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So I'm Finch! I've been here before by many names with many cars over the years but this ones the one to stay, I've never really progressed very far with a build blog as I tend to forget to take pictures! Not this time!

The car has been posted once before under another name but I thought I'd start again and in a few days time when works less hectic get the DSLR out and take some decent pictures.

The car is a (fairly) stock 1.4 Sport MB8 in Knighthawk Black. It has AC, PS, Alloys and Electric windows as standard and the same interior as the VTI-S/MB6 for all intents and purposes. I picked the car up in February I think it was and paid £400 with 160k on the clocks which rapidly climbed to 182k by this morning (I do ALOT of driving). I took the car for MOT on Sat and it passed with flying colours, only two advisories; Small oil leak (coming from the filter seal on inspection) and bushing on steering rack is worn. Both will be remedied in following days!

In the last few days I suspected a headgasket issue due to steam coming from around the head and burbling and bubbling in the overflow/expansion tank, I did a tstat change and fluid renewell about a month ago (do it every 3 or so months). Did a compression test this morning (dry, cold start) before work and got 220 215 225 217 so I was both very pleased and very confused to say the least! I expected a really really low value somewhere though I have no loss of power or anything. So I bled the system and tada the engine has stayed cool today and the heaters were warm! though I'm keeping water with me incase! I gave my MOT tester a call and he said he'd looked at the fluids to make sure levels were good due to the small oil leak so I'm now wondering if there was an air-lock caused by him checking the water level. 

 

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In the first 3 days of owning the car I had already ordered a bunch of stuff and dug-out a few bits I already owned.


Bought: 
VTI strutbrace - £5! - Facebook / 20min drive
VTI-S Lipkit - £??? - @Dogg1210
Domo-kun (45cm tall) - ¥1600 / £12~ - from my buddy who lives in Japan still
DC2 Wheel boss - £6 - Fleabay
"Mugen" Formula XG4 shiftknob - £5 - Fleabay (I think??)
Skunk2 bonnet risers - £4 - Old stock from old work place
Password JDM Engine and Bay dressup bolts - £??? - Old stock from work
Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance - £200 - Kwikfit (I'll never use them again, I was just in a bind, they're thieving robbing b***ards - dropped alloys off to them as car was on axle stands. They claimed to have fitted them to the car and tried to charge me £160 ON TOP for fitting)
Rover 45 Deflectors - £25 - Fleabay

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Owned:
Defi Advance ZD Clubsport gauge set - ¥60000 / £600~ - Bought it in Japan for my S14 @ Super Autobacs
VertexJAPAN 7-Star deep-dish leather steering wheel (330mm) - ¥39850 / £300 - Bought it in Japan for my S14 @ Super Autobacs

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Made: 

Few stickers - I owned a vinyl cutter until 3 weeks ago when I sold it :( 

Resistor / Fuse pack for my airbag light
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I got sick of the sagging headlining and door card material hanging more than the back lips of a 40year old babestation model so pulled it all out, leaving back door cards with material and the fronts without.. for now!

I'm fitting the rest of the kit on Sunday will then clean her again and will dig the camera out and take some proper shots!

In the next few days I'm ordering BC Racing ER's (External Reservoir), Will get those fitted along side:
 Hardrace front LCA's
 Skunk2 Upper Control arms (front)
 Function 7 rear LCA's
 Hardrace Rear Camber Arm

 Hardrace Rear toe arm
 Function 7 Rear sub-brace

 Benen Billet Tie bar

 

Blue the Aerodeck

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1.6 VTEC Aerodeck..

 Electric everything, sunroof etc for £350

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28 minutes ago, powerofdreams said:

Looks good mate. But think its a mb2 rather than mb8. Same model as mine 

Thought the 1.4 Sports were MB8 and the MB2 were just the 1.4? Doesn't really bother me either way, it'll be its own car soon or later :) 

EDIT: You're correct sir! I thought all aerodecks were MC's.. Fekin Honda!

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35 minutes ago, powerofdreams said:

I blame the aerodeck.  It's all their fault and owners lol 

Yep, Tom's the one to blame, Chandlers' Deck's too nice :P 

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