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Fingers crossed! Be just my luck if there is a summer drought of 99 octane with all of the cars legal for the first time in years.

Only the expensive ones work, and to get 95 octane up to 99 etc your going to need a fair bit. For instance vp octanium is around £25 and id imagine you will need to use the full us quart per tank to see the required increase.

Cheers mate! I couldnt say no to the cover. One of the lads i know who ran loads of the Extra vans in the late 90s as a courier business, said hes never seen one so must be super rare. Id imagine most were ply lined instead as cheaper. Wonder whats going on with super unleaded at the moment...

Had koni yellows in a few cars over the years and pretty decent. I have a set of rear 182 koni yellows in the lockup off the trophy.

Updates. Extra van has been daily driver for last 3 days doing around 500 miles, with a 425mile journey to Birmingham on Sat. The reason for the trip to Birmingham was to collect an oem renault fitted plastic rear van liner for the Extra van. I had seen one of these 10+ years ago in...

Reuse the old one, should be fine. Run it up and check it doesnt leak

I used cerakote trim wipes on a couple of sets of lights ive restored and its lasted great.

It wont hurt to change the tie rods and track rods for new, but from experience the creaking when turning will be a bottom balljoint. Had that issue a few times on these.

As far as im aware uk dials cant be changed to kmh, it will have been clocked or dials changed to another set due to them going wrong

Indeed mate. Still tax duration for most is 3-6 months so prob still cheaper than taxing a 4x4 etc.

Forgot to add above, changed pollen filter in the morning. Was discusting as expected. With the tyres, oil and plugs done took the extra home and took it out for a drive round locally, steady away to use this old fuel up. No more misfiring or nothing and done approx 50 miles. Mpg has gone up...

Updates. Extra used as a van today! I had 70ltrs of oil to dispose of and the front o/s tyre needed resealing on the bead on the 225 as it kept going down. Van life. Extra van works as intended. Flying along as usual. My mate popped the bead off the tyre to reseal. This highlighted the...

Just 8 vehicles at the moment :LOL: The stars have aligned and they are all taxed, insured and mot'd from today. I actually think this is the first time they have all been legal at the same time

Cheers mate. Your absolutely correct on the mileage. Its like 8-12k in the blue van with work etc. Rest its between 12-1000 miles a year unless euro road trip :LOL:

I am indeed taking the Extra to CSF. Booked on for morning session, you on track? Ive also sacked off RetroRides this year.

Updates. Extra van woken up after winter layup. Primed oil system, hit the switch and started up easy as usual. Warmed engine up then oil and filter change, fresh Valvoline VR1 20/50 and purflux filter. Now taxed and ready for a run out. Small list of planned jobs to do but nothing...

Updates. Taxed today as 1st of the month. F me the tax is expensive on these compared to megane! Weather outstanding today so took it out. First stop was to my mates garage for alignment as was a mile out due to new steering rack. On geo lift. Set toe to usual ten mins of toe out overall...

Cheers mate! I might change the steering wheel at some point in the future as oem is a bit on the large side.

Stick to the bilstein b14, bang on for road use. Damping adjustment on bc is sketchy at best. Usually bouncy/soft or hard as fcuk from experience.

Resetting crash data with Renolink is easy. I can do it if your in the north east.

The whole lecture about garage always gets blamed is b****cks really. Mot is only one day a year, and i bet they would say no problems on the day if investigated. Customer must have changed it after mot.

You were partially correct mate as usb does do something on the interface from memory, but needs to be in the obd to work fully 😄

Welcome. Looks great get some more pics up👍

Clip interface needs to be plugged into the obd port to power up. No power lead required

Quick blast out lastnight. Had a bit of fun with a Kawasaki bike. Lad was holding me up and wound the throttle on to see me off, obviously not full send as i know how fast bikes are, but he did look at me with the wtf is in that as i kept the pace :LOL: Thanks for reading!!

Mot passed. 12 miles last year, embarassing :LOL: Done a few miles on way to mot station to rinse the old fuel. Stuck some fresh fuel in and took the long way back home giving it a couple of decent pulls. I can officially say the high rpm gearchange problem it had is fully resolved and you...

Before chucking any more parts at it, id get some diagnostics done with can clip. Id start by looking at the lambda and map sensor data. Might even be an injector on its way, mine used to stutter a bit then injector failed.

Thanks all. Far too many snides about these days can never be too careful.

Random one but need a bit of reassurance. Filled up the Trophys gearbox with elf nfx - first time ive used it and noted no cats piss smell like the old nfp/nfj. Im used to the smell of gear oil absolutely assaulting my nostrils but it hardly smelt of anything. Is this normal or is It...

Updates. Mrs drove the kangoo to Croft on Good Friday as support vehicle for the r26 with spare wheels in and tools. Doing van things. Its not moved since as been busy with the Trophy. Had a bit of spare time today so give it a clean. Wheels needed a bit of tlc,Bh autowheel gets them clean...