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Sounds like a diesel, a very loud diesel - very unmistakable.
People are however exaggerating the frequency with which the fail, I would estimate we change one a month from around 10-15 cambelt services.
I host mine on the JMS server so they are not compressed at all, I have resized them a touch to make them t'internet friendly, but that's all - that'll be the difference.
+ I have blue wheels, which instantly makes them better anyway ;)
I don't want to be part of the 'paint everything' club, badges / bullets etc so I am going to leave it like that.
A recent girlfriend poll states that the colour change is not popular - I'm making dinner tonight :(
You can't see it in the before pic, but one of the mirror covers were missing...
to do something a bit silly, however in recent months I have been growing bored with the looks of the dirty black, brake dust stained, black wheeled 182 pictured here:
So after watching a Clio Cup race at Brands I fell in love with a teams color scheme and here we have it, possibly the first...
I have seen at least 4 sets slowly filling the top mounts with their contents. They 'adjustment' knobs on the top of the shock literally look like they have been carved with a file - so so horribly finished.
I agree, however if you fit a set of buckets & remove the rear seats in a ff 1*2 you are removing around 50kg I would expect for minimal work - well in line with a weight saving that a manufacturer would class as a 'special' light weight version ;)
Just take a look at some recent threads on the topic on here; it's a norm to strip a car silly and call it a track car, which is fine - but more often and not they are in fact daily drivers & never even see a tracks curves.
Cue shortly afterward a fed up owner looking to sell up. I only know...
Numpties, the lot of you - forgotten I own a workshop you can use to work on your cars any night of the week? Better than a pair of stands on the drive!
Ollie, please don't do it unsupervised ;)
Ouch, coming down like a ton of bricks in here!
Looks like an eventful trip, I would agree that you have been a little silly however I can fully understand why you made the decision to drive off, adrenaline and all that.
What's up with the car now then?