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I used to have my gf on the insurance with a provisional as it was cheaper. Its once they've passed that the insurance rockets lol

Went from a ph2 172 to a Megane R26 to Leon Cupra 2.0TFSi running 300bhp and now i'm going back to a 182 to cut running cost down as just cant afford to run the turbo stuff no more. Especially when i'm only 22 ha. Insurance is half on the 182 to what the Cupra was costing.

got all the paper work for the ecu and labour but dont say nothing about timing. he says the lad wat works theres his mate so he was working on it for him. Not drove it much but it only got about 23mpg, but that wasnt driving it slow mind.

he did say renault did everything to do with all the timing and that but just put it down to needing mapping to suit, but thats if wat he's saying is rite.

well the owner i got the car off put the engine in from a 182 and it was cammed but didnt use the 182 ecu, then ended up buying a new ecu so cant trace who fitted the cams. But its a new ecu so was never mapped for the cams, but dont think the car he got the engine from had a standalone ecu. so...

its a ph2, how can i find out what cams are in the car? can any garage check the timing or do i need to find a pretty good one?

Looks like its RS Tuning then, anyone knows roughly the cost of mapping to suit cams?

It only has the standard ecu, its just been replaced so he knows its not been mapped. Im just hoping its not a cam profile that the ecu cant cope with as i cant afford a aftermarket ecu. Can anyone have a guess from what ive disgribed if the standard ecu will be ok to run these cams.

Apprently its been to renault and they said all was ok apart from the mapping but they cant do nothing with the map. Can this run ok with the standard ecu or will a stand alone ecu be needed?

live near durham mate

Well it will be coming to you for the mapping if it does get done. it does feel like the fuelling is out when i boot it cos of the delay and it sounds like a 2 stroke thats getting too much fuel then it just takes off ha.

The lad said it had the ecu replaced so its never been mapped for it, thats wat made me think if i get it and then live map it hopefully it will sort it out. Think theres power it be had from mapping it cos it decatted and got the 182 manifold on it. Just want to if it worth the trip to leeds.

I've just taken a bit of a gamble on a cheap 172, got it off a lad that bought it cammed. problem i have with it is it runs lumpy as hell at idle and under about 3k. doesnt like 3/4 throttle, just likes full throttle, flies at full throttle but there is a little delay before it takes off. but...