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Interesting graphs TSD I rarely run it as high as 5000rpm haha. The highest I usually go is 4k if I ever have to get to speed on the motorway slip road , other than that it trundles along as 2500rpm most days.

Sounds good Jon! We'll be prepping it as best we can, I'll buy a tin of primer too. I've got a feeling that a lot of the yellow wasn't sanded back at all. I wash it every at times and plenty of glossy yellow is now on show . It gives me a reason to tidy the door bottoms anyway. I think whilst the wings are off I'll give the engine bay a good clean out too.

I may have to drop by An old work mate of mine has done a megasquirt build on his kit car with a bike engine so I may try and get hold of him for some information too. I'm sure I'd be able to figure it out if I read up properly but with my current job and having a wedding to plan I barely have any time hah. Sadly it's a roller job rather than spray but we'll be doing it over the space of a week (assuming we get decent weather) and will be stripping every hanging panel off rather than leaving it all together. Jess loves RAF Blue/Grey so we'll be doing that. I have seen a couple of threads on roller jobs so have decided that with it being so cheap it's worth a shot. I may do the inside, depends on if I can be bothered

I'll send you a text/WhatsApp at some point about the parts Jon! It'll finally be getting some paint next week by the way . TSD, I was actually trying to find a way to contact you through your website . If you do have any pictures floating around I'd certainly appreciate seeing them. No need to go out of your way though.

We haven't really thought about going to megasquirt with the 90. It's always seemed to be a bit beyond my capabilities so it's a non starter from a DIY perspective. I have seen the (possibly your website TSD) EP90 hybrid site with what looks like a decent amount of information but I never read a huge amount of it. I may just try and find somebody that is pretty good with Essex engines to see if they can do anything with it but the issue is finding somebody close enough really.

Well, me and the better half have had a read through everybodys comments and she has done some more maths (not me this time). Assuming I always get 13mpg everywhere in the V6 and 20mpg in a TDI (seems to be a safe number to go by based on various threads & posts I've read) I'll only be saving around £400 a year. So it's obviously not worth it really even in the long term. We did around 50 miles in it this weekend, mainly pottering about but the smiles per gallon far outweigh any potential savings. After thinking it through thorougly it'll be put on hold for the foseable future. Thank you for your input anyway!

My main motivation was as you say, fuel economy. I average around 13mpg on my drive to work . I'm fine with that for now but I also have a more economical car for most of the week which will soon be gone. On a run it's much better than that though and will do around 17mpg which from reading appears to be similar to what the original 2.5 N/A would have done? The idea with this 90 now is to keep it long term as a daily drive and using it for holidays etc so milage would be anything between 3-6k a year or possibly more depending on where we go! I do love the noise it makes though and the cabin is quieter than any of the TDI 90's I test drove before I bought this. Plenty of grunt offroad too and seems to cope easier than a friends 300tdi at times (I'm sure the huge BFG mud tyres help that too hah).

Thanks for the replies. I'll give Richards, Marshlands and Designachassis a go I think. Morning Jon! Hope the 110 is still going well. I really don't want to but the other half is forcing me to sell my other car and run only the 90 . She wants her wedding paid for .

Hi guys, First post here after signing up a while back. I own an old 90 that was previously a 2.5 N/A diesel and was converted by a previous owner to an Essex V6 using some Steve Parker conversion parts. The engine is running fine however as my circumstances have changed I'm having to consider swapping it back to a diesel unit, probably a 200tdi. I have emailed Steve Parker to confirm some bits about the conversion and he has mentioned that new mounts are welded in further back along the chassis rails and the originals discarded. My question if anybody knows of course... Can I buy replacement engine mounts to have them welded back in to the original location on the chassis rails? I have had a look around a few websites and seem to be able to find suspension mountings, outriggers etc but no engine mountings. Cheers!