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Didn't realise it broke down en route. Those reliable BMW's eh. Car is looking great, once I've finished spending every single waking moment postponing the inevitable breakdown I'm going to have with mine I'll pop round for a catchup. Also Oli's M3 came up well after a wax...

It's what I keep telling myself to keep me sane anyway. In other news whilst trying to locate my random knock I've ripped the threaded bar out of the engine mount. Car 1 - 0 Rhys.

That doesn't include the subframe bolt that got stuck and stopped you getting it out properly the first time round ;)

That looks like terminators bellend.

I actually wrote that in my project thread! With an engine crane it'd be much faster to just whip the engine and box out together rather than the box on its own.

See, with the money thing I don't mind that. As far as spending on the car goes I consider it my hobby so to me it isn't wasted money.

First off is the car on the floor? If you've got it in the air you're just making the job harder for yourself. I just stuck a deep socket on it and a breaker bar. Didn't even bother with the Allen key in the top

If you plan on making it mint over a few years surely the stuff you replaced in year 1 won't be mint by year 3 or 4?

It's sods law that you'll damage the rack but rather than piss about with the steering alignment and possibly not lining it up correctly I'd just undo the 4 bolts holding the rack to the subframe. They are a pain as you can barely get any movement on a spanner on the top 2 (bottom two are easy)...

That's ridiculous. Absolute credit to you. I know others have said it's one of the best ph1's out there but I can't think of one that would sit higher up the list than this. Incredible.

Does the car blow a constant temperature no matter what setting you have the heater on? If so check my project thread. It's a pretty easy fix using only a couple of torx sockets and a cable tie :)

I think taking the box and engine out as one and doing it all off the car would have honestly been quicker. Only thing I can think of that would potentially bite you in the arse would be the manifold bolts.

I looked at the out the top method and I wasn't keen on it. If I ever have to do it again I'll maybe look into it

Honestly don't see the problem with reg plates online. You can see them if you walk past your car... He actually doesn't seem to have anything to hide either.

Looks wise for the car not an awful lot tbh. List of things to do is pretty big though. It's a never ending cycle! I want a cup spoiler, shorter aerial, 182 interior as mine is a LOT shabby and the 182 interior is a little fresher, ph1 gearknob, snappy steeringwheel, wheels need refurbing...

For anyone that's interested. A rough breakdown of the money spent on the car so far. Advice to anyone...Don't keep a spreadsheet.

Yeah I'll give you a shout. I'm avoiding driving it at the minute except for work until the driveshaft is sorted and I've found the other knock. Must have left something loose. It's ridiculously soft in comparison thought. Much nicer to use.

724 second guess

It sounds like it's in gear with one wheel on the floor. Really odd.

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Forgot to add. I also changed the sump gasket, oil and coolant.

I'm utterly useless when it comes to updates. I've got one picture as usual but this weekend I set about replacing the gearbox, clutch and both driveshafts. Quick picture under the car whilst I had a smoke before removing the old clutch 172 Clutch by welshname, on Flickr Thrown it all back...

That the one you were originally looking at with the good engine?

Cursed at it for being a dick. Spent all weekend swapping the gearbox, both driveshafts and a clutch only to find that the second hand shaft I bought for the driverside is just as bad as the one I replaced. CNUT! Now going to have to buy another one and fit that. What an arse.

You're clearly off your game.

I have a set for sale if you're interested...

That's the only thing I can think. Ive got an RS tuner so could look at the live data but wouldn't really know where to start. You can see on idle the ignition timing retarding as it bogs and the lambda reading drop into what it flags as a red colour which is what made me think lambda. When...

Yup. Although I got my post mixed up. QFT and FT should have been the other way round.

FT for smaller parts and QFT for bigger parts. Straight out of the Renault manual iirc

Since I got the car there has been an odd misfire at idle. This can be seen on the revs and you can hear it in the engine bay and visibly see the engine shake as it does it. It isn't to any sort of pattern, I.e it doesn't do it once every second or whatever, it'll do it once, then wait a...