Recent content by Tom85

dont always believe what the electronics tell you, using the dipstick correctly is by far the best way. my sister has a clio and it said oil level ok, i checked the dipstick and it was dry :-S Don't forget that oil levels are slightly different when hot or cold and electrical gremlins are common.

phwoor, good effort with the disk there matey.

hutchie, do sport drive shafts fit into some/most/all poverty clio gearboxes? 02 reg;) 1.2.

if you get it right you can pick up rear beams for £100 on ebay with disks calipers pads and dampers. then its worth it. sport rear springs £20. brown bear:- imo rear disks may not contribute much to the total braking efficiency on a sport, but you would deffinately know if you took em off and...

ultraleggra are extremely light, look quite spindley, cost a lot, but not sure how they fair up on a track taking a pounding! anybody use ultraleggra on the track with sticky rubber?

yes they are regular threads on these.

an identicle thread to this was up here 2 or 3 days ago, read those comments too. it actually is not that hard at all.- now that i know how to do it. cost of second hand rear beam&disks callipers only and new handbrake cables. braking improvement is slightly noticeable, but handling...

yep, 30mm socket & breaker bar, best doing it when car is on the floor before lifting it up.

i have done this exact conversion and have it running perfectly. i am still running abs. the beam is a straight swap, you could infact use the origional beam on your none Sport but you need rear stub shafts from a sport i think. the sport beams are stiffer with a built in 'torsion bar' You...

not the easiest photos to give an opinion from, but that porting looks very poor, as if a first timer has just 'had a go.' ask if the head was ported without been taken off the block. if so worry. be direst in asking the guy what the history of the engine is. has he had it apart and reused...

yes, if you can get them off without cracking or distorting them. 44 tooth ones are stronger than 26

if you have positive camber the wishbone mounts could well have moved towards the centre of the car. try getting some measurements off a solid reference point to compare both sides,see if u can find where it has moved. wont be much though.

The subframes are pretty chunky things, from the picture looks like nothing too serious, double check everything, have a good look at the steering arms, they would be the weakest point, and most likely causing the misalignment. When reattaching subframes, they dont just bolt on square...

thankyou, any advise on removing them? just grab and wiggle?

sorry, yeah 172f4r