cheers everyone, got the tax sorted yesterday, they say emmisions were not recorded on v5 so goes on old system above 1.4 £190 for 12 months (not bad for 2.3t) handed in old disc to dvla etc (40 mins in queue). it's all fine now, wasn't running the car after i found out about tax problem a couple of hours after buying so it's had it's first proper run today. in the first few years it seemed to do a fair few miles but in last couple not done a lot to balance it out. still got is200 it's parked up sorn at minute(will always keep this, probably let the mrs have that and sell her cougar).
plans for the t5 are
1 cosmetic work inside/out,
2 remap + induction/filter + service + v-power etc.
should be 225 bhp standard but will service and v-power and rolling road to check, then induction and remap.
done some research and standard internals and turbo with this should be 300bhp, which is what i will aim for,
although with uprated turbo the internals can handle 400bhp
tbh don't fancy more than 300 in fwd car for cost and don't think it will make the most of it,
3 needs new discs anyway so sort them
4 sort tailgate open error on dash, just a £2 switch in tail gate, it the sensor moves out of position sometimes and needs pushing back or fails with repeated use.
just wanted to say i will be off on t5 club now (john 02v70t5) but thanks to everyone on this club, too many to mention but especially ormi (true legend), sparkystav and dj wozza etc. still will mod the is200 which is one of the best pieces of engineering i have ever owned. thanks