Recent content by hyrich

Hello everyone... I'm pretty new to forums so please bare with me.. I drive a 1995 Jaguar XJ6 4.0 manual and I can only get my MPG's upto 22.. Is there anything I can do to my car to improve this? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, richie.

I'm not feeling so sentimental about my stock D series any more!! ... However, before I go ahead with an engine transplant, I've been looking at the Honda Prelude 2.2 vti....... you can pick them up fairly cheap, there's a red one up the road from me for £900.... I can always stash the Civic up...

yep, the labour was £42.75 1 1/2 hours.... maybe i'll have to take it down to him to have a look.... I don't like paying for work to be done on cars!!!... Although I don't consider myself in any way a mechanic, I worked in a garage (when I left school) from the age of 15 to 19, and so feel...

Its worse when the engine is warm, when I start it from cold, the automatic choke is on until it warms up and the idle is just over 1000 rpm..... I have recently spent £131.75 at my local garage hear is what the bill says..... Scan vehicle using diagnostic equipment - 6 engine coolant temp...

Hello, I just wandered if anyone knows what the idle speed should be on my engine? My car is a 92' Honda Civic hatchback 1.5 16v single point injection.... Recently I have noticed that the idle speed is dropping resulting in jumpy pull-aways and a small amount of chugging at low revs...

I think that sums up where I am now.... If I had unlimited funds of money, then I would do the civic up to the max, keeping the same engine and everything.... However, I dont have unlimited amounts of cash, so spending that kind of money would be crazy, I might aswel wait untill I have a years...

Hmm tasty... But I think if im gonna mod this car, Ill just improve what is there, it is my first car so next year ill be able to insure faster models.

I dont intending to mess up my engine, and thats the point, I wanna keep it the car it is... A project like this is gonna take a while.. I plan to have the engine mods (rebuild if need) and brakes done at the same time (start saving!) Then get the looks and ride sorted, fairly standard though...

Sweet car dude..

A new head unit and replace the old speakers with better ones, Keeps the cost down and you still get good sounds without weighing you car down.. Too much heavy stuff like amps and subs will slow you down.. Particularly on smaller engines. Depends what size the standard speakers are? I have...

serious? Check out how sweet the lsi hatchback looks! As for the exterior styling, im gonna keep it looking fairly standard for now, new wheels and a respay, still white but maybe not standard paint.. New engine? not sure? It is my first car, and I feel pretty sentimental about switching...

I have more ideas for my engine.... I have been in contact with civicsport.com, I am now thinking of going down the turbo route, kit is about £1500 and will instantly give me upto 170 bhp.. so long as I keep the boost set to standard, the only other mod I need for now are sparke plugs.. Once...

Try the wooden ones, they smell good and not too strong

Hi Prince, thanks for that.... Your right about the price of the those mods... I dont want to spend lots of money on them if it going to be much easier (and less expensive) to have a new engine fitted... So, how much do you think I am looking at for that engine? (including fitting) Also, will...

Hello everyone... After having a quick look on the net and the advice I received on this site, I have a few ideas on my planned engine Modifications..... Have a look and tell me what you think? Cold air induction kit.. Stainless steel race manifold - performance cat - all stainless steel -...