RATS' Test Mule

keep it on topic chaps

[simontaylor]

Why wont my car start....... but there is beer in the fridge

Now with added value MOT

I replaced all calipers ,pads and disks + new front rubber and no advisories
Just knifed out the dodgy drivers lamp glass and have a decent one to go in ,service and that's her on the road for Sept

although crap, you gotta hand to ashford and simpson for getting in some titles before the smiths, nirvana, hot chip, the clash and Pulp as well as just getting away with murder with some of their other titles.

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"You Don't Owe Me Anything" (credited as Valerie & Nick) — — — — —
1974 "Have You Ever Tried It" — 77 — — —
"Main Line" — 37 — — — I Wanna Be Selfish
1975 "Bend Me" — 73 — — — Gimme Something Real
1976 "It'll Come, It'll Come, It'll Come" — 96 — — — Come as You Are
"One More Try" — — 9 — —
"Tried, Tested and Found True" — 52 34 — — So So Satisfied
1977 "So So Satisfied" — 27 — — —
"Over and Over" — 39 — — —
"Send It" — 15 — — — Send It
"It Seems to Hang On" — 2 — — 48 Is It Still Good "19 — —
"Stay Free" — — — —
"Happy Endings" — 35 — — —
1981 "Get Out Your Handkerchief" — 65 — — —
"Love It Away" — 20 — — —
"High-Rise" — 17 41 — — High-Rise
"It's Much Deeper" — 45 — — —
"Solid (as a Rock)" 12 1 15 34 3 Solid
"Babies" 102 29 — — 56
1990 "Hungry for Me Again" — 40 — — — Def by Temptation

And Stay Free by Hull indie band Kingmaker. Can't believe that was '93 20 years ago now, blimey.

http://www.maxilyrics.com/kingmaker-sta ... -18dc.html

The things she does just for money
What a drag it is being broke
She'd like to stay in bed forever
But it wouldn't even pay for the rope

You can't but stare at her baby
With her eyes of Sellafield green

She'd love to stay free
She'd love to stay free

little bit of Fergal Sharkey voice going on there ....don't mention time flying by Darren ...feck-me , I always think things happened yesterday only to find it was a few decades back

Indeed Lee my friend, indeed.

All the punks are pushing thirty years
And are hardly feared
All the young dudes
Work for all the old brutes
In expensive suits

Ten years asleep
'cause your grave is empty
But already dug

Ten years of spreading knees
Instead of the news
So don't complain that...

Those lyrics were 20 years ago. The punks are pushing 50 now.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRBOmli-Fwg

I was listening to old cassettes in the GTA as I haven't had a chance to pop some CDs in. It's in keeping with the car

Fear not though. All we need is some of this Lee and it'll be like the 80s all over again.

don't need it mate ...I can do a good Bob Smith without it

don't need it mate ...I can do a good Bob Smith without it

need a bit more smudged lipstick and some eyeliner mate.

You look too happy. And you need a pair of Wayfarers.

It's not like you often saw Robert in a party hat

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5h2HaYraEY&feature=player_detailpage#t=9

If I want miserable then Morrisey is the man ..no-one does a better self indulgent whine .


Back to the boring car thing .....Was overfueling like a 'stard ....popped a gauge on the reg and it went off the scale ..7 bar + Fitted another and all good again, the fuel pumped has quietened down since ....................
.Can't wait till Sept and get it taxed and on the road proper .I'm cherry picking the NOS pile and on the lookout for a decent turbo lump to rebuild over the Winter .

Might have to grab that set of cams from you MoFo and build up a lump to throw in it innit .Unless you fancy doing a set of heads as well whilst I'm at it .

I was thinking of offering a 1 off sale / clearance parts package at the RATS Northern meet of the following matched items for 2.5ltr GTA turbo:

1. set of stage I reprofiled cams,
2. modified Renix ecu
3. uprated injectors
4. rebuilt upgraded turbo to match

Power output circa 265hp.

As to heads, yep had a thought, will send a message down the pipe..

Martin

Hopefully a few of our tuned ones will be there to show and tell .I've got to chase up a few bods on various fronts .

Might have to grab that set of cams from you MoFo and build up a lump to throw in it innit .Unless you fancy doing a set of heads as well whilst I'm at it .

I was thinking of offering a 1 off sale / clearance parts package at the RATS Northern meet of the following matched items for 2.5ltr GTA turbo:

1. set of stage I reprofiled cams,
2. modified Renix ecu
3. uprated injectors
4. rebuilt upgraded turbo to match

Power output circa 265hp.

As to heads, yep had a thought, will send a message down the pipe..

Martin

Stop tempting me! I have more important things to spend my cash on!

Such as ????

Bish bash ..drop the frame, swap the cams ..on the rollers ...you haven't seen me, right !!

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