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    Quote Originally Posted by MoleT-5R View Post
    Well it's time to sort the Olive out for her mot, which was due a few months back, but I parked her up for a while. So time to sort the front arch liners and bumper alignment/attachment as they didn't like it last year and whilst I'm in there pop the new oil cooler on, change the exhaust manifold and turbo exhaust housing, all bits aare done and ready to fit for the dv re-circulation so that will go on too. Thinking about also doing a pcv delete and plumbing in a nice catch tank in place of it, if I can decide where to mount it that I'm happy with. I'm also going to remove the nivomats from the rear and replace with the fk's that I had off of Colin some years back, these should stiffen the rear on end compared to how she is now, would have fitted these years ago but I like the way I could seriously load the car and 1/2 a mile down the road alls level and no one as a clue how much weight I'm carrying, but after watching a few vid's of my 1/4 starts something has to be done to address the rear end squat and bc's are out of the question at present unfortunately, so will have to stay on the wish list a while longer
    Good luck mate, I'm still watching with interest.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Biff View Post
    Good luck mate, I'm still watching with interest.
    nice to know your still out there, be good to see you back in a v70/850 soon, you'll need the space with the kids growing up.

    installed the re-circ dv this morning and popped the battery on charge, front wing on the drivers side is holed and the one in the garage isn't much better, so gaffer tape may be needed to come to the rescue for the mot, not going to do any bodywork till autumn/winter when she can come off the road for a while.

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    M.O.T. Update.........failed.......then passed........lol

    Tbf it wasn't much really and was sorted before I even check to see if it had passed online.

    Failed on wipers not clearing the screen fully, stop lamp not working and one headlight out of alignment. It's funny how the brake light was working fine on arrival to the testers (Jayne was following and could see them all working) and the wipers where clearing the drizzle nicely on the way over there. oh well cheap ticket for another years fun and a new set of bosch wipers all for £75 notes so I can't really grumble. One advisory on a small leak on a power steering joint.

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    My local garage tells me that the DVLA/Government 'expect' quite a large portion of cars to fail their MOT first time. He said they ask lots of questions if not enough are failing. He will often deliberately fail a car then pass it the second time to massage the figures so he doesn't get hassled.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Timo. View Post
    My local garage tells me that the DVLA/Government 'expect' quite a large portion of cars to fail their MOT first time. He said they ask lots of questions if not enough are failing. He will often deliberately fail a car then pass it the second time to massage the figures so he doesn't get hassled.
    I think there's a lot of that going on, but I don't mind as long as they don't start taking the mickey on the fails, as everyone deserves a hassle free time when it comes to the authorities (as long as they're running fully legit I must hasten to add)

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    Well after living with them for quite a while, the knackered engine stabilizer bushes have now all been replaced with some custom made items I've knocked up, as and when I've had the time over the past few months, although I see them as a success in my book they are a tad on the harsh side from a vibration point of view. That said I already have an idea to make a mk2 version with a softer insert to reduce the vibration to a more acceptable level. Whilst I was at it I also changed the front engine mounting for a standard item, with the idea of using the old one to develop a new mounting with a replaceable insert which will be durable enough to cope with the abuse this car gets off the start line, whilst this is just an idea in my head at present so who knows if it will ever happen ( there's a lot of ideas floating around up there at present and I'm not very good at making the time to do them....lol) ????
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    Right overalls on and time to ready her for york, shame I've got to rip her to bits first.......oh well here goes

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    Tracking check and change rear shocks


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    Last edited by MoleT-5R; Wednesday 7th September 2016 at 09:31. Reason: missed something off the list....lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by MoleT-5R View Post
    Right overalls on and time to ready her for york, shame I've got to rip her to bits first.......oh well here goes

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    Tracking check and change rear shocks


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    Should be a few nice additions there, Ade.

    When's Jim's send off again??

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    Quote Originally Posted by Doingitsideways View Post
    Should be a few nice additions there, Ade.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MoleT-5R View Post
    Right overalls on and time to ready her for york, shame I've got to rip her to bits first.......oh well here goes

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    remote oil cooler
    Pcv delete
    Water meth kit installation
    4.4 ecu upgrade
    mount mbc properly
    Tracking check and change rear shocks


    pics to follow
    Nice one, can't wait for updates
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dangerous Dave View Post
    Nice one, can't wait for updates
    Got to get the ecu flashed yet that should keep me busy,but it should all come together this week. Pipework and cabling run from front to back for Meth kit,found a nice 30a supply in the boot area to power the pump as tank and pump going in the tyre well and an interesting spot to install the controller where I can easily keep an eye on things...pics tomorrow hopefully

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    Quote Originally Posted by Doingitsideways View Post
    Should be a few nice additions there, Ade.

    When's Jim's send off again??
    Trying anything and everything just for 0.4sec improvement to attain a 13second run on a 15g....

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    four tenths is a fair chunk of time, so there is no "just" about it LOL
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    Quote Originally Posted by Wobbly Dave View Post
    four tenths is a fair chunk of time, so there is no "just" about it LOL
    It is Dave, but the improvement last time out was 0.2sec and she was not running quite right, hopefully that will all be sorted now so who knows, it could happen finally and then I can move on knowing that I have achieved my personal goal

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    Quote Originally Posted by MoleT-5R View Post
    Got to get the ecu flashed yet that should keep me busy,but it should all come together this week. Pipework and cabling run from front to back for Meth kit,found a nice 30a supply in the boot area to power the pump as tank and pump going in the tyre well and an interesting spot to install the controller where I can easily keep an eye on things...pics tomorrow hopefully
    My controller is in with the CD changer, stealth install

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nealevo View Post
    My controller is in with the CD changer, stealth install
    Mine will be visible in my rear view mirror. ..

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    Quote Originally Posted by MoleT-5R View Post
    Mine will be visible in my rear view mirror. ..
    ... When it falls out on your first launch?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Doingitsideways View Post
    ... When it falls out on your first launch?
    way things are going the cable won't be long enough to fall anywhere, probably over engineering this install but that's me....lol

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