I was so tempted to buy this one. I am sure I drove it when a guy owned it in Reading, but that must have been 15 years ago...

Spotted on Maybury Road passing Cammo Estate, Edinburgh earlier today;

Red coop with grey roof, T-plate and bodykit



Edit: there is only one I ever knew in this paint scheme which was Marco's track car from yonks ago

I last saw it "in limbo" in Joe's yard...

Further to Pete's message, I think Leighton Wilson aka Flea can do the cam sensor fudge, if the car was previously mapped by him

Cheers Jamie

As far as I remember the Coupes don't like early big torque and prefer to have a linear power delivery through the rev range but I may be talking sh*te. I know most dyno graphs that I've seen of big turbo Coupes tend to keep the torque down in the 370-380ft lb region as it's better for the engine. Either way I quite like lag, it's fun haha!

Excellent Joe, I'll add your name to the list

Great news Alan

Enjoy it

paul

That will be me. C20 TVT

A husband and his wife were sitting and having coffee watching their 5 children playing.

"Did you ever notice that young Timmy looks nothing like his brothers and sisters?" he asked.

"Yes " she replied.

"Were you ever unfaithful to me ?" he asked.

"Yes"she replied, " I was, and I"m very very sorry."

"So who is Timmys father ?" he asked her,

"You are" she replied.

Had a great time last year and hoping to be there again this year

@mose571 hi im Morris from Germany and i can tune your car but with original Bosch Motronic.
I tune with emulator and it is not a problem for me to tune the stock Ecu.
When you are interested write me ob whatsapp.
015757052002

Cheers Morris

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Thank you Jamiepm

HI Srm6,

Mr Flea remains at:

https://www.fcperformance.co.uk/

There will be others on here with far superior knowledge and experience re the way to go with your car. Ultimately its your choice what you do.

For me, given the rarity of the Coupes nowadays, and the amount having gone to the great scrap yard in the sky over many years by extreme modifications to engine/chasis/brakes etc - I felt OEM+ was the way to go. It lets you choose to upgrade wear and tear items and replaceable parts with improved replacements benefiting for 30 years plus of R&D improvements. Plus where there are no current original spares, you need to be open minded.

I was not sure about remaps until I was encouraged to have one-on the basis that you can retain the original chip. One of the best things I decided to do to my Coupe. I wanted increases in power AND torque with the view of making it a more GT focused car so its effortless on longer runs and keeps modern fast cars on their toes. Mr Flea measured it perfectly - a modest sounding 266BHP- has made massive difference in the way the car drives. The car was not slow originally- but the map transformed how it covers distance. And better fuel economy too was a win win in my book.

But different strokes for different folks of course and many have far bigger dreams for their coupe!

Regards