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What has been your best Mod/Upgrade?
AllWeatherDan - 12/9/12 at 03:22 PM

Hi All,

Just a quick thread to ask what you think has been your

Best
Cheapest
Cleverest
Worst Idea

That you have had FOR YOUR KIT ?

please feel free to elaborate on these as I am looking for ideas...

Mr C - 12/9/12 at 03:51 PM

Asda travel mug light housings

Indicator and daylight housings made from cocktail shakers

mark chandler - 12/9/12 at 04:28 PM

Best - Turbo.
Cheapest - fit second hand slicks £15 a corner.
Cleverest - doh! struggle with this one as nothing really clever about it.
Worst - Built to to book dimensions then added the cage on top, should have incorporated the cage in the frame.

clairetoo - 12/9/12 at 06:46 PM

Best - V6 !
Cheapest - T1R's at £34 a corner , fitted
Cleverest - getting the Mazda V6 to fit to an Mx5 gearbox
Worst - Intatrim Oddessy's - cripplingly uncomfortable after more than two hours on the road

twybrow - 12/9/12 at 07:13 PM

Best- my upgrade to a ZX12 lump
Cheapest - all my carbon fibre parts (and all the spare material I have), plus moulds - all free from the scrap bin at work
Cleverest - Homemade 'big-head' fasteners that work brilliantly to hold my wheel arches (no bolts visible) and hold the fog light in place (also one of my cleverest moments during the build as I love the way I mounted it)
Worst - fixing the number plates as a gauge to check I could get over a speed bump (level with lowest part of engine) - it lasted 2 days!

AllWeatherDan - 14/9/12 at 02:26 PM

Some good ideas here! Anyone else?

me! - 14/9/12 at 05:39 PM

Worst- trying to fit a zetec instead of the crossflow. I haven't driven it all summer!

Will be ace when I pull my finger out and get it done though....

owelly - 14/9/12 at 05:49 PM

Best: fitting the £150 Pug V6 engine
Cheapest: custom made clutch plate for £25
Cleverest: getting the Pug V6 to hang off the front of the Type 9 gearbox
Worst Idea: putting all the above into a crap car

Benzine - 14/9/12 at 06:01 PM

Cheapest: Having a car in bits for 5 years, huge savings on insurance, tax and fuel!
Worst Idea: Driving without a hat/bandanna with long hair. Over 9000 tangles.
Best/Cleverest: erm, maybe I'll have one of those one day!

Davey D - 14/9/12 at 06:40 PM

quote:
Originally posted by clairetoo

Worst - Intatrim Oddessy's - cripplingly uncomfortable after more thanthan two hours on the road


I have to agree with this. Sold the oddessys, and replaced them with some JK Composites seats with vinyl covered padding. Sooo much comfier

unijacko67 - 14/9/12 at 06:57 PM

Not sure if any of this is a good idea, as not finished, but here goes

Best, giving an engine transplant to a reliant kitten, light and no iva.
Cheapest, Don’t get me wrong as this won’t be a cheap build, but off to a good start.
1, Donor car Reliant kitten paid for itself when I sold engine, box, and axle.
2, Bought full 2007 s2000 and broke it for more than I paid, lots of hassle, but got my engine, box and loom plus all clocks relays and switch gear for my build foc.
3, Got cheap live axle with LSD for less than £500 108 pcd, light and mega strong (alfa Julia 105), where Atlas would have been a couple of grand or three plus some.
4, Was gonna dry sump, but have altered a standard one, its cost a bit, about £130 with baffle, welding and sheet alloy and still need it skimmed, but done it so hope its gonna be ok.
Cleverest, No still can’t think of anything clever about this project.
Worst, The wife has just told me “Buying a reliant Kitten” good job she has a good sense of humour.

UncleFista - 14/9/12 at 07:08 PM

Bike carbs = £15
Steel for manifold = £8
Drill bits for jets = £2

Best mod we've done

perksy - 14/9/12 at 07:53 PM

BGH type 9 gearbox with the right ratios

Completely transformed the car

laptoprob - 15/9/12 at 08:18 AM

quote:
Originally posted by perksy
BGH type 9 gearbox with the right ratios

Completely transformed the car


Same here. I fitted a Tranx with great ratios too and made the car sooooo much better.

r1_pete - 15/9/12 at 09:52 AM

Replacing triple DCOEs with twin SU HD8s.

US Spec Stromberg manifold 99p
Billet alloy for adapters £15
Pair of SU HD8s £75
Rebuild parts £50
4 Hours on the lathe machining the adapters.
Two more pairs of SUs and a second manifold £80.

Sale of DCOEs £1,200

coozer - 15/9/12 at 10:20 AM

Best.. Cosworth LSD
Cheapest.. Home made diffuser
Cleverest... nothing clever anywhere near me!
Worst.. Changing from bike carbs to injection... DOH!

theduck - 7/10/12 at 08:05 PM

Best - £19 carbon fibre seat
Cheapest - sold my dead 2.0 pinto for £104, bought working replacement 1.6 pinto for £50, so made £54
Cleverest - home bodged throttle linkages
Worst - home bodged throttle linkagea

bi22le - 7/10/12 at 10:11 PM

Best - track day wheels with sticky tyres
Cheapest - home made intake trumpets for PX600 air filter and man enough to take pressure for when i Supercharger.
Cleverest - 1 metre of ducking running from under the car directly to the oil filter which dropped track day oil temps by 10deg.
Worst - buying a full screen with no intention or reason to ever use it.

Good topic this, keep them coming.

AllWeatherDan - 11/10/12 at 04:48 PM

Anyone else?

Best - Denso Alternator - Better than the other types I kept blowing up!
Cheapest - And Cheapest - NikWax shoe waterproofing sprayed on the seams of mi weather gear (Works a treat)
Worst - 2 piece parcel shelf - Thought it was going to be a good idea as I could get in easy with the weather gear on.
Turned into a partial shelf the first time with the roof off on the motorway!

Marcus - 16/12/12 at 07:48 PM

Best - Silly but I love my gear lever and ferrari-esque gate
Cheapest - Stainless steel dog water dish as a recess for the fuel cap
Cleverest - Getting Manta pedal box working upside down and floor mounted
Worst - Rear lights from a JCB....never really liked them