[b3lha]

Hi Trev,

Welcome.

I just checked out your pictures on the LADS forum. Your car seems to be absolutely mint, and it's the rare "special factory order" with all the extras. We had thread about it when it came up on ebay a while back.

As others have said above, the burning smell is probably some oil or ATF that has dripped onto the cat. Do you see any smoke?

With regard to your coolant pipes: If your car is not overheating then the cooling system is probably working correctly, so I wouldn't worry about it too much.

Phil.