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#1 mayfair_man

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Posted 06 February 2007 - 05:22 PM

How easy is it to change from a 998cc engine to a 1275cc engine .... is it (in leymans terms) A straight in and out??

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Posted 06 February 2007 - 05:30 PM

do you have the brakes to back up this extra power ?

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Posted 07 February 2007 - 12:14 PM

thats going to be on the list aswell. looking at making it safe obviously. lol. what brakes upgrades do you recomend??

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Posted 07 February 2007 - 02:09 PM

8.4 or 7.5 disc brakes in standard form are good enough for a 1275

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Posted 07 February 2007 - 05:35 PM

realised this is in the wrong thread ..... :wub:
erm just take the brakes off a 1275....?? its going to be tuned over the next year to as high a standard as i can afford (and time allows) so should i do a "bigger" upgrade now in advance??

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Posted 08 February 2007 - 07:50 PM

do you have the brakes to back up this extra power ?


why do you need bigger brakes? surely you only you need them if you intend on goin faster? or your making the car heavier? otherwise if your current brakes are stopping you well enough at the moment then you won't need to.

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Posted 09 February 2007 - 12:39 PM

Moved.




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