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Okay so I'm posting this in here cause it's really all I look at on here, hoPe it's okay.?

Now it's time to take the garage ornament to the track for the first time in a long time (workshop drama's and life/ kids always slows things down) anyhow just wondering what everyones opinion is, sorta to do list prior to taking It down to Wakefield.

Status is;

Car has not been driven for about 7 months.( last time was run in on dyno and then tuned on e85).

• e85 still in tank and I know about it's water absorbtion quality so should I dump what's still in there prior to cranking her over?

• I will do compression test more to record as benchmark than anything else but would a leakdown be mOre beneficial?? Was tossing up making a leak down tester if it's worth it.

•brake lines are original ( read old) 1993 items is this foolhardy for a track only car??

• is speed of the streets the correct forum for a shakedown of a newly (relatively) screwed together car and equally rusty driver?

• btw ist a 32 with 25 track only

Any advice greatly appreciated

Also sorry bout User name, it was a looong time ago.

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Just give her a good service. Dump the fuel and get some ULP in there to wash through all the lines. I would drop the tank and clean it out. Put 10L of ulp in there, diconnect the igniter and crank that bad boy and get some fuel flushed through the pumps and lines. You could always blow compressed air through the lines...perhaps people with experience with old E85 in the tank can tell you just how critical it is. But suspect as long as you give it all a good fluch with ULP then dump it as well.

From there, just a good service, Check gearbox fluids, PS fluid, brkae and clutch fluid. AFM is clean., new plugs etc. A wheel alignment and check the brake calipers have not seized. Nothing major, just things to check

PRO_32 Proficient

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Tanks for the reply Roy, I thought your reply would have been less dump the fuel and more dump the 25 for a 20.

Ontopic though sounds like the old e85 is an issue though, shouldn't I flush the lines with new e85 instead of ulp? Also brake fluid tranny and diff fluid was all changed at time of tune/run in . Also was going to do general service A's it still has run in mineral oil in it, roughly how long should I run it on mineral before switching to synth have heard conflicting theorise?

Cheers

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