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so.. is this the same gearbox as ours? still looks in mint condition, if it is i think i got a good deal (Y)

why not just get a gtir?, in my opinion the idea of my MA09 is it was one of the first engines with a good reliable twin charged system. Each to their own though i suppose :)

im not a dyno buff so i dont know if it was at the wheels or engine but i was running 0.9bar boost

yeh i thought that might be why, they know the tricks so i let them get on with it, just happy now i know where i stand with my engine rebuild :) they were talking about it for ages afterwards and they all got a picture in it which can only be good mckenziecz: i just drive the auto god knows...

it is but its got P,R,N,D,2,1 so he was shifting if from 2 to D inefect making it go from 2,3 dont know why though? you can hear it on the vid on the second run

nope it seems ok, he was changeing it from 2nd to 3rd thats why there is a big drop in the curve i think?

video up :P : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sGHiO2t4Io my brother video'd it :(

Our local dyno was having a open day today with 1/2 price power runs so i thought why not? The place was packed even though it was pouring it down. Also i felt very odd as it was the only car that wasnt a vauxhall there (the place is a renound vauxhall specialist) but they (and me!) were all...

as soon as the previous owner took me out in mine i just had to buy it

that was at JAE 2009 not sure about 2010, was on JDMTAS stand :)

i have bought one and also made one at work as a spare its a 1.25 pitch thread incase anyone wanted to know :)

very true cheers Baz

Cheers Baz, never thought of the Fig :)

ha ha awsome !

Hi just came to the ST today and found some coolant on the floor, had a quick look about and noticed the radiator drain plug was loose, so i tried to tighten it and as i touched it, the handle part fell off and the rest remained inplace, now i dont think i can get another so i might have to...

Great stuff, nice to see somone building one from a shell, :) keep the updates coming

Theres no replacement for displacement ;)

i dont really know, i thought the previous owner might have made it at work or something but i dont know, it could be?

we have now found out what, but my questions are how and why? which should stop this happening again

i would if it fitted over the pipes and under the bonnet lid :D