Well the latest update is that ...
The car runs great, had a couple of teething problems ...
1. The ST205 disks needed centralising as the spigott is slightly smaller on the hub (I knew this anyway) so I have sleeved the stud holes on the disks to centre them.
2. The front driver side caliper was catching the inside of the wheel rim under breaking on the drivers side, just needed to nip up the hub-nut as it must have been undone at some stage and not quite torqued up fully leading to run-out of the wheel/disk.
3. The centre prop-shaft bearing grumbles on overrun so will need replacing. As far as I can tell, this isn't the diff which is a ST205 one.
4. The Odyssey Extreme 15 battery doesn't have enough cranking power to start the car reliably, maybe it's degraded or just not upto the job so I need to get a bigger one before I can reliably use the car daily.
5. I may need to adjust the seat position back slightly (they are fixed buckets) but they are VERY comfortable and I could live with the existing postion if needed.
So experiences ...
1. On actuator boost the car is impressive in terms of performance and acceleration - you can really feel the lightness of the car in terms of power to weight ratio. I consider weight-reduction to be the cheapest and safest performance modification ... including driver and passenger LOL
2. When the boost is increased a little with an RV (I have no boost gauge yet so have to be careful) the performance is VERY impressive, a combination of noise (not excessive) and acceleration puts a smile on my face indeed !
3. The front-mount pipes pop off now and again as I do the shake-downs but this is to be expected so I am careful about overtaking any cars or driving in too much traffic - I probably should flare the pipes slightly too. Many of you may know that if boost pipes pop off (even on the ST185/ST165 with air-flow meters) you can still nurse the car along being senstive to the fact the turbocharger will have no boost control and fueling (especially on the ST185/ST165) will be 'off'.
4. The tracking has been done but I am still not 100% on the handling and I need to check tire pressures again. The suspension seems OK but I may look at fitting some coil-overs I have. Whilst I focus on reliability I will not be driving the car in a spirited fashion so will build a picture of my options on suspension.
5. With the car looking like it does with decals and mud-flaps it gets a bit of attention, some unwanted but that's life I guess ... and I used to own a Clio V6 so I am used to it ...
6. Not having a boost gauge or oil-pressure gauge makes me feel a little out of the loop in terms of engine activity but the engine is basically a new Toyota one (well about 5k miles I think) and I am pretty safe with manual boost control and the actuator boost level is safe and makes me smile ...
7. The car being stripped out means a little more noise and smells but this is part of the experience. On a long drive to say Castle Combe I would probably get a bit fed up, especially with the motorways - maybe some means to listen to some music (but not a stero) would also help - perhaps my MP3 player/phone ...
XLarge, I swapped the disks round as thought that was best so thanks for that
Martin
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i will double check though thanks 
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) off topic but......