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The MPS engine was the forerunner to the Focus RS engine in the recent ones. Like Mark cup had.
Mine had 300bhp. Proper fast, it was.
Had to replace the chain. It slapped on startup, so much so, it left teeth marks in the cam cover! It looked just like your £800 weapon as well, near identical...
The post above is spot on. The oil draw back was an issue, I recall it was the same in the TU generation of Talbot/Peugeot/Citroen. However they must have overcome it, or realised it had limited operational impact, because they blocked the PCV system off on the later incarnation (and still...
You'd bung the hole in the inlet. You can't feed it into the catchcan as it'll bypass the throttle body and have unrestricted air in the manifold.
A breaker we bought near 10 years ago did just that (not a Clio). "It revs like it has a mind of its own" lol.
Novice alert.
The wax stuff arrived, as recommended on here. Left it in the house to be at 'room temp' as it suggests. Used a bit of Jenolite on a minor rust spot, cleaned it up -
aimed it at the seams and went for it.
It's quite a thin texture, so it runs everywhere.. Looks a bit of a...
My brother in law has a Panamera. It needed a power steering hose.
Specialist = £600 (mental)
Porsche = £300 (slightly mental)
Pirtek = £30
I thought, before looking under the bonnet - it'd be all flashy and fancy pants items making it 'special'. Because it's a Porsche.
But the power...
I used to watch marks videos naked. It felt more natural that way.
I hate what he has done here though. I feel violated and used. For a 2002 Boxster as well (not even the 3.2), makes you sick. These millennials and YouTube. Doing anything for likes.
I watched the throttle map video, then the quick "it's going video" WTF, totally threw me. A few vids back, it wasn't replaceable!
Then, thinking about it, it'll be a good watch, you reviewing something else. Was secretly hoping it might be a Saxo or a 106.
That looks good, especially with that lance thing. Someone recommended Dinitrol 312HS cavity wax.... is this better? I know fck all about this. Do you just spray it on the actual seams, or everywhere?
before
After.
Had each arch done, just to be safe.
If anyone has any ideas on what product to use, to spray/coat the inner wings from the inside, let me know. I've seen these rot from the inside out.
There is what looks like, cavity wax all around the seams - it looks like rust on the...
The battery died, so did a headlight bulb.
£65 Lucas battery - didn't think that was bad.
To replace this bosh one - look at the STI battery holder, never noticed that. How sweet.
Took the headlight unit out, to see what it all was - didn't look like your normal bulb setup.
Never...
It's taken a while to go through the paperwork, but I've got 90% of the spec written. Pretty eyewatering what has been spent on this thing. But it shows, inside and out I guess.
Going to list it at the back end of this week, just having some stone chips resolved, some new Brembo decals & the...
Now wait just a second there.
The VTR gearbox final drive is different.
The VTR black tops were 90bhp and the silver tops are 98bhp.
So Martin is losing 22bhp over a VTS that's near 1/4 of peak power. Well worth tripple the price 🤔 and he hit a higher theoretical top speed.
In truth, it is a...