count, now look at yours, then check mine again. You're new here aren't you.

No. Feel free to ignore practical considerations and do whatever you like, it's your car and it's your time and money.

Stunt cars use hydraulic handbrakes just like rally cars do with manually adjustable brake bias valves.

I'm not putting anyone down, I'm simply outlining the laws of physics which underpin engineering modifications which actually do something rather than just being for appearance. For the hard of thinking here's why drums give you a better handbrake: Sticktion, that's static friction for short. Press your hand flat on a table and try and move it. Now do the same with a finger. Feel the difference? If your car came with rear drums as standard it is much too slow to benefit from rear discs, when you brake hard most of the cars weight transfers to the front wheels and the front discs do most of the work, that weight transfer decreases at higher speeds which is why fast cars have rear discs. From an engineering standpoint it is therefore a pointless mod being done for cosmetic reasons, I'm not being rude, I'm simply telling you the truth.

Dude, what are you on about, he's asking for someone with a scanner to scan it, not asking for cracked software, can you even read?

I know enough to know an idiot when I see his handiwork. Rear discs on slow cars are pointless, they rust out, give you a crummy handbrake and the calipers seize. Why would you want them?

Pointless.

Read it again, he wants to put the narrower Mark 1 axle on a Mark 2. So I repeat, why on earth would you want to do that?

Why on earth would you want to do that?

Why are you bothering to hide your number plate, it's public information, we even have a pinned topic here where people put their number plate and serial number so others can see on the VRS SE register?

They were, I would imagine Damien @DpmPerformance would be helpful.

No, the issue is rare and unrelated to the make and model.

OMG RTFM Operator error.

Even with the fan off it will blow if you're driving unless you put it into recirculation mode, only then will you have no ventilation at all.

You mean the fan is blowing constantly? If so does the speed change or is it stuck blowing at one speed?

Everyone has DPF problems with every diesel car if their usage patterns are inconsistent with keeping the DPF clean. It's not the car, it's the driver.

If they're from a branded OE supplier then they're probably ok. Otherwise not.

Angle sensor will give a fault code, pump unit failure will probably not.

Ok, you need to check the fusible links on the battery box, look carefully for damage or cracking.

Calipers don't get hot like the discs do, and certainly not as hot as an exhaust manifold, the brake pads are quite effective at insulating them, it takes a lot of hard braking to get the brake fluid above 100 degrees C when steam pockets form and you get the classic soft pedal brake fade.

A steamed spark plug means it's burning water from a blown head gasket. Not by a valet cleaning with a steam cleaner Captain Literal!

It's half a days work and the cost of a gasket set and a skim at the machine shop, less than £500 all in would be my estimate.

Insulator on number three looks suspiciously clean, steam cleaned maybe.