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yippee!!!! superb news jim :D perseverance at its best FYI Jim - im in france for a week as of weds but will try & check here as often as possible to respond to your PM in due course

welcome :)

what flavour rado do you have? edit - ahhh, im guessing from user name that its a G60, thus kind of rendering my line below useless lol i know vince from stealth did live mapping whilst on the rollers for my VR - IIRC the VR has an open circuit ECU rather than closed circuit like in new golfs etc

sad news billcor :(

admins will prolly move it to the 'breakers' section ;) what grill is on it, early or late? I need an early grille with badge, do you have one? if so are all tabs etc in place & what is the condition like? thanks edit - pm sent too

glad to help & share knowledge from experiences :) good luck

it is possible for the oil temp sensor connector to become corroded & this can result in spurious reading on the dash - i had this issue when my VR had its work at stealth & was getting ridiculous readings it should be easy to tell if you pull the connector off the sensor & check the wires are ok & the inside is not corroded

done - fingers crossed!

glad to be of assistance jim, am please we helped i had 263's fitted by vince during my head rebuild & can happily say that those coupled with a BMC & a 'vince special map' my VR now feels super smooth & responsive & grunty throughout the rev range :D

nice billcor! not hear of them before, i will try & remember those too

Jim - it could be to do with the gains versus costs i believe gas flowing, lightening, balancing etc can be all very costly tasks but realistically do not produce gains that are worth the expense. i to asked about if i should have my VR head gas flowed when i had my work done at stealth & vince said there was no point as i wouldnt see the benefit plus, i guess its all in perspective too - IE if someone is rebuilding to produce as much power as possible (with turbo, over sized pistons, uprated injectors, straight through exhaust with decat blah de blah de blah) then maybe having everything lightened, balanced & flowed could help achieve 'slightly' higher figures but if its a standard rebuild the associated costs outwiegh the advantages

interparcel.com offer excellent shipping costs. i had a set of solitudes collected from somerset & delivered to solihull for less then £40 ;)

Good move Mr_Rossy! i used to have issues with 2nd to 3rd changes when on full throttle but since fitting one of daves short shifter i no longer occasionally have a crunchie :D im definitely getting one for the gf's storm & another for my valver when funds allow

Your right Jim it has - forza 3 had full tuning/mod options too including switching to 4WD & transplanting the 3.2 from the R32 I believe forza 4 made you start with the VR too but they reduced the tuning options

good old forza keeping the VR in......& a blackberry too :D

thanks much appreciated :D

lots of new members recently, its good to see - welcome mikey, make yourself at home :)

barstewards!!!! cut their balls off!! hope they get the range back too

unreal!!! i would rather go without.....its only a badge after all PMSL

hello there :) I like your BBS gif :)

welcome! lets see the motor :D

yup! nail...head there m8, especially the very last part :D

ha ha try an air rifle that uses compressed air, no cocking required, & a silencer....that tends to not give them pesky magpies or pigeons any warning ;) lol

those are the exact syptoms vince explained to me vag. he also explained that as i historically never go above 3000 rpm until oil temp reaches over 70 i had more than likely never experienced it cutting out, which i hadnt

good find Rog! seems the valve/pump are not repairable though according to the below post 'erm, sorree it's a bill. Not repairable as its a bore wear problem and I'm not aware of an oversize plunger to fit once bored out.'