Recent content by 16v_paddy

Get Magnetti Marelli as they're OEM but just make sure they're genuine & from a reputable seller as there's lots of fakes about

I'd say have a look at a policy of it's own for the fiesta with zero NCB Only say that as all my NCB (10 years) is used for my 172 Cup with limited mileage & I'm paying £193 but my daily is a normal 172, 10k miles a year and it's £230 with zero NCB - so it might not be as bad as you think 🤷‍♂️

Depends what the end result you're after looks wise is tbh, on my Williams I was after as close to OEM finish as possible so went with paint But on my track car I wasn't bothered about looks/finish & wanted something durable & cheap so went with gloss black powdercoat

I don't actually know tbh, all I do know is that's it's a period correct race spec engine as he does hill climbs & sprints in it so it's got to be the right spec for the class he runs in

At my workshop and the guy next door is driving about in this

I'm guessing it was probably a comparison to the early ph1 & ph1.5 Valver seats as you sit more on top of them rather than in them

The Williams and ph2 Valvers have the exact same seats, just a different cloth pattern but they certainly are the best of the bunch It was the leather seat option in the Valver that used the R19 front seats

Bordanovasport are spot on, I've bought loads of Williams bits from them over the years

Possibly or perhaps maybe not, just puts it into perspective from a manufacturing point of view what it takes & costs to produce a version of car that's significantly lighter. A brilliant example of this is to look at the lengths Renault went to so they could keep the weight down on the new...

Because 80kg less weight is a f**king huge amount to begin with & there's got to be some serious thought & engineering gone into it under the surface to get to that point, Lamborghini used to do a Gallardo that weighed 100kg less & they charged an extra £30k for that because of the effort...

You do get freaky ones from time to time, a mate of mine had a silver 172 Cup with aircon & completely standard it made 184bhp at Surrey Rolling Road, as it was due a belt he then took it to Ktec for cams & a map & it then made 186bhp 🤣

Breathing mods (exhaust etc) along with cams from a 197/200 and a map gets you in that sort of region Can't be 100% sure with the weight figures as mk1's are more my area of knowledge but doors are most certainly worth the effort replacing, on the later Mk1 Clios, a normal door weighs 38kg and...

No, because then I'd have to build another one & I seriously cba to do it all over again 🤣

It was whilst the engine was coming out to do the rear main I was contacted by Beanie offering to sell me his Sadev 6 speed sequential gearbox, so I managed to beg, borrow, steal and do a part ex with my freshly rebuilt Gripper diffed box to get my mitts on the Sadev Took a fair amount of...

I thought I'd updated this a hell of a lot less than 4 years ago 😳 Made a few changes to the car since the last update & tested them all out at Bedford last week............................current power from when it was mapped at EFI Parts in 2017 is 225bhp 171 ft/lb but it needs to go back...