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Offline gibby

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Re: Hello all !
« Reply #10 on: 10 January 2006, 17:54 »
Welcome to the forum.  :smiley: Great accidental buy.   :laugh:
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Re: Hello all !
« Reply #11 on: 10 January 2006, 20:25 »
welcome to the forum hun :smiley:

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Re: Hello all !
« Reply #12 on: 11 January 2006, 09:53 »
WOW !     :laugh:

thanks all .... havent received so much of a welcome since i thought id won the lottery !

but still.... yeah still loving the buy !

and already looking at buying some more horses for the car ... but first of im putting it in for a service next week  :tongue:


Having owned a Ford Cougar V6 for 3 years i already see some areas where the 1.8T falls on performance ... but dont get me wrong ... i wouldnt change back  :grin:

thanks again everyone ... roses well received !
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Re: Hello all !
« Reply #13 on: 11 January 2006, 10:04 »
Unfair to compare a V6 to a 1.8T, but you can gain some more oomph quite easily on the 1.8T engine, it's a very tunable engine. Start off with about £500(ish) for a remap and you'll be pushing around 200bhp no probs.  :wink:
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Re: Hello all !
« Reply #14 on: 11 January 2006, 12:36 »



and




images reduced for easy loading !   :drool:

i have bigger if you like  :smug:


thanks again Tony
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Re: Hello all !
« Reply #15 on: 11 January 2006, 15:49 »
Welcome Anthony.

Another silver one! Son in law has one thats had some minor tweaking (176 bhp) and that goes quite well.
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Re: Hello all !
« Reply #16 on: 12 January 2006, 19:50 »
hey welcome  :grin:

fellow 1.8t owner