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1. Edinburgh
2. dante giacosa +1
3. paulie3 +1
4. TwelveTeaVan +1

Count me and a +1 in!

Drop your TV-remotes, and grab your polishing cloths!
It's time to warm the highland tarmac again with the wheels of Coupé FIATs!

Join us on a whizz-round tour from Stirling to Blair Atholl for lunch on Saturday 19th April.

We start at 09:30 at the Highland Gate Pub in Raploch for a quick cuppa and tyre-kicking session, before departing via Blair Drummond and Lochearnhead on the A84. Going over the Glenogle Pass, we journey to the Falls of Dochart as we pass through Killin, before following the spectacular lochside of Loch Tay down to Kenmore. From here we follow the River Tay through Aberfeldy and then over the Tummel at Logierait to Ballanluig. A quick blast on Scotland's Route 66 (the A9) sees us to our lunch destination of the Atholl Arms Hotel in Blair Atholl for 13:00.

Dig out your Type 175 and join-the-family for the first communal-drive event of the year!

I'm hoping to go to this. Thanks for mentioning it.

This is where the oil vapor recirculation hose connects to. A common modification is to delete this connection and fit a blanking plug to opening...but yours appear to be a blanking plug which has developed a hole in it?

I’m not familiar with the turbo - does EPER have a diagram that shows what should be attached to that pipe work? It certainly doesn’t look good to have it open to the outside! Was it running ok before you started this work?

It looks like the Italian car day is not going to be at Newby Hall this year and will be on 8 June at Norwood Park, Southwell which is very near to me so I’m going to book that: https://www.clubalfa.co.uk/events/national-italian-car-and-motorcycle-day-2025-656-744

Southwell is not really geared up for lots of traffic, it can be busy enough at the best of times so it could be a bit chaotic!

I’m also going to book the Newby Hall, Sports Cars in the Park at the beginning of May.

Hopefully see some of you at one (or both) of these events.

Andrew

One thing that’s puzzling me, is when removing this intake pipe, I found this hole open with nothing going into it. There’s no loose pipes anywhere hanging so nothing has fallen off so something must have been intentionally removed I gather. Would anyone know what this should be? Being open just before the turbo and no filtration can’t be that good!

Also thought I’d add a pic of the turbo and FMIC kit.

Related to an earlier post: what should I do if a bird craps on my car?

A: get a new girlfriend, of course!

Hi Simon

I guess we are all hoping for the weather to improve and get the cars out again.

Today I was free so took the car for test. Passed, no issues.

The exhaust centre box is banging on the body when the roads are rough. Not bad but will adjust it one day in the next few weeks. It takes a while to get right as there is very little room.

Now I just have the crash damage to sort on Karen's car!!!! Keeps me off the streets I guess.

There's a silver one parked in Kenilworth. Is it anyone here?

Ah yes, you’re right respace

Cheers Jamie

Just to clarify, Jamie is right about the suspension it's just the bits in between that are a problem.