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I've been speaking to Chris by email today! :confused: and no you're not imagining it.... I can read it too!!!! :headvswal Maybe we've got mass hulocinations?! (good spelling)

Thanks for the quick reply. Chris said he hasn't had any problems with any others. Gonna have to get back to him about it. Bit of a screw around as the car is in the garage now gotta pick it up half done and then take it in again when I get the next oil adapter. Cheers Dave

Hi all, Got a problem and wondered if anyone had any ideas or have fitted one. I've got an ac autotechnic oil adapter plate from chrisgreddy. The cars gone into AP motors in plymouth to get fitted with oil temp and pressure gauges. They phoned earlier to let me know that the thread part of the plate def wont fit into the engine, its too shallow. They tried it on a skyline and it fitted (although was too long). Chris has not had problems with them not fitting before. I've ordered a greddy one but they wont be in till next week. Hopefully that'll fit but I can't understand why this one wont. The garage are a performance jap specialist so not just back road grease monkeys. Any ideas appreciated. Dave :confused: :confused:

I like the look of those mate. very tasty. ps Johntheone?.....looks like we got a maxpower boy on site making bone comments, surprised he hasnt bought that 6r4 metro thing off ebay.He thought my boost controller was satnav.

Thats the most ridiculous looking piece of sh*t I've ever seen. His neighbours must roll about laughing every time it tootles by! How could he even kid himself it looks anything like the rally car? :confused: :nelson:

Looking good mate, always nice to get it back. Can't believe you let kermit abuse that poor lamb... edit :- weird i clicked ok and it changed...

oi Big nose, don't call me big nose Big nose Stone him he's not the messiah,he's a very naughty boy What did the Romans ever do for us....apart from roads, aquaducts..............

Is that everyone paid? if not I'll have one. Seems like a useful bit of kit to have buries away somewhere. Dave

Stylin dude!

While we are on the subject, does anyone know the actual law on mini (or none for that matter) number plates on the front? I've heard (but didnt believe) that early imports didn't require them?

I dont put anything other than optimax in. My foots too heavy to risk it. I'd imagine that over time you'd get wear in the engine even if you don't hear det. I dont think your zed will like it unless you get it specifically mapped to run on lower octane fuel like Andys. I guess that if you are running very good cooling equipment such as decent intercoolers and the like then you'd be able to avoid det more. By the way whats the score with the engine phot on your ride profile? Dave

Take her drifting ,they do them as part of the package. lol

Spoke to a guy in the tyre place who has one. Apparently 70% odd were recalled for rebuild by 30k, but now they've changed them and are ok (? hmm)

Also need to check if its actually available in your area.

lol :dance: :dance: :dance:

at least the older ones have the rover engine so easier to repair/found out about. deesnt the chimera have these?

That interior looks beeeaaautifuuuullllll

Whoops ,sorry didn't mean it to sound like that! looking at it now it sounds very short and negative . Strongly advise trying to get one off here though JR as they've been loved then. Best thing I ever did was buy a Zed. First one I bought privately and had a nightmare. I've now got one off of a forum member and its absolutely prestine, great to drive, feels like a car worth 10 or twenty times the value. Once you get one you wont be able to go back to a normal car. See! that sounds better! look: ohhhhhh ahhhhhh :dance: :dance: ps I feel silly now pps red ones go faster, I know I had a black one!

OOOhhh my :shock: And I've already looked at xnxx.com once tonight.

You can check if the valves are blocked by pulling the pipe off when the car is idling and putting your finger over the valve end, you should feel a bit of a vacuum sucking on your finger. If its blocked you wont feel it. The springs usually go on them too. So if the valves havn't been replaced they probably will need it. Dave

The sensor is down between the V of the engine. Nightmare to get to the actual sensor as you have to take the whole top off eg all pipes ,plenum, fuel rail (if i remember right), etc. The wire from it comes out the back near the egr area and plugs into the main loom there (same part of the loom that the coils plug into). Can't see what its got to do with ascd fuse though. The cruise control has been taken out of my car, along with the aircon, and other bits. Runs absolutely sweet. Lots less to go wrong. Dave

Still think there must be something else. Usually if the turbos are physically knackered then there would be physical symptoms eg smoke if the seals have gone, or maybe noise/vibration if blades are broke. This just sounds like they are not spooling up for some reason. Doesnt sound like there is a vacuum leak though as the engine is actually creating a vacuum ie -1 in the manifold. What about throttle position sensor on passenger side, front of plenum. Does it make full revs?

You dont have to spend money on it. You can do it yourself for a few quid using thick gauge audio wire (halfrauds ,maplin,etc) Just attatch from the negative battery terminal to various parts of the engine bay and chassis. Theres faq destructions on it somewhere. Helps the grounding of the electrical circuits as many sensors etc dont have their own ground wires, they just use the engine/chassis where they are screwed in.

Lol ,glad you like it. Gonna enter it for this years turner prize!

edit:- What I mean is buy one off someone on here who is an enthusiast and loves the car. That way its had what it needs done. If you get one off a random person on ebay (dont!) you can have a nightmare. If you get one off here you'll have the best drive of your life and hopefully will only need ot do maintainance type work that you can do yourself. Theres so much knowledge on the forums that you can always find the answer. Dave