Modified Live 25/4/09 Snetterton Race Circuit

Some of the guys went over to the Modified Live show at Snetterton Race Circuit again this weekend, the previous show was later in the year – i guessed they didn’t want to risk the chance with the weather again this year so brought the date forward to the 25th of April.

Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the show, it was well spread out and there was loads of things to do and watch, Time Attack, lorry racing exhibitions, Drifting

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Alan and a few others have started a discussion and posted some photos over on the forums so head on over and check them out!

Scorpion Release New Mitsubishi Evo X Decat Downpipe – X-traction

Adding to their already superb cat-back range, exhaust maestros Scorpion have released the missing part of the puzzle for all Mitsubishi Evo X owners. A fully de-catted turbo down-pipe!

This beautifully made part is fabricated here in the UK by Scorpion’s own technicians. Constructed from aerospace grade T304 Stainless Steel, the down-pipe bolts directly onto the back of the turbocharger to offer a dramatic reduction in constriction over the factory part. After extensive dyno testing, gains of between 25 and 30 bhp were consistently recorded on both UK and Jap-spec cars.

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The ‘open mouthed’ neck offers maximum gas-flow, whilst the large 3” bore ensures that spent gasses continue their rapid egress from the engine. As you would expect from a such a prolific OEM manufacturer, the down pipe includes a stainless steel flexi-joint to allow engine movement under load, a thick 10mm flange to avoid distortion at the joint, plus factory lambda positioning for ultimate performance.

As well as fitting Scorpion’s own system, this new pipe can also be interchanged with OEM parts, allowing owners to upgrade their system gradually, to spread the cost.

Priced at £449.00 including VAT – and complete with a lifetime warranty, this is one easy way to get maximum extraction for your X!

For more information on this, or any other Scorpion product – or to order your free catalogue, please contact the sales team on 01773 744123, click to www.scorpion-exhausts.com or visit the MaxxDirectory.co.uk

Another reason why number plates..

..Should be in the legal font and spaced legally! Fairly recently google have introduced Streetview to their google maps service. Its awesome, but its very scary at the same time as you can view street level photos from almost every country in the world.

There’s been a huge hoo-har about people being spotted doing stuff they shouldn’t, and people saying their car number plates are being displayed against their knowledge and whatever…

Well heres a brilliant example of why your car number plate sh9ould be the legal font and legally spaced;

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This person in Nottingham decided they didn’t want to space the letters of their number plate out correctly, which resulted in the google algorithms being unable to determine it was in fact a number plate, and its been totally left out.

I mean, google are clever – but they are not superheros!