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Personally I would go with the Toe first and go from there. Admitedly 2 degrees of camber may affect the wear but I reckon the toe adjustment may cure alot of it.

I did once find a Renault guide for it which I shall forward on. The big no no I seem to recall is not to put the TDC pin into the wrong hole ("singger" in the crankshaft, since the balancing hole is next to the TDC hole. However, the pin will not go all of the way in with the balancing hole.

I'd say the camber is a little excessive but this is correctable. Otherwise the toe is probably a tad out. In stock toe mine used to kill the inside of the tyres. A Tyre fitter told me that he didn't normally toe Clios to Renault's specs. When he did mine it was still toeing out but less...

Cheers for the C&C peeps and keep them coming :smile:. The white on Silver actually looks better than I thought I hate to say, possibly usurping the Turinis in the looks stakes! Purple? What a great idea! They are winter wheels remember, and for if/when the car goes out on loan to a family...

I have not seen a Turbine thread on here for a while and it seems the VW Fanbwois seem to be loving them as well now. While some may argue that Turinis and a Clio are a match made in heaven I do like a bit variety and furthermore it is nice to keep the Turinis in good condition, which somehow...

Aren't they just? With the RST I will often give a wave the same kind of peeps that you say or even other retro Ford owners (mkII Escorts etc.). Generally I get a wave back. With the 172 I do tend to wave, well, raise a hand up while on the steering wheel when seeing another Renault Sport...

Just saw a pic. What a strange old design!

The diff in the video is a Torsen T1 which is what I am assuming the source of the new diff also is. These are said to lock more fiercely. The Quaife AFAIK is a T2 type of torsen diff, and may potentially have ramp angles on the gears set so that the diff does not fully lock To quite...

Depends. While my Proflow exhaust is quieter than a number of 172 exhausts it is still not as quiet as a genuine item, as show on this RR video and that is with it running 3 silencers and the cat: In that video which admitedly is not that representative of the exhausts the the cars are running...

Going pattern is a lottery IMHO and IME. I know Clio exhausts like to rust but at least the genuine items last a few years. Most pattern items on a 172 anyway last around a year, maybe almost 2 tops with them being louder than a genuine item. I recall a friend's 172 on a 'Timax/Arvin Meteor'...

The look of the car has improved massively since when you initially bought the car! Hats off to you fella. However, I preferred the Williams wheels on the car, they just seemed to suit it well :).

For quite some time, well, since I bought the car the reversing lights have never worked. Car parks had been interesting to say the least. I heard that the gearbox sensor was an issue here but I thought I would check the car out first, given that the gearbox has to be partially drained for the...

Sometimes they do not but I have seen many people change an 02 sensor with the fault still being present. Most of the time the error comes back saying 'Lamda reading too lean' or 'too rich' instead of simply saying its faulty.

What did the error exactly say about the O2 sensor? I wonder if a blocked cat may flag up an error, and they would tend to rattle or knock.

Yes, I know of a few who do it. Don't ask which size is better since you may encounter Pandora's Box with the discussion. TBH, I'm debating going with 205s next time due to more choice.

I seem to recall at the last one that the highest output of the day was from a 172 Cup. The second highest was a 182 FF followed jointly by a remapped 172 (mine) and a 182. I stand to be corrected though, as a few runs had already taken place with people driving away quickly.

I seem to recall a couple of 172s came close as well ;).

I feel almost brave doing this! I will probably go down with my Escort RST... It was also be interesting to compare dyno readouts for me. I have dyno'd both cars at my local RR, but only the Clio has been to Viezu. Assuming the Escort is working (it's been an eventful year but then I have...

What I would suggest would be tricky to do unless you have a wiring diagram. I would check to see with a diagram what links the affected parts together and work from there. I would have said it was down to a cut wire/short.

Have you checked your fuses?

Was that fitted or delivered. I know most places near me who can fit a tyre properly without damaging the rim and balance it (i.e, not many)want around £15-20 a wheel.

For 195/45 I know Event tyres are fitting them for £84 all in. FFS, they could do it for only 2 surely! Hmmmm, I am tempted to give them a try. The near one however is 20 miles away from me!

A lesson for the future for sure. IMO a nut welded onto the stub of the bolt may also have helped :).

What brand of clutch was fitted and who fitted it?

CP4L are great ; however it is mail order only with them, but then near me the ECP branches take an age to serve someone! Others will disagree here but I would have gone for genuine wishbones. OK, the balljoints are cheaper but I understand ECP paritally bought the Lemforder name, very much...

The change in toe would affect matters. When my Clio was tracked the guy ignored the Clio settings and judging by the wear on the inner edges he seems to have a point. He set it up with a little toe out but for it to go to 0 toe under load. It did seem sharper than what it was as a result...

You are right about that. As a basic setup goes a set of half decent coaxials with amplifier power up front in addition to a small(ish) sub will work wonders in most cars.

I would have said glow plugs initially since IME 'OE' or pattern ones do not seem to last as long as genuine items IME ; on a 306 of mine 3 NTKs went back under warranty! However, direct injection/common rail cars do not really need the glow plugs to start. Christ, my old PD Passat fired up...

That was a 2006 VW Passat B6 1.9 TDi (PD). It had a very odd but common problem. Basically it idled ok, but as soon as you touched the accelerator it misfired constantly, getting worse and more agressive under load to the point that it shook the car. It also threw out a lot of black smoke...

Personally I'd get it onto a good OBD reader (iCarsoft or something like Snap On - the latter was OK on mine) or fine someone with Renault CLIP; can this read live data? You could spend a small fortune buying sensors and getting nowhere. I bought a car in a similar scenario TBH and almost went...