Next Norfolk Group meet (June)

[RST-Steve]

According to my calculations you loaded it with 55.33 litres of fuel...so you still had some mileage left

Fook me!! Thats EXACTLY the amount i put in, even down to the .33!!!!! You must be REALLY bored lol

I always put v-power in my cars, think nothing of it now...... the only car that got ordinary unleaded was the rover...

[freeman]

 Yea i always put V Power in my Saff it's a red top one, always thought i had to use it to help prevent det!! but she might have to go with out for a little while!!. Interesting what Churchy said about being mapped for it i've probally been waisting money.

[Fireball]

My understanding is that if you have your car mapped for a certain octane of fuel (98ish in this case), the timing can be advanced on the cams and a significant amount of power can be gained. HOWEVER, if you find yourself in a sleepy village in France somewhere, and all they have is fermented manure type fuel (Read TESCO 95 octane  ), you may as well put water in your highly tuned Cossie, cause it wont be happy.

Jap sport cars are tuned to 101 octance cause their fuel is the dogs nuts, and the imports have to be re mapped to fit our crap stuff.

(Do i get the hat of correctness??  )

[cozmeister]

Pretty much   But on a Cossie it's more for the ignition timing when on boost. 


I'll lend it to you


And whatever your engine, avoid LRP like the plague! 

[Churchy]

I always put v-power in my cars, think nothing of it now...... the only car that got ordinary unleaded was the rover...

But you don't need it lol, its just a waste of money!!! It's not an RS, get over it 

If you think 95-98 ron is bad, head over to the good ole US of A, where they are treated to 81-85 ron!!!

[Nash]

i am gonna try and make this months one if the zetec is in 

Was the old CVH just not up to scratch then?

Nothing wrong with the old engine, just Zetec easier to get power from + they actually like to rev.

Two cams and 16 valves help with that! What kind of power is he looking for on the new engine then (I assume it'll be on TB's again?)? 120bhp out of a 1.6 was pretty good for N/A'd engine, but i dread to think what the petrol consumption was. Mine's pretty damn s*** at about 23mpg ish with injection but a CVH on throttle bods - WOA!

That said if any of us gave a crap about petrol consumption, we'd be driving Toyota Prius's 

Yes its going on the Carbs again. Totally standard 1800 Zetec, Can only rev to about 7.2k max on that before the rods start giving up. No point in fitting ARP's on standard engine either as its the rods that go before the bolts. Cams might be on the cards before the years out not sure thats up to Mini.

Not sure on power either tbh, just hope it gives him a bit more poke for the PF trackday at Snetty. God knows on MPG, as it only gets driven flat out as its a toy.

[RST-Steve]

It's not an RS, get over it 

DOES THIS FACE LOOK BOVVVVVARED!!??? 

[mini]

yeah the fuel just disapers lol atm but yeah the zetec is going in for the more able to tune to higher power

yeah nashy i get a seat bolted back in just look odd one bucket one wing back lol but yeah we fingers crossed will see you all at the next meet i try and chat gooey into coming aswell

[mini]

well see you all tomorrow 

[cozmeister]

Is there going to be any mini-convoys on the way up there?  My route's changed as we're meeting nearer Dereham.

[mini]

well sorry me and nashy did not turn up i was having with drama with the car on the way there we got a bout 3 miles away from thetford and ended up turning around and coming back the car just kept cutting out all the time and all i have done is clean it so might have got some water some where so maybe next time 

[cozmeister]

No worries mate - we've found a new permanent home at The Lodge, now.  At least you didn't find the overturned artic at the Norwich roundabout in Thetford - you'd have had to turn around anyway! lol

[mini]

yeah we made it past that lol twice

[cozmeister]

Did anyone get any pictures of the Lodge at the meet last night?

[RST-Steve]

I did, as Matt asked really nicely lol...


... I've emailed him the pics

[cozmeister]

Cool...I'm 'updating' the website again - any chance you could send one or two my way - especially if you've got one of the pub itself

[RST-Steve]

Ok mate, i'll post them on the forum and you can get stuck in with the "right click, save as" function! 

[cozmeister]

Word.

[RST-Steve]

DONE!