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Has anyone ran a supercharged Clio up a quarter mile yet?

No they were fine. Sure it was the first batches that had issues

I went to this for the first time on sunday but never ran. Looked a good meet although not as busy as Crail. Few mates who went down on the Satuday said it was busier tho

Their a bit lumpy on idle but fantastic power. 175lb/ft of torque in conjunction with other mods inc headwork Think il probably end up ditching the 428's and go back to them

38 mpg average is Renault official book figures I can get far better than this when hitting the main roads on a modded engine. Last run i was seeing 50 mpg on a ''long settled'' re-set gauge sitting at 50 - 60 mph. Car never drops below mid 30's although my driving is A and B roads no city...

Everyone wants to know how quick their car is and the only way to measure this in near road conditions is up a quarter mile rather than pulling out rolling road figures and blabbing off down the pub. Also gives you a guide to how quick it is against others. Another advantage is its a...

Crail is different mate. For a start theres a hill plus no sticky stuff on the start line. It really is a basic strip. They reckon if you run at Crail you'll get a better time at york, Pod etc but a slower terminal

4k is cheap really. I got quoted 6k plus for a zetec turbo conversion for my Escort pushing 300bhp Tuning for any car is always expensive once you pass a certain level, no car is ''cheap''

You mean lean matey? Yeah ditching the 90 degree bend is a good idea and will flow far better than the stock system rather than the ph1 / V6 being ''good'' so much. The only problem with bolting the IK housing on the end of the TB is the potential heat from the mani ?

Ktec engine mounts ;)

Nah Renault did it. After getting the RR result i got them to double check the timing but the lad who originally did the fitting was the one who checked it which i thought was a bit stupid as he's hardly going to own up if they werent done right.. Yeah i had the same problem a few years...

Was that with road tyres Fred? How do i check the timing? Can i do it without the locking tools by say lining up the crank pulley to its marking, TDC and then seeing how the cams line up at the top? Is there markings on the cam pulleys?

I asked them that, well, if they'd changed to new gear but they said no its the same. Other FWD car times have been poor iv noticed although theyve changed the sequence of the lights so this could be the reason? My other times where pretty consistant low 15's :dead: , far cry from its hay...

Had it up at Crail today. My best time with the 428's (14.9 @ 97) couldnt even beat my worst time with the Pipers (14.745) plus im running a lot lighter now + lighter wheels. Gonna have to seriously look into this now its been confirmed as pants

All connected up, thanks. I took the IK out to mess and when i went to connect the breather part back up noticed the other pipe under the coil pack wasnt connected up and couldnt remember which way they went. Wondered why there was oil down the back of the engine. Must have been hanging...

Booger, iv got a ph2 plenum on aswel... Does it matter what order their connected in and if yes in what way would it matter?

I thought for a second the 90 degree induction might have connected to the one under the coil pack.

Suffering from a bit of a mental block :o Is this the right way about: VDO (idle control valve pipe) - to - 90 degree induction pipe breather. Throttle body vacum pipe - to - back of engine outlet under coil pack. (transverse facing) Ph1 172 cheers

Thats the ph2 style bumper. They stick out more than a ph1 and make the arch look bigger towards the back :dead: I'd leave it mate but if you really must then 3mm brings you to et35 if its a Cup.

No wonder. Your engines air supply comes from a 3'' pipe only. Point the CAF at it not connected

Many people also never fitted them right hence the bad reputation and the usually forum sheep thing.

5mm no damage no wobble but imo fit 5mm longer wheel bolts to compensate and to be safe. Their cheap enough. It'll improve your handling yeah as already mentioned :cool:

Theres hundreds of threads about these. Search it, its all good

Cams headwork and map isnt good VFM. For that price youve better off jumping straight to TB's or saving for a charger. I only got headwork and cams as roughly 6 years ago there wasnt many modding options available for these.

I'd highly recommend it. As Danny said torque is the main gain. I managed to get TB levels of peak torque (175lb/ft) running just Piper cams and the usual bolt on's. There are decent gains to be had.

Re: K-tec Gearbox Mount Problem Washer Spacer block Mount / bush fitted with blue marking face up. Top hat slotted in. Bolt up. Thats the right way is it not ??

The stock mounts are also designed as a compromise between road noise and comfort. You could say with 90% of the forum experiencing the engine knock thing that the stock mounts are actually a bad design. TBH i did used to think the same as you but half the forum run uprated mounts and no...

Re: K-tec Gearbox Mount Problem Got to say this is fantastic service from Ktec to rectify this fault very swiftly and well done to the OP for this topic lol - Proves that forums can be very useful places at times I reckon their should be instructions, just a basic black and white 3d type...

Re: K-tec Gearbox Mount Problem My centre nut looks the same as the above in terms of how far down the nut and thread is. Mount was bought at the end of Feb tho so no idea if its from the dodgy machine'd batch or what?? :S Would be good if there was pictures of what a correct fit mount / nut...

Thanks Russ :)