looks good mate. i agree with onslack. love a red car no matter what badge your focus looked the nuts in red

cheers guys

the k+n is weird, completely different to the last one. its loud from 3000to 5000rpm, lulls a bit then 5750 to 7000rpm its like vtec has kickedin and the noise is awesome

mines pretty quiet untill 2500 to about 5000 then it sort of peters off a bit. although i dont like to take it up that high too much it does me for now

looking forward to hearing this at the meet

its just weird how its different to the last one and they both have duratec engines

There is like to stages on mine but its pretty consistant accross all C2 VTS's, it just goes nuts after 5000rpm.

Assuming the K&N is the same I would say its down to the car.

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looked good last night mate, sounded good too apart from that strange security man

were you chaving it up last night 'lack?

yeah, dirty big wheelspin out of the multistorey we were using to get some pics, then another out of the car park we went to because we got kicked out i drove sensibley though

my clutch slipped honest guv

and all it did was highligh that it needs a flexi pipe

percy: that's my thinking as the K+N is identical

thats the excuse i have been giving that last week or so or it was "icy" and i had no traction

how much are flexi pipes/joins?

standard £120

de-restricted one £140 posted new or £80 used but can't find any and either way i have no money

(flexi and k+n = at least 165bhp )

still too slow too catch me

but with 165bhp it should go like a little rocket , you have a flexi on your old one?i cant remember

i ordered one, then brought a focus st

it should go ok, then a cat back will be on the cards, and with a remap should be 175bhp

Why does a flexi add power?

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i think its a very restrictive part of the exhaust system, but i'm not entirely sure

Heard it mentioned by Mole to, I assume it won't work if I just cut a bit from my exhaust and put some flexi in.

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meilack, could you do a comparison

flexi one side normal exhaust the other when you come round too getting and fitting yours?

not too sure on yours percy, from hearing it mentioned and reading it the ST exhaust and inlet side were highlighted as being restrictive, are these area's an issue on your make of car?

Unfortunatley Citreon know how to make cars and there isn't any huge restrictions really, yes I can't make thinks flow better, but nothing massive over the standard equipment.

There seems to be gains from a manifold, but everybody is de-cating at the same time (which i prefer to keep my car legal) so not sure if there is a gain from a better manifold + Cat.

There is cases of them pushing 165-170bhp, when cammed. But I really am not that bothered, if I wanted that power I would have got a clio.

Comes down to being an already maxed 1.6 where the ST is a restricted 2.0.

As I say I really interested in how it can free so much power.

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hopefully meilack can get some info off the STOC website about it

no one ever just done a manifold and left the cat on then?