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The nerd continues! With the Cappuccino declared SORN and the LS400 now the daily runner I think it’ll be a while until I see these kind of figures again…
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With the MOT due shortly & autumn almost upon us I’ve decided to take the Cappuccino off the road for a while to do some overdue work on the sills. As the Capp has always been my daily driver I needed a replacement for the commute and my new 1995 Lexus LS400 (see the previous post) is stepping into the breach. If you’re interested in why I chose an LS400…
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Look what just wafted down the driveway! More soon…

The second centre section of the exhaust – which begins about halfway down the car and ends just before the muffler -  is very prone to rotting from the inside, with the bends around the subframe especially prone to rusting through. I found this out not only when my first centre section disentegrated there but also when a second-hand pipe fell apart in the same position before it was even on the car. Cutting the rot out of the second pipe and bridging the gap with flexible exhaust pipe made for a temporary fix, but eventually a combination of rust and flexing destroyed both ends of the flexi-pipe and it was time to deal with the exhaust once again.
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With the Blow Off Valve installed and the boost & vacuum pipes tidied up there was only one loose end left – my SuzukiSport boost gauge, still temporarily stuck to the dash. Although the original idea had been to mount the gauge in an A-pillar pod I happened to stumble across the rather tasty 45mm OEM steering column gauge pods found in some Subaru Imprezas and figured that, although my car was smaller and my SuzukiSport gauge bigger, there was no reason why I couldn’t have my own steeering column pod too…
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