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running a Full T25 .49 A/R exhaust side and .48 Comp side ;) turbo could run 28 psi but the crappy solex carb is holding me back. :cry: yer its still a 1.4 but a highly tuned one at that. Re-built it 3 times last year :D
Gearbox is still going strong though, its amazing really 170 bhp ATW...
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y108/JayGTT/myengine.bmp
Here my beast ;) there is nothing like driving a GOOD R5GTT all the cars ive had dont even come close to the feeling the GTT gives me, its like a drug you get hooked and the boost just keeps going up, im up to 23 psi now :D i have...
MPG figure is an average not real time., you need to do a few miles before it can work it out. if you reset it and drive slowly it will read stupidly high same goes for thrashing it ive had mine down to 10 mpg. i try not to reset mine and it averages about 28 - 29 mpg.
I heard Optimax is refined to 95 RON then has Octane Booster mixed with it to bump it up to 98 RON, downside is it loses its RON rating if sat in the tanks for a while.
Esso BP e.t.c Super Unleaded is refined to 97 RON with no octane booster added.
Thats what i heard from a bloke works in...
i always park in 2 spots in car parks i get funny looks but i dont care anymore, when ever i did park in single spots my mirrors where always clipped and people just open there doors on you.
just need some advise really. ive got a mk 1 172, i paid £6000 for it on finance ive had the car 6 months now just wondering if i could trade it in for a v6 ?? not to sure how finance companies work e.t.c
any help would be great :D
northampton is a very big place :) ive seen two 182s in daventry one blue and the other the light blue with strips. dont see many mk1 172s apart from mine. ;)
im 21, got my R5GTT at 18 was paying £1800. still have the 5. got my 172, 6 months ago.
i paid for the lot. gonna be buying a house this year, need to get on the property ladder.
my mk 1 172 has got 77k drives like new, infact the only annoying rattle ive got is my rear headrest. i must have a good one. looking though the folder i got its only had 2 new wheel bearings and thats it. :) touch wood.
i use 97 RON, if youve ever owned a R5GTT you will know why. i put 95 RON in once ( there was no petrol stations that sold it and i was low ) the car pinked its tits of on standard boost :cry: .
I know a 172 isnt the same but if renault are recommending high octane fuel then there is a reason...
its not all about perfromance, your car wasnt designed for 17" you will be putting extra strain on your balljoints, wheel bearings, wishbone bushes e.t.c and lets not forget your speedo will be out, if your car is lowered you may get wheel scrubbage .
:)