I should be around this weekend chill-axing...if you get stuck and can FaceTime or Skype I’ll pm coordinates

The 1999-2001 P80 models are running Bosch ME7 management software which is less forgiving than the earlier versions.

Running stock wastage more than 2 turns off factory has been reported to bend rods - careful with that boost!

Mark Tyler Whats your budget? You can get a solid P2 chassis 2002-2007 well under 10k and that is definitely a very safe ride and fixable at home. Parts are reasonable and MVS is the best DIY website for any make on the web , frankly. If you pay to maintain, all cars are expensive. Reliability wise,...

It sounds like you have the single piston Girling? Rear caliper

I found the piston seals on Lisle for $10 but it looks like the piston and dust seals are NLA

My mom has a house three doors down from me, and I put it on to make that trip (obviously when we are headed out, not to drive 100 meters)

When my kids buckle up to move the car in the driveway, it warms the heart.

he only thing i noticed is that the intercooler hose running to the intercooler was duct taped by the previous owner.

a tiny leak here will kill you..I would replace that hose ASAP.

Very little for old vacuum hose replacement. 20 year old rubber hoses all pretty much need replacing.

It’s a well made unit and if you pull it out you can probably fix any leak with JB weld.

Lisle does show 9190695 available by the way ( sorry , that’s 1998-, on edit)

Check my cold idle thread from earlier this year, see if I snapped a pic of the hoses I used to replace same If you can’t find searching with V70T5m56 in search string it is linked in my maintenance repair thread for 1999 T5 nautic blue Found it. Hose sizes are on a piece of paper written in sharpie...

Look at your fuel trim values at idle and at 2500 rpm to diagnose vacuum leak. At higher mass flow the leak won’t matter and the trim will tend back to a few percent. At idle , it will float to 15-20%, if you have a leak.