I know its not much, but considering i only had it chipped yesterday, its a bit of a bummer. Found out that the exhaust manifold gasket had blown, so decided to take it all apart so i can order and fit a replacement. But, as i pulled it off, a bit of metal dropped to the floor and noticed the manifold had a corner missing. So, now, not only cant i use my new chip, i need to buy a manifold too. Oh and also, my cold is getting even worse. What a cack day, lol.



If anyone knows of one for sale, can you pm me or let me know.

Cheers
Mike.

 

DOH!!!!

 

very much so mate.

 

Try A1 rally sport they will most likely have one.

Dave

 

fooking hell m8 not good hope you sort it soon

DAN

 

2 WD exhaust manifolds are easily available and not very expensive
.....also check/service your turbo damper, AFAIK a manifold breaking
up like yours indicates that the damper is seized/ineffective

 

i fitted one a little while ago as the old one was shagged, so maybe that was the cause.

 

thats exactly what happened to my 3door

it sounded like a tractor

bought a 2nd hand one from pete@ashfield who's a very helpful bloke

next thing to go was the standard exhaust which was like swiss cheese see you have problems there already

get a stainless pronto

 

yeah mine sounded like a tractor too. i will get a exhaust, but i cant afford to fix this and get a exhuast

Mike.

 

 

I've got a 2wd exhaust manifold sitting here.

Not sure what the going rate is, but I can get it off to you in the post tomorrow.

Postage would probably be a little though...........

 

hmmmm

 

And so the spending will start now she is running a few more ponies

 

i hope not. If it does, it can go back to std, lol. Cant afford to keep fecking with it.

Mike.

 

The problem you have is EXACTLY the same as what i had.

I bought a TOTALLY standard 3DR like you, with original pipe, wheels ect ect

At the end of the day you are putting near on 300bhp through a 16 year old car...................it wont last FACT. You cant expect to not find faults as now the power has been put up it will find the weak links.

But stick with it as once you have replaced it you will be fine.

Exhaust--Your 16 year old one wont last long

HeadGasket--Once done you will be ok unless you want MORE power

Clutch-- Once done forget about it

Suspention--You will want to change that unless you like the TITANIC wobble that standard stuff gives you

Bushes--I noticed yours are knackered yesterday so once thats done it will stiffen up the ride

Tyres--You will need beter tyres to keep you on the road

 

up for Mike as he is finding cossie ownership to be expensive

 

lol. Cheers mate.

 

tiff, what tyres do you use?

 

well im now about the find the cossie ownership price tag too

 

I use Toyo's

 

thats what i got last time on me last cos

mate, dont talk to me about fookin cossies, i had a terrible weekend, got caught speeding twice, one is serious <<<< real tears.

fookin brickin it, seriously gonna have to decide wether i can keep this thing, its just too hard to drive it slow

 

iain pm me the details and ill see if i can give advice to ya

mines not that bad BUT it needs new little ends so at end of year im gonna rebuild it and also the gearbox is getting worse , but im selling me brakes from me cabrio to find that


up side i got some bling comming my way

 

pm in ya now mate

 

just back from church, said a prayer for ya , so did God too

 

forgot the priest was gonna light a candle for ya but due to the nature he set fire to the chruch instead

 

yeah dont think anyones gonna help me on this one

cossie for sale anyone?

 

ya dont know yet , ya could claim ya was on a rally stage

 

might mention it whilst im on the magistrates stage