Jake

I didn't mean 20k just on repairs/mods. I was including what I paid for the car in that.

Wanna swap then? Raise your tickover to 1101rpm - sorted!

Brilliant mate! I don't start until Wednesday It was supposed to be Monday (16th) but for some reason they have changed me onto the same shift as Ashley Willis (Suprash). God help them

Oh, and my my bloody aircon still isn't working thanks to the Motec and Tuning Japanese wiring it in such a way that only they can understand.

I only use Smileys that I can remember how type from the keyboard. I can't be arsed to go into the popup thing and wait for them all to load.

Fi Dollah! Sorry mate, you did make it sound a bit rough though.

Over 20k spent now and finally I'm pretty happy with my car: At last it's mapped well for the GT40 and seems to be running great. The new turbo seems better suited to the car than the old one. I've swapped the 19" wheels for 18" Lexus ones and the handling is good. All I need now is : a stock flywheel and uprated clutch so I can dump the OSGiken gear that is getting on my tits because of the gearbox rattle it causes. The suspension raised a bit so I can drive out of my road without decking the bumper every time. And a geometry reset to suit. A flexy section put into the downpipe, the wastegate recirculated into the exhaust and a DP/gearbox support bracket so I can stop worrying about all that weight of exhaust/WG/turbo/etc being supported only by the tubular manifold. Then just a front end respray to get rid of the stonechips and I'll be satisfied. Oh, and a decent stereo and speakers. And a seat retrim would be nice. Never ending innit? Bloody cars. No wonder my Mrs hates the damn thing

Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair. It's not a chat thing, although I suppose it's fairly geeky. I don't do all that MSN, Messenger type bollocks. It's for kids isn't it.

IANAx disclaimers are more common on Usenet really. eg you might see IANAL (Im not a lawyer) at the end of a reply in a legal newsgroup where somebody has asked a question on a point of law. (You addressed the thread to Mods but I replied)

PEBKAC STRIKES AGAIN!!!!1

Nope, nothing to with that. Sounds like pebkac again. (IANAM)

600hp? Blimey! I didn't know such a small turbo was capable of anything like such power. Is that on regular pump fuel too? You say it's a T3? Do you know who sells manifolds to suit? I think most are T4, aren't they?

Yes, they are different. I'm 99% sure the VVTi first decat is different to the UK spec as well.

London is up north to a lot of us! I used to work with a sixty year old guy that had only been off the Isle Of Wight once in his life. And that was only 'cos of WW2 Good luck Rich. Don't take any notice if any of those Northern gits start going "Oooo Arrrrr Nipper. Where's your combine harvester?" and asking about your buntiest chompers in the clundy when they hear your accent. They're only jealous.

I think that is probably referring to the weight each wheel can safely carry.

I have no idea what the thread is about! What's FTN?

I've been using this today. Works great!

Also from garage:

Yeah it was a bit worrying. Bloody strange though, he went out for his walk looking like Quasimodo and came back half an hour later looking almost normal.

http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/itrader.php

Nice colour. What is it exactly? I'm not keen on the headlight covers. Is it just the angle of the photo that makes the bonnet look like a poor fit? Looks like a nasty alignment with the nsf wing and a big gap where it meets the bumper. I presume it's not that bad in real life?

Weird thing. When the dogs got back from their evening walk last night the lump had decreased in size by about 50%! This morning it's all but gone. Dunno what it was but he looks fine again now so I didn't take him to the vet. I'm glad I took those photos yesterday otherwise I might have thought I'd imagined it.

They are Advan Model 7. The ones I had did fit over UK brakes fine and they were remarkably light too. 890 kilograms? Just under one ton then!

Cat temp probe?

I see. The advert also states facelift headlights but the ones in the photo aren't facelift. I guess the photos are old ones, are they?