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  1. Stop searching.  £1250to you.  225bhp, quattro. Leggy but well serviced.  Couple of intermittent but diagnosed faults, cured with £80 of parts. 

     

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    Can also recommend many of the other suggestions on here, namely Clio 1*2, Puma, Kawasaki ZXR (mine was only a 400, and scared me shitless). 

    Speaking of scary small cars  what happened to that 20v  turbo Lupo that someone was building?  That would fit the bill. 

  2. Had an RD80LC that I bought cheap with front damage.  Rode it till I passed my test, then kept it alongside my first car, a Datsun Cherry coupe. 

    Sols it because it hardly got used after I got my car, then pooled the money from that and seeling the Datsun to buy a Mk1 Fiesta 1300S. 

    Bonus pic of me on my 17th birthday,   just before going out on my first legal ride. 

     

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  3. 11 hours ago, Fumbler said:

    AFAIK it never did- I've only ever seen engines with various single barrel and two barrel carbs on them, but only 1 carburettor per engine.

    My old XS had two carbs. Don't remember much else about it,though, aside from the fact it wasn't a TU engine. It was quite early, E reg IIRC. 

  4. Small but relevant  TT update. 

    Small annoying squeak from n/s front turned out to be a wheelbearing.  Ended up replacing with second hand hub . Whilst there, noticed two knackered CB boots  and a split bush that was advised last year. Did boots with stretchy replacements and put py bushes in the bottom arms on both sides  as they were cheaper than replacement arms  and easier to press in than standard bushes. 

    It repaid itself by passing test with no advisories  which was nice. 

    Still thinking of getting rid, but can't think of anything I really want that I can reasonably afford.  As ever, open to suggestions that could be bought with a TT and £500. 

  5. 1 hour ago, Botzarb said:

    What about this little beauty? 🤩

    Courtesy of Facebook marketplace.

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    Sunflower lanyard is an appropriate metaphor for something which was worthwhile when used as intended, but has now been turned into a useless and derided object due to the actions of incompetents and knuckle draggers. 

  6. I didn't lock the bottom end when I did the one i did.  Carefully put a bit of welding rod or a short screwdriver into no.1 pot, and turn the crank until it "peaks" markup the pulleys, and there you have TDC.  Once you've locked the top end, slacken the cam pulleys whilst you fit and tension thr belt, then torque everything up. Don't rely on the timing having been right, use the tools to reset it. The cam pulleys are an interference fit so you can get exact cam timing. 

    Youll need to Google to see which cam tool to use, and on which lobe. One set of tools is for the 1.6 and the other for 1.8 and 2.0.  There are also four long bolts in there to use  to lock them on. 

     

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