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And a big thanks to Billy, you ase a scholar sir! Graeme

Sorry to hear that Billy, Get yourself another terzo, you know you want to! All the best Graeme

the cheak of the greasy little barsteward!!!! http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?p=33267995&posted=1#post33267995 Graeme

He is in the States unfortunately, I take what she said with a pinch of salt anyway as she was the one posting up the BS about him being in a near fatal car crash and posting up some pictures of a crashed RHD BMW back in August ontop of clearing out the family home whilst he was abroad, I was still in communication with him till the 13th of August. I recon this is just another smoke screen Graeme

Not good news I am afraid I found his wife and sent her a msg Graeme McFarlane 09 February at 13:09 Good day, I am hoping you can help I am sure that you are the correct person I have been looking for, your Maiden name was ......... and have two kids by the names of ...... and ...... (asked a former employee of your husbands to confirm that this ID was you) I have been trying to track down Mike Sturbberg who also went by the name of Ron Williams of a company called Raw Performance in Il. I contracted him to build an engine for me and supply some other parts, I received the engine but never received the Cosworth dry sump oiling system that I paid $3000 for. I phoned Cosworth in the States and they confirmed that this order was never paid for. I am looking for Mike to contact me so we can talk about what went wrong and hopefully get my money back, even in installements, as this has put the brakes on me getting my car back on the road. I would ask that Mike give me a call on (my mobile number) for a chat. I do not want to argue, I just want to have an adult conversation to see where things went wrong. Best reguards Graeme Mcfarlane And got this reply Colleen 09 February at 23:02 Report You have the right person, but unfortunately I can not help you. We seperated in November and have not spoken since Christmas. The last time we spoke, he was making plans to return to the Ukraine. Are you aware that he petitioned and was granted bankrupcty for both business and personal matters in August? If you made payment before August of 2010, it would have been dissolved within the bankrupcty. You should try his personal email, which is boogerwrx@yahoo.com Unfortunately I did not know he filed for bankrupcty therefor could not put a claim in Graeme

White Spec C and get yourself a set of rear lights from the 05 STI Graeme

Aye my 2005 STI is green also

Option 1 (I wonder where one of them 400+ bhp turbos might be sitting along with full exhaust, up pipe and 800cc injectors ) Graeme

no they wont fit under his 17's or thats the size of disc I would have gone for Go on Dave, just stick them on the way they are, you know you want too Anyways I'm off to have a look at my engine mounts as it has finaly dried up a bit. graeme

Some news from a couple of days ago- The engine is IN the hole but unfortunately there is a but the engine seems to be sitting approx half an inch too far back in the engine bay as the brace coming from the bulkhead down onto the gearbox won't fit and the engine mounts are sitting flush on the crossmember so it's not as if the engine is tilted arrrgghhhh. Just need to wait for it to stop raining long enough to let me roll about on the ground to get the mounts back off and check them Graeme

working Graeme

Yea, just got it, (not checked it for a couple of days ) Thanks for the info, gives me a much better idea of what is going on with fitting the kit I will need to get a couple of photos of the kit as it is truly a work of art and made from quality parts I am getting some spare flywheel bolts from Craig McD today so hopefully will see the engine slotting in either tonight or tomorrow All the best Graeme

well got a bit of progress today. Unfortunately the oil tank for the dry sump wont fit with the top mount intercooler so it will have to wait till the car is run in and ready to be mapped when the new radiator and front mount will be fitted. Engine is all ready to go in once I source some new bolts for the flywheel as these were over tightened and were a complete barsteward to get off and unfortunately the bolts are now not re-usable. AP's are also on but there was lots of swearing in this department too, on the passenger side the bolt holding the caliper was cross threaded and sheared off and also the bolts into the suspension have been horsed right up without any grease so again were a nightmare to get off, ended up with me bouncing on a breaker bar to get it loose and as many of you will know I weigh 17.5 stone!!!! So thats all work stopped till Monday till I can get some new bolts for the flywheel apart from me pumping the full tank of year and a quarter petrol out the tank tomorrow Graeme

Oh the joys of people using impact guns, so far I have managed to get 2 of the bolts holding the flywheel on but one of my extension bars is Dead, so who will sell high tensile bolts for a flywheel on a sat?

I have seen it before elsewhere, makes me laugh every time!

So sorry to hear this, I think I only met Spot2 once and from what I remember he was a hell of a nice guy. I am sure all our thoughts are going out to his family right now Graeme

Kit arrived this morning before I got home from the ship, after a little bit of head scratching I think I have figured out where all the hoses go, got the windage tray installed and also the pump installed to the sump pan. All I need to do appart from fit the kit is to phone Paul to find out in what way my water pump needs modifying and to get a male to male fitting (ooh err, easy tiger!! ) to join the supply hose to the standard position oil pump housing. So the plan of attack for tomorrow is to give my brother a hand swapping out the turbo in his car as the bearing has gone and re-fit everything. Tidy up his garage so I can work on my engine during the hours of darkness in a decent light and a bit of warmth! Hope to be updating the thread a bit more often over the coming days and weeks Graeme

Had another wee chat with Paul today, he didn't realise how frustrated I was, everything seems to be ok as we have come to an agreement. All going well all parts should be with me by Wednesday. Looking forward to getting the parts fitted will get an update and pictures posted once I get the bits Graeme

I ordered the sump kit way back in September after being screwed by Ron at Raw performance for 3000usd. I payed Paul at zen £3000 over the course of 3 months with the last payment being at the start of November. When I ordered the sump kit Paul told me that he had one kit left, and after receiving the first payment he would sent the parts required to close up my engine which never happened. Every time I phone him up he has excuses as to why it has not been sent (too busy, forgotten and the latest making installation instructions as this is the last kit left) I phoned him AGAIN last week before coming to my work and he told me he was very sorry been busy etc still making the instructions, anyway I instructed him to send the stuff out or we would have have come to other arrangents. He assured me that it would be sent out to arrive at my brothers house no later than Friday last week and it has still not been sent. Also he has not even bothered to order the oil holding tank as of last Tuesday either now saying it might need a modification to the design ( he has only had since September) and that it would take 10 days to manufactor and would be sent out seporate to the sump and pump I tried to phone Paul this morning but only got his answer phone so I left a MSG stating if I did not have the sump kit in FULL by the te I come home on Wednesday I want a full refund bearing in mind I have also bought a set of headers from him along with 2 rolls of wrap for £700 I think that for someone who has paid £3700 to a company, is being treated like crap and I am very dissapointed Graeme

Well after £3000 and months of broken promises Paul down at Zen is becoming very close to being told to ram his dry sump up his own sump and give me my money back Grrrr Graeme

Must admit Gary quoted me happy for the first time 650 with mods declared must be because I have hit the magic age of 30! Give Gary at Keith michael a go and also try a-plan, they have always been the cheapes for me declaring my mods Graeme

At least the STI is in the correct colour!!! (below the mud) Graeme

Would be interested bepening on dates Graeme

See what acetingtong can do as always good to keep money in the club where possible I see Camskill have no stock of F1 GSD3's but another tyre on par is the Toyo T1R which can be had for £70 quid each from them http://www.camskill.co.uk/products.php?plid=m54b0s16p1697 I have had these fitted and did't notice any difference from the goodyears I can also recomend the verdaerdasteinan (ok I will just copy and paste) VREDESTEIN ULTRAC SESSANTA (caps because that is what I copied) very good in the wet but need to run a wee bit higher tyre pressures with them. Very good in the wet and still below your quote even when you factor in fitting http://www.camskill.co.uk/products.php?plid=m54b0s16p12403 Graeme (ps i realy liked the 070's except when it was greasy)

Watching porn then?