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I've seen exactly that wear, but across all lobes and rockers on several engines. full on oil pump failure in all cases

v0.55 was phased out in 2007/8 so i'd be surprised if you had anything but the latest

should have a sticker on the case. 0.70 is the most most up to date version. if you have 0.55 you can have it upgraded by an easy eprom swap (which they used to do for free as 0.55 was very glitchy) The eprom will have a sticker on it if you take the cover off with either 055 or 070 on it

Re: dmallett's 421'd monaco The lower inlet was very well matched to the head by the way, ideally should be kept on that engine, it is too large for a standard port IIRC

Worst thing from pops and bangs is regular lambda replacement. Claims of bore washing are silly, its a tiny extra amount of fuel.

Shouldn't need a heavy skim to bring compression up, the pistons are just not what they claim, and never have been. I've used iapel in Pete's racecar engine. More money but a better piston and better quality rings supplied. Wossner quality is OK, but you can't take things for granted. I've used...

wossners come in at about 11.8:1 IIRC

Do the pair. They stretch as a pair, replacing one gives uneven operation

I did for 4 years, was in Safety. If you're in VEC you'll know Ryan (Pi-man)

never seen that bosch one used. I wouldn't trust it for a minute

I have to keep a close eye, you'll probably get the angle grinder on it again

just call me you douche

100% condition dependant. you need someone who wants to buy it to come up with the money you want for it. too rare to earmark a value, but not rare enough to be valuable

wear on them is very geometry sensitive. I like them personally, very good value. I'm not a fan of ultra grippy tyres though, prefer progressive and predictable looseness

Definitely been re used. We spotted a lot of bodges when the car was bought as it had an engine swap just before. I'd like to check cam timing anyway to be honest.

sure its from there and not the breather plate?

you'll end up getting an ECU and doing it in a rush. I'd get the ECU first and build on the spec from there personally (what I'm currently doing with my 197)

99% of aftermarket ECUs won't use a knock sensor for feedback. it's a mass production safety measure that's not needed when you're mapping each car individually

you can't even use them on standard pistons. Don't try it, it'll be a pig to drive. might make ok power, but light throttle stuff will confuse the MAP sensor

they are now the rarest mk1 around, only 100-odd left. fantastic cars, and overshadowed by the 16v which wasn't really fair as the f3p is a superb lump

lots of up and over testing done on the 197 a few years back too (at omex, back when i was working there) final product being this

lol, don't know why you're bothering changing the brakes, they were brand new in april, same as the oil, oil filter, sparkplugs......

and still, none of them key the oil pump sprocket

Weld it. They all go floppy, you'll be chasing your tail by fitting another that isn't welded. I have a non pas rack and column which I ran on my RSI if you're interested in converting

Entirely bolt tension.

Re: dmallett's 421'd monaco Worst thread ever

My old 172 that's being broken. Ultimate road spec

Bothered?....... Nope lol