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Yes, they have been standard on turbo cars since at least 99 onwards. My 99 wagon came with 4 pots

Chris, Crane Op.....Garbo perhaps Bit scary to look at, but a nice fellow once you get past the brashness and tattoos. From Gt Yarmouth, Norwich area/ That ring a bell?

YHM....Time to come to Abz for a job interview

I was up Inverness way last week and everywhere you go Tesco supermarkets are poping up. They are getting into anything and everything nowadays; not sure it is all good Real shame for the country towns and villages I think. Up pops a Tesco and look at the effect on the local garden centres, music shops, cafes, ironmongers, clothes shops, wine shops, paper shops, butchers shops, fish shops,?..hell you will be able to go and get your hair cut there soon. The Tesco shop in Inveruire is taking more than 1 million pounds a week in turnover and they want to extend the place. Local planners are not happy, and Tesco have said fine, we will sell the site and build over the other side of railway bridge on the Oldmeldrum road?and they would get their money back in +/- 12 months. Short term good deals to me; another 10 years and where are all the family run businesses going to be that all our rural areas were built around and what will the main streets look like. I have very mixed feelings about what really is an aggressive takeover of the countries needs, not to mention the way they profile us all with the club card. Some very cute work going on there....and we don't even see it happening

Good news that things are back on track

Looks good to me My 8 year old just asked is that a toy or it it a real car .....think it will be quite real came the reply

Chris, I used to spend a couple of weeks with Marcus Bruce; he is TP now and Scott is Driller and as for that Ugly Derrickman called smiechel; he's also promoted. If it was the time we changed out the drill line on the Drawworks we were definitely out there together; I was on the floor for the whole bloody night and we did it in good time, without incident I may add. Small world, ain?t it

Speaking to a scooby mate last night who was telling me about the motorbike fatality at KH at the weekend. Was a local fellow to Aberdeen who works for John Clark BMW bikes. Info posted on the Aberdeen Bikers web site info here. Track day event was organised by his work to demonstrate their bikes. He was out on his own bike at the time of the accident; no others involved. Not the kind of news we have come to associate with track day events; very sad indeed. Condolences to his family edited - Link fixed

Chris; that was I said the blind man Was OIM on the 101 since I joined her during the build and then the commissioning phase out in Singapore Sept 99. Took her to Europe in Q1 of 2000 and was offshore Denmark until mid March 2005. She is in the East Irish Sea right now for Centrica and soon to move round to the SNS off Norwich and go to work for Tullow on the ex Shell assets. Onshore based in the Abz office now. Don?t tell me you were out there as well at some point

Supplied by Olly at Roger Clark Motorsport and fitted by Brian Downie at Kemnay. Fronts are AP 6 pots with 355 mm x 32 mm discs and rears are a set of new standard Brembo discs that Olly had machined to match the fronts. Brian Downie painted the rear callipers to match the fronts also. All fitted with DS 2500 pads. Many thanks to the aforementioned gents for an excellent job all round

This is the kit RCM fit; works fine when you are on the move. After a bit of DIY work with the "cold pipe" and bit of drilling to the fog light cover.

I?ve been away on holiday this past 10 days so sorry for the late reply. Offshore industry is a great place to be in my opinion, but it?s not for everyone that?s for sure. I started offshore on 87 and worked my way up through the Drilling Contractors side of the business, initially on semis and finishing up as a Drilling OIM for the last seven years, the later 5 on a new build jack up. Like so many who have posted on here already my work has taken me pretty much all around the world. I am now part of the Onshore Operations Management Group based in Aberdeen looking after several rigs in Europe and West Africa; more recently being heavily involved in supporting our HR department and interviewing scores of people for crewing up a rig to work offshore Denmark. IMHO you need a few basic ingredients to be successful offshore; You need to be safety orientated; someone who has ?good sense? and can evaluate risk, exposure and the consequence in every thing you do for them self; then apply that same logic to their co worker. Sounds fancy, buts it?s not; we do it every day simply crossing the street. How many times in your life have you put your arm out to stop someone else from walking across the street, when they think its safe to do so right in front of the no 9 bus. Well you need to do that every day offshore I can promise you. There are still too many folk out there that can?t think for themselves. The type that if asked to set themselves on fire and jump off the heli deck, will dully provide you with a ball of flame?quickly followed by a slash! Sounds funny, but I don?t mean to be that way, it?s what I call the reality; you will still see people do things that to me are simply that stupid. You need to be highly motivated and hard working; no place for spectators offshore?only players. (easy jobs with easy money are all gone) You need to work 12 hrs per day for 14 or 21 days periods. You need to work unsociable shift patterns and be flexible. You need to work in hostile conditions; it will be bloody tough going through the winter months. You need to cope with being away from family and loved ones for extended periods and miss out on all kinds of family events, and more importantly?.track events You need to be reliable; turn up for crew change after your 14/21 day field brake. If you can tick all the boxes, then it could be the very place for you. Be aware far too many people go offshore for a day and a dinner and simply give up. It can be a lonely old place to be with your thoughts, especially when it?s 10.30 on a Friday night and you are just getting out of bed to start shift at midnight. You call home to find out the wife/girlfriend/boyfriend/whatever are out and about on the lash. This is one of the biggest problems we have offshore with younger and newer folk to the industry. This can be brought about with all the modern facilities we have such as mobile phones, e-mail and internet; it's almost to easy to stay in touch. There is not a weekend goes by without someone, somewhere needing ashore because of personal problems at home. So you need to have that type of thing well boxed off before going offshore. If you are married or living with a partner they need to be bale to deal with the burst water pipes, the car breaking down, the dog getting run over, or you need someone like a Dad, a brother, or good friends that can fill that role in your absence. I have had help from many SIDC friends over the years with such challenges and in return do the same for others when I am home and they are away. This doesn?t mean you can not get ashore; just pointing out that it can be logistically a difficult place to be and you can?t get home at the drop of a hat. One thing that always amazed me over the 18 years I have spent offshore was the crack you can have without alcohol being involved. We like almost everyone else around the world, associate a good time along with consuming a few beers?at the very least! Consider barbeques, birthdays, anniversaries, weddings, even funerals, or it might be that your friend or neighbour just popped in and you have a beer or two. We do it all the time, but can?t offshore; that?s when you need raw humour and good moral to see you through the trip. When you get with a good crew some of the banter and stories will leave you with sore sides, both in the coffee shop and in the galley. On every rig out there we have living legends; people that could make a living with entertaining others as a full time job. For all those out there on this forum who arte interested in going offshore feel free to send me an up to date CV to Jools@JASF.co.uk I ?d be glad to share it with out HR department and also be glad to share contacts and also advise on ways of possibly getting started where I can. No promises, but advice is always free Right now there is no secret that we are facing a people crisis in the offshore industry, so there will not be a better time to get onboard; The industry analysts predict that this period we are in right now will surpass the booms we saw in the late 80?s and mid to late 90?s and that t will last for more than just a couple of years

I never answer that question on power Stephen, because I don?t know Bought the car new on 30th Jan 02. Had the early PPP on it as soon as it was developed, then it had the TSL 333 treatment a few years later, then last winter it was worked on by Matt at RCM and mapped by Bob Rawle. The only figure ever spoken about with Bob and RCM was that they would get me 350 out of it and I was fine with that. My thoughts are BHP are nice, but are often meaningless in the real world, and by that, I mean on the road. The overall package is the key to unlocking a fast road car and it has been mapped for fast road use. With the 3? RCM exhaust system, c/w RCM headers, their own turbo mod & induction kit, race flywheel, AP clutch, front engine pulleys, then a remap by Bob Rawle you have a Sti 7 that spools up like a jap motor bike and pulls like a Canadian log truck. Add to all that the previous suspension tweaks, ARB, anti lift kits, quick shift, strut braces, aggressive geometry settings and not forgetting removing over 120 kg of bit?s out the car, and from the car, then it?s not a bad package I guess. I?m sure it?s not the fasted out and out Scoob around by any means, but as a point A to point B road car.....well suffice to say I have not been embarrassed yet. Can't wait till this winter when it goes back for the next round of upgrades

Had a right blast the other night with a 330 evo 8 on the way home from work. Long story short, came up behind the said car and could see the 330 on the back; thought to myself this will be interesting. All things being even this evo would walk away from a standard Sti, so kepth the car quite and was in "stelth mode" as we made our way through some solid traffic and through a roundabout. Evo and me both in the fast lane as we exited the roundabout with a clear road ahead. Well this evo was off Now at this point I?m suspecting that he?s thinking he?s going to leave this MY02 Sti behind in his wake. Several seconds later and I?m still following (fairly close I guess) waiting for him to pull over. All he is doing at this point is holding up progres. I'm sat there with big smile in his mirror?and reminding myself what a genius Bob Rawle and the team at RCM actually are. We played cat and mouse, sensibly I may add for several miles, with me soon sat up front. The best bit was the unspoken banter between the two of us as we made brisk and safe progress. Good fun and was great to see two fantastic cars laughing with each other, rather than the usual stand off evo v scoob thing. Also made for a quick journey home from work too!

Excellent news Craig?shame about the phone! Ian has been very helpful here and a testament to the Scooby community in Scotland; long may it continue folks

As above, ianj took some parts down from Aberdeen yesterday and is through in Glasgow tonight. Can anyone pass on phone numbers for Craig please? The mobile no ianj has for him says it is no longer connected. Ian says that squirrel has his home phone number, so calling on the ?Scooby Do jungle drums? for help. Craig has my contact numbers and we have already tried calling swiggi, but can?t get him either! Cheers

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I have a set of ?Subaru Sti Pink? Sti 17? alloys with RE070?s on them. In as new condition and ideal for track use, hence the bright colour. Not many folk going to steel these from the paddock area when I was running 18? alloys with Good Year GSD3?s when it is wet. Open to sensible offers

From Aberdeen we could have 4 cars heading south to start with. I'd like to get down to AWD for a look see JAC Iaing Power Junkie Wuz Fancy a drive down over yonder hills guys

Updated info I have a few bits and pieces left for sale. Aberdeenshire area Tow bar with detachable swan neck assy £200 Sti 17? pink track alloys with good RE 070's £400 Complete PPP kit, Cat DP, BB exhaust, etc. (early one with Gems daughter board) £550

Have done all the above, apart from WRC rear spoiler. ? White line ARB, Anit lift kit and drop links, followed by strut braces. Cheapest and best mod. ? Defi gauges; you?ll need them once you start modding to keep an eye on things. ? Exhaust and induction ? Re-map ? AP 6 pots and 32mm x 355mm kit. ? WRC mirrors and rear spoilers as & when. The advice true racers would give is slightly different; It would be handling, brakes, then more speed, but I think the standard brakes are very good, hence why I leave the AP brakes to last. They are the icing in the cake and worth every penny btw.

If anyone is heading south let me know please; need to get some parts doon the road to swiggi and Craig Many thanks in advance if you can help us out

WR 1MPOSTER, No, PPP will only work on a MY02 period car. Swiggi; we need to get the brakes down to you bud. Anyone travelling from Abz to Glasgow?

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