mr2_turbo Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 im planning a trip accross europe this april and thought you guys might be interested. click the link for more info http://www.imoc.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=29289 kind regards alex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suprz_rz Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 Your tubby will run out of puff on the mountain roads at altatude. Also Please make sure you have brand new brake pads fitted before your trip. I have driven along most of the roads you are talking about, as I have family in Italy. Genoa actually. Garda is great up the north side wen you are goin into the mountains, but be aware that you will not run full throttle up the mountain roads unless you want to take a fast downhill detour. Be careful !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr2_turbo Posted February 8, 2006 Author Share Posted February 8, 2006 thanks for the advice. have recently changed pads and disc on the front and the rear pads were also renewed not too long ago. i know the air will be thinner up in the mountains, does it make that much difference to boost pressure you get? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suprz_rz Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 Hell yeah!!, for every 1000ft, you will lose about 0.1-0.2 bars worth of pressure depends how efficient your tubby is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobSheffield Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 im going too by the way - Alex is my best mate so can back up the amount of work he has put in (in case it isnt evident from the linked IMOC pages) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suprz_rz Posted February 10, 2006 Share Posted February 10, 2006 have a good trip. You will definately enjoy the mountain roads, just be careful and no raceing ferrari's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobSheffield Posted February 10, 2006 Share Posted February 10, 2006 no raceing ferrari's ohhhh - please! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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