For a while I had noticed that my tubby was running a bit pants which was getting worse.
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This was especially noticable when on full boost.
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I attended the Coventy meet
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& was told that my CAT might have come loose
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& dropped onto the sensor by a fella that was obvioulsy an old hand in the MR2 world
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(Sorry mate can't remember your name) making the engine mgmt light come on.
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I decided to fit the HKS hipower
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& Aussie dp that I had bought some time earlier now I had a half decent garage to work in
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(the garage is a different story).
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I started to fit the exhaust
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& 10 hours later it was on
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& ready to go.
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Starting up the note was sweet! left it to warm up
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& checked for oil leaks etc.
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Then the time to take it for a spin, drove to the end of my entry
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& into a heavily double parked road, decided to see if things were any better
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& put my foot down.
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AAAAARRRRRrrrrrrrggggghhhhhh I was sent sideways thrashing back
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& forth, fish tailing I was so close to stuffing it into one of the parked cars, I must have only been a fag paper away on a couple of wobbles.
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I think it was safe to say that the totally knacked cat being removed had made a difference.
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Very very close.
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A lession learned, only test drive on clear open roads.
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I now have renewed faith in the MR2
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'O' Love.
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