best bet would be to get your existing exhaust off and put it up to the car to see exactly whats what, i would say just the stainless bit in that picture is needed though.
firstly that down pipe is shocking lol look to be made from different pieces of old exhausts. in the first pic where the black circles are how is the flange closest to the back?either way it needs to come off imo there is no way i would have that on my car.what decat do you have?
i might be game dependant on price definate dates etc.might jump on the ferry from fishguard as it would be cheaper for me then drive up through ireland and meet you guys at the dock.should be a giggle
throw up a decent pic of your engine bay, if your actuator arm is moving easy id suggest getting a hks one, the standard springs are crap in actuators,there should be quite a bit of resistance in the actuator which in turn holds boost properly.
throw her in the boot of your car and take her to the most remote place you know of, strip her take everything off her then go home and leave her there.she wont make petty threats again
i would take what import companys say with a pinch of salt matei would have some one check the timing as this may well be your problem, cant say for definate but even if its spot on at least you know for piece of mind.would be worth checking the belt itself for condition and replace if neccesary.hope this helps
doesnt sound all that bad to me dude to be honest,i used to get 82 miles to around £20 with the same sort of mods as you and that was driving sensibly.my car was in tip top condition too.regular service etc etc.compression was healthy and no smoke. as said above iff you are concerned about it that much do a compression test and get your timing checked.as for comparing it to an n/a, there is no comparison beetween them they have different compression ratios one is turbo one is not.i would say that is quite normal. you could allways sell the car to me if you cant afford the fuel bill lol