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volvosneverdie
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by volvosneverdie » 29 Oct 2010 09:47 pm
finn wrote:well guys theres on set plans for the 360 going to just use for now did buy it for dirfting in mind but its 2 good to bastardise i just got out of the 4x4 scene and woz looking for some think retro and rwd i think there are some well cool 340 360s on the scene tho

That sounds cool man.
Theyre enjoyable cars true enough. Some get a lot of enjoyment drifting, and some maintaining and improving.
Truth is, its hard not to like/love em once they get under the skin.
Enjoy the winter dude. Tis the season to be RWD!
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by L14MNP » 29 Oct 2010 10:03 pm
finn wrote:well guys theres on set plans for the 360 going to just use for now did buy it for dirfting in mind but its 2 good to bastardise
See how long you last lol. I bought mine with the intention of skidding/modifying it, but some others didn't, Nimminz is a good example and slowy but surely he's 'messing about'. lol

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by Chris_C » 29 Oct 2010 10:57 pm
The rest of us just dont get it.
I hate modded 300's

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by Speedy88 » 30 Oct 2010 01:52 am
I just sit on the fence
Just kidding, nothing beats a modded 300. Provided you don't crash it.
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by Nimminz » 30 Oct 2010 09:02 am
L14MNP wrote:finn wrote:well guys theres on set plans for the 360 going to just use for now did buy it for dirfting in mind but its 2 good to bastardise
See how long you last lol. I bought mine with the intention of skidding/modifying it, but some others didn't, Nimminz is a good example and slowy but surely he's 'messing about'. lol

When i was looking for my 300, i was planning a satin black rattle can paint job, welded diff and chopped springs. But i found my GLT, in really good condition, low milage etc. etc. So then i thourght I'd keep it standard i.e. complete showroom look, but now its slowly getting some mods and thrashing round roundabouts.
Whatever you choose to do with it, put some pics up on here!
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by finn » 06 Nov 2010 12:01 am
Nimminz wrote:L14MNP wrote:finn wrote:well guys theres on set plans for the 360 going to just use for now did buy it for dirfting in mind but its 2 good to bastardise
See how long you last lol. I bought mine with the intention of skidding/modifying it, but some others didn't, Nimminz is a good example and slowy but surely he's 'messing about'. lol

When i was looking for my 300, i was planning a satin black rattle can paint job, welded diff and chopped springs. But i found my GLT, in really good condition, low milage etc. etc. So then i thourght I'd keep it standard i.e. complete showroom look, but now its slowly getting some mods and thrashing round roundabouts.
Whatever you choose to do with it, put some pics up on here!
well i got some lowering blocks and looking at other stuff for it lol and me and a mate of mine woz haveing a good look round it at work and seen that the injectors look the same as a vauxhall 2.0 16v c20xe/redtop so we fitted them and it goes a lot better

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by filthyjohn » 08 Nov 2010 12:33 pm
finn wrote:vauxhall 2.0 16v c20xe/redtop so we fitted them and it goes a lot better

O RLY? That's rather interesting, but seeing as I've just gone carb it's not much use to me

Any idea what the flow rate is on the XE ones? The LE-jetronic system on the 360 is too dumb to compensate for changes like that, so you've probably got lucky with the AFR.
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by finn » 08 Nov 2010 08:58 pm
filthyjohn wrote:finn wrote:vauxhall 2.0 16v c20xe/redtop so we fitted them and it goes a lot better

O RLY? That's rather interesting, but seeing as I've just gone carb it's not much use to me

Any idea what the flow rate is on the XE ones? The LE-jetronic system on the 360 is too dumb to compensate for changes like that, so you've probably got lucky with the AFR.
well there are blue ones i think thay are 2.0 bar the creams ones are 1.5 bar and yellows are turbo ones c20let if this helps and the blues come on the the c20xe without a dissy and the creams on the one with a dissy
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by filthyjohn » 09 Nov 2010 12:04 pm
Cheers, my XE runs about 0.2 bar but that's because it has bike carbs, much better than that SFi stuff IMO.
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by finn » 09 Nov 2010 08:51 pm
filthyjohn wrote:Cheers, my XE runs about 0.2 bar but that's because it has bike carbs, much better than that SFi stuff IMO.
are u useing a coil pack as there is no room for a dissy on a manta we have got lots of c20xe bits at work as me and my mates have but them in nova's corsa's
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by filthyjohn » 10 Nov 2010 12:21 pm
Yeah Megajolt igniton with F*rd EDIS and coil pack. Seen other mantas that have had their heater matrix area chopped out to fit the dizzy and it looks awful. Dizzyless FTW! Have you got a spare XE bottom end/weber manifold/cams/fancy head in your spares pile? Looking to build a better one over the winter.
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by finn » 10 Nov 2010 10:12 pm
filthyjohn wrote:Yeah Megajolt igniton with F*rd EDIS and coil pack. Seen other mantas that have had their heater matrix area chopped out to fit the dizzy and it looks awful. Dizzyless FTW! Have you got a spare XE bottom end/weber manifold/cams/fancy head in your spares pile? Looking to build a better one over the winter.
got a spare xe block bare it needs a rebore tho nothing else that would get u excited your manta sounds cool is there any pics on here of it

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by filthyjohn » 12 Nov 2010 02:09 am
'87 Nissan Sunny
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'87 360 GLT
'87 765 TIC
'75 Manta A
'70 Rover P5 V8
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by volvosneverdie » 12 Nov 2010 09:05 am
^ Its frickin scary, I'll tell you all that much.
Maybe its the noise, maybe its the static belts that dont fit round my gut, maybe its the barely tethered power. But it scared me.

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by finn » 12 Nov 2010 08:33 pm
volvosneverdie wrote:^ Its frickin scary, I'll tell you all that much.
Maybe its the noise, maybe its the static belts that dont fit round my gut, maybe its the barely tethered power. But it scared me.

looks well cool+retro i was look at mantas/chevetts before i got my volvo just can not get them cheap any more. you after a alloy spark plug cover got one of them