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pmsl deffo not going to be an expert, its a mechanic doing it for me lol he is a very good mechanic and this is just boiling his brain. I phoned storm developments and they say the oil filled bolt that gives the best tension at the back of the head could be to blame. turns out this was the issue, no worries all built up and running now very sweetly. Great to have it back on the road again cant beat that noise

thanks very much i will try that one ;) hopefully get it sorted soon.

Yeah thats what i thought, so i have ordered a new oil pump too to see if it cures it. fingers corssed this time

I have replaced the chain and guides etc on my 2.9 vr6. Twice now the chain has lost tension and resulted in bent valves, why is this happening? I have checked everything and it all seems ok its just baffling me. I have even replaced the oil fed bolt that pushes into the top of the chain to give the tension. Can someone PLEASE help me. Thanks Jamie

yeah thought they were deffo 5x130 god now u have me thinkin lol. its bound to say somewhere on the wheel isnt it

so just inspect the chains guides then lol rather than going the whole hog and replacing them. There is no guide for doing the tappets :( how long should this take including stripping and building?

ok I am going for new tappets from GSF tomorrow. What else should i be doing when i have the engine in bits to fit the tappets? eg do I do the chain tensioners? what all could I be doing here? ps its a 1995 vr6 with 98k on the clock Thanks Jamie

I have rh zw1's 5x130 and they are not fitting on my H&R adapters, do I have to get the RH ones or is there any strange reason why they wouldnt be fitting. I have d90's at the min and they work on the H&R 5x130 adapters and i cant understand why the RH ZW1's wont work? can anyone help please Thanks

thanks, here are some more pics from the photoshoot and a recent show in Bangor Northern Ireland where it won best interior ;) always nice to go away with a trophy lol

very different but very nice ;) good call

i agree they do look stupid on some cars., but as said they do look awesome on the right car, and i think my car is also the right car lol.

im in Northern Ireland and a polish guy called Aric did the retrim he is based in Ballymena and works for carnoisseur. The retrim for door cards quarter panels, front and rear seats, gear knob and gaiter, and steering wheel (not fitted yet) was £1100 which I didnt think was too bad.

decided to get the interior done too. I changed the stitch pattern from horizontal to vertical to make it more recaro looking. what you all think?

yeah was for an irish mag called modified motors.

think retro wheels do them mate

cheers for the comments guys. I am going to refurb my front ones over the winter and maybe put stainless lips on rather than the standard laquered aluminium ones. the car isnt the standard corrado white, its BMW mini pepper white. wanted to do something a bit different than the norm ;)

ok here are some more pics i took on my phone during a photoshoot today, with spoiler pics and bay pic

i dont think he would do it tbh was just a favour for me. i could ask him but it wont be cheap would prob cost around 200 just to get ur standard spoiler wrapped in carbon. where is the thread on it?

had to get the carbon spoiler made, another mate builds rally car panels in kevlar so he was able to take a mould and make me a real carbon one.

I didnt do the work myself. A friend ownsa local body shop and the car was in for 5 months having extensive work done. Every dent and ripple was identified and removed and the car was pulled apart then painted and rebuilt. All panels were stripped off the car to be painted so there would never be any of the original colour left. the bodyshop is TSD in Bangor Northern Ireland.

oh yes, ill get some pics up when i take some, the bay was painted and the boot floor was painted. Was a proper windows out colour change.

quick history: car started off twilight violet 1995 vr6 totally standard got bored and wanted to do something fun with it so painted it pepper white with a black roof and carbon fibre spoiler while in the body shop the car got totally smoothed with the arches being pulled out an inch all round and the flat edge rounded off. rear wiper taken off, washer jets taken off, and roof ariel taken off. so now it is oficially LOW and WIDE 8) then decided to get some new wheels which i picked up today and fitted. 9x17 rears and 8x17 front with 205/40/17 strrrrrretched on next thing on the list is the interior as it is just standard at the min apart from a nice set of mr beige shift lights and a b&m shifter. car has a carbonio induction kit 6 branch raceland manifold and decat magnex exhaust system coilovers lo

i will take some pics when i get home of mine, We just beat them out with a LARGE mallet and then carefully heated and rolled the edge back in. The two skins remained attached then just sealed it up with sealer ;) pics to follow

mine has just gone, think i will be reading this carefully to get mine fixed

its actually a carbon fibre spoiler. When i get it all cleaned up and they way I want it I will get some proper arty pics and get them posted up. But knowing me that will be about a month away lol