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I've just paid £186 for this exact same fault on my 172 cup :) I'll second Da on this (again) seems to be a lot having this problem now, when mine had it there was no help :(
If the speedo stops working then I'd say it's definitely a wiring fault and not the engine, check the earths, or as I was told, 'sit down with a bottle of coke, an afternoon and some patience and go through the wiring' lol hopefully it'll just be a loose connection and not a major problem :)
I've been wanting to do this, only solution I found so far is a touchscreen head unit on Fleebay with a preamp so will run the speakers as well as be a monitor and touch screen for PC, only problem was it was some HongKong thing for £150 so don't trust it :(
As for that box, does your car move...
It could well be a Lambda then, it it's not reading right it'll mess with the fuelling and could cause it to overfuel, giving bad performance and then the backfire, I live in foulridge, but am currently in Leeds for uni exams. When I'm back I'll give you a shout, I have a spare Lambda or can try...
I wouldn't think a strut brace would do much, as this just increases ridgidity of the car, so will put more on one tire.
Also, I wouldn't really be saying I was scared of going over 80mph on a public forum when the national limit is 70 lol
I will also be in the hotel with you lot, armed with a few litres of tequila for general sharing along with some other spirits. I can see it being interesting
I mean being redesigned due to faults with the original design, like the engine control relays, or the crank sensor wiring, this may just be me, but I'm kinda fed up with the nice man behind the parts desk telling me the part I require is a redesign and that I should change all of them etc etc
You can get some special tape for doing this type of thing, It's fine so can be layed in most shapes and doesn't alloy the paint to seep under it, i've the paint chap my dad uses using it for some pretty detailed work, otherwise you thought of actually taping the border on? Motorboke shops...