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i cant stop messing about with it now 8) :lol: setting it to perfection for those few seconds where it rains harder then a few seconds before. neil.:?

ahh bugger :( anyone else up this way? cheers,neil.

thanks beavis,i think im gonna give it a full service before looking into the charger. a m8 says it looks like it has the original or a very old fuel filter for starters,cant be good! where are pitstop based m8,down south? :( neil.

welcome m8,corrado looks tough 8) any more pics? neil.

alright m8 :thumbleft: neil.

imagine if a family member secretly took your c,for the uk pimp my ride special. :lol: :shock: /\ | /\

:lol: has anyone ever actually gone for this look with a c? neil. :?

shame,ive heard good things too :( can you suggest anyone up my way? is it a costly thing to have checked out,i know its probably hard to say but? neil. :)

thanks g-man and steve for the pm. :wink: where are you based g-man? im in the north west,wouldnt mind having it looked over as soon as i get some cash together. neil.

thanks steve,i took off the outlet pipe from the charger earlier,full of oil :( does this mean its dead? :( cheers for the sns link,whats this bit about? 'ISV - if you haven't rerouted it, you may have a leaking ISV.' also,where do i buy a boost return kit and how much are they? i made a blanking plate for the charger today but it was a bit flimsy. saying that,its probably poinless if the g is dead? neil.

the yellow ones lookin good 8)

thanks g-man,its done 130k miles so maybe it does breathe a little heavy? do you know what the compression should be if i test it with a gauge in the plug holes? and ill check the other pipes for oil too,thanks again. sorry :-P in addition to above questions... where does a g60 make peak power,or whens best to change gear? is it normal for power to feel like it tails off above maybe 4-5k? it has a superchip and 68mm pulley. neil.

the isv is a cylindrical valve,i think its on the right hand side of the engine in the valver? it has an electrical connector going to one end and a pipe on the other. best way to clean it is to soak it in petrol. neil. :D

mmmm,not sounding good then with having oil in the air box too :( is it? what was your experience steve? just poor workmanship or parts not replaced that should have been? neil. :)

oh you got the list too then m8? :lol: any ideas about the oil in the airbox? neil.

thanks m8,makes sense to me thinking about it now,and trying to get my head round all these pipes and wotnot :lol: as i understnd it so far,the whoosh bit is what normally goes back into the charger as warm air??? so i think you benefit from having a continuous supply of cold (more dense) air to the charger? am i gettin this? :D

forgive me m8,is the charger outlet pipe the hard plastic one running down to the intercooler? what kind of a job is it to dissasemble the charger? and yeah although i know the charger was rebuilt(just stage 2 whatever that is!?) ive heard plenty times that jabba arent so shit hot any more? cheers again,neil. :)

thanks guys :D ill hook the pipe back up to the t/body for now then. aye i have receipts to say the charger had a stage 2 rebuild 10k ago at jabba? neil.

alright guys,today i started minting the g60. 8) 1/took out the airbox by disconnecting the pipe from the box end,is it normal to have oil in here?/the airbox? 2/also i popped out the plastics inside as i heard this was good for getting more cold air and a nice induction noise,it sounds mental! is it normal to have a droning type noise? 3/next,with having read up a little about the boost return mod,i thought id pop the pipe off the bottom of the throttle body,and yep,whoosh when you let off the throttle and a whistling type noise while the revs build up. is it ok to use like this for now? and how do i carry out this mod properly? i know i need to blank off the charger where the pipe went,but what happens to the isv and breather thingy on the rocker cover? could i not leave them and the pipe in place then blank off the pipe where it went on the throttle body? cheers for any advice,im still learning. :D neil.

:lol: yeah they are damn similar! ehhhh i remember me dad and his m8 messin with em,drove my first car at 12 yrs old,was a c plate gte in the mettalic green colour 8) and ive actually sat in this last year sometime i think it was... the! original mcrae/brookes 400! 8) sold for 50k i think! couple other pics too,youve got me on one now craigowl :lol: the black one is supposedly the only road going 400 left in existence apparently!? :shock:

what yon fella said^^ :D but is that an early b? i dont know so much about the a's but i can appreciate them,as a kid i always remembered them as 'the ones that had round back lights like a ferrari' :lol:

oh aye i realise that m8,but there normally 2 1/4" coils so give more room to run a higher offset than the standard shocks/springs... on the mk1 the 9x14's (et35) wouldnt bolt on in a million years,where as changing to coilovers gave a nice 1-2mm :lol: clearance between wheel and spring. neil.

craigowl, cheers for the pic! :D i saw a site a while back which had video's of a manta a with a 600ish bhp volvo lump!! :shock: call me crazy but id rather have the andrews heat for hire manta than any ferrari/porsche/etc,etc... :oops: neil.

agree ahh right cheers guys,hows about when using coilovers? buys you a little more room maybe? sorry for jumping on ya topic NG! neil.

im 25! previously owned. nova 1.2. mk1 fiesta,great car! mk4 escort van,for work. mk4 escort van with a carbed xr3 engine :lol: mk1 golf gti.still got as bare shell :( mk2 jetta. concourse 50k mile mk1 gti,still got. early mint mk2 gti,someone fired it outside the house. :mad: mint mk4 xr3i,wrote it off! mk3 8v gti. sportline cabriolet,still got,need to sell. mk1 cl 5 door,scrapped and broke it. and the 92 rado g60 i have now. :D favourite car of all time,above anything! else would be an original opel manta 400 8) 8) best looking car ever :!: neil,awaiting abuse!