12,000 mile for two what to do for engine upgrade

[Kapt. Q]

Understeer is designed in, put some wider wheels and even spacers too on the front and increase the rear antiroll bar thickness (dealer available for less than £40 with bushes), this will help no end, improve crosswind stability and make lockups under hard braking less likely. Oversteer is less than desirable in a car so short.

Cheers!

[Kapt. Q]

Ps. If it's a 700cc the rebuild is far from inevitable, I've owned and thrashed loads (while servicing them regularly) and never had to rebuild any of my own.

[bob-in-dav]

It's not inevitable that they go wrong between 50 and 60,000 - I'm currently doing a 600cc one that's just started to play up at 86,000 and I have a 2006 Passion with full service history using Shell Helix throughout it's life and 105,000+ on the clock - that car did 32,000 in one year between MOT's commuting to Belgium is bog standard and goes like a bomb!!!

It's popping around town on short stop start journeys that knackers them!

I have to say that my daily runner is specced very similarly to Kapt.Q's suggestions with a SW115 remap done by Fudge (haven't got the big turbo yet) but it's great fun so far!

[eclayson]

Just wondering if the 100hp would let me do power slides. I will make adjustments suggested to neutralise understeer but wonder if I can get the back out. Sent from my Hudl 2 using Tapatalk

[eclayson]

Also would someone mind explaining what a sw115 remap does and will give in extra bhp Sent from my Hudl 2 using Tapatalk

[10:45PM]

The clue's in the name , it's a 115PS re-map (near as dammit equiv to 115HP)
Fudge sells it via eBay for a couple of hundred

[bob-in-dav]

Hmmmmm - powerslides? Somebody's been watching too many Youtube vids of motorbike engined Smarts!

The esp system in standard cars kills that off very efficiently but if youre intent on changing ends on a roundabout quicker than you can say "oh f***k" there's a bit of kit you can simply plug into the diagnostic socket to turn it off and a cheaper description of how to do it on evilution's website.

[eclayson]

Great do you happen to know what it's called? Oh and I have been watching the videos you mention Sent from my Hudl 2 using Tapatalk

[bob-in-dav]

My favourite video is the one with the guy doing a stoppy (god know if that's how you spell it)

You really should subscribe to the the amazing website for Smart owners - evilution .co.uk

ESP deactivation plug here - http://www.evilution.co.uk/index.php...eviews&mod=682

[eclayson]

Do you think I could just pull the fuse? Sent from my Hudl 2 using Tapatalk