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very nice mate. i do love the retro motors. thats why im restoring my mk1 astra GTE to. dont see many retro cars on the road anymore. rare to see the standered model ones letalone the sports ones

im using a K&N and it works great. but not used any others so cant realy compare

glad to here it mate.

its funny what a set of ht leads can do to a car. i was convinced my gearbox had gone then found out it was my leads.

as some of you on here probly remember made a...

polly bush in the top engine mount we are talking about.

if you look just above the yellow boost pipe on my engine you will see the purple polly bush we are talking about mate
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855=5 door
854=4 door

oh thats why. nice1 cheers.

i have been thinking alot about the badges i put on my car and it wasnt untill i read the link pangster put on here about the fact that only 200 of these were in this...

i have thought about it and you lot are starting to make sence the more i think of it. i am going to keep the badges but make them alot smaller and im not gona bother with the motorsport so it will...

well all together its all cost me about £60 ish and thats for all the stuff thats not come in the post yet to.

basicly i put a wanted add on all volvo forums and waited to see what happened. and...

fair play mate.

i have convinced a mate at work to get an 850 T-5 to he is in the prossess of looking for a good one at the mo. we will convert the world LOL

i have a bailey dump valve fitted on mine and when my engine is cold on first start up the dv dont work. and it works better and better as the engine warms up. think maybe the dv has to be at running...

i no where your coming from mate when i got mine i had the worst luck in the world with at and spent soooo much money getting it sorted. and there was many many times i thought right iv had enuf. but...

not sure what it can be mate. my power steering was bad for ages and wining all the time. and iff i turned the wheel fast one way then back the other way it stuck. but i drained the fluid out and...

hello mate i plummed my boost gauge into the original dash boost gauge (the black and white one) i just felt under the dash and found the vacume pipe going to the dash gauge and cut it. then put a T...

mate witht the auto its the low down grunt you need rather than high end grund.
as the auto lacks low down power but is great top end. i would defo go for the 280 in an auto.
after all the things...

very nice mate.

is it gona cost more to fix than to get another one?

here you go guys 2 diferant types
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mines diferant to that. the hole in my key is smaller
heres mine

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j320/stainesy1978/Photo-00972.jpg

got my fingers crossed for you mate. hope its all sorted

you should take the pipe off the recirc and put it on the dump valve. then remove the recirc and fit a blanking plate.
job done

and the dump valve goes here as shown on my engine
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yeah why not mate if it ran fine with the mbc fitted screwd all the way in then put it back to that.

hello mate sounds very nice. look forward to the pics. i have an R and they do lok good

in mine i just press sports mode and floor it. i instantly get a change down feeling and the car tears off and plants you in your seat.
in sports mode it also changes gear at the exact moment the...

i have an auto and i hammer mine everyday and i have had no problems with my auto gearbox.
there was one time i freaked out thinking i needed a new gearbox and it just turned out to be ht leads LOL....

looks to me like the person who fitted the dump valve couldnt be bothered to loose the recirc valve and blank off the hole and instead has put a t bit in the pipe coming from your manifold to the...