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hahaha awesome! Phil.

DAMN thats clean!!! great purchase there chanelle! thats the perfect base to begin your EP adventure from!!! nice find!!! keep up the awesome work, she looks mint! Phil.

nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnice! Phil.

lookin very smart Eric mate! Keep it up! Phil.

u and me both buddy! Phil.

bast*rd!!! LSD!!!! i am the jealous!!! nice one man!!! good purchase right there! Phil.

sorry to hear your having to sell up Jon mate! however, i am VERY happy to hear your coming back to the Toyota fold man!! that makes me smile in my soul!!!!! nice one! good luck with the sale dude! keep us posted! Phil.

aye, its just the crap that comes off the road here thats to blame, nothin we can do about it except keep polishin it lol!!! had the autosol at it already! calm before the storm indeed mate! very good description dude! @Dean - I've got a few aftermarket goodies for the FTE, Blitz decat, an exhaust etc etc, not goin too OTT to begin with, the plan is that it will be standard but with selected extras, that way I get used to life with an FTE before seeking out more performance. Phil.

Update The weather here tonight was stupendous, so it felt criminal to actually not be in work for once and not tinker at the car in the sunshine! so, mark and I got the earthing kit fitted, fairly straight forward really. nice smart kit, cleaned up a little of the corrosion as best as possible, not mint but it'll do the job its meant to do. no pics tonight, dad's away with his camera but i'll get on it soon! Phil.

feckin hell!!! thats shockin! kinda funny, but shockin! Phil.

bloody hell!!! I've have near fainted too! thats scary!!! glad to hear your gettin it sorted dude! all the best with it! Phil.

WOW!!! they look SUPERB!!! your dad is VERY handy at the DIY!!!! much respect to him!!! Phil.

bloody hell!!! a post from Ryan!!!! WOW!!!!! great to hear from u dude!! thanks for the advice, i'll keep an eye out for that!!!! @Kev, i couldnt have said it better dude! thank u for your support dude, i greatly appreciate it! @Joz, u got it man, it'll be worth the wait in the end i hope, i know im melting jay's head, and that Phil (GT Advance in N'castle) helped to stress Jay about my conversion even more, but i just cant help it! I just want it in!! its the summer, its time to get it in and have some fun runnin it in before the crap weather arrives again! Update - SPS earthing kit arrived from JohnEgan yesterday. looks a good solid piece of kit, not sure if i'll fit it before the FTE tho as its one more thing to remove for the conversion Phil.

lookin good man!!! great work! Phil.

the Momo mats cost me a fortune, and then i added the grills to them, in all there's like £100 invested in those mats lol! yes yes, engine cleaning, i must get around to that musnt i. I've been too concerned with tryin to sort the additonal components required (like decats and manifold....did some one say Marmalade...no, wait, JAM???? ) that i have neglected the cleanin. i will endeavour to make arrangements man, gotta A-ok it with The Boss first tho, find a time that suits for u and me and then get permission! Phil.

cheers Geo man! totally feelin wot your sayin about teleportin into another car! "That" can of whoopass, quality banter man!!!! lol! @Lewis, thanks man, gettin super excited now!! esp after a blast in Jay's Beast yesterday. obviously mine wont perform like that, but compared to the 4efe it will FEEL the same to me lol!!! @Sam....because the Momo mats are LUSH!!! i like my OEM options but i also like a little of the classy aftermarket stuff too, hunech the Momo additions in the car. i'll add OEM options all day long, but the OEM mats are fugly! Phil.

wow!!! thats gorgeous!!! always loved them in red!!!! Phil.

unreal! that looks immense mate. i need to find out what them guys do for a living, and then i need to get the same job!! some of the money there is just shockin! glad to see u had a good time mate! thanks for sharing the pics with us! Phil.

@Jay, very true mate, it will be an evolution and i honestly cant wait. every time i come across some wanker on the roads i just think "aye, u look smug now bitch, because in two months or so it will be a MUCH different story with YOU in MY rearview!!!!!" if something ever does happen to her (God forbid, AGAIN!) then it would have to be a black or red factory V for me, or the right GT (like your auto!). @Jason, thanks for the kind words man! now u know your not the only one with fond memories of past engines! @colin, i havnt had time to get down to Jays yet to clean the engine, my rota changes weekly and the little free time i have i try to see the mrs less i get in trouble lol. dont worry i'll clean it a bit before it goes in, im more concerned with gatherin up parts first lol! @MJ, good things come to those who wait indeed my friend, this FTE has been a long time comin and its about time, im tired of seein GTs with R plates and me at 25 with NO TURBO!!! not on! @Ian, thats pretty much how i feel man, i like how the car is now, so its time to take it to the next step, she's too far on to sell. Phil.

dont speak in RIDDLES young man! Phil.

your a little ahead of me there man, engine transplant aint for a few weeks yet dude, we're just having a wee mini meet in Newcastle is all. lol dunno about shedding a tear man, but fond memories i most certainly have. Phil.

thanks lads. it was just something that came into my head and so i thought i'd share it with the gang, just as a footnote in the saga of this car's stranglehold over me lol! cheers guys. Phil.

YEAH! u tell 'im MJ! u tell 'im good!!!!!!!!!!! now 'fess up sam!!! or else!!!!!!!!! (that was my best NYPD cop impersonation!) Phil.

dont u dare withold information pertaining to OEM options on me young man! dont u frickin dare!!! or so help me Samuel!!!!!! i'll come over there! i will!!! easyjet.com!!!!!!!! i demand to know wot u are up to this instant! Phil.

something has dawned on me over the last 2days; something a little sad. this meet on monday will most likely be the last outing/gathering for Project BadgerSport as an N/A. it dawned on me earlier that there will most likey be no further updates for the car as an N/A. excluding the fresh headlight bulbs and air freshener I cant see there being any more major purchases that arent made with the turbo in mind, BOVs, catch cans, gauges etc etc etc unless i pick up some more OEM extras between now and the day she enters Jays garage. and u know wots weird.......as much as i cannot WAIT to get the FTE in as it is long overdue and it will take my project to a whole new level, I am a little sad about it. a 25 yr old man, slightly depressed at losing an old friend in the form of a 1.3 N/A engine, casting it aside for a more attractive model. But as much as the engine has done me proud and hasnt missed a single beat, the time has come to progress to a more entertaining league where new challenges await. so, that being said, role on monday, role on Jay's new garage. its not often folk pause to consider the step from n/a to FTE in a conversion and to acknowledge for that brief moment the time spent getting to this stage where u are ready for progression, more often they are simply too excited with hearing a "pppssshhhhhhttt" sound from under the bonnet that wasnt there before. in retrospect, it has been a long and sometimes very difficult journey, with some serious obstacles thanks in no small part to the scum that inhabits this planet. there are a few things i would do differently if i did it all over again, but the car has turned out so much better than i could ever have imagined that i cant really regret too much of it. I will perhaps do a final spec list as she stands as an n/a on the verge of rolling into Jay's new garage, they seem to be all the rage these days, and i think its time even i saw the final list compiled together in one place. apologies for the rather introspective wandering there, clearly it was too quiet when i was cleaning the car earlier and i had too much time to think. Phil.