JamesTiptree

Why are you selling it dad?

As per title, isn't mine but seems fairly cheap. http://www.puntosports.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=20325 Wants £270 for it for "a quick sale" apparently. If it's not sold I guess he may well take less. James

I understand that it seems a waste of money, and were it my car I wouldn't bother. However, plenty of people have pointed this out to him and he is still certain he will go ahead. Everybody has their opinion though I guess. Thanks for the replies, I'll get in touch with these people. James

Very off topic here, and nothing to do with Caterham but.... Despite it being pointed out several times that it is only a Fiat Punto 1.2, and indeed only 2 years old, a friend is in the process of doing silly things to his engine and as in the process of has been through two standard diffs. I'm informed it's a common problem with this mark of punto in the 1.2 engine series I read a lot about Dave Andrews working on Caterhams, I wondered if he'd do something like this. I understand the money isn't going to be cheap, but then apparently money isn't an issue. In the process he'd like the flywheel lightening as well. If Mr A can't do it, does anyone know of a company, *reliable company, that will do it? He has spoken to Quaife and they have quoted a long waiting time, forgetting the sort of price you can imagine they want. If anyone can help out that would be superb, he's really struggling to find somewhere. Thanks James

what size are they and are they clean? 😬

What have you got for sale that is purple? James

I have a good friend who is looking for stockists of these ecus, mappable but somewhere he can just buy one to get mapped elsewhere. Has anyone any experience of these? It's for a 172 cup on throttle bodies, I believe being done up to race spec. Thanks James

Possibly. I am in the Tring area at the moment, and my father lives in Tiptree, Essex.

Angus, That is really kind of you, most appreciated. I'd actually emailed you before you posted on here 😬 (Just been having a nose through your website, not seen that before, looks superb ) Edited by - James@Tiptree on 2 Nov 2004 12:39:32

lol, you seem to answer all my questions! thanks, will definately have a look. good stuff.

I am looking around for a half decent bullet camera as a present for someone , needs to be able to be fixed at some point to an FIA roll bar and be fairly user friendly. Can those who are in the know advise me please, I haven't the first clue where to begin looking or what I am looking for. Thanks James

Frankie, don't know if this helps but could confirm something? http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html

Is it a sedicivalvole engine you're putting in? People with sedici engines tend to opt for the coupe 16vt lump if they're upgrading to a turbo. Little point messing about with the sedica lump, easier to start with something that was made for a turbo. Edited by - James@Tiptree on 12 May 2004 18:50:33

wow! That is really interested, I shall be sure to forward this on to my girlfriend. So with regard to HGF on my Fiat Punto GT they advise fitting a switch that overrides the low temp fan setting so that you can manually switch the fan on, would this be worth doing on a VVC? Is there anything else she could do to limit the chances, indeed would she be better buying one that had the HG done? Is it worth her time just changing the HG for a triple layered one as a precaution (and trying to convince her while it's off that head work needs to be done lol!!) Yes she will use the extra power, having coming from a Punto HGT (1.8 litre 130 bhp) she would like the same sort of performance ideally. Excellent, really appreciate the responses. p.s. looked into the 944 cabrio option, she doesn't like it and for a decent one 10k! For this she said she would have an Integra Type R.

Money is an issue, but then she is 22, full ncb, almost 5 years licence, and a trainee accountant so insurance is about £600 fc for a VVC. Yes, reliability is questionable, but then she has owned a fiat for the last year or so!