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With the car now covering 3,500 miles without fault it was time to address the bodywork. I’d sourced a rust free bonnet and a straight passenger door and swapped those over. Now to get it into paint. I work in a large dealership who have a superb Bodyshop. There’s a guy there who restores the...

I did but the engine mount was in pretty poor condition so just replaced it. It wasn’t bad vibration with it on but I’m getting on and do like a little bit of comfort. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

A thousand miles in and the car hadn’t skipped a beat until one evening the engine wouldn’t crank. Other than the cutting out issue this was also a problem. Went through the car again with a fine tooth comb and everything seemed ok. The only thing I could think of was the alarm, fitted when...

After a week driving the car back and forth to work, the cutting out issue seems to have been resolved. The car starts off the bat, so far so good. There’s still some vibration coming through the steering and dash so time to ditch the Powerflex bushes on the dog bone mount and upper engine...

Stripped everything back, checked wiring loom, ran diagnostics, cleaned throttle bodies, changed oils, plugs, leads, TDC sensors, cleaned up all the earths, replaced Bosch injectors with Magnetti Marellis and put a new fuel line in as it was held on with a cable tie. If you can think it, I...

Time to tackle this engine, give it a clean up and a good service and sort these cutting out issues. It’s a proper dirty engine and bay. Air condition is knackered so that’s coming out. Has one of those awful Ramair filters so I’ve sourced original airbox. But when it’s not cutting out...

Stripped the hubs, callipers and replaced the ABS rings. Attacked everything with a wire wheel and then applied a few coats of paint, a bit of hammerite and it’s all looking nice and fresh. New track rod ends, ball joints, wheel sensors, pretty much replaced everything except the discs. I had...

I’m a big fan of Strongflex bushes and prefer these to Powerflex - much cheaper too. So it’s out with the rusty old bushes and in with the Yellow series. Gave the wishbones a good clean up and a good few coats of pant. Did the ARB bushes as well. Much easier than last time. Sent from my...

[emoji23] You’d think so [emoji23] Flippin horrible! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

I decided to totally refresh the suspension with new cup dampers and springs. While I’m at it I might as well replace top mounts and put the new spacers in as well. I want the ride to be softer and handling to be more progressive, like it was when it left the factory, as I plan on using it as...

The first thing I’m going to tackle is the awful ride and handling. My mates thrown the cup springs away and fitted cooksport springs and it’s bouncing all over the place. It still had the cup dampers which I’d cleaned up but I have a feeling those are past their best. Added to this are dodgy...

After our trip to the ring it was time to buy my 182 daily back and get it up to scratch. Although it looks good from a distance, a lot of panels are either rusted, dented beyond repair or keyed/scratched. Mechanically it’s sketchy, although I’m confident it’s a decent engine, it gave my...

Enroute to Nürburgring via the ferry. Meeting some friends over there who’ve decided to take the Chunnel...again! Sod that, been there, got the t-shirt. Cracking little hotel right next to the track. Stayed at the hotel Ze Burg a few times now, nice and quiet. Met up with the possee. Note...

One nagging issue which kept coming up was the ESP light and then occasionally the ABS warning light. Pretty much everything on the car from suspension through to brakes had been changed for original parts, including ABS rings and all round wheel sensors. Tons of suggestions from forum...

Before I set off for the Nurburgring I needed to get an MOT on the track car. The plan is to take the car on the trailer via the ferry at Hull, but as I’m doing a tourist weekend, I’ll need to be road legal. First thing I noticed was the car didn’t have a horn. I’d also removed the original...

Fantastic 2nd Trackday for the car at Cadwell. Mods worked a treat, no issues at all. Looking forward to a trip to the Nurburgring in the Summer. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Managed to get a half day in at Teesside Autodrome to test the new shifter and roof scoop. Really warm day and the scoop worked a treat. Looking forward to the next Trackday at Cadwell now. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Last mod before the cars 2nd Trackday at Cadwell was this scoop from Ally Hickling at CCF. Not keen on the design but hopefully it’ll keep the cabin a bit cooler. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Me neither and I’ve done a fair few [emoji2371] Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Yeah I thought failure rate was rare but the amount of people at the circuit who said it was fairly common. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk