Can't seem to leave the damn thing alone on a weekend, so I just have to tinker with it and try and fix things that aren't broken
I started by painting up the new rear drums I had fitted afew weeks previously, before they started to rust.
I then fitted the anti-rollbar that I acquired from a scrapyard last week, after first calling over to Chris Astleys to collect some of the ally blocks to lower the anti-roll bar
Next job was to try and strip some more weight from the inside.
Off came the last bit of sound deadening on the roof
Then I moved to the footwells in the front of the car:
Then I removed the gearstick surround, airbag ECU, airbag ECU mount, chopped abit of metal out that looked scratty, and then threw abit of black paint over it all
All back together
While in the scrapyard I spied an airbox from a tigra 1.4 16v. I've never been a fan of induction kits (TBs are more my thing

) so decided to buy it. I acquired a 2nd hand K&N for it for not much money and set about fitting it into the car. It fitted, but wasn't really straight, and the inlet hose was quite abit smaller than the XE one.
I decided I could improve on it by replacing the inlet part of the airbox with some err, drainpipe.
Picture for size comparison:
What's left of the airbox
Drainpipe all bonded to whats left of the airbox
and finally all fitted back to the car
It's not the prettiest by a longshot, but then the car/engine bay isn't meant to be. Function over form

I'd say replacing the induction kit has made a big difference, the car seems to pull alot better from lower down, and that half-arsed attempt at induction noise has now disappeared
