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Has anyone ever thought about supercharging? Rotrex supercharger or maybe the standard supercharger from a mini cooper s? Eaton m45?

These were quite popular in the almera gti's. Some people liked them, some people said they might aswel have welded their diffs together.

i had one of these till the floor pan fell out. had a ca18det one too. GLWTS buddy.

the default limits are specified at the end of that flow chart. failing your car on the emissions is a good possibility. who is to say you didnt get the engine from a gt? I had a fiesta many moons ago. it started life as a 1.3 single point injection but the engine had been removed. It was a 1995 car or M reg. I also had another fiesta 1.6s. The 1.6 was a H reg. I transplanted the 1.6 into the 1.3 shell and took it for mot. The tester immediately said it would fail on emissions. I consulted my local Vosa testing station in beverley and got a firm answer. The emissions should be relevent to the age of the engine not the age of the car. So i booked my fiesta in for a retest with the same garage that failed it. I informed the Vosa station that i had re submitted my fiesta for testing. I was plesently supprised to see the Vosa testing van in the car park awaiting my car for test. After a "dissagreement" with the Vosa tester the Mot tester was put on the straight and narrow. Needless to say the fiesta was never a problem on emissions ever again.

check this from the current MOT testers manual. http://www.motinfo.gov.uk/htdocs/m4s07000309_1.gif if you follow the flow chart it simply tells you to carry out a vehicle specific test. by the way this is after the vehicle has failed a standard cat test. this works for ep82's and early glanza models.

On what car? Of its glanza or gt it doesn't matter about a cat. They should do a vehicle specific test (if they follow the manual properly) and the machines in the uk do not have glanza or gt on their databases. So it has to meet the minimum requirements I.e a non cat test. If its a uk n/a then you have to have one. I'll try to find the details online when I get in.

Where there's a will There's a way.

Six sided socket on 3/8 drive. Should be able to get in there easy.

45 horse powah! That beetle must have been rapid!

Or 13mm in European speak.

This thread is full of lol!

Damn I need a new manifold etc. Glwts buddy.

My friend had a nova "red top" with a set of R1 carbs. Used to run at york raceway and do some pretty decent times.

I presume they will be the same as normal? Its only the torque for the headbolts. The gasket will still get sandwiched between the head and block as normal?

When I fit charls recaros from an evo 4 they pretty much bolted in. But yea get some flat bar and weld the feet to the bars then mount the rails to the said bars with feet on. Also be carefull not to burn the carpet. ;)

Agreed. No such thing on a starlet buddy. Probably just the clutch given up.

No you don't need a cat. As the other guys have said its up to the tester to say yes its fine or ouch my ears are bleeding. Your car is subject to a emissions test. Every car is. You car will fail a cat test. If the tester follows his guidelines in the testers manual, he should then do a vehicle specific test. With starlet gt's not being a uk car they are not on the data base. So the tester must do the minimum requirement. I.e a non cat test. This also applies for glanzas.

Driving is a privilage, not a right. I do believe older generations should take a test to prove they are still aware enough to drive. Chances are the old folks that (possibly) hit your car learnt to drive many moons ago. You kno, when jousting was more popular than football.

Scrap yard. The blanking grommit is the same on celica, corrola and uk starlet.

Bonnet hinges are mate.

Where are you based?

The sensor wire is shorting to ground. Check the wiring to the sensor and the sensor itself. If you disconnect the sensor wire does it still flicker like that? If it does then the wire will have a short to ground somewhere. If not I would suggest changing the sensor.

Some people should not be let on the roads in these conditions.

Is this the 130 or 150 bhp model?

Lucky with that one bud. Could have been a lot worse. :s