cheers steve ic now fully operational that bit of inspiration about the stubby pipe of the old plastic one works a treat I gave it a bit of a run up the road wound her up to about 80ishhhhhhhhh and not a problem. all we have to do now is fit the shiny t28 P.S would ic affect the boost as I dont have a boost gauge fitted yet so I dont know what its running at please advise once again thanks steve