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Author My Petrol blue VX220 Turbo
Nick-S
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25th Mar 09 at 16:32   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
not messing about are you son
Jambo
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Paint the silver bits anthra and polish/diamond cut the wheels


Lovely Adam
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grey or black?

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Adam_B
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This morning I sold my car, im so glad its gone! Nice one Mr Lee I am of course talking about the Hyundai £350 to throw at the VX now!

In other news, Gaz coilovers turned up today so slapped them on! while the car was up in the air i though it would be rude not to stick a nice filter in the airbox as well (you get to the air filter through the ps rear arch) That came courtesy of pipercross and car seems to pull a little better up past 5500 rpm now.

Also while i was routing around in the garage i found some NGK irridium plugs which i must have got for the silver one but never got round to fitting. Ive been meaning to get some as the car seems to idle a bit lumpy, after a post on VX220.org.uk it turns out you should ideally run irridiums once the car is mapped. So banged them in and what do you know, no more dodgy idle Will put some photos up in a sec....

[Edited on 02-04-2009 by Adam_B]
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tyers looking a bit past it on the front....









Gave the rocker cover a quick once over with the some gunk as well, no where near clean but loads better than it was. Also stuck a carbon cover over the header tank to stop it cracking.



Sorry for the crappy phone pics, proper camera is full of uni work!

[Edited on 02-04-2009 by Adam_B]
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It needs a wash as well i know
Adam-D
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adam, handling wise and power delivery, how skittish are they?
Fad
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Adam I know you had GAZ before do you not find them proper solid?

I read once on VX220ord that they were just rock solid and had very little R&D go into them?

This was agggggeeeeessss ago though
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That colour is surley Nautilus Blue.

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quote:
Originally posted by Adam-D
adam, handling wise and power delivery, how skittish are they?


well, its just not at all. People will say they are but the car gives you so much feedback and feel, driving one and ignoring it is like turning the pages of a book without reading it then saying the book is crap. At speed you can throw some insane angles and pull it back without any drama.

Power delivery is really smooth and has real punch as you would expect, driving like a cock and planting it in 2nd round a tight corner obviously its going to step out, but if your stupid enough to drivie it like that, especially on the road then you deserve to stuff it into a ditch backwards imo.

quote:
Originally posted by Fad
Adam I know you had GAZ before do you not find them proper solid?

I read once on VX220ord that they were just rock solid and had very little R&D go into them?

This was agggggeeeeessss ago though


I found you can adjust them from insane mega rock hard to full on boat softer than standard so maybe the early ones were crap I also dont think the car suits being lowered and stiffened on the standard geometry, need a geo setup after changing imo, its not like to make the most of it, its to make it work properly!

Ive no idea how much R&D Gaz have done on them but i think they improve the car loads once there setup properly
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quote:
Originally posted by VegasPhil
That colour is surley Nautilus Blue.

Tried a Nautilus blue touch up paint thing and it was slightly darker

[Edited on 03-04-2009 by Adam_B]
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quote:
Originally posted by Adam_B
I found you can adjust them from insane mega rock hard to full on boat softer than standard
That made me LOL. i notest the same thing with my gaz's, soft is better than standerd ride, and hard is

[Edited on 03-04-2009 by GSi_16v]
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I dont know why anybody would go to either end of the scale, its pointless
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Lovely Adam, you have got me looking at them again and I can't afford one :@

In my dream plan of getting one i've also convinced myself that the turbo is better value for money not much more to insure either.
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Go and drive one, you know to put yourself off completly
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quote:
Originally posted by Adam_B
quote:
Originally posted by VegasPhil
That colour is surley Nautilus Blue.

Tried a Nautilus blue touch up paint thing and it was slightly darker

[Edited on 03-04-2009 by Adam_B]


Yeh I got one of those for mine. It ended up in the bin

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quote:
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http://public.fotki.com/Adamski/car_stuff/cars/my-petrol-blue-vx22/vx220-turbo/mg3772.html


oh my geekness



yes ive been bored today
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Thats bordering on being a looser mate
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NEEEEERRRRRRRRRDD!



Car does look stunning though really feeling that colour now

Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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what do you mean bordering on fad, ive been a looser for years

Ive just paid for some proper VX220 mats and passenger footrest, and some anti rattle door pins all thanks to Lisas amazing chatting up skillz

Hopefully they will be here in a week or so!
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Had a bit of a car day today

first up, interior...out with the old-



and in with the new (ish)



Proper VX220 original Mats and passenger footrest. Also fitted some anti rattle door pins, the standard pin is slightly too small so the doors rattle over bumps and stuff, not anymore they dont! Little thing, but makes a nice difference, you can see the new ones are much chunkier



Also a group buy appeared on VX220.org for some custom top-hats, this is the standard nasty looking thing -



The new one is a bit bigger so gives better throttle response and maybe a few extra ponies-





Also i have ordered some new wheels today, should be here in a couple of weeks

[Edited on 24-04-2009 by Adam_B]
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Been on a rolling road day this weekend, purple line is horse powers, browny line is torque. 237bhp & 236 ft lbs

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More pics and stuff from the day here -

http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=497165

Wheels should come this week im hoping!


[Edited on 11-05-2009 by Adam_B]
Nick-S
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has it been mapped? good power a torque that

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