Hello

gturbo · Post by **gturbo** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 5:42 pm

Hi all just joined I spoke to a member with an S1 on the road to Sky I think some memers were camping that week end we were in the blue VX Turbo. Droped by the camp site next day but you all had gone. Any new trips or meetings.

Post by ed » Mon Nov 27, 2006 5:51 pm

Was it a black 160, probably neil p, noops on here!

Theres a couple of karting events coming up in december, feel free to sign up if you like. Not many runs happen this time of year but if you keep and eye on the meets section you be sure to spot them if they come up!

GregR · Post by **GregR** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 6:03 pm

welcome along, no badge snobbery here, honest

MacK · Post by **MacK** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 6:10 pm

FFS not another VX

GregR wrote:welcome along, no badge snobbery here, honest

VXJON · Post by **VXJON** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 6:28 pm

r055 · Post by **r055** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 7:03 pm

along

You're just up the road from me and craigs135s - both in cumbernauld.
Once Craig gets a free day we're not both working, he might actually show me his new car

If a run develops and its not

, then i'll give you a shout!

Ross

dezzy · Post by **dezzy** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 8:16 pm

craigs135s · Post by **craigs135s** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 8:20 pm

welcome to the fold mate. As Ross says if the Rain stays away for more than 5 mins we will get a run.

Cheers
Craig

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 11:52 pm

ExigeKen · Post by **ExigeKen** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 12:05 am

Michael · Post by **Michael** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 1:07 am

Welcome!

pfw · Post by **pfw** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:34 am

from another (Coral) Blue VXT owner

gturbo · Post by **gturbo** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:52 am

pfw wrote: from another (Coral) Blue VXT owner

Hi what do you think of the VXT have you done any tuning

gturbo · Post by **gturbo** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:56 am

ed wrote:

Was it a black 160, probably neil p, noops on here!

Theres a couple of karting events coming up in december, feel free to sign up if you like. Not many runs happen this time of year but if you keep and eye on the meets section you be sure to spot them if they come up!

pfw · Post by **pfw** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 12:15 pm

gturbo wrote:
pfw wrote: from another (Coral) Blue VXT owner
Hi what do you think of the VXT have you done any tuning

VXT is

(although I used to have an NA and they are great too). The mahoosively torquey nature of the engine is great on the road. Downside is that it's a bit more lardy at the back and so less of a track animal in standard form (most of this can be corrected with suspension or tyre changes though, and anyway I'm a cr*p driver so I've been investing in driver training first

).

I have a TMS stage one (remap) and a full Miltek exhaust. The stage 1 is well worth it as it eliminates the horrible flat spot in the standard map. Miltek adds a few bhp and sounds good and just generally makes the car breathe better IMO. A cheap upgrade is to change the standard "suicide" pads to Mintex 1144s (I have these), or Pagid RS14s if you do a lot of track stuff.

Note you can go pretty bonkers with straight line speed on the VXT if you want to - 280hp+ - but this gets v. expensive and is arguably overkill for the road + then you really need brake/suspension upgrades at the same time... Loads of info at http://www.vx220.org.uk if you haven't already stopped in there.

BTW - if this is your first winter with a VXT be careful on wet roundabouts which are a traditional VXT graveyard. The torque can easily catch you out if you do something silly with the loud pedal on a corner. There are many threads on the VX website around this time of year with posts like "Just stacked it coming off a roundabout - gave it some beans in second and suddenly I was going backwards..."