The Budgie rebuild 2011
11 December 2010, 08:24 PM
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The Budgie rebuild 2011
After buying the above uk sti back in September 2008
I had hoped to use the car for track days and fast road use
I bought the car from a private owner from yorkshire with all the TSL advertising very prominent, not a big problem at the time
The car was advertised as a 500bhp/500lb,ft track tool
Graham at TSL was a hard person to get on with and tried to talk the current owner out of selling the car to me
I soon found out that the car was constantly back at TSL with one issue or another, some down to the owners lack of respect for heating and cooling, and some down to his choice of driver assistance. In fact the car was at TSL when i bought it and the owner handed over 3.5k to TSL for outstanding work as I handed him the purchase fee.
I asked the owner for the build spec of the car but to no avail so asked TSL for the info, they told me that it was up to the original owner to surrender the info to me. In other words , get stuffed. This was the day before the TSL logo's came off the car and the last time I wanted to give them the credit for the build.
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11 December 2010, 09:16 PM
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budgie long time no speak, last time i saw you wash at the rolling road day with tx a p1daveyboy hope all is well and will keep an eye on this tread
have a great xmas
steve
have a great xmas
steve
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My guess is the head-gasket, he's been having some coolant overflow issues on the track.
Second guess is FB Tuning aka Fiestaboy aka Rich will be doing the work
Second guess is FB Tuning aka Fiestaboy aka Rich will be doing the work
11 December 2010, 10:05 PM
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the build is needed as the car has never delivered what TSL said it would
I have put my faith and credit card in the hands of
Richard at FBtuning
let the results speak for themself
11 December 2010, 10:07 PM
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head gasket seemed ok
valve stem seals were not fitted correctly though
hence the oil problem
pics to follow
11 December 2010, 10:18 PM
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just looking for a reliable track day tool that will hold its own
will try and update as often as i can, btw
Richard does not need my car to prove his ability
he had his own 617bhp classic for that
11 December 2010, 10:22 PM
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Owe and his dog is
and he has a missis that loves scoob's to im so jealous
11 December 2010, 10:35 PM
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I know fella ive seen it in the flesh also and had him map my car which is outstanding now to say the least,he really is awesome at his job and deserves all the credit and work that follow's
Owe and his dog isand he has a missis that loves scoob's to im so jealous
Owe and his dog is
and he has a missis that loves scoob's to im so jealousget the missus on board and its job done
my wifes car below
subtle but rare and refined
