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Been running Apex / Koni for years. Love the set up. If anyone thinks they give too hard a ride, seriously, your plain gay Point to point on back roads the Eibach's will be quicker due to the 4x4 stance lol

Only as good as the guess work as to what the car weigh's prior to weighing so really not much cop in this case

'Proper' cold air feeds rot or tare in time so avoid. Much better with the tin foil type of ones from Homebase etc Im running a 100mm (4 inch) on my ph1. Had to re-locate the horns to make it fit.

My Magnex is spot on with a 182 mani conversion. Only problem i have ever had was the clamp coming loose and knocking off the rear axle 182 cat tho?? Why ?? :S :S Youve gone to the trouble of a 182 manifold conversion then choked it up by fitting a cat?? :o :S You'd get more power...

The flanges will but the pipework wont. Its bent and angled and you want a straight piece plus the 'cat' part is quite a fair size. Measue the gap. 14.0'' something from memory. Cat of any car will do as long as it will fit the gap

IMO Monaco blue makes a 172 look like a 'normal Clio' especially when on the road. Maybe thats a good thing (wolf in sheeps clothing) Clean looking car

Like the old 17 inch thing, if you bolt them on you wont notice much of a difference, switch back to stock and the weight difference is very evident You'd be suprised on the strength thing. My mate bent her stock OZ alloys, i bent one god knows how and few months back bought a 2nd hand set...

What make is it? Iv a mix and match exhaust and it does exactly the same. Could really do with another hanger near the cat

Nah, im happy with the Maxogen thanks :rasp: :cool: Bit of a difference between one of the many after market filters and IK's versus no protection at all. 90% of folk on here have some sort of induction modification with out problems. Think if your worried about slight long term damage due...

Sure they used to do them in a 16 Very strong but bloody heavy. I switched back to stock and the difference in acceleration is very noticeable Put them on the scales and here's what i got as a rough guide: Ph1 172 OZ F1 Cup with Michelin = 15kg Ph1 172 OZ F1 Cup with Uniroyle =...

Or why dont you lock the car in a garage and never use it again. That way then, it will last a lot longer and help preserve it ;)

Get the cam belt done while its in fella.

Stuff a rag inside the exhaust. As long as it dosent go on fire it'll pass ;) :rasp:

Have you been reading tuning for fukwits or something?? :clown: Open ended IK, split foam equals road dirt inside engine equals bye bye engine ... :clown: Might be ok for you but i aint gonna balls about running a split IK having spent X amount of K's on engine work **oh and by the way...

Nice one fella, thanks for that. Going to be sorting out my insurance soon so will give them a shout :)

Also got experience of both and tbh not that much difference performance wise between the 2 (IMO) Build quality the Maxogen wins hands down. My Viper foam split thats the only reason i changed it. Performance wise, pulled really well with the Viper, much better than the standard ph1 airbox...

Sorry to hi-jack the thread but who was the insurance company that dosent charge extra for mods?? Someone posted about it a while back

Take you dont read the Fast Ford mags then ? :quiet: :lolup: 200 bhp CVH Escort vs standard 172, nothing in it. Raced a lad a few years back. Anything much more than that and come traction the CVH would nail a 172. In terms of this conversion i wouldnt bother. Shove the engine in a mk2...

Contrast between the colours is too much. Makes it look stupid imo If you could darken up the lower half it would really be the biz Quality looking job on it though

Would imagine if it was a map sensor prob the car would be jumping about like a kangaroo

Not sure what the difference is in the Clio exhaust mounts but if their the same and it does fit up you'll probably find the pipe of the 172 will be a lot bigger than the one on your centre section. Cant see a 1.4 having the same bore exhaust as a 2.0 litre

You could always strip it out and buy a big bottle of NOS for the performance. Far cheaper and didnt MATT BLACK get a 13.5 quarter on a standard 172 with this method??

Its just because IK's are more free flowing but i didnt mean actual dirt as in earth lol just meant a term dirt as in grime gunk crap or what ever you want to call it :o :rasp: :)

Not exactly. You need a recessed flange for the manifold to cat fitting kit if not it will blow

You want power go for a cam and re-map package. Add the usual bolt on tarts to compliment

Dont be smart. You know what i mean :evil:

Use owt, just even giving it a good wipe would do. Its only a bit of dirt and grime

Still drops in time even with that method but will help a bit. Im gonna trawl the breakers yards for a more heavy duty mount off something else and get a mate to weld it up to the original.

Ditch the local garage and take it to a proper dealer or specialist. This area aint for f**king about with not to mention the expense it would cost ''just to see'' if its that as if theyve got it wrong your bill will end up being 2x aux belt fittings at 400 + notes

haha you still got those photo's fella :) Here's some more of it. Currently got my original F1's back on and i have to say the weight difference really shows. Roughly 2 - 3kg's heavier per corner depending on the tyre compared to the OZ's. Great looking rims the 2118's, strong well...