Jay762

Lovely motor - pity you have to sell but sometimes these things are a necessity - I hope it finds a good home as someone is going to get a peach of a motor

Hope you find a buyer soon

Yup we are lucky on here - all down to you chaps and chappesses

they are 5 x 114.3

Got mine ☺

Use of bike rack on a hatch previously rubbed the paint - might have bee down to me not fitting it correctly but i would be inclined to go for the roof bars instead?

Well shield order came through just got to work out applying it and surface prep before hand - might even resort to reading instructions on this one

I know mines not a turbo but the Tesco 99 gave a noticable difference in response and mpg compared to shell vpower - was not as good so I try and use shell where possible - will be trying teh BP excellium in a bit see how that compares

Not bad at all that :)

Think it was a panel upgrade

You might be as well spending a tenner on a basic multimeter and labelling them up yourself?

That does look a tidy example - not many in green either

Wotcha and welcome - lovely piece of kit that ;)

Is it a standard car - do you use V power or equivalent? you should be up around 24 - 28? But if you get it breathing properly with a less restrictive pipe and a panel filer you shoudl see some improvement as the engine will be flowing a littel more freely

Yup its often said the classic is a more focussed drivers car over the newer models

Well I do love a hatch me - but agree with above comment it needs a performance version with wider wheel arches, black grills and something to make it a bit more focussed in terms of presence - as is it will just blend into the back ground - which actually driving the RX demonstrates - I dont get the scooby wave anymore :(

me to :o)

awww - good luck with the sale Gem, know you spent some serious TLC on it. You know where we are when you need to scratch that itch again :)

Do you have a link to the fog lights - I have got the IPF main site but cannot find the light units you have sourced?

just searched to see what they look like - amazing how small cars used to be but someone has managed to put a cosworth lump in the front of one :)

I no experience with the 1.5 gearbox but as an interim approach try a gearbox service with an appropriate additive - molyslip type thing, it has been mentioned in another thread but I cannot remember the brand recommended - however Oilman / opie oils on here would be able to give a recommendation and we get a discount

Usefull thread - have got this as a mild problem currently - now I have a solution :)

Will be following this one ;)

Wotcha and welcome - echo heat shield statements - when they have come off in the past I have left them off with no problem

Wotcha and welcome