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Ok, thanks Peeps, will take all this advice on board. (Brian I have done a lot crying this year with this motor believe me)

I did a lot of checking on Tinternet before I went ahead with these mods and didn't really see many bad reviews on this Synergy thingy mabob.

My MAF is naf anyway so I will get another and see what happens. I didn't really understand all the techno speak but I appreciate your comments and will remove the synergy if I get problems (now I'm aware that it could potentially kill my car?). I must say although I love the 75 the stock performance is a total let down. That and all the other problems I've had with this car will not prompt me to get another one.

I've had the car for three years now and not spent much on it so far, exhaust, couple of tyres etc, but this year all the problems came at once. I need to get a year out of this one now that I've spent a bit on it. I thought I would get all these repairs done rather than buy another car for £2000 with potentially the same or more problems to fix. At least all the running gear should be ok.

The only thing that saved its life this year is the body work and the underneath are in tip top condition.

PROBLEMS FIXED THIS YEAR £1200 spent

1. Boot arm deep in water, filled back seat as well before I noticed it. Both rear light cluster gaskets fixed it.
2. Plenum with lots of water in it just caught in time before ECU fried, cleaned out all the drains and fabricated aluminium mesh covers for the open sides of the plenum areas, where the bonnet struts are.
3. Steering wheel vibration even with bottom gearbox mount arm replaced with OEM. Can't fix this really irritating problem and it seems nobody else can either.
4. Both rear springs broken. one broken in 2 places lol!
5, ALL 4 wheel bearings knackered.
6. New clutch including the expensive DMF
7. Both front discs and pads replaced
8. Both Droplinks
9. Lower suspension arm bushes.
10. New MAF ordered (£85 the BMW 525i one)
11. Both Brake pad sensors wiring **** so cut them off and tied together to keep the dash light off. Will check in future with the old fashioned eyeball test.
12. Brake ABS sensors replaced on both sides, absolute pig to get the old ones out.
13. New tyres all round

I have budgeted for new In tank and underbonnet fuel pumps as I am in that "mileage zone" I will change them both if one or the other goes.

Finally, My car is driving just how a like it at the moment, however, if my car exhibits any of the symptoms given in supporting posts I will certainly put the Synergy 2 in the round filing cabinet (bin) as advised. However, for the moment I will enjoy what seems to be superduperpower I've got until the car dies. I reckon "Its better to burn out than fade away!" If it lasts another 12 months all well and good and the money will have been well spent. If it dies in that time I will bite the bullet and get a 130 BHP Mondeo or Focus and be done with it and say adiós to Rover.

LATEST
30th Jul 2015 - 14:00 PM New MAF arrived and fitted it. Made a noticeable difference between 1000 and 2000 rpm for sure, power band seems a lot smoother now. Turned the MAF thingy off on Synergy 2 and made no difference so will leave it turned off.

I bought a K&N Filter but I am reluctant to fit it as a lot of peeps say the oil will kill the MAF, which I am inclined to logically agree with. The K&N people absolutely deny this will be the case and there are some who would agree with them. I reckon I will wait a while until the new MAF dies or a lot of time passes before I try this one lol.

Please leave a comment on K&N if you have experience with them thanks.

PS The last car I modified was in 1979 it was a Ford Escort MKII, Pinto 2.0 engine, high lift cam, twin 40 DCOE carbs, gas flowed head all ports!, limited slip diff axle widened arches front and back with big alloy wheels and low profile tyres etc. This thing did 2nd gear standing start wheelies!