Stephen

Got an hour or two in this afternoon after work, firstly I changed the 'O' ring inside the tree this helps regulate pressure within the system, mine was flattened and solid. Filter tree is now back in, just got to make sure im happy with them before full reassembly. A selection of the tools I used for the filter tree bolts, yes that's right 4 different 12mm spanners. Also I took this picture with human interest, the rear two turbo flange bolts are accessed quite easily from the rear, the front ones which at first glance seems impossible, this photo shows that actually they're likely easier than the other two :)

What have you done lol....that bloody manifold will be right fun, even on an NA.

This a daily or for classic SDP policy only?

It's possible of corse, next time you have the car I the air have a good look. If the oil is magically appearing on the tree but no where else, that's the answer. I didn't do this job when I had my engine out, in hindsight it would have been a lot easier. However I was told it's extremly rare for it to leak, so I assumed it was just the leaky rockers, turns out it was both. Especially seeing as I had no gasket in there, it's not surprising. Bit of a misnomer my engine.

Feck.

That was the clue then, haha. That's fine though.

Not a problem mate, if it's helpfull for myself and others in future then that's a real bonus.

That's really helpfull thankyou Andrew, shame is doesn't list the thread length. Think I've got my head round which go where now though.

It's not much extra effort while your there to pop out the rear cards and veiw into the sills, get some anti corrosion product down there :)

Well the plot thickens, I took the time to clean the mating faces and threads up today. I've got 4 different length bolts... Can imagine that's correct. It would explain the excessive play in the top two though. I'm quite tempted to fit x3 studs and do this way will make replacement easier as well.

Agreed.

That's not our usual spot is it Steve?

"Hey teacher, leave those kids alone" ;) Sadly this isn't that shocking. Horrific yes, surprising no. I left school gosh, 12 years or so ago. Things were getting bad even then, the five years of secondary education were as still the worst five years of my life, hands down. Now bear in mind that I live in a part of the country most would consider soft, quiet maybe even old fashioned and backwards but I've seen some stuff in the class room that's despicable. Full scale riots, I mean helicopters, riot vans the whole shooting match, a teacher beaten and had thier arm broken with a crutch because he dared to get in the way of two families if kids who wanted to stab each other and a teacher locked in a room by a whole class who battered the old lady with book and screamed at her until the door was broken down, she suffered a breakdown due to this. Half a pigs head jammed in a kids backpack and several pints of maggots poured in to help with the mess. These are just things I can think of off the top of my head that I've seen. My partner wanted to be a teaching assistant for primary school kids, ages 5-10! She changed her mind after she realised how awful that was, you can even touch the kids to help them put a scarf on etc, and I can't remember what is was but one of the kids threatened to kill her, she was only there 2 weeks. A colegues wife had a kid tell he was going to slit her throat, he was 8! The teachers have no power, children and young adults have no discipline and the standard of education is terrible. How anyone manages to get an education is beyond me.

Why not speak to them over it and workboat the warranty, if it's crap and falls apart you get your monies back. Alternatively to go with a more expensive yet tried and tested clutch kit.

Down load a speedo app for your phone or dig out the sat nav to see what speed your actually doing. At least then you can see what's going on.

Thrower? Lol I guess that was a typo for "power" but yeah, he was claiming 300 odd hp from an NA. It all got a bit side tracked and confusing, never did get to the bottom of it due to the language barrier.

There was some confusion a while back as to wether this car was turbo or non turbo. Maybe that might explain the descrepancy, an NA rear diff with a TT box would have speedo reading off...

It's supposedly the first of an annual event. Sadly though as far as the club and a display is concerned today was that. Cut off has been reached. Il be there as a spectator and to take photos, sack it il catch the bus in and have a few pints as well.

Would that not effect all gear engagements though, rather than only the change from 1st to 2nd? My gut reaction would be that it's transitioning poorly due to internal damage, your more certified than me but that would be my logic. Does it grab gears correctly? Or do you get it pause for half a second or over rev before finnally settling on the gear. Mine grad fly took longer and longer to engauge gears, until eventually the car wouldn't hold onto the gear as well, you hit boost and the revs went trough the roof but it wasn't transferred back.

You can try changing the fluids and cleaning the filter, but...il be honest it sounds like the beginning of the end.

It's not your policy then? I read it as it being your policy, didn't say anything to the contrary in your first post. Guess I missed the "for the lad" bit somehow. 1200 for a 17 year old is cheap. I was being overly sarcastic when I said 12 but yeah the being young will do it. £2k for the first year is pretty average. My mrs insurance nose dived in price once she hit 21. She's 24 now and it's about 500 a year for us both on her 1.0l hatch back, adding myself as a named driver to her policy reduced it by about £200 at the beginning when it was £800 with me on it as well.

No worries. If your serious about sliding it then cowpatmatt is a semi pro drifter, nort in the forums often but worth speaking to. Quite a few US guys drift them. Here's Matt in action;

http://www.speedhunters.com/2009/11/car_feature_gt_gt_edgar_s_slammed_amp_functional_z32/ You might enjoy this.

Good on you. Although not a popular choice as a drift car the z is perfectly capable, esp in a 2+2 na format. Some extra lock will help out a lot.