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lol ^^^^ pmsl taffy

did the same with the 5 speed when I fitted the pink box clutch last year but it didn't stop it spitting its dummy out though. still the devils blood is good stuff (should protect the 6 speed)and the seals only cost about £30, so yes bud well worth fitting

I took mine from the 2 furthest nuts the strut brace fixes to as I couldn't hold the tape in the centre accurately on my own .so clipped the tape on the outside of the drivers side nut and took the measurement from the inside of the passengers side one to get the centre's (if that makes sense lol)

did you ask to see the old broken parts ? have you checked to see if all the parts you've been charged for are fitted to the car ? as that seems a steep bill for a driveshaft as when I broke one on my classic i bought a new full drive shaft for just over £100 and fitted it my self in about 2 hrs .

I'll eventually need aftermarket headers but for now i bought a haywood & scott slip jointed upipe and ported the oe headers to match the new gaskets ;) I increased the bore quite a bit heres a pic of a before and after porting

well I had to buy the stub axles so I also fitted new drive/prop shaft seals and renewed the box oil with some devils blood(redline shock proof oil) pic of the 6 speed stub axle conversion kit one of the kit fitted with the new seals so the later 6 speed drive sockets now match up with my classic drive shafts the weathers been rubbish here but im hoping to get the diff cover, exhaust and tmic fitted tomorrow ,as long as the weather mans telling the truth as I don't fancy laying under the car if its still raining

the scoobs a 97 (v3) uk turbo and ive swapped the tmic for a v3sti one which is the same size but apparently flows a bit better .As for pics I took this today with the tmic removed and iv got this one with the tmic fitted but id check those measurements fella as I don't know if the foz has a wider track and therefore the struts might be further apart

Yeah I've been having a look at Google images and they do look like aftermarket un equals . The reason I thought they weren't was because of the extra scroll on the turbo side which o.e headers dont have . Mabey their just close enough to being equal to loose a bit of burble ? Ie turbo side is that bit longer than oe but not enough to be equal Get your old oe ones ported and sell those mabey

They look like equal length bud ;-) Which would make you loose the burble ,as burble is caused by the exhaust gasses hitting one another in the unequal headers not by the boxer flat four engine itself. I know someone with a newage jdm sti (which has equal length headers as standard) which doesn't burble either

I make it 1190 mm centres I measured from the outside off the strut nut (closest to the o/s inner wing ) to the inside of the strut nut (closest to the n/s inner wing) . And the 3 nuts at the top of each strut are at (roughly) 125 mm centers. Let me know if you want any more measurements or pics bud . If it doesn't fit say the mrs bought it for yer and they might exchange it ;-)

I'll take some measurements tomorrow and post them up in the evening fella ;-) I'll just start with the strut bolt centers to see if they match up first

Can you cross check the part numbers for the whiteline strutts to see if their the same ?

Body pannels , lights , glass , leccy window motors, interior trim and seats (pretty much anything non mechanical) is interchangeable . The sports engine, gearbox, shafts, diff ,ecu ect .... wouldn't be a straight swap and would be weaker than the turbo 2000 standard equipment

As far as handiling mods go .I've changed my arbs and links and did notice a bit of difference but ,not as much as when I swapped the springs over for elibach pro's . Think the cheapest (free ) mod I've done was to remove the intake resonator under the inner wing (although I'm not sure if your foz has one) but it helps the car breathe easier when accompanied with a pannel filter .

Lovely looking scoob and I also know what a pain keeping a black car looking clean can be . I used to use turtle wax black box (about £25 from halfruds) all the stuff you need is in the box .The wax and detail spray is black in colour which helps swirl marks and stone chips .

Nice clean classic you've got there fella And +1 for upgrading the brakes ,as I found the 2 pots scary, mind you mine had cheap ebay discs n pads (not grooved )

Certainly seems to be a lot bigger for just 1 (or in my case 2) extra gears lol . We also fitted the 6 speed flywheel and clutch today ,but the thrust race looked a bit bent .luckily enough they have the same part number as the 5 speed so I used the 1 off the 5 speed kit id fitted last year . Also Looks like I'll have to buy a couple of stub axles to convert the later boxe's female drive shaft sockets to male , so it will mate up with my classic drive shafts . Unless anyone knows if I can fit the later inner cv's to my classic shafts ?

Well my brv popped round and we spent 3hrs and managed to get the new box in situ , still got a a lot to do but I can manage the rest on my own .here's a couple of pic's anyways Drive shafts out and tmic off Starter motor, clutch slave off downpipe undone Withdrew the clutch pivot pin to release the thrust race bearing Obviously I removed gearstick , prop ,zorst and a few other things and here's a pic of the 5 speed & 6 speed side by side and you can see why the 6speed is over 20 kg heavier lol

I like the 2 scoobs idea but ,No way would I wanna be on the road at the same time as her lol And she only likes going fast in a straight line (might buy her a train set lol)if I corner remotely quick I get that feeling of eyes boring into the side of my head and the occasional word even the swear filter would blush at

You'd only get mayo when it blows between water and oil (which I don't think it has yet) but if it does while you're on a journey by the time you check it the mayo might have fubar'd the bottom end

Yeah last time my brv and a few mates popped round to do a few mods to their cars she said she'd pop out and " get us boys some beers " ...... Pulled of the drive leaving a dirty great number 11 in rubber on the floor :-) turned up 40 mins later and must have been giving it the beans as every can of beer we opened exploded :'(

Id only drive it If you're gonna eventually scrap the engine (fit another one)and can afford the breakdown recovery (aa member ) as it sounds to me like the head gasket has blown between water and cylinders , which could lead to heat cracking /pitting the head or blowing from water to oil as well .which would fubar the bottom end due to water and oil mixing without you knowing untill you go to top it up.

I quite often do a 40 mile round trip for a pint of milk in the evening ;-) the mrs loves to drive it I just have too :-) i make sure I leave it on the low boost map (as it doesn't light tires up then ) cos she loves to smoke hondas and saxos when the kids ain't in the car lol

Couldn't get the scooby high enough off the ground to use that method with the last 6speed due to the size of the bell housing and max height on the axle stands .although I have done it before with other marque's of motors but ,I will admit they've all been rwd boxes which are lighter (about 25 /30 kg).EvenThe 5 speed scooby box weighs about 40 kg due to having a center diff . We used a trolley board to slide it under the car and grabbed a side each and lifted it in place instead ;-)

Yeah I can lift the 6speed on my own as I've had to shift it into the shed today , but believe me it's not that easy to lift off the ground and into place (without knocking the clutch outta alignment) whilst laying on yer back under a car . I should invest in a transmission jack really but , once it's been fitted I shouldn't have to remove it again ...... well at least until I hit 400 ponies and have to upgrade the pink box clutch