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A slight detour after seeing Mike's RSR and via Bristol I ended up at TuboThomas' place in Redditch to collect some parts....

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Superb workmanship, well pleased!

And the man hard at work.... he apologised for the grimacing :lol:

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lambda fittings 8)

Assume that's your new back box .. very nice. I'l be VERY interested to see / hear how you get on with it ;)
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Looks great Mick, and that reminds me I need to get back in touch with him :wink:


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hot66 wrote:...Assume that's your new back box .. very nice. I'l be VERY interested to see / hear how you get on with it ;)
Yup, new back box and SSI's :cheers:
After a 600 mile round trip over the weekend I'm looking forward to getting my hearing back :roll:
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I now need to find time to fit it all - don't hold your breath!
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Just fitted one of his systems to my 3.2 Carrera, just faultless.
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Looks great Mick - did he make the heat exchangers as well ?

You should have mentioned you were going to be in Redditch - I'm only about 20mins away - you could have called in for a tea/coffee.
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Turbo Thomas = Highly recommended individual, one of the good guys :cheers:

Here's the custom exhaust he made for me some 10+ years ago for my supercharged motor. Still looks as fresh as the day he built it.

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How many cups of tea did you have?
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Nice looking set up Mick.
One question - what are lambda fittings?
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Be very interested in the sound when you have it fitted Mick.
I'm just interested in the back box, any figures how much the rear box was as I do like the look of it.

Hopefully you'll have it fitted over the next few months and see you at one of the events.

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brembo wrote:Nice looking set up Mick.
One question - what are lambda fittings?
A threaded socket for an Oxygen sensor which measures the fuel/air mix by "sniffing" the exhaust.
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Love to know the noise from it in dB.
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Lightweight_911 wrote:Looks great Mick - did he make the heat exchangers as well ?

You should have mentioned you were going to be in Redditch - I'm only about 20mins away - you could have called in for a tea/coffee.
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dean1057 wrote:Be very interested in the sound when you have it fitted Mick.
I'm just interested in the back box, any figures how much the rear box....
You have pm Dean
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Can you pm me too please? :)

HukentAny chance of a vid clip for us?
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