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yup, most of the modern rubber hoses are braid supported anyway.

That is the oil temp gauge, and iirc it is coupled with the oil level sender whihc is on the front of your block near the dip stick.

lol......you putting that micra engine in!!! Whens curby again?

fred, you gonna let me ave a go round a track or something to see if it is handling or just pure grip? :D

spray some wd40 or better, some bradex easy start around all joints, when the rpm picks up youve found the leak.

Different oils have different thermal properties. Some oils dont take heat away from components as well, some dont release it very well. Some oils run cooler than others. Along with these temp changes are viscosity changes which affects oil pressure. SO choose your oil ideally by the ambient...

what? 20?

People, this is a legit and indredible buy. I gaurantee you will be happy and nothing will happen to your engines when its setup correctly. I wont be doing another group buy for a long time as you can see it takes alot of organisation. If you want to do it, jump in......you can always...

the engine should almost cut out if you block the ICV pipe.

he earth begins to spin the other way. if too much pressure builds up you enter a cycle where too much pressure blows the cap, water excapes, when it cools it draws air in, it overheats etc etc.

85k is yound...no worries there. Decat and chip will give you a little pep, but nothing spesh.

its an extreemly simple process, you cannot screw it up.

just did my rod arm joints and ball joints today, MAHOOSIVE difference.....thank god, its nice to drive again.

As std you car has its pressure regulator in the fuel tank so you cant fit one. Anyway, with cars that can fit it, thir std regulator provides a constant pressure to the fuel rail, the ECU knows the fuel pressure so it is able to calculate the amount of time (DUTY%) that the injector needs to...

youll have to add VAT though bud.

lol.....its 2 clamps! With levers to push!

not bad tyres

Do you know how much these things cost!!! FOr discs!!!! madness

halfords and small 2 ton jacks are crap, the seals perish and they go sloppy, orrid stuff, plus a high seat hight means no no to low cars. Just pop into machinemart and pickup a low seat 3 ton jack with 2 axle stands, low seat height version available. Cheap jacks are that, cheap.

couldnt find anywhere online, but Ren prices are: 77 01 472 417 WING LHF R5 50.00 ---3 x 1 77 01 472 418 WING RHF 50.00 ---3 x 1

If your just taking the engine out and replacing ancilliaries then you have nothing to worry about, its all very straight forward with the engine out. If interested in headwork please PM me. :D

talk about crap quality!

Helper srings under normal conditions are always compressed. they only come into play when the shock is fully extended.

you cant read a plug in a car thats old and that has been anywhere near idle. THe plug will only tell you the last few fires its been through, so reading them means you have to cut fuel off (engine off) at the point you want to read. The real fueling of the engine is shown by the base of the...

Mobil 1 motorsport is god awful stuff in the valver/willy.

DS2000 is old and superseeded. But they do produce a HELL of alot of dust, and its pitts the alloys bad.

dont you have to repair the car first??!!! Anyway, the only benefit is they take up less space and provide a height adj spring platform. thats it.

I dont know how much the WOT value is, but the PBV pressure will be higher by a fair amount.

not too bad, but if its the bottom ball joint it detroys handling and you get loud knocks.

you in bristol.....there are about 10 firms local that will powder coat them. Look it up in the yellow pages, i recently told another mte where to go but i sent off th details to him.