Recent content by BigDaveRotary

Everyone loves a drunk purchase!

I was coming back for the day for the fiancees friends 30th birthday party. I did used to live in Basingstoke and bought one of your spare Turinis off you when you lived near QMC! I was BigDaveTrophy back when I was properly on here as a member.

Looking good. As an aside I think I saw you on the M25 Saturday just gone, heading onto the M3!

There are a few theories about the 2.5, I had my old one done as a preventative measure when I had the belts done. But I think one of the things Ford did do is put a cooling channel between the cylinders whereas the 2.3 T5 doesn't have this channel. Which when you block mod and drop the shims...

Looking forward to seeing how this turns out. Got a soft spot for them!

Welcome to the club. Proper love my little Abarth, and always thought the Punto looked good!

Bah!

Any link to the advert @leeds_182 ?

I saw this on ebay last night. So much want!

Sweet! Always been a fan of the 'charger minis since I took one round Donnington!

Love Caymans so much. Good choice sir!

I haven't seen anywhere that just sells the shims. They seem just to be cut from some sheet metal anyway! My belts are due by next year, so I will take mine to Tim Williams near Leicester to go. He charges £550 all in at the moment. Which is the best price around I think.

The current feeling on shimming the head is (on FocusSTOC)...... if you need belts anyway it just makes sense. If not, then just roll the dice to see if you are one of the few that will go. Cracked liners seems to affect standard as well as mapped. Basically a lottery!

That is really cool. Never even realised they went back that far!

^^ If it makes you feel any better my Trophy wheels came back perfect from Lepsons. Although that was nearly 2 years ago, how time flies.