06-05-2012, 12:49 PM
procta Wrote:tom, for the snapped glow plug, id see a local metal engineering place. they could remove that for you. as i found thread extractors to be crap, i used one for my engine and the extractor snapped! my local metal engineering place could have got the snapped bolt out for me if the extractor hadnt snapped in it.
Meh, its been in there for the last 40k miles.....I'll just leave it I think!
Dum-Dum Wrote:Toms306 Wrote:I must admit it doesn't handle badly, for the high ride height, skinny tyres and massive suspension travel I can hold it round corners at speed better than the golf........must be the lack of wieght I guess.
Its good you can see how good its handling is at least.
I dont worry about MPG, I dont think its possible to do less than 45mpg so no problems. I just try and keep it moving as I know it dosent have the power to accelerate.
If your tyres are 165 i think they might be a bit narrow. mine was 175/65R13 standard. If you keep it get 195/45R15 tyres put on a set of clones and I reckon you wont have problems with locking. I learnt to drive in cars without ABS so Im perfectly happy taking my foot off the brake and reapplying to stop it skidding.
An engine swap cant be hard, its only held in by 3 bolts essentially and theres only a couple of wires.
Maybe they are 175 then, didnt take much notice, just know theyre tiny lol.
My first car didn't have ABS.........it ALMOST ended up in the side of a transit van on a wet road........that alone made me buy a phase 3 with ABS!!
And a driveshaft shouldn't have been hard...it doesn't even have any bolts...but we all know what happened there! :roll: