Reformed s12 nutter !!!!!

[old-and-rusty]

Hi everyone,
Can`t believe I`ve only just found this forum (after searching the internet for s12 info for the last month)
I would like to apologise in advance for the length of this post, I do tend to "waffle on a bit"
The story so far ......................
Once upon a time, in the quiet rural town of Rochdale. A handsome young man called Ian (that`s me of course ), bought himself a black 1.8 s12 turbo, which had a fooked blower.
Ian thought to himself "this motor looks rather tasty, I should pull plenty of skirt with this" (aplogies to the Lady members ).
After many months of fettling on his sister`s driveway , the car was finally finished. But little did our hero know, that the black beastie would bite back
Within two months of being driven with pride around the "upmarket" streets of Rochdale, the auto transmission went pop . This was due to the fact that our hero decided to floor the loud pedal when an "uncouth youth" (try saying that fast, twenty times when your pished ), tried to overtake in a scooby. The gearbox dropped down into second gear at over 7000 rpm, the scooby was defeated, but next day the gearbox was no more
Now our hero wishes to resurrect the old-and-rusty (that`s where I got my user name from ), black beastie, that`s hopefully where you guys can hopefully help. With plenty of good advice and sympathy when I bust my knuckles on the restoration . Cos I want the ending to be................................................ .................................................. .........................they both lived happily ever after
Seriously now....
The car has been off the road for the last six years, I`ve been in touch with Paul (silviagod) who hopefully will be able to sort me out with some body mods later this year. Originally, I was a member of the "rice burner" and managed to get to one of their meetings in Liverpool, which was pretty cool
Over the last few years my Businesses have taken up most of my time, but now I`ve got a few hours to spare, to get the old girl back in to shape again.

Previous mods (that I can remember doing) are:-

Complete engine re-build (including ported and flowed head).
Recon and upgraded t2 turbo (360 degree bearings etc).
Stainless steel single box exhaust system (which I believe at the time was the first one made by Silvia Engineering).
Boost upgrade.
HKS ignition module.
Cossie intercooler and 5th injector kit.
Electric fan conversion.
Uprated plugs and leads.
K&N airfilter.
Urethane bushes to anti-roll bars.
Lowered springs and uprated dampers.
Drilled and grooved discs all round.
Uprated pads and aeroquip hoses.
16 inch alloys.
Astra bonnet vents.
A mass of graphics, including 3 coloured zebra stripes and huge turbo graphics down both sides (sad I know, but at the time they were in fashion.......honest).
Plus a load of other interior mods that I can`t remember now

Hopefully, I will be able to get her back on the road again next year some time. I will keep you all updated and pick your brains when needed

Sorry again about the long first post. Reading it back makes me sound like a real tit

CU all again soon,

Kind Regards,
Ian.