well ive finally sucummbed to to devil in my ear and gone and brought yet another money pit. i was initially going to buy this when i saw it advertised on ft.com late last year but when i got the money the car was gone. then, last week i saw it rear its head yet again on ebay this time, well i was already decided that i wanted it so made the call, then made the trip to kent to go and do the deal. it was dark when i finally got there so had a quick look and a little test drive. the second i drove it i knew i was going to have my wallet raped.
there was a horrible vibrating from the floorpan, also i noticed that the temp gauge was innop.fuck.

anyway it was late and we had driven all the way there so i did the deal and then went to go and find a travel lodge. once in the room i had a look through the paperwork id be given, ive never seen so much history for a car in my life, almost every reciept for every little part its ever had. bonus.

next day the long journey home began. this highlighted a few problems, mainly the horrible vibartions, the lack of any engine temp. the non existant boost, the collapesed seat etc etc etc.

she made it home nethertheless and today i had my first proper look around the car. what i found was
: missing air filter
: lashed up boost hoses
: exhaust resting on bottom subframe
: osf wheel bearing noisy
: pulls to left under breaking
: split boost hose
: fucked drivers seat
: dirty shitty interior
: various rust issues

the list goes on

so anyway today i gave it a little clean, i then set about fitting an old air filter as a temp measure, changed the split boost hose and then ordered some new parts including

wipers
thermostat
temp sender
wheel bearing

tomorrow my good mate saq will be assisting me in completely gutting the non working alarm and fitting my clifford g5, replacing some of the engine bay wiring and re-connecting the temp sender and wiring for fan etc.

heres a couple of pics as it stands

current spec is spax srpings, magnex exhaust with rolled out tip cut off (fucking twats) t3 turbo, some samco hoses,beige injectors, powerchip, pace intercooler. have got a previous printout of 191 bhp so am hoping for close to that when its all back as it should be.

il update as and when but should be fairly regular as im not working at the mo so have lots of time on my hands
















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