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sorry no - i can post you one to borrow if you want to use it & return it though EDIT - it is a metal one which i think i got off here many moons ago

i have 2 now nick lol Jon at stealth spotted my old valver on ebay & told me about it when i last collected the VR from them - i won the bid the following day lol currently waiting for the sill welding to be finished on the VR so i can test my new 4 pots :D are those other 'tested' motors not quite giving the fizz that the rado does?

ha ha ha m8 if you were in the midlands i would have taken you up on that but unfortunately you are miles away lol

well hello there stranger! how you diddling? VAG-hag had one after the stealth install & IIRC the gears mashed on a stealth RR day too & he had a horrendous drive home :( poor chap! i am still a bit peev'd i couldnt raise the funds to buy your rado lol ;)

no danger sean, thanks for your reply i should really put the Kamei front splitter i have in the loft onto the valver so as to re-complete the kit but seeing as i have the full kit up there i really want to see if i can get it onto the VR

lol winner! & the width? in J format?

personally, having seen, in multiple stages, a stealth turbo being fitted to n333ppp i would say a DIY would be a massive undertaking it is do-able but wow it is complex

sounds like a plan :) just so as you know, stealth racing for example allocate 8-10 hours for a matrix replacement as such there is a big saving for a job which is achievable over a weekend

ooo - have you a link pls sean? i tried UK ebay & cant find it

from the above i would say best to do as Jim said & whip out the passenger under trays & have a feel around your heater box from personal experience - if you do the matrix yourself, get some of the felt liner for the heater box flaps & reline it i didnt do the one in my valver & now need to pull the dash out again to do it

if it refers to the body kit then i quite like it - it is similar to the Kamei kit on my valver (& the one in the loft waiting to go on the VR hopefully)

this months mystery post!!! ;) lol

price, location, shipping method would help ;) i would be interested in just the speaker covers if this doesnt sell & you would split

a bit of a drawn out test would be to put a temporary matrix bypass in easily done with a bit of copper piping you could then run the car for a few days & see if you still get the greasy film you describe, if you dont then it points towards a faulty matrix if the matrix has a pin hole, once it is not under pressure it shouldnt leak i would have thought

i was kind of thinking the same sean Endeegee, if you can get the carpets up & spread a little talc around it can show you a trail of where the leak comes from also, with minimum basic tools (except a hose clip tool which are a few £'s) replacing a matrix is really just a step by step job with lots of labelling. valeo matrix is the one to get if possible i have a full guide with lots of pics showing screw locations etc, if you would like a copy drop me a PM with your email address

likely not m8 best thing for you to do it whip a wheel off & look on the inside - you will see the ET stamped or embossed onto the wheel somewhere, they normally have the with in J as well eg 7.5J ET40 the specific figures are needed so as to calculate the offset etc properly

i believe you are right & that they had arrived but were not fitted - i wonder if they were sold with the car or not ;)

i think odub meant more as in the wheel spec: size, width, offset ;)

i would say you are best talking to Vince at Stealth i recal nick, who owned & turbo'd N333PPP prior to selling, had invested in a set of stronger gears for the standard box to be rebuilt with. this was in addition to the LSD had had fitted when the turbo setup was done i think it may have been Jon at Stealth who helped him source the new internals but i might say in members gallery if you can find the N333PPP thread

yup, the latter is a must too just speak to VAG-hag for his experience or look at the old n333PPP build thread

good question Jim - there was a lot of deliberating i tried to compare the cost of all options, so looked at replacing standard, 288's & 'other options' i didnt want to only replace one standard caliper as knowing luck etc the other would fail or stick soon after i also needed discs & pads so to put new, well refurbed as new as that is all you can buy i belive, standard kit on was going to be around £390 if i used the same EBC USR discs 288's i knew would fit under a 15" but again they would be a refurbed set (if i could find some), or a second hand set of which i would have no real idea about how much use i would get out of them before they needed a refurb, or buy a set & send them for refurb before fitting thus i did some educated guess work math on the 288's, calculating cost for 2nd hand set, cost for refurb, new discs/pads & new braided brake lines with banjo's then i looked into what 'new' options there were, whilst bearing in mind that dragon_green on here has HiSpecs on his rado under standard wheels as i definitely could not afford to buy new wheels as well lol i should mention that with my VR's dodgy ABS i used to have issues with locking up under heavy braking, though this was eased very much with the USR discs & green stuff pads, but i was a little loathed to replace old crap standard brakes with crap new standard brakes lol when i did the math the figures for all 3 options were not that far apart & for around an extra 150 notes i could have brand new rather than refurb calipers but also a 'proper' caliper. i say 'proper' as with the standard & 288's they are what i believe is called a floating setup rather than a 'true' caliper. IE where both sides of the caliper are static & the pistons move the pads either side onto the disc (forgive me if that is slightly wrong but hopefully you get the gist) as well as this the HiSpecs are 4 pot, giving much greater application to the pad with 4 pistons & i believe a bigger pad swept area than the other 2 options finally, due to a little vanity, i have always wanted to have yellow calipers on the VR in homage to the porsche GT2 calipers which are always yellow lol as such i now have these & these :D lol EDIT: i forgot to say, no, no plans for turbo sadly. i would like to but i am realistic in the costs & it is not just the stealth kit....very BIG brakes, bigger wheels, potential bottom end rebuild & gearbox internal strengthening has got to come out over 10K lol

how the blimey hell did you get wilwood's for that!? i had to ensure fitment under the 15" speedline so went HiSpec, brand new yes but a lot more than £120 lol

that is exactly what i thought! lol

yes m8, well, late VR's anyway as my 1990 valver didnt have one the 1st time i owned it conlog jobbies IIRC but they also have a manual disable normally in the passenger under tray

thanks fella - kinda what i thought & also what i had experienced in Oct i gave her some full beans after warming her up & she behaved for the next couple of weeks these rado's dont like to be stood doing nothing, they throw toys out the pram if not used lol