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Old Nov 17, 2009 | 03:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Sp3no
Just had the light come on in my ST170, from Full to light on i got 219miles, that £50 of fuel. They are rubbish on economy. Im lucky and have a good one that is plenty quick enough. The VVT is constant, the valve timing on the inlet cam is constantly adjusted so you dont get the "switch over" of a V-tec its progressive. Its not the clutch that goes its the Dual Mass fly so the lot need swapping, i just did mine at 60K stuck at 12lb aluminium fly in and stage 3 kevlar clutch, expect to pay £500-600 for parts alone. The lightened fly has transformed the car. I know your not looking at modding it but mine has a filter, exhaust and re-map plus ported TB and lightened fly and it pulls hard right through the rev range. My brother in law has a new clio 197 and he can only pass me very slowly top end, i rape him in acceleration.

I'm not dismissing what you say and i don't want to hijack the thread but factory figures i've seen for both cars are 134mph. I had a play with one and we were pulling 120 and climbing (on this particular private track i've seen 135 on the clocks.) and he couldn't pass, he pulled alongside but needed a bit more than he had. Not sure how it would pan out on a longer straight.

Just surprised with the mods you've got, have you rr'd it and out of curiosity what exhaust are you running?
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