thought i would start a thread now that some major work is going to be carried out on my ka, ive owned it nearly 2 years and its my first ever car, used it daily with l plates on to learn to drive in which was quite fun! since i have owned it a lot has changed from being a chav car with lexus lights and stupid wheels to a fun car that is now quite wild! so far from owning it i have changed the speedline 18" wheels to some 16" compomotive mo's had some leda coilovers fitted along with a 300mm front brakes upgrade from a xtype jag with st170 disks, i then got rid of the leather for some corbeau bucket seats with some sparco harnesses at that point i likes how the car was and thought i would strip the inside of all the trim and rear seats, after that my manifold got a hole in it so that was replaced with a miltek 4-2-1 unit with decat and that made quite a difference for a small engine, all was going well untill my mum crashed into the car while it was going to be fixed i decided on a colour change from imperial blue to white, the job was done quite cheap as i didnt have much money but looks o.k, my mate then rolled his 205 gti which had some sparco vtr buckets in it i loved the seats from seeing them as they were so different so i bought them off him! bit of a problem to start with not being able to see much but after a few days i got used to it! after that i resprayed the inside which was still blue and replaced the mo's with some 17" oz superturismo wrc they filled the archs more and seemed to look the part, then i got a spraco roll cage and with the help of a good friend we welded it in thats as it sits now on the drive! apart from a few days a go the headgasket went so that made me make my mind about the car to spend more money on it and finish it properly with a good engine which is what im starting to do tonight hopefully! i will post some pics up later of the car thanks alastair
ive read all this before but it was worth the read again, on a nasty saturday afternoon,
as for all the people being jobless, i couldnt cope, no job = no weed, no drink, no fags, no petrol, no car, no life.... and worst of all... no modifing ( and treating my girlfriend) lol i had to put that
goin to look at joeys engine again tomorro.... hopefully with a bit more luck this time :wink: no sqeal :wink:
good luck mate, bet yours will be converted quicker than mine, as ive just been center parcs and spent a fortune. nem mind good new year tho, myte have a look at putting my seats in to day if it stops rainin, do you know the second front bolt (near gear stick) is it essiantial :roll: bet it is, lol
Don't put me down as a dole scrounger Russ. I hate not having work and money, just that the job I just ditched was com. only, and now i'm goin ape with the job app's to get something decent. Mabey get some money to put that carbon bike can on and the head work done, but till i'm sorted i gotta leave the mods for now and keep the money for weed, petrol and food.
basstraffic wrote ... Don't put me down as a dole scrounger Russ. I hate not having work and money.
I refuse to sign on which p*sses my mum off a bit I rely purely on student loans and odd jobs for family members to get me through. At least I know I aint comitting benefit fraud cos I aint getting no benefits!
oi oi, i fink some people are feeling guilty here i neva said owt about sponging of the Gov' ??? i just said I couldnt cope with no money i hate work as much as the next person and when i get laid off, im striaght down job centre plus, for my 47pound a week lol ive worked for 5 years so why shouldnt i get that lil bit back anyway stop nickin ali;s thread
The whole look reminds me of the 206 rally cars, you thought about that style of spoiler. I'm not a big fan of putting spoilers on cars, but I do think that if they're done right then it can look ok. What has that kit done to the high speed charicteristics by the way? The standard Ka bumper is bad enough for trapping air, yours looks like it'd make it even worse for motorway acceleration. Something you notice?
As for me gettin £47 a week (is it that much?) I don't get squat cos I won't register, less of an insentive to get a job if I do, plus I don't think I'd get nowt cos I left the last job volenterily.
Sorry mate, was talking about the back bumper. I want to mesh most of the back bumper on mine, not for looks cos I think it'll look pretty awfull, but I think it'd make quite a big difference to performance above 60mph.
Oh youre going for the yamaha developed 1.6zetec-s?
Good luck in fitting htat in its a lot harder than a 1.6/8/2.0 escort/mondy engine!
the silvertop range are all pretty similar in weight really as its the same block just different bores/pistons 2.1 Zetec Turbo Ka in the making - T3, MO's, FR Arches, Coilovers. Member #1 of the MyKa Autumn Green Owners Club
why is i harder when its smaller? the 2.0 uses a cast iron black same as ka.the engine im using is also a later black top so alot more reliable than the early silver tops
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and when i get laid off, im striaght down job centre plus, 
for my 47pound a week lol 
