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I am very pleased to say my car is back on the road today!
Specialised Engines in Grays did the hard bit of swapping the gearbox, and in fairness done a good job of it. It didn't need much for the MOT, a few bulbs, wiper blade and headlight. not bad for 5 years of sitting there! luckily my dad's Coupe can be a bit of a donor car for bits and bobs.
First drive today and very happy!
the exhaust is a problem though with the amount of speed humps, I have ended up with a great big underslung silencer so ground clearance is awful, not helped as it has gone on a bit wonky as well (accidently).
Would like to thank the forum for the years of quiet support and of course My Girlfriend and family members who have also helped with my finances. Special mention to Spink who sorted me out a good 2nd hand gearbox. Thanks mate!
lots of little jobs to do now, the paint has suffered in places, wing gone through, headlining dropping, but fingers crossed mechanicals ok. just had all oils and coolant changed, before the gearbox went it had new tyres, timing belt service, bushes/mounts/exhaust/brake lines, steering rack, stereo
have had pipecraft in Basildon recommended to me for exhaust mods, hopefully we can get it up a bit.
Thanks, and looking forward to ADI, my name is on the list!
Phil
I am very pleased to say my car is back on the road today!
Specialised Engines in Grays did the hard bit of swapping the gearbox, and in fairness done a good job of it. It didn't need much for the MOT, a few bulbs, wiper blade and headlight. not bad for 5 years of sitting there! luckily my dad's Coupe can be a bit of a donor car for bits and bobs.
First drive today and very happy!
the exhaust is a problem though with the amount of speed humps, I have ended up with a great big underslung silencer so ground clearance is awful, not helped as it has gone on a bit wonky as well (accidently).
Would like to thank the forum for the years of quiet support and of course My Girlfriend and family members who have also helped with my finances. Special mention to Spink who sorted me out a good 2nd hand gearbox. Thanks mate!
lots of little jobs to do now, the paint has suffered in places, wing gone through, headlining dropping, but fingers crossed mechanicals ok. just had all oils and coolant changed, before the gearbox went it had new tyres, timing belt service, bushes/mounts/exhaust/brake lines, steering rack, stereo
have had pipecraft in Basildon recommended to me for exhaust mods, hopefully we can get it up a bit.
Thanks, and looking forward to ADI, my name is on the list!
Phil
pumped up the tyres, will try fully loaded pressure of 36/40psi might give me a few mm of clearance as well I hope. Average mpg is over 31 so far. will try and run on Tesco 99 for a while and let the ECU settle a bit. Also would like to get it on the rollers at AMD, just to see how much difference my exhaust and 99 petrol makes. I did get it tested at surrey rolling road back in 07' on standard unleaded.
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