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I have decided to sell my lovely FTO
I’ve decided that the time has come to sell my lovely FTO, so if you’re looking for a beautiful sports car for peanuts then carry on reading! I’ve decided to sell because I feel I’m in a different phase of … Continue reading
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Tagged For sale, FTO, GPX, Looking for an FTO, lpg conversion, Mitsubishi FTO GPX, MIVEC
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Simply Japanese at Beaulieu
Today was a great day out to the Simply Japanese event at the Beaulieu Motor Museum, I’d had my eye on going for a while, but as with any outdoor based event, I wasn’t sure if it would work out. … Continue reading
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Tagged Beaulieu, Beaulieu Motor Museum, FTO, glorious sunny day, Simply Japanese, Toupee
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Mirror Mirror on the wall…
You know how sometimes you wake up in the morning, and then laboriously clean manicure and prune yourself using copious amounts of moisturiser, numerous hair products and eternal patience, until you feel like you’re somehow presentable to the outside world? … Continue reading
MIVEC and hydraulic tappets
A while ago I produced a walk-through on how to adjust the valve clearance on the FTO’s V6 MIVEC engine. While I was generally happy with what was covered, one thing was missing, which was servicing the twelve hydraulic tappets … Continue reading
Where am I going to put the shopping?
I had the FTO converted to run on LPG about a year ago now and have reaped the benefits in running costs to point where I could probably no longer bring myself to buy petrol, and even the 20 litres … Continue reading
Where the Magic Happens
Some of you reading this (or maybe there’s only you) might be wondering, where does this guy do all the work on his FTO? I might be revealing too much here, it’s an usual situation but it works, and proves … Continue reading
Rear brakes broke
Well a while a go a very bad smell entered the cabin and it turned out to be the driver’s side rear brake caliper getting stuck, causing the pad and disc to overheat and wear down very quickly Making things … Continue reading
Nice Arse
Well I’ve always liked the look of the Toyota GT86 It’s a great looking car and similar in spec to the FTO, well maybe not entirely but when I parked next to one, I kinda stepped back and thought…hmm that’s … Continue reading
New bumper
The drive to pick up the bumper took four hours – four hours of M25 joy, but it was worth it as the bumper was in really good condition, and even had the brackets. I had a nice chat with … Continue reading
Nearly to the Moon now
This FTO now has 207,671 miles on the clock, I’ve often wondered what journeys and adventures it’s been on. I can only vouch for the last 30,000 you see, although I know when it was first bought from Mitsubishi in … Continue reading
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