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any chance of a recording of it?? :p would be nice to see how it compares to the 200s

Hope you had a smooth journey back, was nice meeting you guys today, its nice to know the car has gone to a good home. I look forward to seeing the finished product!

Another update.... One bolt snapped, elbow still in place :( This is getting from bad to worse...

I've managed to take the exhaust off from where the elbows end, but the exhaust I am putting on has decat pipes which dont line up with the stock elbows. I have the downpipes that join the decats properly, its just a matter of getting the stock elbow off and replacing it with the downpipes...

I am trying to remove the elbows. Its the top two bolts on the elbows that I'm having trouble getting to. Good to hear that it will be worth the effort :D

Anybody know about the top bolts???

Cheers for the quick reply. I shall get on with it tomorrow, and hopefuly find a way to access the bolts on the stock elbow...

I've finaly got around to swapping my stock exhaust for the Fujitsubo Giken one I had lying around. I knew the stock one was on its way out, but only now have I realised the extent of it. One side had rusted all the way through so that the backbox wasnt even joined to anything.. :| Anyway I'm fitting downpipes in the process, and am having a bit of trouble getting to the two bolts on the top of the stock turbo elbows.. any advice on how to get at these would be appreciated. I could imagine that on an auto it is easier as you could reach down from the top of the engine bay, but on the manual the clutch cylinder is in the way... Secondly the new exhaust system is decat, and so there is nowhere to fit the cat sensor (temp sensor I think). I've done some searches on here and read that they are not necessary, but would like to be 100% sure before removing them.

We had a similar problem with clearance. It turned out the when the weight of the gearbox is not on the engine the back portion of the engine rises up slightly making the angle wrong for fitting the box. We slighly raised the front of the engine, and this provided the angle and the clearance we needed to position the box. Hope that helps a bit

hahaha, I was wondering what that was about lol... I take it you pass throught stratford quite a bit then

That would be me, its blue by the way :p just filthy at the mo with all this snow :( Havent seen any other zeds in this area.. suprised I havent seen yours, Im always around there

Looks fine. Just make sure when you're dont that the spring clips are all still seated properly or they will jump off later on..

Thanks for the replies. I have disconnected it and the car seems to idle slightly lower. I am not sure if I am just imagining it lol. I will reconnect it and see if this is the case...

I have recently converted from automatic to manual on my TT. The ECU for the car remains the same. I am wondering whether there will be any problems in removing the automatic box's ecu, the one that sits to the left of the main ECU? Will it casue any problems? Will there be any benefits? Is there any point at all lol? Any advice would be greatly appreciated

funnily enough you also made a thread about hicas... :p

Z32KING: It may very well have been, suprised i never saw the post before :S murt: Ive just checked and the colour code is TH1 B, which I think is Midnight Blue Pearl

Yup, if I ever had to change my Zed for another, it would be for a manual everytime without a doubt :D It seems like the autbox blowing up was a good thing after all... Z32KING: Yh I have HIDs, whereabouts was this? I am mainly around the London area Blue!! :P

Thanks mate. All I can say is that if you are planning to do it just do it lol, you wont look back, the car feels so much more alive now. Just make sure you have all the parts before hand... I was missing one flywheel bolt and that meant almost a weeks delay...

We finished the manual conversion yesterday, and I have to say it has completely transformed the car. Terry has been a tremendous help, and spent lots of time coming down every day to get on with the work. Many missing parts later and its finaly finished :D Thank you Terry It was definately worth the wait, and now shes back on the road, just in time for winter lol...

Terry, I've finally got hold of a car for the manaul geearbox.. Ive tried calling you but cant seem to get through, could you drop me an email at: rig46(at)hotmail(dot)com when you get a chance Cheers

Thanks for the replies everyone! so just to sum up, the car is not running a stock map at the moment

8ACE: The car is a 92 import, so I assume it should have a series 1 ECU? were they socketed as well? The outside of the ECU case has a big number 23 on it..

how much would a known one set me back? No the car doesnt boost fully at the moment but I do have a Blitz SBC Id that I plan on fitting, but want to be sure the ECU is up to the job. As for that link, I cant actualy open it, any chance you could just show the picture?

I intend to turn the boost up a bit on my car, but I am not sure whether the ECU is chipped or not... the car has no stock boost solenoids, so I assume that one of the previous owners removed them and ran it using an EBC. Ive opened it up and taken some pics. Any help would be appreciated

I happened to go and see this car today, cant say its in the best of condition. Looks like its seen a few accidents :s the doors dont line up very nicely.... and the boot lid seems a bit to short if that makes sense? It doesnt quite line up with the back lights.. and the prices its listed for at the garage is £2995 not 1500 hope that helps a bit