Recent content by Jamesstone

Cotswold drive, pictures & something has broken.... Weekend before last a few of us went to the Cotswolds in the cars, the Clio delivered again for the pace and fun factor but towards the end of the drive something does seem to be making some noise on the front left corner, I'm assuming drive...

Surrey Rolling Road Video : Finally managed to get the Clio 172 Cup dyno video together, wish I had taken more footage at the time! Small clip at the end of the Clio on a short run through some twisty roads, at the time this was the car running with the catalyst fitted, should hopefully get...

All depends on your camshaft & intake setup, as the RS2 Intake has a much shorter intake runner length than the stock cast intake & even ITB's it performs differently in each application, you can spend so much time on rolling roads + calibration time trying to squeeze another couple of BHP out...

Very small update : Drivers side fog light blanking plate (as the passenger side is feeding the air intake)

I would be happy with 190bhp given the mileage, need to find the time to get it booked in some where, all those with good understanding/access of the stock ECU appear to be miles away. New video should be up potentially tonight (editing it now) but more than likely tomorrow, been out recording...

Yes, will flag engine management light for the rear one unless you fit a lambda sensor spacer or code it out. Does come with x2 lambda bungs so you could leave the rear one tucked under the car (second lambda only reports poor running & doesn’t adjust)

Yep would have expected it to clear the 190 mark once mapped but it drives great so deciding if it’s even worth having to drive miles to a mapper, loose the majority of a day and be £400 lighter for 5-10bhp lol. Something in the pipe line for later this year, certainly not fussed for it ASAP...

182bhp is good going for a base calibration file, as said with a trailered map there is no reason this car couldn’t hit 190bhp which considering it’s a stock high mileage engine i’m very happy with, also keep in mind most 172’s make around 165bhp at Surrey Rolling Road (dyno dynamics are not...

Rolling Road time The next on the list of things to do for the little 172 Cup was a trip to Surrey Rolling road to see if it was making the numbers, the car was essentially standard internals with the inlet camshaft advanced and an RS2 base file (essentially what we used when the JMS RS2 the...

New video now also online tonight for those that don't like reading lol!

Once I got some miles on them & decent heat they really did deliver, for the money you certainly can't complain!

Shake down time With the mighty Clio passing MOT without a single advisory I made the drive to Ace Cafe's French night, great being out in the car again but I had a few niggles to address before the Cotswold blast at the weekend where it would really be pushed on our early morning breakfast...

MOT has been booked for tomorrow (fingers crossed she passes) so it was another busy weekend under the car getting it ready, as always with a project car things are not 100% finished but she is ready to see tarmac tomorrow, a quick blast down the road (shipped to Mexico) all seems good but the...

Heated them up but only with a hair drier, had read online that this was best for full crinkle effect (shall more detail in the next youtube video which will hopefully show the process, very effective stuff, did the entire engine bay/job with one can (bought 2) so still have plenty left if...

The best solution would be the K20A conversion - all aluminium engine then haha! after Eurowrong parts sending an aircon model radiator out today I just ended up purchasing one from Pure-Motorsport, as I really want the car on the road Monday for MOT & hopefully attend Ace Cafe's french car...