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Great price that. Buy. Sell Turinis. Buy F1's and you've paid for the repairs needed.

Iron X, Ferrous Dueller etc are the kind versions. If you want something that does the trick and eats EVERYTHING on the wheels- wonder wheels from Halfords, or brick acid. Make sure you glove up for the last two as it's vicious stuff.

Need to make sure there's a gasket on between the head and the manifold. I've never heard of an OE 172 manifold cracking.

Yeah, i think it's clipped in at the front, and maybe a screw up at the dash end mate. Saying that, it's been a long while since i've removed one.

Why not just wire brush and paint them?

Get on Euro Car Parts. Stick to LUK, Sachs or Valeo.

What's coming next Sam?

750

Nope. Cooksports or Sportlines shouldn't be crashy at all.

Cooksports/Sportlines and standard dampers are better than cheapo Coilovers.

I have a set of 10mm rears, alongside some fronts for sale.

Re: How Much is my Ph1 worth? Sell the mods separately , and sell the car as standard and it'll go for more.

Yep, easy mistake. I've done it. Easy to swap over luckily. For the sake of £10 for a new belt, worth changing it.

Wingnut on the front of the gearbox. Level should be up to the bottom of the hole.

Quite agree. Would also put forward that it's not the problems that occur, because everyone makes mistakes, it's how they're rectified.

Oreca. Went for a play with Nick172Cup with his old one, and i couldn't hear my old 172 up near the limiter (with a K-tec stealth) because of his exhaust, and he was 50-100 yards in front of me.

Will do mate. Much appreciated

Cheers Dan. Still waiting on the details of what they came out of. Basically, guy I work with used to be a touring car tech, and had these knocking about in his garage, so I've said I'll give him a few beers for them. Will probably end up sticking them on eBay with all the relevant dimensions...

Just out of interest, what is the take up on these from anyone using a 20VT engine/box? I have acquired 6x 6 plate paddle clutches. 5x Alcons and 1x Sachs, which are all used (came from Cupra cup cars i believe) and are all in decent enough condition. Anyone on here used one? What are they worth?

Take a pic for us pal. I'd be interested to see what's actually fitted....

Shouldn't have any pentagonal bolts you need to undo to do the discs and pads on the rear. It's as simple as, undo 30mm nut, take pads out with the stupid little retaining pin and slider. Remove yoke, 2x 18mm bolts from memory. Whack disc off. Replace in reverse order. Worth noting that the...

Yep. No problems at all.

Brake fluid every 3-6 months?! f**k me, that's overkill.

I should have bought this. :(

Not much progress on the car since the last update. New exhaust has been sourced. It's basically an OEM Sport exhaust, that was an upgrade from the factory. One sold for £280 a few weeks back in worse condition, let's just say I got it for a bargain. ;) Then more recently, I've acquired...

Blood, sweat and sperm has gone into making it look like that. Looks really good mate. Like, really good.

Yeah, could be made to look alright with a bit of work.

There's a reason it's rare, it's because it's ugly. Re: miles, I wouldn't worry. My 80 is on 180k, and runs really well still. I had to stick a clutch in it, but it's good as gold now! Economy: Pulls pretty well for a cheapy little daily bus too.

Hai. Can't imagine it with 320bhp though! Mine goes sideways with half that.

Means it's an 80 iirc.