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Stick a butter knife, credit card or something else flat and rigid under the plastic and work it away from the door, then pull it towards you and unhook the wire that opens the door, that's how it works on a mk2, I can't see a mk3 being any different.

Makes all the 'Rat Look' scene cars look stupid, that thing's a proper Rat Rod without even trying, I especially like his wooden stick fuel gauge. lol

Original wooden wheels and a clutch pedal that's just mental, plus he does 50/60mph in it, well I say in it, he's more on top of it, that's one brave man! F*cking cool though!

This months episode, you'll need to set aside the best part of an hour, but it recaps all of the previous cars and auto tests a few of them against each other.

£40 quid's not bad at all, Powerflex bushes are that much plus you'd still have to get the old ones out and press the new ones in.

Well after I polybushed the arb i've been going through a set of ball joints every year.

I was going to say i'm sure we would have noticed it when we had the subframe off.

Front lower box mount?

K-Tec sell fake ones for 172's. http://www.k-tecracing.com/show_product.asp?id=1560&appid=2

£82 quid though! http://www.k-tecracing.com/show_product.asp?id=4097&appid=2 It does look nice, but making one from offcuts would be a damn sight cheaper.

Couldn't tell you mate, I just upgraded mine when I knew it was to blame, it stopped the knocking when lifting on and off the throttle, then I bought Vibratechnics/K-Tec engine mounts which stopped the excessive engine movement I had.

Does sound like you need to replace the mounts, start with the dog bone it's the cheapest, Powerflex bushes are around £40 quid.

It could be your dog bone mount's knackered, or maybe the top mounts, is the knocking coming from underneath the car?

Great photos, that's such a good backdrop for shoots, not to mention street racing. :evil:

Christ in a bucket!!! It makes the dog kennel look factory fresh. (Just realised i'm in the detailing section, that's twice in one lifetime.....I don't like it)

LOL don't be silly, the day my gearbox doesn't leak is the day Satan snowboards to work.

I missed out windscreen auto wipers that aren't haunted, one spot of rain and they go mental, torrential downpour and they do f*ck all.

Heated windscreen Heated Steering wheel Recaros Decent sound system 6th gear Centre armrest Ball joints that didn't need replacing ever year Decent build quality I think I need a new car.

Vibratechnics mounts didn't ruin my daily, they just stopped the engine movement and manifold knock.

Are you asking if you have a twisted dogbone, or if the dogbone's the problem?

Not really mate you've done everything that's affordable, beyond that you're talking cams and ITB's, plus your BHP figure will be differ depending on what rollers you use, you can go to three different places and get 3 different figures. You should see 170ish at the flywheel with that lot.

I used this stuff. http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_563605_langId_-1_categoryId_255217

Sounds like you've got two separate issues, worn mounts causing engine/manifold knocking even on slight corners, and worn ball joints/tie rods/track rod ends causing wayward handling. At least they're not expensive fixes. Trackdays are hard on a car, I went on one and my exhaust hangers...

That doesn't mean they're not f*cked again mate. One thing I will say, I polybushed my arb bushes as they were knackered, i'm now going through a set of ball joints a year, the polybushes just transferred the stress to the weakest point, which turned out to be the ball joints. :dapprove:

I'd say veering under acceleration could be tie rods, track rod ends or ball joints, the braking issues could be sticking callipers, or the whole lot could just be down to tracking/alignment. If your engine and box was twisting under acceleration it'd bend your driveshafts, and trust me you...

Just nip them up otherwise you'll snap the heads or strip the threads, the silicon should stop the leak rather than tightening them to buggery.

Then i'd say your engine and gearbox mounts need replacing/upgrading, everything you've described sounds exactly like the problems I had.

If it's leaking from a bolt you can fix it yourself, I had one pissing oil on mine, a little silicon under the screw head sorted it, the leak never came back.

Have you checked the engine for movement? I had all kinds of knocking from the engine and exhaust manifold on old standard mounts, as soon as I polybushed the dog bone and changed the engine mounts for K-Tec/Vibratechnics mounts, it all stopped.

Do you mean the plastic cover on your steering wheel?