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unbolt the throttle body from the plenum, remove the plenum but leaving the throttle body in place and still attached to the airbox, should be a few clips and brackets to undo and it will come out from there

pretty sure there's a tool for this that they sell, there's one for pushing fittings into braided fuel line

there are 5 mounting points for a 182 exhaust. 2 at the back, 2 just behind the axle, and one in the center of the car

corrosion. give it a small squirt of grease, and do the same on all the connectors

it's not irrelevant at all! slow warming up can point to a thermostat in poor condition, as many many clios have

Headbolts, although strongly advised, are not essential. Bit of a waste of time to not fit new though. Dephaser is not essential I would be asking for valve guides to be replaced as they can easily go oval when valves are bent, and valve seats must be re-cut when this is done. Head gasket Stem...

I used to use TopLine oil pumps years ago on Nissans as they were genuine with the badge dremelled off.

furthest from the oil pump is the obvious one. Although when the spin a shell is't normally number 2 IME

well that was a prophetic conversation only 6 hours ago!!! It was really fast on track all day today too

it that like square sausage?

what? no. unless you have 10 foot long arms, just get someone to hold the bolts still from above with a spanner/socket while you fit the springs and nuts

it's ONLY possible from underneath. Ideally you need a second person to help from above with holding the bolts though

I've always been told 2 years from the date the proof of no claims is issued. if it's only just expired they won't even have issued that yet If you're renewing with the same company, you may even have upto 7 days after expiry without losing continuous cover. Check your renewal documents properly

thats the badger

Racecars use a lighter version (2120 IIRC) everyone wants to look the same. 2118s have always been too heavy

you wouldn't. If both full kits are new (less than 6 months/6k) then just 2 new belts and a couple of blanking plugs are all you'd need.

it will only come out outwards

use Chrome then. Syncs to desktop and any other place you use it

Re: dmallett's 421'd monaco lol, you dick

thats all 421s are ever going to support. they're a mid range cam

Probably.

yes yes ​either

Don't have data until I've tried them. My guess is they'll be better value for money but smaller gains, should be decent but it's been literally years since I've seen a set in an F4R

spit is the best lube for them, guaranteed not to react with the rubber or make it rot or swell which the wrong lube can do

Proves you don't need a turbo really

1.8 16v and williams use different length lines. They are often mis-sold as being the same

I've never known business use on car insurance add anything unless you do a lot of miles, they usually just don't include it unless you ask

You've taken bad advice there.

I'd have an ITB'd mk2 over a standard mk3, but I'm building an ITB'd mk3 so who am I to talk :p I should be the first person in the UK to own in succession and daily drive a mk1, mk2 and mk3 on ITBs when I get it finished :D

I can usually get decent non genuine stuff in 2-3 hours