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Old 11th May 2009, 04:00 PM
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Well then I’ve got a lardy one so cos I’ve got all of those apart from the towbar and LPG tank.

Not too mention the not so slight occupant in the drivers seat, I must be worth at least 40 BHP...
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Old 15th May 2009, 09:31 AM
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Hi There,

Why more power (apart from the Tim Allen style comedy) ???

The 0-60 is pretty good, the 30-100 is awesome. The power range is great. The overtaking is already incredable - Particularly if you drop gears and do it right.

I always found this with some of my older cars that were far less powerful, its more the way you drive than the power you have.

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Old 15th May 2009, 11:20 PM
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More power well i suppose i was just checking. If it was going to be an "easy" fix then why not.

Based on the feedback to date i think i'll give a miss.

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Old 20th June 2009, 07:08 AM
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As stated above, you might squeeze a bit more out with a freer flowing exhaust and a remap (possibly even 20bhp) but the only way to get up to the dizzy heights of 450bhp would be supercharging/turbocharging.

Weight saving would be a more economic way to go, but would lose of lot of the 8 'charm' IMHO.

Do it right and create an RS8 by dropping a (C5) RS6 lump in there!
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