Project JetBLICK by JetBLICK

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Yea, ram pipes work on anything, just make sure you get one thats worth getting. You want a good radius, as in a nice rounded edge on the end. I think vizard said, the bigger the radius the better, but i wouldn't quote me on that. Then you want to pick betweem long or short. Some people have to choose short due to packaging issues - say, on a weber - or - if you want to put fit a stub stack inside a cone filter. Minispares suggest their short rampipe for revy engines that will go over 7000rpm, otherwise longest is always best.

Altho mines a revvy engine, i still chose the long ones, as my engine will barely top 8000rpm, but after the RR i've discovered thers not much point going above 7000rpm

The mini was taken off the road because i'm at uni, yea. Managed to get it home straight after bingly and send the stuff off to get my tax back for feb. The cars also off the road because its going to take a couple of months to fit all by bits n pieces, recon my rear subby and do my interior. It'll take a while because i'll only have weekends to go home and work on the car, but if things go well, its should be back for easter hols

mate, its gonna be ace. Gonna be doin rally starts at the lights all the time now

like this

(except with out the banging from the turbo and ALS )

Ashleys got launch control on his clubby - he's only ever used it once apparently because it scared the   out of him, lol

To be fair if i was catapulted from a standing start with 100 odd hp - i'd be scared too


Launch control works like a momentary rev limmiter. You first set you're rev limmit, so say on mine, it'll be at 7000rpm. This stops the engine over revving and destroying itself by quickly cutting the occasional spark from the coil. This is useful if you keep you're foot planted for too long in a gear, or ..... lets say ....... for example ...... you're beaning down back roads and go for 3rd gear, from 4th, but you accidentally get 1st in you're JK dog box (pie should know what im talking about)

Now, launch control is like having another rev limmit. Say i set my launch control to 4000rpm - i push a button on the steering wheel and plant my foot at traffic lights and the revs wont go above 4000rpm. The idea is to find the perfect RPM level for the launch control, which is in between the car bogging down off the lights and car wheelspinning. Once you find the perfect RPM, you set that as ur level for launch control, and now you can always get good starts.

Obviously the only flaw with this is the launch RPM is going to be different if the roads are wet/damp/dry/frosty etc etc.


BUT - the main reason for launch control is simply the noise, it makes the car go 'waaaaaaaa-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba'