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  6. Club Shop.

    in General Chat

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    Apologise to all the member that have purchased items from the club shop in the last few weeks, we had an unknown issue with the E-mail system which has now been fixed and all items will be in the post this evening or tomorrow morning for international members.

    The Club Shop.

  7. Snow Foam ....

    in General Chat

    Posted

    Who on here uses snow foam ??? have been looking at getting it as the T5 is a big old girl to wash by hand. Is it a caase of spray it on' date=' let it sit for a few mins then rinse off, dry, job done or is it used as a Pre wash, as in spray the foam on let it do its thing, jet wash it off, wash vehicle [b']again with good old bucket and sponge then dry. Have done some research into it but have found its used as both ??? :-# *-)

    What do you do ???

    Ha just seen this!!!!!

    Ya great ponce............I remember when you liked going quick. Not anymore tho eh lol

    tis only for the van don't worry I shall be going quick again next year ...... lol

  18. Performance valve springs,collets etc(Bar-tek?)

    in Engine Tuning

    Posted

    Is there any point going bigger on the exhaust say 2mm and 1mm inlet?

    Also is it worth getting any other work done like port matching gaskets etc?

    This is a good thread!

    And Daverse mine will be ready for pod in October so we can do yours after that. Text me. :)

    with forced induction i can`t see the point in porting and polishing ...... if you want the air to flow faster turn up the boost, well that what i think anyway and have been told by a few people in the know .....

  20. Performance valve springs,collets etc(Bar-tek?)

    in Engine Tuning

    Posted

    Ah thats a good price!I know Shrick is tried and tested stuff' date='not heard so much about supertech.

    Just out of interest,what sort of money were your 12valves and valve seats?

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    got mine from eBay was about £140 for all 12 i think ( 1mm oversized inlet and exhaust Ferrea valves) going to get my mate to re-cut the seats in the head for me ....

    Ah thats a good price.Ive heard mixed reviews about the actual gains of going oversize valves but im still unsure.

    Are the valve seats happy taking an extra mm out of them?No problems with burning them out due to less material and excess heat?

    dont know yet not heard anything like that happening before ??!! mine seat have gone slightly oval and the original valves were slightly bent as well so decided to go the whole hog ....

  21. Performance valve springs,collets etc(Bar-tek?)

    in Engine Tuning

    Posted

    Ah thats a good price!I know Shrick is tried and tested stuff' date='not heard so much about supertech.

    Just out of interest,what sort of money were your 12valves and valve seats?

    [/quote']

    got mine from eBay was about £140 for all 12 i think ( 1mm oversized inlet and exhaust Ferrea valves) going to get my mate to re-cut the seats in the head for me ....

  22. Performance valve springs,collets etc(Bar-tek?)

    in Engine Tuning

    Posted

    You can see worthwhile gains from larger valves in the VR6 head. I went 1mm over size. Ferrea stainless inlets and inconel exhaust. Those and SP 263 cams saw a 50hp gain from the same boost.

    As for the titanium valvetrain parts and uprated springs' date=' I would only recommend these if planning on extending the rev range past 7000.

    I don't like uprated springs. They put too much strain on the cam gear and cam lobes as already said. Even with the best oils money can buy, I was seeing lobe pitting after 50K miles when using uprated springs.

    I don't think the Schrick springs are quite as strong as the American ones, but even so, be careful with them!

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    sounds very much to what I have, I `ve got 1mm over sized inlet and exhaust Ferrea valves waiting to go in .....

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