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I've a fab 172 cup for sale - just posted in the for sale section

Rack bushes, top mounts, track rods and ends, ball joints, arb bushes - any of these could be a factor in the car not being as sweet as it once was. Except for the rack and arb bushes, I have changed all of it alongside new genuine cup shocks and eibach prolines. The arb and rack bushes are in...

Perfect response Chip - the reason for me wanting to know a guestimate time is knowing whether the work can be done late afternoon (finishg work early) and hanging around or having to the leave my car there all day and find another method of transport to work.

Thanks for comments - can anyone shed light on time required if car up on ramps for both steering rack and arb please?

Hi All As title, how long would it take a competent mechanic to change the inner and outer ARB and sterring rack bushes on my 172 cup? Thanks

CK52 EWO - 172 cup DK53 FSV - mk1 V6 MX55 ... - Trophy #390 PX57 XNL - 197 cup Now have a 172 cup again that came with a private plate T33 J.. on it.

Just to give you an idea of what it could be, i had a 172 cup back in 2004 and it was pin sharp to drive. I returned to 172 cup ownership 2 years ago and picked up a 30k mile car but it just didnt drive like my old one. Over the last 24 months (having covered 20k miles) I have changed tie rod...

Why? Read the real world comparison reviews and also take into consideration the real world price difference between the 2 cars.

172 cup with decat and acoustic valve removed = 250 miles a week @ £45 fuel. Mix of single and duel carriage way plus stop start city driving. Mine doesn't drop below 38mpg unless I red line it through the gears. Awesome car on fuel for the performance and puts 197/200s to shame

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Sounds like you have a phase 1 cat fitted rather than a single box cat found on phase 2 172s. I had a decat fitted on my previous 172 cup and the warning light came on after about a year but I think it was linked to me being forced to use 95 octane rather than 97/98 (super unleaded) on 1...

For me they are bad on fuel as my 197 cup was thirstier than my old 300bhp mk1 Focus RS and that was whether driving around town or on the motorway - it did my head in so much I got rid of the 197 and got a 172 cup again. I couldn't justify the mpg figures for the performance when you can have a...

Are these 172/182 specific or the same across the clio range ?

To change them, use a 10mm socket to remove the 2 nuts that hold the injector rail in and then disconnect the fuel line - from memory you just pull it off the left handside by squeezing the top, don't be alarmed when a little fuel will squirt out (ts pressurized but don't worry). Once this is...

Sounds like a faulty injector - check out my post on another thread today at 18:00 on the way to diagnose the issue