Anyway, took it for the MOT and apart from an advisory on the pads (which I have) it passed with flying colours!
By the way - I put a Malossi Variator on my Tmax mk3 a few weeks ago (well, I paid for it anyway), and it really changes the whole feel of it, especially round town. Doesn't make much difference at open road speeds - but then a variator wouldn't. But it now has a much livelier feel especially from around 10-40mph, and gives you a lot more punch overtaking crawling drivers and accelerating out of slow roundabouts. It actually feels like I've tuned the engine! So good fun...I paid £150 for the variator, £85 for a Malossi belt plus 2 hours labour fitting it so £300 approx. Probably half the performance increase that the mk4 gives you for a fraction of the cost!Taipan wrote:
After being on the SV for a few months it feel really strange riding the Tmax again! Felt a big sluggish too, so I'm going to refit the Dr Pulleys when I fit the new variator sliders in a hope to cure the engine rattle. I've missed riding the Tmax though and am looking forward to getting back on it.
It is for upto 03.. any good to you...cheap as chips...+postage. MrGrumpy wrote: By the way - I put a Malossi Variator on my Tmax mk3 a few weeks ago (well, I paid for it anyway), and it really changes the whole feel of it, especially round town. Doesn't make much difference at open road speeds - but then a variator wouldn't. But it now has a much livelier feel especially from around 10-40mph, and gives you a lot more punch overtaking crawling drivers and accelerating out of slow roundabouts. It actually feels like I've tuned the engine! So good fun...I paid £150 for the variator, £85 for a Malossi belt plus 2 hours labour fitting it so £300 approx. Probably half the performance increase that the mk4 gives you for a fraction of the cost!
