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Observant people will also notice the new licence plate. I removed it from Dutch tax free / diplomatic plates, and now drive it on regular Dutch licence plates. My family car (XC90) has now got the tax free licence plate, and that saves me €2,300 per year in road tax!!

Its been a very long time since I was on the forum here. The car has had a few changes in this time. Some 17" GTA wheels. Then some 18" Azev A wheels (in various colours). Now finally back to its original 16" wheels, with new tyres and plastidipped in Anthracite. The car has also had a new roof, new clutch, some new seals and gaskets. I only drive about 3,000km per year with the car, so the mileage is not much higher than last time I posted. Some more recent pictures: 17" GTA wheels: 18" Azev: and darker and with my new aeropack splitter and now finally, how she looks today

And one more.

Ok, so the car is in the garage for the last few months. Haven't driven it at all. A couple of weeks ago, I've started removing the LPG installation (the GTV has reached full project car status ) and replaced all gaskets and seals I could without removing the heads. I have cleaned the valve covers and heads of all the gunk inside (Selenia) and adjusted the valves. Spark plug gaskets were shot and leaked oil into the spark plug wells, not a nice thing to do I have an almost complete set of engine gaskets so I've changed all I could at the moment. Cams were inspected and they are fine for now. All the chrome pipes were cleaned and polished. Injectors were changed for Bosch 0 280 150 701 (166 3.0), all nuts and bolts were replaced with inox counterparts (except the M7 bolts, will get titanium ones soon). All cables, wires, grounds were cleaned/changed. Got some new conduit, etc. I still need to get all new connector boots for the injectors and other stuff. All wire looms were cleaned and retaped with textile tape. Pipes and hoses were removed (still need to work on the bottom part) and cleaned. I've replaced all clips and clamps. Will be getting new silicone hoses in the near future. The valve covers, plenum, front black plate, fuel rails and other metal bits were powdercoated. The sump will be removed, inspected and cleaned. I have ordered a new expansion tank, so will be changing that too. Will be getting a TH05H-12B soon but it doesn't have the original downpipe, so I'm looking for one as it's a bit of a problem in fabricating one without driving 60km without an exhaust. Well, I do need to make some new pipes, so who knows Which pipe diameter should be ok to use for the downpipe? As I've noticed, MHI turbos had a smaller diemeter downpipe? Should 2,5" be good? I will change the exhaust from the downpipe, remove the cat part and straight to the back. Any suggestions? Oh yes, and I'll replace the heat insulation panel from the engine this week. It has seeen better days. New ignition cables and distributor cap are in the works too. So, yes, it will be an interesting winter (btw, 15°C yesterday). 1st cylinder sensor that was shot will be changed today and hopefully the car will start this week This is the current state. Still a lot to do.

I haven't set an official date yet but I plan to take one of my cars back to Brands Hatch in May 2015. I still need to checkout date etc. I will also invite other 916 owners from other forums to join me if they can.