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What year is your car? Some years have 2 catalytic converters, some years only have 1 If yours had 2 to begin with, it may have passed the emissions test just on the performance of the one remaining

Depending on your country they may have sold it? I know from another thread that they can be hard to find in some places now Removing it wouldn't help with emissions test, the inlet air temperature would go higher as right below the air intake on the engine is the hot exhaust manifold, the...

I think if this thread had proved anything is even the ****test car there will be someone out there who thinks "I wouldn't mind that actually"

I think it's a straight swap

yeah true, that might be for the best with it being naturally aspirated

It was a last summer and I noticed the whole bonnet and top of the engine was very hot, was trying to diagnose the issue and landed on timing eventually. I think the intake pipe is above the exhaust manifold on these cars but if you can redirect it further away it should stay cool. You can get...

I've measured the airbox at 45 celcius and it felt hot to the touch, but my timing may have been slightly off at the time Not sure if it will be cooler or hotter while running at speed, I'd imagine the problem would be after a motorway run when it's idling

The peak amp draw for the motor has to be lower than the continuous rating of the fuse 15 amp is low for a 12v system, it's 180 watts I couldn't tell you what value the fuses are for various places, I haven't been out to my car in weeks. I know the engine bay fuses are typically higher than...

The cig lighter should have power when the car is at ignition or on, maybe the fuse has blown? Otherwise you could use a multimeter and splice into a wire, and they also sell fuse splitters (not sure on the name, but they're common for installing dashcams)

I think that's by design on these cars Only the front one on mine activates when I spray the jets, not the rear. My guess is that the first one is a legal requirement so that the driver's view isn't obstructed but that the rear one isn't a legal requirement and so only that way on some cars and...

I find it difficult to research suppliers as once they were all good quality, and inevitably they get bought out and the quality drops The people who sell these cheap international parts know that in order to flog them they need a reputable brand, so they buy one, replace the product line with...

I believe you can get a bluetooth one that connects to an app on your phone now Depends what connectors they have, they only standardised them around the year 2000 in the UK, Americans and Japanese auto manufacturers had it done around 1995, there's a wikipedia article about it somewhere for...

Ah the ladies love it though Paint your micra interior like that you'll have to drive around with the doors locked and windows up to keep them out or else you'd never get home

Yeah, a tip is to use spray paint and spray it into the lid, then smear/dab it on with a sponge so it gets into everywhere evenly You can get spray paint especially made for plastics which is probably the best bet, the brand we have here is 'Plasti kote' - they're designed to evaporate quicker...

yeah these things need a bit of work to prevent the rolling, they roll like a boat It's a feature, it saves the tires ?

no idea what it's made of, it'll be some sort of softer plastic probably, a mix of a lot of different materials Makes it very difficult to clean as a lot of the solutions strong enough to clean it will also probably damage it - depending where it is you could always paint over it save yourself...

looks like you solved the problem on your own I'm unsure how much difference it would make I'd be inclined to trust tornado systems since they will have experience and for most people it's not a mod they would have done most people tend to stick to the same mods, you could probably sell the old...

Some sort of stiffer rotation brush might work for that, it seems like it's very textured If you had an old electric toothbrush you might even be able to clean it with that, I've never tried it but I've seen them do similar on youtube car detailing videos. Perhaps there is a video of someone...

The first one I don't recognise as anything specific, but it sounds rotational - possibly some sort of pulley causing an issue on one of the accessory belts, or it could be the chain I mentioned before but impossible to tell, sounds clunky, like metal, but doesn't sound like engine internals to...

exhaust manifold running blue hot looks good anyway You know what else had blue exhausts? Spitfire ????