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Becoming more aware of the cost of repairs of the 197. They're not cheap to fix when relatively routine things wear out. Are you not interested in a late 182 Steve?
probably immobiliser/key transponder related, but well worth plugging in to check for fault codes.
The ecu loom rubbing issue is a 16v engine issue so shouldn't be relevent here.
you're just wrong. You've built one forged F4R. Get off your pedantic high horse. I've used 84mm Pistons plenty of times as have others.
as for not knowing every last measurement by heart while i'm sitting watching the olymipics.....lol, yes good arguement. I don't keep a headgasket and...
injectors will flow enough for over 200 already, pointless changing them at this level.
cat isn't really a restriction, maybe a tiny advantage to removing it but not much.
Cams are worthwhile but as above, on their own won't get you to 200 unless there's something unusual with your engine...
exceptional in the wet, but the sidewalls are too soft in any other condition. My fronts are almost dead after 5k (at least half of which was motorway)
just realised it was you that called. I could hear you but you couldn't hear me. New work phone badly needed.
flashing engine light is usually a "destructive misfire" fault, so it's dropped a cylinder. this could be the coil, a sparkplug, or an injector. Diagnostic plug in needed, guessing wont...