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Is an S3 too small? It'll cost more but it's an Audi so the interior's bomb proof. Same power as the Cupra +4WD.

You've found an extra 60bhp from somewhere there... 217bhp for a DC5. And Focus RS is 5.9s 0-62 whereas a stock DC5 is 6.8s. You might have been looking at figures from a tuned one.

The Cupra R is a lot more subtle than the Vaux. The Vaux shouts "Look at me" the Cupra is a lot more menacing IMO particularly in black. And there are **** loads of tuners for the 1.8T engine in the UK. It's fitted in so many different cars. The Cupra engine is effectively the same as the one in the Audi S3 and hotter old TT. It's also fitted in (in a detuned form) Golf GTi's, Ibiza's, Octavia's, Passat's, you name it if it's from the VAG group chances are one car in the range has the 1.8T engine fitted. I've got one in my Octy vRS and it's got over 110k miles on it now and still going strong (touch wood).

Is it the previous shape Leon you're looking at? The 1.8T is very tuneable, at least as much as the Vaux I'd have thought.

Is it just me or in that last picture does it look like there's an arm and hand sticking out...

I reckon your NCD will actually drop to 3yrs. Max NCD on most policies is 5yrs, they just keep counting for the hell of it. You usually only see a 10% difference between 3yrs and 5yrs (55% to 65%) so it's not a massive difference however your base premium will have increased because of the claim. The downside is that even if you don't make a claim you still have to notify the insurers that your vehicle was stolen so your premium will still go up. You're screwed basically so bend over...

Yep, definitely agree with evilclive. Get a house and get an education. Getting the car you want can come later once you've started earning a reasonable wage.

I wouldn't bother with the 6x9's at all. Spend the money you would have spent on them on better front speakers. 6x9's will just drag the soundstage backwards. You don't listen to a band at a concert with your back to them. Good set of components up front (separate midrange and tweeter) and then a sub in the boot is all you'll need. Active sub is a nice easy way to go and should be quick and easy to remove if you need the boot space. If budget allows you could always get a small 2 channel amp as well to run the front speakers as that will always be better than running them from the headunit.

I'm not too sure about the respected part but I've yet to find anyone that actually has one. A quick trawl of talkaudio doesn't really reveal anything other than it's unlikely to make 3000w RMS in a car.

If you can you need to put your 360 IP address in a DMZ. That will keep it outside all the built in firewalls in the router and should give you an "Open" NAT status. Quick search suggests that the Thompson doesn't have any DMZ capability. You need to enable port forwarding for the following ports. Xbox LIVE requires the following ports to be open: TCP 80 UDP 88 UDP 3074 TCP 3074 UDP 53 TCP 53 If you can't do that then try plugging the Xbox into ethernet port 1 on the back of the router. Read that that port might have lower security restrictions.

3000W amp would be more accurate. 8000w figure is a with the wind behind it single hit figure. My gut would say no for that kind of money and running 3000W through something other than a competition sub is pointless. 300W for a daily driver is more than adequate.

Was running my Sav yesterday and managed to knacker a wheel. I've got the standard 14mm hex's but the clamp on set and from the looks of it they've spun round in the wheel and I've now got a round hole rather than hexagonal one. Obviously I need a new wheel but what can I do to avoid this in future? I've had a quick look at the 17mm conversion set the HPI do but there seem to be a couple of options. There's the 17mm conversion with universal joint driveshafts, and the conversion without the drive shafts. Mines the SS so would I need the new driveshafts or just the adapters? Or should I just stick with the 14mm set and get different wheels? Doesn't look like I have much choice as they don't seem to make the old 4.6SS wheels any more. Would loosening the slipper clutch up a bit help reduce the loading on the hex's and stop it from happening again? It's not so much for when I'm using it as when I let friends have a go who aren't as mechanically sympathetic as I am. Full throttle landings from 6ft in the air isn't going to do the drive train a lot of good lol.

Here's my setup. Sorry the rooms a bit of a tip!

Good call Joe. It's Will Power by Turin Brakes.

Even if it does create black holes they'll be so small that they'll disappear almost as soon as they're created... hopefully!

Yes, very. Got about 10 achievements off it already. Just about to have a go on the test track. Yeah, I've got the limited edition, already downloaded all the extra DLC.

Mine delivered this today...

Grass tracking? Rallying can be quite cheap to get in to (relatively speaking). Something like a 205 would be a good base car. Events cost

A supercharger is generally driven off the crank pulley rather than the fly wheel. Flywheel is usually enclosed in the gearbox bellhousing so isn't easily accessible. As others have said a turbo is more efficient than a supercharger because it runs off exhaust gases rather than taking power generated by the engine to drive it. Exhaust gases leave the cylinder and go through the exhaust manifold to the exhaust turbine of the turbo. The gases flow through the turbo housing and spin the turbine. A shaft connects this turbine in the exhaust side of the turbo to another turbine in the intake side which draws more air in as it spins. The more exhaust gases the car makes (as it accelerates) the faster the turbo spins which in turn draws more air through the intake system and force feeds it into the cylinder making a bigger bang and creating even more exhaust gases to spin the turbo faster. To stop the turbo spinning out of control and producing too much boost the system uses a wastegate to bypass exhaust gases so that they don't pass through the exhaust turbine and just get dumped straight into exhaust system. Fuel injection doesn't necessarily inject fuel directly into the cylinder. Older cars tend to inject the fuel into the intake manifold rather than into the cylinders. Fuel injection is just a way of delivering fuel to the engine like a carb would but it can be controlled much more accurately resulting in improved fuel efficiency. If you've run a nitro car you should know how a carb works with fuel being squirted through the needle and mixed with air as the engine draws the air in through the carb. Fuel injection uses an injector that squirts fuel into the cylinder or intake manifold. It's delivered under much higher pressure than in a carb and because the spray is finer it results in a better mix with the oxygen in the air allowing for a cleaner more powerful burn.

My Fabia.

Congratulations! If it's your first child be prepared to feel a little different over the next week. It's a hell of a shock to the system! Sleep deprivation is the worst! It's all worth it though. My daughter is 6 months old now and she's lovely! Look forward to coming home from work and seeing her and getting a great big smile when I walk in. Nothing better!

Crash out on the course perhaps?

My Octavia has 5 valves per cylinder. As others have said it generally helps the engine breath more easily, particularly at higher RPM. Generally a 16v engine will rev higher than an 8v, aptly demonstrated by a Mk2 Golf GTI.

Here are my two... yes I know it shows a remarkable lack of imagination having 2 black Skoda's but they're both good cars, Fabia's my toy and the Octy is the sensible load lugger, but it's still nice and quick!