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Yea tell me about it! Not in a rush to sell it, especially for peanuts as I can always keep it sorn whilst I'm at uni. Just seems silly to have a car sat doing nothing for a year. Cars generally sell for a bit more here in Norfolk and there aren't many of these about locally - that combined...

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201036367722736/ thanks.

Here: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Renault-Clio-172-182-Lambda-Sensor-/170512289021?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item27b3530cfd cheers

Getting the rear straight is a good plan. Camber wise, the rear is set-up pretty well as standard - you will wear the tyres evenly at the rear on a track. Adding more camber at the rear will start to decrease the rear grip as you are reducing the tyre footprint. The front on the otherhand can...

Gardus, yes there are trade offs with running toe-in, like you said the car is less responsive with turn in and the car can feel less agile. This isn't necessarily a bad thing depending what you want the steering to feel like and the car setup to be (more composed). The car will feel more stable...

Putting a little bit of front toe-in on the car makes a world of difference. I was experimenting with various toe settings at the weekend, and with about 2mm of toe-in, it made the car a lot less nervous and twitchy and also a lot more predictable. I could feel the limit of grip coming a lot...

Think DS2500 or CL5+ will be ok if you're not planning on being the last of the late brakers into all the corners, otherwise DS3000 or CL6 are what you want if track performance is more important than dust, wear and squeeling issues you sometimes get with them. All these pads are around the...

Mintex M1144 is about as good as OEM on track. Fork out on a good set of pads like some DS3000, you can always switch em back over to standard on the road and not wear out an expensive set of pads (remember to bed them in each time). Juddering will be the disc heating up and then warping due to...

pardon? ha stick to 68mph and it hits a quiet spot. Has done wonders for my fuel economy 42mpg! But the rest of the time it is pretty redonkulous. Took the father for a ride in the clio and he reconed it was a fair bit quieter than his race car which just passes the 105 dB static test. Its a...

First useful answer, thank you! Think you're right about them possibly seeing it it as unsafe if they do spot it. It's not really worth the risk of being kicked off I guess. I saw that noise rating too but on this day they say its 105 dB for some reason...

haha, well if you have a quick look and a think - that little mount doesn't have to do much at all. Anyway the Magnex of shame sitting in the corner is looking like it may have to be fitted.......

It's ran fine for a good 250 miles, no problems with fumes or rattling around. There is 1 less hanger but no backbox to support. The manifold and centre rubber normally support the weight of the centre box and cat anyway, the centre rubber just isnt very good at supporting the side to side...

I'm doing the Bedford trackday on Friday, the backbox has just fallen off of my car. Will it be quiet enough to stay under the 105dB static/drive by noise limit they have at Bedford? Car is standard with a cat and renault centre section. I'm running out of options within the timeframe and don't...

Its all about the roll centres, lowering the front ride height lowers the front roll centre due to wishbone and strut angles (something similar happens on the rear but is slightly different due to it being an H beam - on a clio that is). This gives more body roll on the front end through...

Fair enough, it looks like a comprehensive win for standard pads then..... From what people have said you could put a digestive biscuit in the rear calipers and be pretty happy with it. I'm giving these Omp pads a bash, cheapest pad I could find today and they could actually turn out to be a...