Mmm, might have to give that a go, welding is one thing I can do. Small update to a few bits: Transmission issue wasn't actually the clutch, it was the driveshaft shearing itself inside the CV boot. Trip to the scrappy's later and she lives again. Handbrake is honestly fine, no idea what the tester was looking at but I can't see it. New speakers are hopefully sorted, if so they'll be in by the end of the week. Changing the priorities a little after spending the last couple of days reading around the techbase, seems like the effort you have to go to for a smallish power gain on an FE isn't really worth it, so I'm going to focus on improving the handling first and then changing the manis etc when I've got more disposable cash to throw at it. Alloys, struts, ARBs and coilovers are now top of the list. Beth, good tip on taking the time to service it properly full fluid change, new filters and plugs and she purrs. Next update will be a while coming but hopefully a lot more substantial. Josh