The winter of 2001/2002
was the first major overhaul of Q181ABL since she was built
in 1996. I had been happy with the 100bhp from my x/flow
and but driving the Scottish roads on the Haggis
Hunt, trying to keep up with friends more powerful cars
had given me the bug for more power. And, of course, if
you go quicker, you need to be able to stop quicker. A bit
of a suspension tweak thrown in didn't go amiss either.
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A bit of extra ooomph would be nice, I thought. Thoughts
are dangerous, and often expensive. Some of my reasons,
decisions and a description of my Zetec transplant. |
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Pictures of the transplant described above. Pictures
have mostly been scanned so are a little grainy. |
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Ventilated discs and Ali billet 4-pot calipers courtesy
of Hi-Spec Motorsport improved the stopping power no
end - once I had sticky tires though. |
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While I had the front suspension apart for the brake
upgrade, I took the opportunity to fit the additional
top link to the upper and let the ARB do it's thing. |
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