AndyP

Well I don't live a million miles from Micheldever, but it still costs about £40 in fuel (and a trip round the M25) to get there.

It's a long, long time since I looked at this, but I seem to recollect that the UK auto rad has a tank on each side for the autobox cooler and the Jap spec one only has it one one side. Therefore, you are probably right in saying that your Jap spec rad has been replaced with a UK spec one, and whomever did it didn't bother to plumb in the other side as well. For proper peace of mind and gearbox longevity you should get a separate gearbox oil cooler fitted and bypass the half-assed radiator based one entirely.

You don't need to take the engine out. I will soon have a spare manual box. Currently it needs the synchro on 4th replacing, but I may be prepared to sell it 'as is' or refurbished.

LOL - triples I think ! ;)

Have emailed you.

I can do that for you, but you need the ECU to be socketted for the replacement chip - which I can also do. PM me if you're interested.

You cannot be serious !

Yeah, I've had a ton of bounced ones as well, that I didn't send ! So somone with my name in the addr book has had a virus and been sending out spoofed mails from me !

Yeah, that'd be AndyZ's mum - Doris ;)

And for anyone who's not been to one of these meets before you'll need to familiarise yourself with the local lingo .... Lessons for those who are not Essex born and bred: alma chizzit - A request to find the cost of an item. amant - Quantity; sum total ("Thez a yuge amant of mud in Saffend"). assband - Unable to leave the house because of illness, disability etc. awss - A four legged animal, on which money is won, or more likely lost ("That awss ya tipped cost me a fiver t'day"). branna - More brown than on a previous occasion ("Ere, Trace, ya look branna today, ave you been on sunbed?"). cort a panda - A rather large hamburger. dan in the maff- Unhappy ("Wossmatta, Trace, ya look a bit dan in the maff"). eye-eels - Women's shoes. Furrock - The location of Lakeside Shopping Centre. garrij - A building where a car is kept or repaired (Trace: "Oi,Darren, I fink the motah needs ta go in the garrij cos it aint working proper"). Ibeefa - Balaeric holiday island. Lafarjik - Lacking in energy ("I feel all lafarjik"). oi oi! - Traditional greeting. Often heard from the doorway of pubs or during banging dance tunes at clubs. paipa - The Sun, The Mirror or The Sport. reband - The period of recovery and emotional turmoil after rejection by a lover ("I couldn't elp it, I wuz on the reband from Craig"). Saffend - Essex coastal resort boasting the longest pleasure pier in the world. The place where the characters from TV's, popular soap opera, Eastenders go on holiday. tan - The city of London, the big smoke. webbats - Querying the location, something or someone is. ("Webbats is me dole card Trace? I've gotta sign on).

No can do - I'll be in Borneo !

You're welcome. Keep practicing the Japanese !

Never fight with a tree, they're made tough. Must've been bad - that one got it's bark scratched !

The very reason I have not fitted my spare manual tubs !

They came from Stillen, but I believe they're Suspension Techniques.

Yup. The metal surfaces work harden over time, so you have to make sure the clearances have worn in correctly before this happens. It doesn't mean thrape the hell out of it though ! LOL

You can work out all the variations here :- http://www.mindspring.com/~toy4two/tire.html

You got used to the handbrake in the wrong place yet ? Clearly designed to be LHD.

Erm, mods won't make much difference unless he has significantly different wheels ! With standard tyres -245/45ZR16 on 8.5J X 16 rims, the manual twin turbo (final drive ratio 3.69:1) the turbo achieves the following speeds: Gear MPH RPM 1st 43 7200 2nd 72 7200 3rd 107 7200 4th 139 7200 5th 155 6000 with speed limiter 5th 165 6400 without speed limiter 5th 186 7200 intermittent theoretical, rev limited

I have them on mine and I think they make a significant difference, much less body roll and generally a taut feel to the car.

Just make sure they come from GSK - a better quality of drug, and you get to pay my wages:) So if that doesn't make you feel better, nothing will !

How about this weekend, it'll be my last in Leyland/Preston. After that I'll be down in Middlewich on a regular-ish basis.

Actually it was the filename that gave it away, that and the lettering on the discs ! ;)

Erm, let me guess, 3g perhaps ! LOL

To be fair, there is virtually no moderation on here and that's because there is very little needed. Just because a couple of people have a bee in their bonnet about something, and can't take a hint, doesn't mean the rest should be affected. Peace