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Dont get hung up on peak power. Its what the car does all the way through the rev range that counts. For example my 172 was running only 182 bhp with roughly 165lb/ft (at the time) of basic mods (cams 182 mani etc) which sounds rubbish but with full interior, 25kg's of ICE, heavy Speedlines it...

He's doing the cambelt on a 172 ?

Might be easy to say go out and buy a faster car with the money but in reality it'll cost a heck of a lot more than just a 3k premium with all the running costs, insurance etc etc Best option imo would be either turboing or saving up a tad more for a supercharger. These 2 options have one...

Just guessing but take it all these new parts your having to pay for as they try and find out whats wrong? To me it sounds like they dont have a clue what their doing. Id take it to the main dealer and bite the bullet

What garage is it mate?

Buy 3 mate, save on the postage (maybe) and if you need a fourth bob down to Halfords for the rest, its roughly the same price from memory?

PMSL @ freek cam boy. Was looking to change the user name aswell. You might o nailed it for me there bud ;):cool: At the end of the day its each to their own but garages do nowt but moan about cheap fuels and lower grades and the damage they cause so there must be something in it :) Worth a...

Sure its 3 but check first

Who makes the Renault ones? Are they Bosch items?

Why have it mapped spacifically to run 98 and then run 95? Are you not asking for trouble ? :eek: Price of fuel is expensive but imo its stupid buying a hot hatch and feeding it with sub standard fuels. Ask the majority of garages. Crap fuels and low grades is a bad idea. Its like a...

182 decat dosent fit its too long plus different end connector iirc

Not sure if it was the dephaser pulley, although i did replace it due to just in case and the high miles the cars done, because we traced the sound to the middle of the engine plus i whipped the cam cover off and directly listend to the dephaser which again wasnt noisy. Russ Im holding on...

A number of different reason Russ. The time the car would be off the road for the regrinds to be profiled, i hadnt got a decent set of spares to give to Piper so would have to try and buy some, Pipers were pretty much probably maybe the cause of the tapping in the first place? and no one really...

Got the car back. No evidence to exactly what caused it, the only real sign of wear was in 2 areas on the cam where it sits in the journals. My guess is a hydraulics lifter or two had failed and caused a bit of oil starve on the cam and the tapping noise was just tappet / lifter wear. Renault...

^^^^Think Danny was meaning more on the lines of ''wolf in sheeps clothing'' rather than ''its very quick but its still ONLY a Clio'' 2 different meanings ;)

Because some folk want a quicker Clio. Anyone can go out and buy a quicker car but wheres the fun in that?

Probably about nowt to 4 bhp gain area if your lucky. Inlets and a map next would be the usual route. All depends on what you want to spend

Some folk cant even make them stand up to stock power yet others have run 300+ bhp through them without probs going by on here

^^^just get your stock box rebuilt with your chosen ratio's No idea what your trying to achieve tho :S

192bhp from a exhaust on a stock 182?? :eek: Mmmmmmm Whats one mans noise is another mans silence so difficult to tag quietness. If your decat free you'll be a bit quieter. Ktec i found to be quiet but theres loads of others

Loads of folk report engine movement on the stock mounts but wonder if the OE mounts are designed to have this movement on purpose so to soak up the stresses that might happen in the drive chain? Is there a improvement to acceleration would you say Russ?

Sounds a expensive wash lol No one see's under there dude. Pointless ;)

It shouldnt rattle if its bolted and bent up correctly. Had probs in the past with various sections of heatshield but a 2 min job sorts it

4wd plus built with all the saftey precautions under the sun a '' real mans car''??? okkkkkk :o Mini is a girls car end of. Only girls or homo's buy these

Me too.

Is this what your meaning?

Nice of them to whack the price up prior to a increase this coming week.

^^Your reading too much into it matey Its a low mileage car only due a belt change because of the age. Its probably never even been pointed out to the owner! Again the head unit means nowt. End of the day anyone with a ounce of common sence would go and view the car if they were...

No not got a 'Timmy' as we call them lol but is there a GPS device you can buy just for performance stats alone?

Stick with 50 profile. 45's will be too under tyred on a 15''