thanks guys will look into it.As far as manifiold goes, car will be off the e road for a bit, so i think i have the time...i will get in touch with the cam guys when i finally get it apart. Am up in Auckland for a month for work, so am far away from the red rocket at present.

Hey guys, it looks as though my ride will be off the road for a bit, as the house we are building only has one car garage space(not my idea grrr). I t will be at the old mans,and as he has muchos space, was gonna get in and rebuild the engine,and give it a freshen up in the performance dept-cold air...

My red'n'black is still goin strong, tried the flush out as suggested, didnt make any difference, so am looking at getting the head off and havin a poke around. The mechanical rattling does my head in when she is cold! She is on 150K, and would like to look inside, as i dont have a service history. ...

I dunno if this will help, but over here in NZ, we have an electronics store called Jaycar,and they stock universal radio central locking kits. I bought one as my valver didnt come with a fob. It took 1/2 an hour to install, and it works mint, right down to the infuriating habit of lock/unlock when ...

Thanks for all the response-i will email this chap for the cheapy and see what happens-i also have a spare factory ecu,so if anything goes pear shaped i have a back up!I havent had a chance to do much on the old girl the past couple weeks,been getting distracted on house building. Engine flush,new o...

Thats great,just what my old man thought-we may crack her open and have a good poke around-the lifters may need a good clean out as well.As far as chips go, the fact a Powerchip is plug n play i might go with that,wait n see.Does it need a tune after chipping via someone with a CO2 meter and the pro...

Hey guys, i am interested in a chip for my 16v,and really only have two options over here-a chiptuning one,or a powerchip.now a powerchip is only $600(200squid) but the chiptuning one looks to be 400 euro-ouch!Does anyone have a preference?i really would like to go with the powerchip,unless someone ...