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check the alternator pulleys and belt, mine had been in a crash and the bottom pulley had become buckled, got through 3 belts before the garage realised what it was, total cost of repair £200 :(
..gear stick and steering wheel. Whenever i change gear the gear stick makes a squeeky sound, like it needs a dose of wd40, and now the steering wheel has started, only noticeable when stationary. any ideas?
freds part of yozzasport iirc, as for your exhuast mate, either Hayward and Scott or powerflow are generally considered the best on here. Though Yozzasport are in the process of releasing one.
well my experience was with ym exhaust build, they firstly put a universal back box, no problems, then had full system built, inc. decat, first of all i had problems due to THEM breaking the lambda sensor, then once they decided it must be the decat and put my cat back on, along with a new...
can attain upto 215bhp with individual throttle bodies with the necesary remap. For individual throttle bodies for looking at £3.5k iirc. with other work you can see 225+ and yes it does make the engine more responsive as you'll replace the fly-by-wire throttle with a cable throttle
the throttle body is part of the air intake sytem, replacing the throttle body with one larger one allows more air flow, replacing it with 4 individual bodies allows even more airflow. poor description but basically it. If you can afford it, do it!
rear bumper you need bumper and rear arch linings, the side strips need a little modding iirc, but will fit, the boot button, i think isnt that straigh forward and you'd be better off buying the boot of a mk2. to convert the front (why you'd want to as the mk1 is far better imho) you would need...
well i may well be keeping this car as it is and buying a project car 4 the meggy lump as i would prefer a three door 4 that. thats all depending on how my job goes. so want to squeeze some more out of this.