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Well my dad has just bought this:

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He'll be collecting it in over a month. He specifically wanted this model because this is the one he drove in the British Rally and many others (including internationals) back in the days when he was competing. Now it's going to be his daily driver for the winter when his MGA needs to stay clear from the salt. So it's a bit like if I were to buy an E36 M3 in 2050. Very romantic.

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Refurbished a spare distributer with a wire brush

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The bought an ultrasonic cleaner and tried it out on my WUR casing

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Next job is the injectors!

Had my car tuned by a specialist today and it's like a completely different machine, very happy! Even better when it cost me £25. Also got a bunch of spares and a free Dansk exhaust to whack on when I'm next home. Annoyingly I need a new exhaust manifold gasket so I'm going to get plus gassing the nuts ASAP ready for when I'm back home to fix it

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I was tempted to buy an US cleaner. They can be had pretty cheap from maplins, but I did wonder how much I'd use it. I did want to have a go at injectors just because it's not going to do any harm and it's a lot cheaper than sending them off. I did have loads of other little brackets etc that I wanted to do.

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Yeah I got the maplins one, figured it was worth a punt at the price! It took about 15mins to get that casing as clean as it is, which I figured wasn't too bad as i could go off and do other jobs whilst it worked. You have to be careful with some coatings, it removed an anti rust coating from a cheap cassette I tried and also the anti glare coating from my really old glasses that I tried cleaning!

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Forgive me if this is a stupid idea but I've been posting about getting an mr2 for a while now and I now have the funds to look properly.

My first choice would be the mk2 rev3-5 na due to 30mpg average as opposed to a mk2 rev3-5 tubby. Could I install a switchable ecu for stock boost for a thrash and low boost for mileage.

Would low boost / off boost get closer to the 30mpg mark? And would it still have the power of an na or would it be less? I'd post this on mr2 oc but using that site on a phone is a pita.

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