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that 3rd pic is of an ekotek valve, probably one of the most successful 'go quicker gismo' scams ever - remove it asap, as the reasoning is horse****!

from memory of their spiel, anything over 2ltr will require two of them to be fitted, having only one fitted to a 2.9 will cause the valve to be sucked open permenantly - allowing unmetered air into the engine cycle all the time - hence major idle issue!

looking very presentable indeed, great effort, and what wheels are those btw?

didn't the mod dinkus move to canada years back, not his is it?!

welcome back, looks a nice clean base to build on :)

amazing speed, well done, keen to see some pics too.

...wise words, unless your mate is skint...

my second valver was declared cat d after my mates wife drove into the door and rear panel at 2mph, so as above, can mean very little in terms of overall condition and just be a case of bad luck.

i'd say £800 is too much for a retrim, i'm paying £100 for a half trim of two recaro's!

and find someone's who's handy with a grinder and a welder for the subframes :)

that is a great bit of kit, would it slide under a lowered car easy enough, and does it run along the chasis rails then?

get them bought and fitted, they'll look well.

welcome long, good fabriction skills on display there!

nice one Alex, chuffed for you after reading the updates!

agree fully, my two favorite tools right there, a dremel and a welder :) i know how difficult access is under these cars to weld and that welds not bad considering!

welcome along, that doesn't sound like a mistake at all :)

neither can i.

perhaps you need reminded of the rules;

rule nr 1 of corrado forum;

- don't criticise the classified system.

rule nr 2 of corrado forum;

- don't criticise the classified system.

rule nr 3 of corrado forum;

- don't criticise the classified system.

:)

i went searching! had heard of the odd case with rats in fuse boxes, but not tree rats chewing at your pride and joy all summer long!

Thoughts welcome!

very nice, great idea to get them fabbed, how much and how you going to protect them?

This kind of thing only happens on the 29th of febuary!! :lol:

holy crappo, is that what your signatures about then, rat + wires + fire?!

Now got new unused set of Irwins.

their time will come!

its a good read alright, i'll definitely be giving it a go when i get time and back on the road, good luck with it.

looks like a great job, good skills, uv gotta be keen to get it back on the road now.

sorry, automatically presumed you meant the HT coil not coilpack, as thats more likely to be at fault than the coil packs which generally split and visibly arc. have you tested power to the coil?

someone correct me if i'm wrong, but i thought the ignition/ ecu and starter circuits were separate, so it will still crank.

have you checked power to the coil pack? bently has a guide on how to check.

another possibility ...ignition switch.

how long have you let the car sit with a fresh battery?

93/k would mean dizzy as well, so hall sender fault, integral to the dizzy unit unfortunately.

neagative side only, try this guide - http://www.wikihow.com/Find-a-Parasitic-Battery-Drain

ok you want to start by measuring the leakage level at the battery with the ignition off, clocks etc pull miminal current, switch cabin lights off though.

the old school method is to then systematically pull fuses noting the reading, if it drops to zero then you've found the circuit to blame, you then take it from there testing components and noting the drawer until you find the short.