Sooo, not much to report really. Ben changed out the gasket about 10 hours before I needed to set off for inters, this is what we found:
Put it all back together and the car was so much quieter..
Plodded up to inters, more then a handful of trips up to over 100 but mainly sat between 70 and 80 returned this:
So I was reasonably happy..
Took Karl out in it, just a shame it wasn't at full power, and he giggled like a child.
Downside to a weekend of anti-lag and NLS? The broken gasket situation reared it's ugly head again. Doesn't seem to have got much worse since, so i think it's just the two that are causing the issue.
Got convinced to stay at inters, here was my uber comfy bed:
Drove back with Stacey and made decent time, until I got to the M25. 30+ degrees, stationary traffic and no air con meant I was not too comfortable.
Coolant pipe went that evening, but at the other end. It's been replaced and will be replaced by a braided piece at some point soon. Left a nice stain in the tesco car park that's still showing proudly.
Replaced the front speakers with some upgraded ones on Saturday, sounds better already but need to fit the rears and some sort of stealthy sub/amp at some point.. Hoping that a better sound system for my crunkin' beats will slow me down.