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If you hadn't just had the whole lot replaced I would have said Dehasper, it's still a possibility but a knackered Dephaser sounds like a Black Cab's diesel engine. I'd take it back to the garage that did the work and see what they say, there'a a possibility that one of the parts was defective...

Not that i'm an expert but it sounds aux belt related, like a pump bearing is failing or something.

Did the water pump get replaced too?

Got it back yesterday with a fresh mot and re-taxed it after it's been sorn'd all winter, so good to back in my fast little toy, Ryan followed me home in his 200bhp Astra Diesel but he had no chance of keeping up when I opened it up a bit, neither did some fam in his Golf GTD when the lights...

No vid? We need to hear it.

Yeah that sounds terrible, get on ebay and buy yourself a cheap 3" back box sharpish.

Rip it out and stick fresh sheets on the fire wall. https://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/motorsport/heat-shielding-protection/nimbus-gii-heat-shield?source=aw&awc=6538_1520430688_1766243bd774f3567c704080ec1b9cef&utm_source=Affiliate_Window&utm_medium=Editorial+Content&utm_campaign=78888

Best way to know is have a look at the box your car has, you're looking for this, or lack of it. The orange stripe wire with the little metal heat shield, it's the speedo drive, as said if you have one you'll need a JC5 129. I have a 52 plate 172 and don't have a speedo drive so I always use...

I love this car, how massive were Volvo's back in the day, it's as long as a school bus! Can you get a photo of it parked next to a Merc Sprinter for comparison, I bet it wouldn't be far off the same length.

Obviously not at the moment, but come May I guess we'll all find out when the tighter rules come into effect, hopefully it's just a storm in a tea cup and nothing much will change.

Looks like my plans for a cage, buckets, harnesses and an aftermarket wheel are still on then, yes eventually it's only ever going to get used on track days, but as long as I do at least 1 timed event a year it can be classed as a competition car, or not, who knows? Certainly not the people that...

So potentially a stripped out track day Clio with full cage, buckets, harnesses, aftermarket steering wheel with no drivers airbag will pass as long as it can be classed as a competition car, but there in lies the problem, what is classed as competition, a timed event like a sprint, hill climb...

Anyone else find this extremely confusing? On the one hand the first statement says if you have extensive modifications such as no rear seats, a full cage, buckets and harnesses you will pass if you don't have a drivers airbag. But the second statement says if you have rally style seats (which...

But having buckets and harnesses means i've removed the curtain airbags that were in the original seats. I've just read a few different articles on these new rules and a lot of motoring organisations and classic car clubs are just as confused, one article I read said a new EU proposal stated...

So basically no interior mods are legal unless you can prove it's a competition rally car, so much for my plans for buckets, harnesses, aftermarket steering wheel and a cage. (unless I trailer it to the track) Although I have a standard interior except for the back seats removed to fit the dog...

So standard everything with a full cage and you'll pass. Buckets and harnesses alone you'll fail. Steering wheel with no airbag alone you'll fail. Buckets, harnesses, steering wheel and no cage you fail. But buckets, harnesses, aftermarket market steering wheel with a cage and you pass. Is...

Few more little problems sorted today at Ryan's garage, engine light came on the other day when he took it out for another shakedown, Ryan plugged his diagnostics in and it said brake pedal switch, air con compressor something or other (which is odd because the air con went in the bin years...

Just spray paint them black. Certainly does scrub up well, who'd have thought a healthy layer of dirt would protect the paint so well.

It ran good before, then a day of CSF track action killed off the gearbox, then in the following months parts started to slowly die, like the water pump, Ryan also said the clutch release bearing was a few miles away from going ping. It will be staying clean this time though, Ryan will kill me...

Then he put a full Hazmat suit on to drive it onto the rollers. lol It was f*cking bad though, Zorlac shed hair like no dog i've even known, if you opened the window at speed it would swirl round the cabin like a hair tornado.

It's not as bad as it used to be, all the carpet in the back got binned a few years ago and metal is alot easier to clean, plus this dog doesn't shed hair as much as the last.

We need to try and hammer the mangled jacking points back into shape and removed that side skirt that's been pushed out to make sure it's not full of gravel and rain water.

Yeah I don't have that.

In retrospect saying to passengers 'Oh were off here........no we're fine', probably isn't the best thing for peoples nerves when i'm belting around the track at full speed. lol

Oh nice one mate, i'd forgotten about that.

Yeah I need to thank your brother aswel, he's been up to his elbows in kennel filth too Shut up you c*nt.

I honestly can't thank you enough mate, having a proper sh*t time in my life atm and hearing it fire up and going for bonnetless Mad Max style blast really cheered me up, I love that car so much and getting it back on the road will hopefully be the start of a more positive turn of events for me...

I'm pretty sure i'll be buying his beer until the end of time to pay this favour back.

The Derv weapon works, I saw it move under it's own power today. The other weapon might take us longer than we thought seeing as it's still a shell after 2 years. lol