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Hello RAX. Yes they do. Just have a look around this forum and you will find plenty of threads. Many here highly recomend Mike of Dynachip, as he comes to your home or work anywhere in the country and will do a stage 1 re-map for £225. Others have used Alive and a few others with good...

Very tempting and Screwfix only just down the road from me. Always nice to get some new tackle, but a bit concerned that even the smallest size might be a bit big due to the bolt head size being only 10mm. Might give them a go and take straight back if they don't work. I used to think Screwfix...

Wot are rounded nut removers Ratty? If they can be fitted onto a socket breaker bar they might do the trick. At present I am not too fussed about shearing the heads off as I am resigned to either re-drilling/tapping the existing captive nuts or braying them out with a punch. I once had a tool...

Self tapping bolts would further explain why these items are particulaly tight. I was hoping to avoid the use of a cold chisel as I have only a set of ramps (no access to pit or axle stands) so am limited as to the amount of swing I can get with the hammer. Hence my request for a hot spanner.

Thanks for the comments chaps. There would be access problems with a recip saw in this instance. A dremal would take a month of sundays. New decat rules not a problem if you know where to get your MOT done, although once these cross member bolts are properyl sorted, it should be easy enough to...

Just been attempting to fit a de-cat pipe. Sadly, I am unable to get a single bolt out of the front cross member that needs to be removed. There are 8 bolts, all with 10mm A/F hexagon heads. I can see the ends of the threads poking through the captive nuts and they seem to be the corresponding...

Thinking of the simple things first, might it be a good idea to have a shot at bleeding the clutch first, before diving into the gearbox? Just a thought.:)

Can your original bumper be plastic welded from behind? Google "motorcycle fairing repairs" or something like that.

I had to get the hammer and big chisel out on mine. Butchery, but it was the only thing that would work.

Caution to the wind eh? That's the spirit! I'm sure that you were always just trying to caution rather than scare me and it is appreciated. Still, re-map is still several months away yet and there is plenty of time to see how the other stages affect how the engine runs and whether they...

Thanks DaveM. You've made me feel much better in so many different ways! I have to admit to being "a bit af a lead foot" although I prefer to call it "making good progress", but I do have some sympathy for my engines and no longer do the boy racer bit. I can't afford an engine re-build. It's...

Stage 3 and the first snag. Nice day today, so got the Disco up on my rather short ramps with the intention of installing the de-cat. Manifold bolts a bit tight for a wimp like me to crack off, but off they came with a bit of grunting. Off came the cross member at the back of the transfer box...

Thanks for your words of caution DDC. I will certainly take the advice of Mike from Dynachip regarding the best course of action before going ahead with the re-map.

Thanks for all that information DaveM. Good to know that I am going in roughly the right direction with my sequence of mods. To be honest, I don't really expect the centre box delete to have much effect other than making the car sound more powerful. I have never had a centre box in bits, but...

DaveM. Thanks for the encouragement. De-cat is this or next weekend. Intercooler is after that as I have a tax rebate coming. Good to know that I can expect a good improvement from both.

Thanks for your early comments Discodrivercumbria. Re-build at 151K? Nay Lad - it's just run in! Seriously, I have ran it bog standard for 6 months and had a look inside the top end. All seems well. Any reason why you went for the re-map before the intercooler? Won't you need another re-map...

Stage 2. EGR Valve Delte Kit & Silicone Turbo Hoses. Not just a blanking plate, a copmplete delete kit. That egr gubbins still partially blocks the inlet manifold with its spindles and flutterbyes, so off it comes! £28 from Paddock. £5 delivery. Hoses came from Derby Performance Hose and were...

Stage 1. K&N Air Filter Replacement. £35 from Paddock. Postage free cos I bought a few other bits and bobs to get the order value before VAT to over £50. The engine felt a bit "fresher", but there was no discernable improvement in accelleration, pulling up the "test hill", or fuel economy...

Right, so that was the pre-amble. Now to get cracking on the de-restricting. There will be no stop watch tests or anything like that. I will just be giving a subjective view on what I percieve to be the benefits of each stage of the process. One thing I will refer to regularly is my "test...

I got a 54 plate landmark last august and it ticks all the boxes except for 2, those being:- 1. Cheap to run. 2. Goes like stink. Having spent a lot of the cold winter evenings wandering around this forum, I decided to put into action a step by step plan to do something about item 2. I...