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I drop it out the bottom onto a custom trolley I made. It's not particularly low though so it does get a bit borderline getting it out. If you have the head removed, that should buy you a good bit of clearance. I would recommend borrowing or hiring a crane if you can though. Makes things a lot...

Lots of people opt for the manual rack, so if you want to keep it, do it. No issues not using the power rack.

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That's why I am super careful with mine. When I got it rebuilt, I had anxiety about it being somewhere else, especially when they broke a gear and had to replace it!!!!! All good in the end though

I have 1 in a box in my shed, maybe I should sell it!!!!

Most people come from the cigarette lighter or stereo supply.

Imo I wouldn't waste my money doing it again. With more power comes a smaller power band and less driveability. It's fun for a while, but it does get old pretty fast. If I was to do it again, I would probably go 5e and spend decent money on a good turbo. The improvements wouldn't be huge over...

Just unscrews. It can be a bit fiddly if it hasn't been off for a while (or ever). Once it gets moving, it should be fine :)

It will be restrictive. It will be ok for a stock engine on stock boost, just not ideal. It will get you out of trouble, but you would be better off with a sports cat.

When warm, try partially covering the hole in the throttle body just Infront of the butterfly. If you can lower your rpm via that, then it could be the stat at the bottom of the throttle body that isn't working properly and allowing more air to pass than required.

Probably just the idle screw needs a tweak. Iacv makes little difference if any once the car is up to temperature.

I would go with changing the whole distributor completely. Ground wise, yes there are 2 main ones, onto the chassis and onto the gearbox. These do get old and degrade so supplementing this with additional grounds won't hurt. There is also a main sensor ground on the intake near the idle...

Have you checked for ECU codes recently to see if that gives any clues? Any vacuum leaks. Has the tps been setup correctly? Is your Ignition timing correct? Is your cam timing correct? Alternator charging ok? All your earth's good? Do you have any other electronic things connected? Fcd...

I'm not expecting to be able to do everything. Just some ideas, especially from anyone who has been (or lives there). As time will be short, I want to make the most of it. Ideal world I would travel back to the 90s and visit Japan for the cars, but I don't think we are quite at time travel yet ;)

I've tried everything including special lined silicone and nothing seems to work other than the stock pipe. It's nitrile rubber, but it seems a bit of a mission to find one the right size with a right angle!!!! If you find something, please share. It's 19mm Inside diameter