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Yes I kid you not, I've been off the radar for a while but I'm back to introduce to you my new weekend toy, Steve! A few quick details/spec for you: 1999 123k miles (added a few miles already though!) RB25DET - Standard (Supposed to be 280bhp) Fresh import, landed in the UK December 2016 Turbo back 3" Fujitsubo exhaust HKS dumpvalve Blitz turbo timer Rays alloys Tape deck! I can't believe how comfortable the car is and I think it's pretty quiet while you're inside too! Love how it sounds too! I'm just glad it's not the everyday car because it gulps VPower for s**ts and giggles!

Project has sadly come to an end. With a broken gearbox and PAS pump, as well some bad rusting on the rear roof lining, I decided to strip the entire car and start over with a fresh Rover 400. Only this time I have bought an SLDi which is a top of the range model (Minus the leather interior to make it a GSDi), which means electric windows, mirrors, air conditioning etc. etc. It's also the intercooled model, so a standard 105bhp as opposed to the 84bhp from the non-intercooled model. It also means it's electronic injected so I'll have to buy a chip-tuning box to release some ponies. They have the potential of getting up to 150bhp with the tuning box and a few mods. Unfortunately these engines weren't remappable until the Rover 45 models, but the chip tuning box will give a 20-25bhp increase as well as 20% torque increase so just as good. I have a few new ideas to put into the car so stay tuned.

Haven't updated this like I should! Basically just a second outing at Cadwell Park. It was a really good day! Dave is a little sore though, cooked the rear discs and pads, split the oil-filled engine mount and split the air intake pipe but all will be sorted for the next outing at Rockingham at the end of March.

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Since my last update I've got another job so the majority of my time is working at the moment, but being part time I still manage to get a few days off a week which gives me a bit of time to work on Vietnam Ive had a few things done in the past moth and a half, including a full custom stainless exhaust, wooden steering wheel (from Japan), new wheel bearing, put in a TRS helmet hammock to put random stuff in, rust proofed and painted the new boot floor top and bottom. Exhaust is now the 4-1 mani going into a "3 downpipe to a stainless flexi, then a 24" long silencer continuing 3" back over the axle to a £20 jap can I found in a local scrappy, which surprisingly silenced the exhaust a lot! This was all made by my dad at GPZ Automotive! If any of you are around needing an exhaust making I cannot recommend my dad enough, he puts so much care and attention into making each system perfect and at a very reasonable price! The wooden wheel I imported a few years ago for my Micra and I finally just bought a boss and put it on, was strange at first being so small but I love it New wheel bearing as the old one started clonking Ive noticed that my fuel tank, filler neck and fuel lines are pretty darn rusty! :'( so im thinking when payday comes, I'll put in new copper lines, look into buying a new tank, and making a stainless filler neck, that way I won't have to worry about any of that causing issues