Bluebear

Will be good to get all that kit on I remember your car at JF2, looked sweet!

Sounds exactly like what I had with mine, which turned out to be a knackered HG (gasses leaking into coolant channels). Mine just kept throwing coolant out of the expansion tank overflow, your issues with the thermostat are odd though. When your engine is warm, did you ever see bubbles in your expansion tank? As morgey said above, try a completely new thermo housing first though, or at least one you know is alright. The thermostat is a very snug fit inside the housing so it may well be keeping the two metal faces apart slightly. Even when my engine was overheating, it still pulled fine and ran fine. Just because it feels alright performance-wise, it doesn't mean that there aren't any problems with the gasket.

Welcome back Ty! How do you find the looks of the GT over your old Glanza then?

Haha, you actually did something with 'derp dish'! I love you, fantastic!

Believe these are Mk3 MR2 alloys bud

Haha, your location says Blackburn so i wondered if it was the one in Lancashire. Nice EG though, always liked that shape. Would love a proper SiR.

Mate, were you on the M65 this evening? Heading towards Burnley? I saw a modded yellow Civic.

£25 FOR THE SET?! HOW IN FUCK Will look sweet once done back to their former glory, these going on the 'teg?

Volks of some kind (I can see the tell-tale band that they put on behind the spokes; badly sprayed it seems), and knowing you, I;d say 80-90 per wheel. Volk Racing Winning something or other? EDIT: Damn it all grant, you beat me to it about the inner band :(

Would the turbo have been over-speeding massively as well due to that boost pressure? Could have knackered the tubby

Nicely done!!

Next time eh... I best have bloody money next time haha

RG RG RG.

Why was that going to be broken for parts?! S13s of that shape are rare enough as it is, some touched in the head people about tbh. Glad to see you've rescued it from a bad fate, can't wait to see what you do with this Josh

Haha, that makes three of us with Volk 5/4s! Nice to see them getting love. UKSO 5/4S Club EDIT: Had to laugh Marc, someone I know on FB had linked that site while we were talking about some old SSRs and I saw the entry on 5/4s there. Sent him an email giving him more info on them.

They'll look like this I guess

Thus the age-old manta goes: Boost In, Apex Seals Out.

Are the wheels not Buddyclub P1s?

Times like these I wish I was in a better paid job...

I forgive you Jammy bastard haha!

I have a contact for an oil pressure gauge ;p

Don't break it

Aim is to get a full set now!

Quick update. On the way back from JF2, my 5th gear decided that it didn't want to stay in gear any more; holding it while travelling around the M60 and then up the M65/A55 to Burnley was fun. Corolla 5-speed box sourced for £90 notes, and I was sorted. However, first and second are really temperamental with regards to coming out and going into gear; sometimes they won't come out of gear unless I blip the throttle a bit. I'm just wondering if my clutch is giving up the ghost. Will be changing the gearbox oil again to see if that cures anything. Other than that, no updates. Money has been seriously tight. I had to change one thing though: Sard boost gauge, looks smart as fuck. The red ring isn't actually lit; its the reflection of the red needle in the metal bezel.

Real shame to see this go mate